Founded: | 1966 | ||
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Nickname: | The Red and Blacks | ||
Club colours: | Red and Black | ||
Grounds: | Crubany Athletic Grounds, Cavan | ||
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Killygarry are a Gaelic football club from County Cavan in Ireland. They are affiliated to Cavan GAA.
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The first match was played against Cavan Gaels on Narraks Hill. In the space of a few years the team worked their way through the ranks to senior level in 1971. Over the next few years the more seasoned players began to give thought to retirement... thus a new chapter was unfolding.
Despite the club's existence since 1966, no crest was ever created, but the crest finally arrived in 2007 & now proudly sits on all Killygarry jerseys & merchandise. The crest incorporates the following elements:
On the 8th of May 1988, the Killygarry athletic grounds were opened in Crubany. The club went into the nineties with similar expectations to those of the original team, winning the Junior title again in 1990, and many underage titles in the same decade. The next big win was in 1998 when the intermediate team won both the Division 2 league and Championship.
Killygarry Athletic Grounds
The grounds are some of the best in Ulster and host a main field, a training field, gym, running track, four changing rooms, media room, large car park, shop and kitchen. One of the largest fund raisers in the country is being implemented nationally to raise funds to further the facilities in Crubany.
The Club contains numerous teams from underage right through to senior level. There is an U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16, Minor,a Senior and 2 Reserve teams. The highly successful Killygarry ladies have an U-14, U-16, Minor & Senior Squads. Squads are usually big, with the club attracting players from the surrounding area.
Traditionally Killygarry have always worn red and black, hence the Nickname "The Red & Blacks". The Jersey is mainly red with black stripes on the sleeves and sides. The shorts are mainly black with red stripes on either side. The Socks are black with a red horizontal stripe on top.
Killygarry has reached the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Cavan Senior Football Championship semi-finals in a row, losing out to Denn and Cavan Gaels.
Notable players include