Devenish St Mary's GAA
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| Founded: | 1917 | ||||||||
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| County: | Fermanagh | ||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||
| Grounds: | St Mary's Park, Garrison | ||||||||
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Devenish St Mary's is a Gaelic football club based in the village of Garrison, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1917, but did not affiliate until 25 July 1926. The club won the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship for the first time in 1960 as Devenish/Mulleek, and went on to win the county title four more times in the 1960s, including a three in a row from 1965 to 1967.[1] The club's tenth and most recent championship win came in 1996.[2]
In 2017, the club's centenary year, the club reached its first county final since 1998.[3] Devenish lost the final by seven points to Derrygonnelly.[4]
Honours
[edit]- Fermanagh Senior Football Championship (10): 1960*, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996
- Fermanagh Senior Football League (14): 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2008, 2010, 2017
- Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2022
- Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (5): 1946, 1960, 1975, 1991, 2001[5]
Notable players
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Club History". Devenish St Mary's GAA. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Devenish on the comeback trail in Fermanagh". GAA. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
"1998 was the last final, 1996 was the last one they won, it has been 19 years,"
- ^ "Devenish chase Fermanagh title to mark club's centenary celebrations". The Irish News. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Derrygonnelly claim third consecutive Fermanagh football title". The Irish News. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". Fermanagh GAA. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Tributes paid to Fermanagh great Paul Coyle after sudden death". Derry Now. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.