St Patrick's GFC is a
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by ki ...
club based in the village of
Donagh,
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...
,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...
.
History
The club was founded in October 1971, with the ladies' football club founded in 1993. The club reached the final of the
Fermanagh Senior Football Championship
The Fermanagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Fermanagh. The winners of the Fermanagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Sen ...
for the first time in 1976, losing to
Enniskillen Gaels
Enniskillen Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in based in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
History
The club completed a six-in-a-row of Fermanagh titles between 1998 and 2003. Gaels reached the final of the Ulster Sen ...
. The club lost further finals in 1982 and 1984 to
Roslea Shamrocks, and in 2002 and 2003 to Enniskillen Gaels. St Pat's finally claimed their first county title in 2008, beating
Derrygonnelly Harps in the final. Donagh reached the final again in 2010 but lost to Roslea. The club's most recent championship success came in 2021, at the junior grade.
Honours
*
Fermanagh Senior Football Championship
The Fermanagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Fermanagh. The winners of the Fermanagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Sen ...
(1): 2008
* Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1992, 1999
* Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (4): 1978, 1979, 1990, 2021
References
External links
St Patrick's GFC Official Website
Gaelic football clubs in County Fermanagh
Gaelic games clubs in County Fermanagh
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