Fermanagh GAA#Camogie

{{Infobox Gaelic games county board

| name = Fermanagh GAA

| crest = Fermanagh GAA crest.svg

| irish = Fear Manach

| nickname = The Ernesiders

| founded =

| province = Ulster

| dominant sport = Gaelic football

| grounds = Brewster Park, Enniskillen

| county colours = {{color box|008000}} Green {{color box|FFFFFF}} White

| website =

| sfc champs =

| sfc year =

| shc champs =

| shc year =

| nfl div = Division 3

| nhl div = Division 3A

| football champ = Tailteann Cup

| hurling champ = Nicky Rackard Cup

| ladies football = Brendan Martin Cup

| camogie =

}}

The Fermanagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ({{langx|ga|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, Ireland.

The county football team reached an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay in 2004, its best performance in the competition.

Football

=Clubs=

Clubs contest the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship.

Lisnaskea's win against St James' in the 2010–11 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship final meant it was the first Fermanagh GAA club to win an All-Ireland title.{{cite news|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/2011/02/lisnaskea-claim-historic-win/|title=Lisnaskea claim historic win|date=14 February 2011}}

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.

;Fermanagh football clubs

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Club ! As Gaelige ! Colours ! Dathanna
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

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Club

! As Gaelige

! Colours

! Dathanna

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

=County team=

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2008/0720/234928-armagh_fermanagh/|title=Armagh Fermanagh|publisher=RTÉ|date=20 July 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/2008/07/usfc-armagh-make-it-7-out-of-10/|title=USFC: Armagh make it 7 out of 10|publisher=Ulster GAA|date=28 July 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0624/972816-ruthless-donegal-end-fermanaghs-ulster-title-dream/|title=Energetic Donegal end Fermanagh's Ulster title dream|publisher=RTÉ|date=24 June 2018}} 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{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2003/0706/173839-fermanagh/|title=Fermanagh roast Meath in football qualifier|publisher=RTÉ|date=6 July 2003}} and Mayo in the qualifiers. The team went to a replayed 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2004/0610/182394-tipperary/|title=Tipperary footballers withdraw from team|publisher=RTÉ|date=10 June 2004}} semi-final, beating Meath, Cork{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2004/0717/183689-fermanagh/|title=Brilliant Fermanagh blitz Cork in second half|publisher=RTÉ|date=17 July 2004}} and Donegal{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2004/0724/183919-fermanagh/|title=Fermanagh through after extra time|publisher=RTÉ|date=24 July 2004}} and most memorably of all Armagh, thanks to a late point by Tom Brewster, before losing to Mayo.

Hurling

Clubs contest the Fermanagh Senior Hurling Championship.

However, the competition has not been contested since 2013, with Fermanagh better known for providing the sport with the father of Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and featuring in a Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh quote about Ó hAilpín, as not being "a hurling stronghold".{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2023/0821/1400831-green-shoots-emerging-in-fermanagh-hurling-landscape/|title=Green shoots emerging in barren Fermanagh hurling landscape|publisher=RTÉ|first=Niall|last=McCoy|date=21 August 2023|quote=Fermanagh may not be a hurling stronghold, as Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh famously told us…}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0625/1456635-micheal-o-muircheartaighs-most-memorable-lines/|title=Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh's most memorable lines of commentary|publisher=RTÉ|date=25 June 2024}}

;Fermanagh hurling clubs

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Club ! As Gaelige ! Colours ! Dathanna
Lisbellaw \| Lios Béal Átha \| Green and White \| Glas agus Bán
Erne Gaels \| Gaeil na hÉirne \| Yellow and Black \| Buí agus Dubh

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Club

! As Gaelige

! Colours

! Dathanna

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.

= All-Irelands (4) =

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 0
All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship/Nicky Rackard Cup: 1
Champions (1): 1994
Runners-Up (1): 1977
All-Ireland Junior B Hurling Championship/Lory Meagher Cups: 3
Champions (3): 2015, 2021, 2024
Runners-Up (3): 2012, 2014, 2020
All-Ireland Minor C Championships: 1
2009

= Provincials (1) =

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship: 0
Ulster Junior Hurling Championships: 1
1994

= Leagues (3) =

National Hurling League Division 4: 1
1995
National Hurling League Division 3 Shield: 1
2007
National Hurling Division 3B: 1
2022

Ladies' football

Fermanagh has a ladies' football team.

Camogie

Having been established in the 1920s, Camogie was revived in Fermanagh by Father Tom Maguire in 1939[http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/irish-independent.php Irish Independent] (via Irish Newspaper Archives) {{subscription required}} 2 May 1939 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",{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/final-goal-for-camogie-2115510.html|title=Final goal for camogie|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=29 March 2010|access-date=29 March 2010}} three new camogie clubs were to be established in Fermanagh and a county board formed by 2015.National Development Plan 2010-2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on [http://www.camogie.ie/NationalDevelopmentPlan/tabid/71/Default.aspx camogie.ie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901210357/http://www.camogie.ie/NationalDevelopmentPlan/tabid/71/Default.aspx |date=1 September 2010 }}, pdf download (778k) from [http://www.camogie.ie/Portals/0/Documents/Development%20Plan.pdf Camogie.ie download site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916083041/http://www.camogie.ie/Portals/0/Documents/Development%20Plan.pdf |date=16 September 2011 }}

References

External links

{{official website}}
[http://www.hoganstand.com/Fermanagh/ Fermanagh on Hoganstand.com]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20051125074057/http://www.hoganstand.com/Fermanagh/Profile.aspx National and provincial titles won by Fermanagh teams]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060125012854/http://www.hoganstand.com/Fermanagh/Titles.aspx Club championship winners]
[http://www.kinawleygfc.com/ Up to date League tables for Club football in Fermanagh]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090923231653/http://www.freewebs.com/comeonfermanagh/ COME ON FERMANAGH - team support song, official site]

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