Enniskillen Gaels GAC

Enniskillen Gaels

Gaeil Inis Ceithleann
Founded:	1927
County:	Fermanagh
Nickname:	The Gaels
Colours:	Yellow and Blue
Grounds:	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Coordinates:	54°21′00″N7°38′05″W / 54.35009°N 7.6348°W / 54.35009; -7.6348
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster champions Fermanagh champions Football: - - 13 Hurling: - - 2

Enniskillen Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in based in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

History

The club completed a six-in-a-row of Fermanagh titles between 1998 and 2003. Gaels reached the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship twice during this period, losing to Crossmaglen Rangers in 1999 and to Errigal Ciarán in 2002. ^{[1] [2]} The bid for seven championships in a row was ended by Derrygonnelly Harps in the 2004 county final. ^[3] That great team went on to win one further county title in 2006. ^[4]

The club went into decline over the next decade, and by 2016, were on the brink of relegation to Junior football, scraping through a relegation play-off. ^[5]

Backboned by the 2017 Ulster Minor winning team, ^[6] the club would claim the Fermanagh Intermediate crown in 2020. ^[7] In the team's first year at senior, they reached the county final. ^[8] A youthful Gaels team lost by nine points to Derrygonnelly. ^[9]

The Gaels reached their second consecutive final in 2022, facing Erne Gaels Belleek. Enniskillen were comfortable winners and ended a 16-year wait for the New York Cup. ^[10]

Notable players

• Kieran McKenna is a former underage player. ^[11]
• Jim Cleary ^[12]

Honours

Football

• Ulster Senior Club Football Championship: (0)
  • Runners Up 1999, 2002
• Fermanagh Senior Football Championship: (13)
  • 1930, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2022
• Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (5)
  • 1971, 1977, 1984, 2013, ^[13] 2020
• Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (3)
  • 1989, 1998, 2004 ^[14]
• Ulster Minor Club Football Championship: (2)
  • 1988, 2017

Hurling

• Fermanagh Senior Hurling Championship: (2)
  • 1979, 1990

References

1. "Rangers poach a late victory". Irish Independent . 22 November 1999. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
2. "Errigal triumph in survival of the fittest". The Irish Times . 2 December 2002. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
3. "Derrygonnelly overthrow champions". Irish Independent . 18 October 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
4. "Enniskillen win Fermanagh title". BBC Northern Ireland . 24 September 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
5. "Enniskillen Gaels captain O'Callaghan aiming for revenge against Derrygonnelly". The Irish News . 16 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
6. "Enniskillen Gaels make up for past disappointments with long-awaited Ulster title". Belfast Telegraph . 2 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
7. "Enniskillen Gaels defeat Maguiresbridge in Intermediate final". The Impartial Reporter . 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
8. "How Enniskillen Gaels found their way back". The Irish Times . 19 November 2002. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
9. "Harps back on top in Fermanagh as Enniskillen dismissed". RTÉ . 21 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
10. "Emphatic Enniskillen end 16-year wait to become Fermanagh champions". Irish Examiner . 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
11. "From Enniskillen Town to Manchester United: The rise and rise of Kieran McKenna". The Irish News . 4 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
12. "'I'm very lucky to have done what I did, and to have won what I won'". The Impartial Reporter . 8 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
13. "Old hands steer the Gaels to victory". Fermanagh Herald . 24 September 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
14. "Roll of Honour". Fermanagh GAA . Retrieved 8 January 2022.

External links

• Official Enniskillen Gaels club website