Tyrone GAA

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Tyrone GAA
Nancy Murray Cup

The Tyrone County Board (

county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
.

The county board is responsible for preparing the Tyrone county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball.

The county football team was the sixth from the province of Ulster to win the Sam Maguire Cup, leaving only Antrim, Fermanagh and Monaghan to still win the trophy and become All-Ireland champions.

According to a 2015 TUD study by Shane Mangan, Tyrone had 10,500 players.[1] They were fined €600 for attempting all 10,500 of them in one game against Wicklow in 2017.

Football

Clubs

Further information: List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland § Tyrone

The county's most successful football club is Carrickmore. Carrickmore has won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship on fifteen occasions. Errigal Ciarán has won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship on seven occasions and the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship twice, in 1994 and 2002.

Two Tyrone clubs have won the men's All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship: Cookstown Fr. Rock's GAC in 2010 and 2013, and Moy Tír Na nÓg GAC in 2018.

Greencastle GAA
men won the All-Ireland Junior Club Championship in 2007. The Ladies (Sperrin Óg) won the All-Ireland Junior Club Championship in 2011.

County team

Main article: Tyrone county football team

Tyrone won its first Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) in 1956, defending it successfully in 1957. The county did not win a third Ulster SFC title until 1973.

The Tyrone team of the mid-eighties won a fourth Ulster SFC title in

a first ever final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), where Kerry defeated it by a scoreline of 2–15 to 1-10. Tyrone added a sixth Ulster SFC (after a replay of the final) in 1989
.

However, All-Ireland SFC success eluded Tyrone and the county watched as its Ulster rivals won an unprecedented four consecutive national titles in the early 1990s (two titles for Down bookending one title for Donegal, as well as Derry's only title).[2]

Tyrone reached the 1994 Ulster SFC final but lost to eventual All-Ireland winners Down; however, Tyrone's forward

1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final (only the county's second ever). Dublin
emerged as victors by a scoreline of 1–10 to 0–12, Canavan scoring 11 of Tyrone's 12 points. Tyrone won another Ulster SFC in 1996.

In 2003 a new Tyrone manager,

2003 All-Ireland SFC final was Tyrone's third and had the county pitted against rival and neighbouring county Armagh, the reigning All-Ireland SFC champions (Armagh had also beaten Tyrone to the title). It was the first All-Ireland SFC final between sides from the same province
.

Healy Park in Omagh is the home ground of Tyrone GAA

Tragedy struck the following year with the sudden death of Cormac McAnallen, at the age of 24. Tyrone, however, came back the following year to win the All-Ireland SFC for a second time. The county played a total of ten matches, including three replays, which was a record for any winning team.[2] Tyrone played five matches in the Ulster SFC, including replays against Cavan in the semi-final and against Armagh in the final, which they lost.

2008 All-Ireland final
. Tyrone has a large support around the county.

Having to contest an All-Ireland SFC qualifier as a result of that loss, Tyrone overcame

2005 All-Ireland SFC final
, the county defeated Kerry for the second time in three years to win the Sam Maguire Cup, sparking emotional scenes among the Tyrone team and fans, in remembrance of Cormac McAnallen.

Tyrone vs Dublin match in 2013

Tyrone won its eleventh Ulster SFC title in 2007. The county lost its opening game of the

2008 All-Ireland SFC final against a Kerry team intent on winning three consecutive titles.[2] Kerry did not. Despite Peter Canavan's retirement, Owen Mulligan's disciplinary problems and Stephen O'Neill's on-off retirement through injury, Tyrone prevailed to win a third All-Ireland SFC title.[2]
Tyrone defeated Kerry by a scoreline of 1–15 to 0–14.

Tyrone reached the

the final
by a scoreline of 2–14 to 0–15.

Omagh St. Enda's.[5]

County Tyrone GAA team is currently sponsored by Cookstown based construction company McAleer & Rushe, who announced they would extend the main sponsorship deal until the end of 2025. [6]

Hurling

Clubs contest the Tyrone Senior Hurling Championship.

Gerry Goodwin of Tyrone won the 1982 All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship.[citation needed]

Damian Casey is widely regarded as the county's greatest hurler and played in every game for his county at senior level from his debut in 2012 untiil the 2022 Nicky Rackard Cup final, after which he died at the age of 29. He also scored in every game he played for Tyrone at senior level.[7][8][9]

Mattie Lennon managed Tyrone for many years in the 2010s.[10][11]

Michael McShane succeeded Mattie Lennon as Tyrone hurling manager in January 2021, combining it with his existing role as manager of

Slaughtneil's hurling team.[12] Receiving a three-year term, his backroom team included coach Stephen McGarry and strength specialist Tommy Stevenson.[13] McShane said in 2021 he thought Tyrone should be competing at a higher level in hurling;[14]
in the 2022 season, Tyrone's hurlers secured promotions in both the league and the championship, topping Division 3A and winning the Nicky Rackard Cup.

Tyrone have the following achievements in hurling.

National

Provincial

Leagues

Camogie

Loughgiel in the Ulster final by 3–7 to 2–4 and then defeating Celtic
of Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final, but lost the final heavily against Mullagh from Galway.

Tyrone qualified for the All Ireland junior final of 1980 against Cork, defeating Armagh, Antrim and Louth in their path to the final. Ursula Jordan was the outstanding player of the era and in the history of camogie in the county, and was selected for Ulster's Gael Linn Cup inter-provincial team. Ann Jordan, Sheila Burke and Paula Vallely were other notable players from the 1980s. Vera Campbell refereed the All Ireland senior finals of 1939, 1940 and 1943.

Tyrone won the

Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup in 2008[15] and the fourth division of the National Camogie League in 2010.[16]

Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010–2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",[17] five new camogie clubs were established in the county in 2015.[18]

Ladies' football

Tyrone has a ladies' football team.

References

  1. ^ O'Kane, Cahair (10 August 2021). "Kicking Out: At what point do we question urban investment?". The Irish News. It's a while back now but TUD lecturer Shane Mangan released figures in 2015 that showed the number of registered players in each county... Neighbours Tyrone, with 10,500 players, were fourth from bottom.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sweeney, Eamonn (22 November 2020). "Special One turned the Tyrone tide". Sunday Independent.
  3. ^ Devlin, Michael (18 May 2021). "O'Neill's in major renaming deal for Tyrone GAA stadium". We Are Tyrone. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Omagh St. Enda's | Naomh Éanna an Ómaigh CLG".
  5. ^ "Healy Park". Stadium Database. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ^ "McAleer & Rushe continue Tyrone GAA sponsorship". Hogan Stand. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "'A magician of rare skill' — tributes paid to Tyrone hurling star Damian Casey who died in tragic swimming pool accident in Spain". Independent.ie. 18 June 2022. Considered Tyrone's greatest ever hurler, Damian Casey had helped his home county to Nicky Rackard Cup glory only last month.... Mr Casey first lined-out for the Tyrone seniors in 2012. The full-forward started his county's first game that season and amazingly he started every game for Tyrone since then — 100 outings in total.
  8. RTÉ News and Current Affairs
    . 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022. The Dungannon man, regarded as possibly the county's greatest hurler of all time, made his inter-county debut in 2012.
  9. The42.ie
    . 8 June 2022. Eoghan Ruadh forward Casey was widely regarded as Tyrone's greatest hurler of all time. He top scored in last month's Nicky Rackard Cup final victory over Roscommon at Croke Park with 0-14 (nine frees, two 65's and three from play). That was Casey's 40th championship appearance for Tyrone, and he boasted the remarkable record of scoring in every one of them.
  10. ^ "Minor Football and Senior Hurling Management appointed". Tyrone GAA. 7 November 2017. This will be Mattie's fourth season in charge over the last five years, having delivered a Nicky Rackard Cup, Division 3A and Division 3B titles and a further Division 3A Final appearance to date during his tenure.
  11. ^ "Team news: Tyrone name hurling team to face Leitrim". Hogan Stand. 4 April 2014. Tyrone senior hurling manager Mattie Lennon has named his team to face Leitrim in the Allianz HL Division 3B final at Markievicz Park, 3.45pm.
  12. ^ "Michael McShane: Slaughtneil hurling boss appointed to fill Tyrone senior vacancy". BBC Sport. 21 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Tyrone hurlers have been 'punching below their weight' — new boss McShane". BBC Sport. 17 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Tyrone hurlers should be playing at a higher level, says McShane". Hogan Stand. 19 February 2021.
  15. ^ 2008 Jun B Tyrone 4–11 Wicklow 0–3 on Camogie.ie
  16. ^ 2010 Div 4 Tyrone 3–12 Westmeath 1–9 report in Westmeath Examiner
  17. ^ "Final goal for camogie". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  18. ^ National Development Plan 2010–2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on camogie.ie, pdf download (778k) from Camogie.ie download site

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