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Lavey GFC (Cavan)

{{Short description|Cavan-based Gaelic games club}}

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| irish = Leamhaí

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| county = Cavan

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Lavey are a Gaelic football club from County Cavan in Ireland. They are affiliated with Cavan GAA. The parish of Lavey (formerly also transcribed as "Lavay" or "Lowey"; from the Gaelic "Leamhach", a place producing elm trees") is in the barony of Upper Loughtee, County Cavan, between Stradone and Ballyjamesduff, near Virginia.{{Cite web|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~leeea/EmanuellCavan.htm|title=Lee in Cavan|website=homepage.eircom.net}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.parishoflavey.com/index.php/parish|title=Parish|website=parishoflavey.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishidentity.com/extras/places/stories/laveylandmarks.htm|title=Lavey landmarks|website=irishidentity.com}}

History

Lavey won the Cavan Junior Football Championship for the very first time in 1950, but the final wasn't played until 1951. Later the same year, the club won the Cavan Senior Football Championship for the only time in the club's history.

The club won the Cavan Intermediate Football Championship for the first time in 2009, beating Cootehill in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Cavan/Article/Index/118424|title=IFC: Gallant Lavey claim first intermediate crown|date=29 September 2009|work=Hogan Stand|accessdate=6 December 2020}} Their year didn't end there, and wins over Kinawley in the quarter-final and Fanad Gaels in the semi-final sent Lavey into the final of the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/county/cavan/article/index/119954|title=Ulster club IFC: Lavey edge into semis|date=3 November 2009|work=Hogan Stand|accessdate=15 December 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/cavan/Article/Index/120546|title=Ulster club IFC: Lavey book final spot|date=17 November 2009|work=Hogan Stand|accessdate=15 December 2022}} Lavey lost the final by two points to Cookstown Fr. Rock's.{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/cookstown-0-09-lavey-1-04-28504404.html|title=Cookstown 0-09 Lavey 1-04|date=30 November 2009|work=Belfast Telegraph|accessdate=22 November 2022}}

Honours

References

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External links

  • [http://www.cavangaa.ie/ Official Cavan GAA Website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150204230832/http://clubgaa.ie/cavan/index.htm Cavan Club GAA]

{{Cavan GAA clubs}}

{{Cavan Intermediate Football Championship}}

Category:1980 establishments in Ireland

Category:Gaelic games clubs in County Cavan

Category:Gaelic football clubs in County Cavan

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