Aodh Ruadh CLG is a GAA club based in the town of

Ballyshannon Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 road (Ireland), N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 road (Ireland), N15 crosses the River Erne. The town was inc ...

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. Historically one of their county's most successful GAA clubs, it has won 12 Donegal Senior Football Championship titles, and currently competes in Division 2 of the league and the Senior Championship. The club colours are green and white and it plays its home games at Fr Tierney Park. The club has a local rivalry with Réalt na Mara.

History

Aodh Ruadh was founded in 1909 as a

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and

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club. It is named after nobleman

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(). Fr Tierney Park opened officially in 1954. Jim "Natch" Gallagher was mentor to Donegal's 1972 and 1974

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-winning teams. With

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, Aodh Ruadh formed one half of the St Joseph's team that won seven Donegal SFC titles and an Ulster Club SFC—the only Donegal team to achieve this feat until

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in 2018. Aodh Ruadh also contributed three players to Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland SFC title win: Brian Murray, Gary Walsh and Sylvester Maguire. In 2011, Aodh Ruadh created history by electing an all-female executive consisting of: Betty McIntyre, Chair, Emma Gaughan, Secretary, and Catherine McKee, Treasurer.

Notable players

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— 2010 Ulster Under-21 FC winner and 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 FC finalist * Martin Carney — 1972 and 1974 Ulster SFC winner; 1973

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winner; * John Duffy * Matt Gallagher — 1982 All-Ireland Under-21 FC winner; 1992 All-Ireland SFC winner; 1992 All-Star * Alan Kane — 1972 and 1974 Ulster SFC winner *

Niall McCready Niall McCready is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Aodh Ruadh and the Donegal county team. He won an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship medal with Donegal in 1995. He started the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell a ...

— 1995 Ulster Under-21 FC winner *

Pauric McShea Pauric McShea is an Irish Gaelic football pundit and former player for Aodh Ruadh and the Donegal county team. He works as a match analyst for Ocean FM. He also writes a weekly column, "McShea's Say", for the '' Donegal Post''. He played at ...

— 1966 Ulster Under-21 FC winner; 1972 Ulster SFC winner; 1974 Ulster SFC winning captain; * Sylvester Maguire — 1992

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and All-Ireland SFC winner * Brian Murray — 1992 All-Ireland SFC winner; 1994 and 1995

winner * Brian Roper — 1995 Ulster Under-21 FC winner; 2007 National Football League winner *

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— 1991

winner; 1992 All-Ireland SFC winner; 1992 All-Star ;Hurling *

Jamie Brennan Jamie Brennan (born 1996) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who plays football for Réalt na Mara and the Donegal county team, and has hurled for Aodh Ruadh. Family and education His mother Jacinta 'Jess' is a native of County Sligo. ...

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and 2019 Ulster SFC winner * Sylvester Maguire — 1989 Ulster JHC winner

Managers

Honours

* Donegal Senior Football Championship: 1929, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1951, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1997, 1998 * Donegal Division 1 Football League: 1930, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1955, 1997 * Donegal Division 2 Football League: 2017, 2021 * Donegal Division 3 Football League: 2016 * Donegal Division 4 Football League: 1982, 2007, 2008 *

Donegal Intermediate Football Championship The Donegal Intermediate Football Championship (abbreviated as Donegal IFC) is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA. Termon are the title holders (2024) defeating Naomh Columba in the Final. History The competition has been ...

: 2020 **Runner-up: 2012, 2018 * Donegal Under-21 Football Championship: 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993 * Donegal Under-21 B Football Championship: 2013 *

Ulster Minor Club Football Championship The Ulster Minor Club Football Championship (), often referred to as the St. Paul's Tournament, an annual Gaelic football tournament organised and hosted by the St Paul's club in Belfast. It is played between the Minor championship winners from ea ...

: 1992 * Donegal Minor Football Championship: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1961, 1963, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1992 * Donegal Minor Football League: 1980, 1982, 1986, 2012

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