Eglish St. Patrick's GAC
Eglish St. Patrick's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Eglish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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| Founded: | 1955 | ||||||||
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| County: | Tyrone | ||||||||
| Nickname: | Magpies | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black with white sleeves Away jersey is white with black sleeves | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Fr Connolly park and Pairc Chormaic | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 54°27′06.11″N 6°47′54.99″W | ||||||||
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Grounds
Eglish's main playing field is Fr Connolly Park named after a former Parish priest which was opened in 1964 with the pitch being resurfaced in 1997 and 2014. The sports hall was opened in 1984 with new changing rooms and gym being built in 2001. Plans are in for a covered stand and extension to the sports hall to include toilets, store rooms and a bar. The club's new football ground is named Pairc Chormaic after the late Eglish and Tyrone captain Cormac McAnallen which opened in 2012. Changing rooms were built in late 2016 and were opened in 2019.
Notable Players
- Cormac McAnallen - All Ireland winner 2003, All Ireland Minor winning captain 1998 and Tyrone captain
- Conor McKenna - All Ireland Minor Finalist 2013. Currently plays Australian rules football for Essendon in Australia
- Conall Martin - All Ireland Minor Finalist 1997
- Martin McCann - All Ireland Minor Finalist 1997
- Brenden Donnelly - All Ireland Minor Finalist and All Ireland winner 2005
- JP McGeough - All Ireland Minor Finalist 1997
- Matthew McGleenan - Ulster Champion 1995 and 1996. All Ireland finalist 1995
Honours
- Tyrone Senior Football Championship 1970
- Tyrone Senior Football League 1976
- Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship 1992 & 1997
- Tyrone Junior Football championship (Second Team) 1973
- Tyrone Intermediate Football League 2007 & 2010
- Tyrone Minor Football Championship Grade 1 1989, 1996 & 1997 Grade 2 2007 & 2015
- Tyrone Minor Football League Grade 1 1996 & 1997
- Tyrone Under-16 Football Championship Grade 2 2009, 2013 & 2017
- Tyrone Under-16 Football Championship Grade 3 2015
- Tyrone Under-16 Football League Grade 3 2015
Camogie
Eglish camogie club were serial camogie champions of Tyrone and won Ulster camogie titles in Senior Club Camogie Champions in 1985, 1986. 1987 and 1991, the year they went on to contest the All-Ireland senior final against Mullagh. The Camogie club won their first Ulster title in 2015 since 1991 retaining the title in 2016. In 2016 Eglish reached the All Ireland Intermediate Final losing to Myshall, Carlow on a score line of 1-09 to 1-10.