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Keady Michael Dwyer's GFC

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Founded:
  
1888

Colours:
  
Green and white

County:
  
Armagh

Grounds:
  
Garard McGleenan Park (Páirc Ghearóid Mhic Giolla Fhinnéin)

Keady Michael Dwyer's Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is affiliated to Armagh GAA and plays Gaelic football in the Armagh Intermediate Championship. A sister club, Keady Lámh Dhearg, established in 1949, now provides for hurling. The club's ground is Gerard McGleenan Park (Irish: Páirc Ghearóid Mhic Giolla Fhinnéin).

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History

The club was one of the first in Armagh, founded in 1888, a year before the creation of the GAA's Armagh County Board.

Football

  • Armagh Senior Football Championship (5)
  • 1938, 1953, 1956, 1984, 2015
  • Armagh Intermediate Football Championship (2)
  • 1983, 1995
  • Armagh Junior Football Championship (5)
  • 1925, 1927, 1933, 1976, 2014
  • Armagh Minor Football Championship (2)
  • 1947 (Inaugural), 1957

    • Notable players

  • Pat O'Neill, Armagh Captain 1950
  • Eugene Mee, Armagh Minor - All-Ireland Winner 1949
  • Paul McCormack, Armagh player 2002-06 - All-Ireland Winner 2002
  • John Toal, Armagh player 2001-05 - All-Ireland Winner 2002
  • Stephen Bellew, Armagh Minor Player 2011
  • Ryan McCabe, Armagh Minor Player 2012, Armagh U21 Player 2015
  • Barry Coyle, Armagh Minor Player 2012
  • Stephen Renaghan, Armagh Minor Player 2012, Armagh U21 Player 2015

    • Hurling

    In the 1930s the Dwyers enjoyed a run of success in the county Hurling Championship.

    Honours

  • Armagh Senior Hurling Championship (3)
  • 1935, 1936, 1937

    • References

    Keady Michael Dwyer's GFC Wikipedia
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