Achadh an Mhuilinn · Achadh Mhaoláin · Achadh Mhaoileann | |||||||||||||
Founded: | 1890 | ||||||||||||
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County: | Leitrim | ||||||||||||
Nickname: | The Willies | ||||||||||||
Colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||||||
Grounds: | Páirc Achadh Mhaoileann, Sraloaghan | ||||||||||||
Coordinates: | 54°05′30″N7°45′31″W / 54.091533°N 7.758505°W | ||||||||||||
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Aughawillan GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football club in Lower Drumreilly parish, County Leitrim, Ireland. [1]
Aughawillan is located near the County Cavan border, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of Ballinamore.
Aughawillan claim their origins from the Rory O'Donnells club which played in 1890. A team from the locality played under the names Kiltyhugh and Lower Drumreilly, winning the 1923 Leitrim Senior Football Championship. [2]
A ladies' Gaelic football club was founded in the 1970s and has won nineteen county championships. [3]
The current grounds opened in 1982.
Aughawillan have won 12 senior football county titles and have reached the final of the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship on two occasions, in 1992 and 1994.
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