Tyrone Senior Football Championship
The Tyrone Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the LCC Group Tyrone Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Tyrone GAA between the top gaelic football clubs in County Tyrone. The winners represent Tyrone in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.
Tyrone Senior Football Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Sinsear Peile Tír Eoghain |
Founded | 1904 |
Title holders | Trillick St. Macartan's (8th title) |
Most titles | Carrickmore (15 titles) |
Sponsors | LCC Group |
The 16 clubs in Division 1 of the All-County Football League in Tyrone compete on a straight knockout basis. Between 1999 and 2007, the competition was played for between 24 clubs.
The winners receive the O'Neill Cup.
Trillick St. Macartan's are the current (2019) champions by defeating Errigal Ciaran in the final.
History
To date, 24 different clubs have won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship though some of these no longer exist, including Washingbay Shamrocks, Cookstown Brian Og, Fintona Davitts and Strabane Faugh-a-Bealach.
There was no Tyrone senior football club championship in the 1906-7, 1909–13, 1914–16, 1918–19, 1920-23 seasons and in 1932. The 1939 competition was left unfinished.
The first tournament took place in the 1904-5 season and Coalisland Fianna were crowned champions defeating Strabane Lamh Dearg in the final.
Carrickmore have the most wins with 15 Senior Football Championships, the last being in 2005. Dungannon and Coalisland Fianna are second with 10 titles, with Dungannon last being in 1956 and their last final appearance in 1986.[1]
Winners Listed By Club
Team | Wins | Winning Years | |
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1 | Carrickmore | 15 | 1940, 1943, 1949, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005. |
2 | Dungannon Thomas Clarkes | 10 | 1908-9, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1944, 1947, 1951, 1956. |
Coalisland Fianna | 10 | 1904-5, 1907-8, 1928, 1930, 1946, 1955, 1989, 1990, 2010, 2018. | |
3 | Omagh St. Enda's | 9 | 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1988, 2014, 2017. |
4 | Clonoe O'Rahilly's | 8 | 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1991, 2008, 2013. |
Trillick | 8 | 1937, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1986, 2015, 2019 | |
6 | Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa | 7 | 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1984, 1987, 1998. |
Errigal Ciarán | 7 | 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2012 | |
8 | Moortown St. Malachy's | 4 | 1941, 1942, 1950, 1992 |
9 | Augher St. Martan's | 3 | 1976, 1982, 1985 |
Dromore | 3 | 2007, 2009, 2011 | |
11 | Killyclogher St. Mary's | 2 | 2003, 2016 |
Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's | 2 | 1967, 1981 | |
Stewartstown Harps | 2 | 1924, 1962 | |
Cookstown Brian Óg | 2 | 1916-17, 1917–18 | |
15 | Eglish St. Patrick's | 1 | 1970 |
Strabane Lamh Dhearg | 1 | 1945 | |
Fintona Pearses | 1 | 1938 | |
Washingbay Shamrocks | 1 | 1934 | |
Ballygawley St. Ciaran's | 1 | 1926, 1931 | |
Donaghmore Éire Óg | 1 | 1927 | |
Moy Tír Na nÓg | 1 | 1919-20 | |
Fintona Davitts | 1 | 1913-14 | |
Strabane Fag-a-Bealach | 1 | 1905-6 | |
Finals Listed By Year
References
- Tyrone GAA Official Website
- Mooney, Francis (13 October 2019). "Trillick win Tyrone title after Errigal Ciaran battle". Cite journal requires
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