St Patrick's GFC is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

club based in the village of

Donagh Donagh (pronounced , ) is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It lies between Lisnaskea and Newtownbutler in the south-east of the county. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 255. It is situated within Ferm ...

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History

The club was founded in October 1971, with the ladies' football club founded in 1993. The club reached the final of the

Fermanagh Senior Football Championship The Fermanagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Fermanagh. The winners of the Fermanagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Se ...

for the first time in 1976, losing to

Enniskillen Gaels Enniskillen Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in based in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. History The club completed a six-in-a-row of Fermanagh titles between 1998 and 2003. Gaels reached the final of the Ulster Sen ...

. The club lost further finals in 1982 and 1984 to

Roslea Shamrocks Roslea Shamrocks is a Gaelic football club based in Roslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. History The club was founded as ''Roslea First Fermanaghs'' in 1888. They were later known as ''Fág a Ballagh'', then became ''Roslea Shamrocks'' i ...

, and in 2002 and 2003 to Enniskillen Gaels. St Pat's finally claimed their first county title in 2008, beating Derrygonnelly Harps in the final. Donagh reached the final again in 2010 but lost to Roslea. The club's most recent championship success came in 2021, at the junior grade.

Honours

(1): 2008 * Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1992, 1999 * Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (4): 1978, 1979, 1990, 2021

References

External links

St Patrick's GFC Official Website
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