Cavan Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club from County Cavan

County Cavan

County Cavan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Cavan. Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county...

 in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. They are affiliated to Cavan GAA

Cavan GAA

The Cavan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Cavan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cavan...

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Cavan Gaels have appeared in nine of the last ten Cavan Senior Football Championship finals. They are the current title holders after beating Gowna 0-15 to 0-11 in the 2007 final at Breffni Park

Breffni Park

Breffni Park—known for sponsorship reasons as the Kingspan Breffni Park— is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Cavan, Ireland. It is the home of the Cavan Gaelic football team. The ground has an overall capacity of about 32,000 with a 6,000 seated capacity. Breffni is the historic...

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The club thus qualified for the 2007 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition played between the top clubs in Ulster. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup...

, beating St. Eunan's by a point in the first round. However, they were knocked out by St. Gall's on a scoreline of 0-13 to 0-8.
The Gaels are also the 2007 Cavan minor champions, having beaten Lurgan 5-15 to 1-5 in the final - an emphatic win.

Notable players

Current Gaels player on the Cavan senior team

Cavan GAA

The Cavan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Cavan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cavan...

 include Michael Lyng

Michael Lyng

Michael Lyng is a Gaelic footballer in Ireland. He plays for the Cavan senior football team and for the club Cavan Gaels, based in Cavan town.-Background:...

, Anthony Forde

Anthony Forde

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 and Seanie Johnston

Seanie Johnston

Seanie Johnston is a Gaelic footballer from County Cavan, Ireland. He plays with the Cavan county team and with his club side Cavan Gaels, with whom he has won 7 Cavan Senior Football Championships in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He also played with DCU and helped them to win their...

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