Mullaghbawn Cúchulainn's Gaelic Football Club () is a GAA club in Mullaghbawn, southern

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. It is part of

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, and plays at Chucullain Park ().Armagh GAA, page 11
It plays

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in the

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History

A team from Mullaghbawn lost the 1917 Armagh Senior championship final (played in March 1918) to Young Irelands of Armagh. The club was founded in 1934, winning the Junior county league in 1938 and Junior championship in 1942. Also in 1942, Mullaghbawn reached the Senior final, losing to Armagh St Malachy's.

, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Craobh Shinsearach Peile'' (SFC final programme), 14 October 2012 The Mullaghbawn club ceased to exist in 1947 but was reformed some years later. It won the Junior championship in 1960,

, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Craobh Sóisearach Peile'' (JFC final programme), 29 September 2012 and the club's first Senior title in 1964, beating

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. Mullaghbawn reached the final of the Armagh Intermediate championship in 1968, losing heavily to St Peter's GAC, Lurgan. Two years later it lost the IFC by a single point to Madden.

, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Craobh Idirmheanach Peile'' (IFC final programme), 6 October 2012 The club reformed again in 1979. In that year it again made it to the IFC final, losing to St Patrick's, Cullyhanna. After winning the Junior title in 1986, Mullaghbawn returned to the Intermediate level. Further IFC final losses came in 1988, again to Cullyhanna, and 1989, to Dromintee, but in 1992 Mullaghbawn at last won the IFC, beating Middletown Eoghan Rua by 2–8 to 1–5. Promoted to the Senior ranks again, the Cúchulainns lost the 1994 SFC final to Lurgan's

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, but its high point to date came in 1995, when it beat Armagh Harps in the county final, and went on to win the Ulster Senior Club championship, defeating Bailieborough Shamrocks of

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.Mullaghbawn page on Armagh GAA website
Since then Mullaghbawn has appeared in the 1997 and 2004 SFC finals, falling on both occasions to Crossmaglen.

Notable players

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, Armagh player 1992–2007, captained Armagh to

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title in 2002, winner of three All Stars and 2002

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, subsequently manager of

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, Armagh player 1995–2005, subsequently manager of

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* Enda McNulty, Armagh player 1996–2010, All Star 2002 *

Benny Tierney Brendan "Benny" Tierney (Irish: Breandan Ó Tiarnaigh) is a former Gaelic football goalkeeper who played at senior level for the Armagh county team between 1989 and 2002, and also for the Mullaghbawn club. In the later part of his career, Tie ...

, former Armagh goalkeeper, member of 2002 All-Ireland team

Roll of honour

* Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (1) ** 1995 *

(2) **1964, 1995 * Armagh Intermediate Football Championship (1) **1992 * Armagh Junior Football Championship (3) ** 1942, 1960, 1986 * Armagh Junior All-County Football League (1) ** 1938 * Armagh Under-21 Football Championship ** 1990, 2017

References

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