Irish: | Fear Manach |
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Nickname(s): | The Ernesiders |
Province: | Ulster |
Dominant sport: | Gaelic football |
Ground(s): | Brewster Park, Enniskillen |
County colours: | Green White |
County teams | |
NFL: | Division 3 |
NHL: | Division 3A |
Football Championship: | Tailteann Cup |
Hurling Championship: | Nicky Rackard Cup |
Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup |
The Fermanagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish : Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Fear Manach) or Fermanagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
The county football team reached an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay in 2004, its best performance in the competition.
Clubs contest the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship.
Fermanagh (22) has the second smallest number of clubs of any county in Ireland, behind Longford (21). 21 of the 22 offer football, while Lisbellaw St Patrick's offers hurling.
Club | As Gaelige | Colours | Dathanna |
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Aghadrumsee | Átha Droim Sí | Black and White | Dubh agus Bán |
Belcoo | Béal Cú | Light Blue and Navy | Gorm agus Cabhlach |
Belnaleck | Béal na Leice | Red and White | Dearg agus Bán |
Brookeborough | Achadh Lun | Red and Black | Dearg agus Dubh |
Coa | An Cuach | Black and Gold | Dubh agus Ór |
Derrygonnelly | Doire Ó gConaile | Purple and Yellow | Corcra agus Buí |
Derrylin | Doire Ó Loinn | Green, White and Gold | Glas, Bán agus |
Devenish | Daibhinis | Blue and White | Gorm agus Bán |
Ederney | Eadarnaigh | White and Green | Bán agus Glas |
Enniskillen Gaels | Inis Ceithleann | Blue and Yellow | Gorm agus Buí |
Erne Gaels | Gaeil na hÉirne | Yellow and Black | Buí agus Dubh |
Irvinestown | Na Cearna | Green and Gold | Glas agus Ór |
Kinawley | Cill Naile | Blue and White | Gorm agus Bán |
Knocks | Na Cnoic | Orange and White | Oráiste agus Bán |
Lisnaskea | Lios na Scéithe | Red and Green | Dearg agus Glas |
Maguiresbridge | Droichead Mhic Uidhir | Red and Black | Dearg agus Dubh |
Newtownbutler | An Baile Nua | Red and White | Dearg agus Bán |
Roslea Shamrocks | Seamróga Rosliath | Green and White | Glas agus Bán |
St Patrick's (Donagh) | Naomh Pádraig | White and Red | Bán agus Dearg |
Teemore | An Tigh Mór | Green and White | Glas agus Bán |
Tempo | An tIompú | Maroon and White | Marún agus Bán |
The county team has never won an Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) but has contested the final on six occasions: 1914, 1935, 1945, 1982, 2008 and 2018. [1] [2] [3] Fermanagh is the only team in its province to have never won an Ulster SFC.
In Charlie Mulgrew's first season in charge, the county team reached the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final after beating Meath [4] and Mayo in the qualifiers. The team went to a replayed 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship [5] semi-final, beating Meath, Cork [6] and Donegal [7] and most memorably of all Armagh, thanks to a late point by Tom Brewster, before losing to Mayo.
Clubs contest the Fermanagh Senior Hurling Championship.
Club | As Gaelige | Colours | Dathanna |
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Lisbellaw | Lios Béal Átha | Green and White | Glas agus Bán |
Erne Gaels | Gaeil na hÉirne | Yellow and Black | Buí agus Dubh |
Fermanagh has the following achievements in hurling.
Fermanagh has a ladies' football team.
Having been established in the 1920s, Camogie was revived in Fermanagh by Father Tom Maguire in 1939 [8] around a base in Newtownbutler and they contested Ulster senior championship finals in the 1940s. Enniskillen contested the Féile na nGael camogie first division final in 1977 and Teemore won divisional honours in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010-2015, "Our Game, Our Passion", [9] three new camogie clubs were to be established in Fermanagh and a county board formed by 2015. [10]
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The Antrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Antrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The county board is also responsible for the Antrim county teams.
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The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) 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 county teams.
The Cavan County Board or Cavan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Cavan.
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The Tyrone County Board, or Tyrone GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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The 2018–19 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 49th annual gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970–71 season. The winners receive the Andy Merrigan Cup.
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The Fermanagh county football team represents Fermanagh GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of football. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.