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club. It is based in the

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of Aghyaran near

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History

Aghyaran St Davog's was founded in 1956. There was a previous club in the area between 1947 and 1948. A ladies' football club was established in 1993.

Honours

Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship The Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Connollys of Moy Tyrone Intermediate Football Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. Derrylau ...

: (2) ** 1981, 1987 * Tyrone Senior Football League: (1) ** 2000 * Tyrone Junior Football League: (1) ** 1962

Notable players

Ciaran McGarvey played full back on team that lost to Kerry in the 1986 All-Ireland final, marking star forward

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. Shane Sweeney was the first player from Aghyaran to win a Senior County All-Ireland medal in 2005, along with former Aghyaran player

Martin Penrose Martin Penrose is a Gaelic footballer for the Tyrone county team. He won two All-Ireland Senior Football Championships with his county. Penrose plays club football for Carrickmore, although, until recently, he played with Aghyaran St Davog's ...

. Aghyaran currently have three players on the Tyrone team, Benny Gallen, Ronan McNamee and Ronan McHugh. Ronan McNamee played fullback on the team that won the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship. Brendan Dolan was the first Aghyaran man to represent Tyrone at senior level. Brendan made his Tyrone Championship debut in 1970, and was ever present at midfield for Tyrone and Ulster

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squads, and got to show off his high fielding skills as Tyrone toured America '69. Brendan stood at 6 ft 4 inches tall, he won MacRory and

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medals with St Columb's Derry in 1965 and was a member of the Tyrone Junior Team that won an All Ireland in 1968. He died after a tragic car accident that took his life, whilst he was driving to school in Strabane where he worked as a PE teacher, in January 1973.

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, who now plays top level Premier League football with

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References

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