St Mary's Gaelic Football Club, Granemore, also known as Granemore GFC, is a

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club located near the

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of Granemore, approximately seven miles south of

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. The club fields

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teams in competitions organised by

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. As of 2023, Granemore's senior team was participating in the

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and the Division 1A League. The club, along with neighbouring clubs representing Ballymacnab and Clady, is within the parish of Cill Chluana.

History

While

has been played in the Granemore area since 1884, Granemore GFC was established in 1949. In 1971, the club won its first

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, and won it again in 1990 and 1998. The Granemore senior team won the Armagh Intermediate Championship in 1991, and won it again in 2005 after defeating Whitecross in the final. In the early 2000s, Granemore's minor team won the mid-Armagh Championship. The club contested its first

final in October 2022, losing out to

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Achievements

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(2): 1991, 2005 *

(3): 1971, 1990, 1998 *

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(1): 2004

References

External links

Granemore page on Armagh GAA website
(archived 2012) Gaelic games clubs in County Armagh Gaelic football clubs in County Armagh 1949 establishments in Northern Ireland {{Ulster-GAA-club-stub