The Fermanagh County Board of the

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(GAA) () or Fermanagh GAA is one of the 32

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s of the GAA in

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and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in

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, Ireland. The county football team reached an

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semi-final replay in 2004, its best performance in the competition.

Football

Clubs

Clubs contest the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship.

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'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. 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

County team

The county team has never won an

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(SFC) but has contested the final on six occasions: 1914, 1935, 1945, 1982, 2008 and 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

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and Mayo in the qualifiers. The team went to a replayed

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semi-final, beating Meath,

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and Donegal 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". ;Fermanagh hurling clubs Fermanagh has the following achievements in hurling.

All-Irelands (4)

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: 0 * All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship/

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: 1 ** Champions (1): 1994 ** Runners-Up (1): 1977 * All-Ireland Junior B Hurling Championship/ Lory Meagher Cups: 3 ** Champions (3):

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** Runners-Up (3):

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* All-Ireland Minor C Championships: 1 ** 2009

Provincials (1)

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: 0 * Ulster Junior Hurling Championships: 1 ** 1994

Leagues (3)

* National Hurling League Division 4: 1 **

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* National Hurling League Division 3 Shield: 1 **

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* National Hurling Division 3B: 1 **

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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 around a base in

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and they contested Ulster senior championship finals in the 1940s. Enniskillen contested the

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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", 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 o
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References

External links

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Fermanagh on Hoganstand.com

National and provincial titles won by Fermanagh teams

Club championship winners

Up to date League tables for Club football in Fermanagh

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