Ederney St Joseph's GAC
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| Founded: | 1929 | ||||||||
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| County: | Fermanagh | ||||||||
| Colours: | White and Green | ||||||||
| Grounds: | St Joseph's Park, Ederney | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 54°31′50″N 7°39′27″W / 54.530679°N 7.657598°W | ||||||||
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Ederney St Joseph's is a Gaelic football club based in the village of Ederney, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
History
[edit]The club was first founded in May 1929, and went through various incarnations before winning their first Fermanagh Senior Football Championship title in 1968, beating Newtownbutler by 3–7 to 2–6.[1]
In 2004, Martin McGrath became Ederney's first All Star.[2]
Ederney reached the county finals in both 2006 and 2018, losing heavily to Enniskillen Gaels and Derrygonnelly Harps respectively.[3][4] After a fifty-two year wait the club finally added its second senior championship in 2020, beating Derrygonnelly 2–8 to 1–6 in the final.[5]
Notable players
[edit]Honours
[edit]- Fermanagh Senior Football Championship (2): 1968, 2020
- Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (4): 1966, 1979, 1989, 2005
- Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (4): 1939, 1951, 1969, 1973[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ederney aiming to stop Fermanagh SFC six in-a-row for Derrygonnelly". The Irish News. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Fermanagh get two All Stars". BBC Northern Ireland. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Enniskillen win Fermanagh title". BBC Northern Ireland. 24 September 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Fermanagh SFC: Derrygonnelly win fourth title in a row with emphatic 2-16 to 0-10 win over Ederney". BBC Northern Ireland. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Ederney stun Derrygonnelly to end 52-year wait for Fermanagh SFC". The Irish News. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Marty McGrath and Ederney hoping to bridge a long gap in Fermanagh". The Irish Times. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". Fermanagh GAA. Retrieved 8 January 2022.