Moortown St Malachy's is a

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club based in the

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of Moortown in

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History

Moortown are one of the most successful clubs in Tyrone having won four

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s in 1941, 1942, 1950 and 1992. Moortown St Malachys will celebrate their centenary year in 2023. Their last county championship victory came in 1992 and the side was captained by James Devlin. However, the Malachys have a less than inspiring record in finals and on innumerable occasions have reached junior, intermediate and senior finals and then fallen at the final hurdle. The club used to field a

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team in the 1970s, competing in the Derry league. Their pitch for many years, Tobin Park, has now reached the end of its use and the club has moved to their new pitch on Aneeter Road. There are three pitches, a warm up area and just recently, a new community hall has been developed. The club intend to start work on changing rooms and gym in 2023. Within only four years of formation, the Ladies senior team have been promoted to the top tier for 2023 and for the first time in the club's history they will have both Senior Ladies and Men's teams compete in Division 1.

Honours

Men's football

: (4) ** 1941, 1942, 1950, 1992 *

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: (2) ** 1975, 2021 *

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

: (5) ** 1934, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1969

Ladies football

* Tyrone Ladies Intermediate Championship ** 2022 * Tyrone Ladies Junior Championship ** 2021

References

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