Ardagh GAA

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| founded = 1929

| province = Connacht

| county = Mayo

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Ardagh GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in County Mayo, Ireland. The club, which is based in Cloonkee in Ardagh,{{cite web|url = http://ardaghgaaclub.com/contentPage/10017693/a_b_o_u_t_u_s | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20240424165537/http://ardaghgaaclub.com/contentPage/10017693/a_b_o_u_t_u_s | archivedate = 24 April 2024 | website = ardaghgaaclub.com | title = Ardagh GAA - About Us | quote = Ardagh Gaa Club is located in the parish of Ardagh between the towns of Ballina and Crossmolina [..] Our facilities are located in Cloonkee just off the main Crossmolina Ballina road }} plays Gaelic football and is a member of the North division of Mayo GAA. As of 2024, the club was fielding teams in the Mayo Junior Football Championship.{{cite web|url = https://www.mayonews.ie/news/gaa/1576586/ardagh-defeat-tourmakeady-in-opening-round-of-mayo-junior-championship.html | website = mayonews.ie | title = Ardagh defeat Tourmakeady in opening round of Mayo Junior Championship | date = 10 August 2024 | accessdate = 3 September 2024 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.mayonews.ie/news/gaa/1593733/ardagh-makes-it-two-wins-from-two-in-mayo-junior-championship.html | website = mayonews.ie | title = Ardagh makes it two wins from two in Mayo Junior Championship | date = 1 September 2024 | accessdate = 3 September 2024 }}

History

The first record of Ardagh fielding a GAA team was in 1908 when they played Knockmore in a challenge game. There was, however, no official team in Ardagh until 1929. Another team was affiliated in 1944 but, due to emigration, was disbanded in 1946.{{cite web|url = http://ardaghgaaclub.com/contentPage/10017120/c_l_u_b_h_i_s_t_o_r_y | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20240424153353/http://ardaghgaaclub.com/contentPage/10017120/c_l_u_b_h_i_s_t_o_r_y | archivedate = 24 April 2024 | website = ardaghgaaclub.com | title = Ardagh GAA - Club History }} In the late 1950s and 1960s, Ardagh teams won several local 7-a-side tournaments and some of the players played for Ballina and Crossmolina. In 1972, a new club was formed, named Ardmoy, to represent the parishes of Ardagh and Moygownagh. While operating as separate clubs, they fielded a combined team for championship fixtures.{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/sport/gaa-digest-conventional-wisdom/27568532.html| work = Sligo Champion | title = GAA Digest: Conventional Wisdom | date = 8 January 2010 | accessdate = 3 September 2024 | quote = In Mayo Moygownagh and Ardagh had amalgamated for playing purposes fielding a team, Ardmoy, for the Championship but otherwise operating as separate entities }}

The club won the Mayo Senior League Division 3 title in 2023.{{cite web|url = https://www.mayonews.ie/news/gaa/1273158/carr-committed-to-ardagh-s-cause.html | website = mayonews.ie | title = Carr committed to Ardagh's cause | date = 16 August 2023 | accessdate = 3 September 2024 }}

Ardagh GAA

History

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