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Keady Lámh Dhearg Hurling Club

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Founded:
  
1949

Nickname:
  
The Red Hands

County:
  
Armagh

Colours:
  
Blue and gold

Keady Lámh Dhearg Hurling Club (Irish: Cumann Iománaíocht Lánh Dhearg, An Céide) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Keady in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The club, affiliated to Armagh GAA, is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling; a sister club, Keady Michael Dwyer's GFC, provides for Gaelic football.

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History

Predecessor hurling clubs in Keady were Éire Óg, which won the Armagh Senior Hurling Championship in 1927, 1932 and 1933, and Michael Dwyer's, which won the SHC in 1935, 1936 and 1937 but has since become a football-only club. Keady Lámh Dhearg was established in 1949, and from 1990 has taken over from Cúchulainn's of Armagh city as the dominant force in Armagh hurling.

Honours

  • Armagh Senior Hurling Championship (21)
  • 1949, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014

    • Camogie

    Keady Lámh Dhearg also fields camogie teams at several age levels.

    References

    Keady Lámh Dhearg Hurling Club Wikipedia
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