Leitrim GAA
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The Leitrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association
(GAA) or Leitrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards
of the GAA in Ireland
, and is responsible for Gaelic games
in County Leitrim
. The county board is also responsible for the Leitrim inter-county teams.
to two draws, then refused to play extra time. In 1927, they won their first Connacht title with the help of Sean O'Hehir's training (father of the veteran radio commentator, Micheal
) and with a little good luck when Connacht semi-finalists Roscommon
had to line out without five players whose motor car had broken down. Leitrim won the Connacht title and held Kerry
to two points in the All-Ireland semi-final.
In the days of Cathal Flynn and Packie McGarty, both Connaught Railway Cup players Leitrim lost four successive Connacht finals to Galway
between 1957 and 1960,also 1963, coming closest in 1958 when they equalised mid-way through the second half but lost by two points. McGarty was at the end of his career when Leitrim were heavily beaten in their last Connacht final in 1967, scoring only one point from play and losing 4-15 to 0-7 against Mayo. They also contested the 1959 League semi-final, but lost by seven points to Derry. A new generation of Leitrim Under-21s hosted and nearly beat the great Kerry team at Carrick-on-Shannon in 1977 before losing by five points, 3-13 to 3-8. The expected breakthrough from Michael Martin and his men never happened.
Building on the 1991 Under-21 team which won the Connacht championship, Mayo-born John O'Mahony managed Leitrim to Connacht final victory over his own county in 1994. It was heart-stopping stuff, beating Roscommon
by a point, Galway
by a point in a replay and Mayo
by two points before succumbing in an emotional semi-final to Dublin
at Croke Park
. Since losing to Sligo
in 1989, Leitrim had suffered a series of near-misses, and might have followed up 1994 against Galway
, losing by a single point in 1995 and two points in 1996.
The countys Vocational Schools team have made it to 2 All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship
Finals losing to Carlow
in 1972 and Donegal
in 1995.
The first county to benefit under the parentage rule was also the first to lose their big catch, and the loss of Declan Darcy
to Dublin
created difficulties in 1998.
Connacht Minor Football League
Ireland players;PACKY McGARTY 1957and58;CATHAL FLYNN 1960and61.
Clubs
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...
(GAA) or Leitrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards
GAA county
A Gaelic Athletic Association county is a geographic region within the Gaelic Athletic Association , controlled by a county board and originally based on the counties of Ireland as they were in 1884. While the counties of Ireland have changed since the foundation of that date, the GAA counties have...
of the GAA in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, and is responsible for Gaelic games
Gaelic games
Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...
in County Leitrim
County Leitrim
County Leitrim is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the county...
. The county board is also responsible for the Leitrim inter-county teams.
Gaelic football
In the 1924 Connacht semi-final, Leitrim forced GalwayGalway GAA
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...
to two draws, then refused to play extra time. In 1927, they won their first Connacht title with the help of Sean O'Hehir's training (father of the veteran radio commentator, Micheal
Michael O'Hehir
Michael James Hehir was an Irish hurling, football and horse racing commentator and journalist. Between 1938 and 1985 his enthusiasm and a memorable turn of phrase endeared him to many...
) and with a little good luck when Connacht semi-finalists Roscommon
Roscommon GAA
For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games...
had to line out without five players whose motor car had broken down. Leitrim won the Connacht title and held Kerry
Kerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...
to two points in the All-Ireland semi-final.
In the days of Cathal Flynn and Packie McGarty, both Connaught Railway Cup players Leitrim lost four successive Connacht finals to Galway
Galway GAA
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...
between 1957 and 1960,also 1963, coming closest in 1958 when they equalised mid-way through the second half but lost by two points. McGarty was at the end of his career when Leitrim were heavily beaten in their last Connacht final in 1967, scoring only one point from play and losing 4-15 to 0-7 against Mayo. They also contested the 1959 League semi-final, but lost by seven points to Derry. A new generation of Leitrim Under-21s hosted and nearly beat the great Kerry team at Carrick-on-Shannon in 1977 before losing by five points, 3-13 to 3-8. The expected breakthrough from Michael Martin and his men never happened.
Building on the 1991 Under-21 team which won the Connacht championship, Mayo-born John O'Mahony managed Leitrim to Connacht final victory over his own county in 1994. It was heart-stopping stuff, beating Roscommon
Roscommon GAA
For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games...
by a point, Galway
Galway GAA
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...
by a point in a replay and Mayo
Mayo GAA
The Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo inter-county teams.-History:...
by two points before succumbing in an emotional semi-final to Dublin
Dublin GAA
Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
at Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...
. Since losing to Sligo
Sligo GAA
The Sligo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Sligo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Sligo...
in 1989, Leitrim had suffered a series of near-misses, and might have followed up 1994 against Galway
Galway GAA
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...
, losing by a single point in 1995 and two points in 1996.
The countys Vocational Schools team have made it to 2 All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship
All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship
The All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association football and hurling competition. There are two levels of competition. Individual schools compete for county, provincial and All-Ireland competitions...
Finals losing to Carlow
Carlow GAA
The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Carlow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Carlow and the Carlow inter-county teams.-Gaelic football:...
in 1972 and Donegal
Donegal GAA
The Donegal County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Donegal GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Donegal. The county board is also responsible for the Donegal inter-county teams.Gaelic football is strongest in the...
in 1995.
The first county to benefit under the parentage rule was also the first to lose their big catch, and the loss of Declan Darcy
Declan Darcy
Declan Darcy is a former Gaelic football player with Leitrim and Dublin. He helped Leitrim to win a Connacht Senior Football Championship as captain in 1994, he also won a Connacht Under-21 Football Championship in 1991. He won Leitrim Senior Football Championship titles in 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994...
to Dublin
Dublin GAA
Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
created difficulties in 1998.
Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipThe All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
s:- 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995
- All-Ireland Senior "B" Football Championships:
- 1990,1991,1992
- Connacht Senior Football ChampionshipConnacht Senior Football ChampionshipThe Bank of Ireland Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. A series of games are played during the summer months and the final is played in July....
s: 2- 1927, 1994
- Connacht Under-21 Football ChampionshipConnacht Under-21 Football ChampionshipThe Connacht Under-21 Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Connacht, in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and are...
s: 2- 1977, 1991
- Connacht Minor Football ChampionshipConnacht Minor Football ChampionshipThe Connacht Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht Council. Mayo won the inaugural Connacht minor football championship in 1930. Mayo have won...
s: 3- 1945,1956, 1998
- Connacht Junior Football ChampionshipConnacht Junior Football ChampionshipThe Connacht Junior Football Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht Council. The competition began in 1906, with Mayo winning during the inaugural year. The most...
s 6- 1938, 1941, 1946, 1952, 1962, 2004
- Connacht Vocational Schools Championships:2
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- 1972, 1984, 1995
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Connacht Minor Football League
-
- 1983
- All Stars: 2
- Mickey QuinnMickey QuinnMickey Quinn is a former Gaelic footballer from County Leitrim, Ireland. Along with Seamus Quinn he is the only other Leitrim man to win an All Star award, he is also one of the finest gaelic footballers Leitrim ever produced, Quinn won an All Star at Midfield in 1990 and at the time was only the...
: 1990 - Seamus QuinnSeamus QuinnSeamus Quinn is a former Gaelic footballer from County Leitrim. Along with Mickey Quinn he is Leitrim's only All Star winner. Quinn won an All Star at full-back in 1994...
: 1994
Ireland players;PACKY McGARTY 1957and58;CATHAL FLYNN 1960and61.
Clubs
- Allen Gaels
- Annaduff
- Aughavas
- Aughawillan
- Aughnasheelin
- Ballinaglera
- BornacoolaBornacoolaBornacoola is an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Ireland. It is located at the southern extremity of County Leitrim in the civil parish of Mohill. Some of its townlands lie in neighbouring County Longford...
- Carrigallen
- Cloone
- Dromahaire
- Drumkeerin
- Drumreilly
- Eslin
- St. Caillins
- Glencar/Manor
- Glenfarne/Kilty
- Gortletteragh
- KiltubridKiltubridKiltubrid is a civil parish in the barony of Leitrim, County Leitrim, Ireland. The name of the parish translates as "the Church of the Well", a reference to the ancient church in the townland of the same name. This building was substantially demolished during Penal times. This remaining ruins...
- Leitrim Gaels
- Melvin Gaels
- Mohill
- Sean O Heslins
- St. Marys
- St. Osnatts
Hurling
- Connacht Junior Hurling ChampionshipConnacht Junior Hurling ChampionshipThe Connacht Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Connacht in Ireland...
: 4- 1969, 1970, 1975,1976
- Connacht Minor Hurling ChampionshipConnacht Minor Hurling ChampionshipThe Connacht Minor Hurling Championship was a Minor "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games were organised by the Connacht Council. The competition began in 1931, with Galway winning during the inaugural year...
: 1- 1965
Clubs
- Carrick HurlingSt. Mary's Kiltoghert GAASt Marys GAA Club, is an athletic club based in the parish of Kiltoghert, near Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland. The club was re-formed in March 1944. For 55 years, the club rented the Show Grounds on the Boyle Road...
- Sean O'Heslins
- Cluainin Imonaint
- Gortletteragh
Honours
- All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football ChampionshipThe All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship is a "knockout" competition in the game of Ladies' Gaelic football played by women in Ireland...
: 1- 2007
- Connacht Ladies' Senior Championships: 7
- 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1991 1992