Forkhill Peadar Ó Doirnín Gaelic Athletic Club () is a

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club within

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. It is based in the village of Forkhill in south

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, on the border with

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, and is named in honour of the 18th-century

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poet

Peadar Ó Doirnín Peadar Ó Doirnín (c. 1700 – 1769), also known in English as Peter O'Dornin, was an Irish people, Irish schoolteacher, Irish language poet and songwriter who spent much of his life in south-east Ulster. Biography Ó Doirnín was born c.1700 po ...

. The club is one of the oldest in the county; having been founded in 1888, it marked its 125th anniversary in 2013. It currently plays

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at Intermediate level.

History

Four Forkhill players were members of the Armagh squad which won the

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in 1926.Newry Memoirs
/ref> Forkhill Senior men reached Division 1A for the first time in club history in 2015 and spent 2 years in Armagh club footballs top tier before relegation every year ending up in Junior league. In the same year of 2015 Forkhill senior ladies captured the Armagh junior championship. Forkhill witnessed partial success at underage level in 2019 with the under 14 side reaching the championship final but were defeated. The under 16 side captured division 2 league glory defeating Mullaghabawn. In 2020 Forkhill seniors captured the junior championship defeating Bellek 3–10 to 1–10 in the final and doing so captured there first championship glory at senior level in 39 years.

Notable players

*Stephen Sheridan, Armagh county team (Armagh County Player of the Year 2017) *Patrick Burns, Armagh county team (Armagh County Player of the Year 2018) *Jemar Hall, Armagh county team

Honours

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(1) ** 1928 * Armagh Junior Football Championship (2) ** 1981,2020

References

External links

Club website

Forkhill page
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