Tyrone Senior Football Championship
| Tyrone Senior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Sinsear Peile Tír Eoghain |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Title holders | Trillick (7th title) |
| Most titles | Carrickmore (15 titles) |
| Sponsors | McAleer & Rushe |
The Tyrone Senior Football Championship (currently also known for sponsorship reasons as the Power NI Tyrone Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Tyrone GAA between the top Gaelic football clubs in County Tyrone. The winners qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which progress to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
The competition is competed for between the 16 clubs in Division 1 of the All-County Football League in Tyrone on a straight knockout basis. Between 1999 and 2007, the competition was played for between 24 clubs. The winners at the end of the competition each year are presented with the O'Neill Cup.
The current champions are Trillick.
History
To date, 24 different clubs have won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship though some of these no longer exist, including Washingbay Shamrocks, Cookstown Brian Og, Fintona Davitts and Strabane Faugh-a-Bealach.
There was no Tyrone senior football club championship in the 1906-7, 1909–13, 1914–16, 1918–19, 1920-23 seasons and in 1932. The 1939 competition was left unfinished.
The first tournament took place in the 1904-5 season and Coalisland Fianna were crowned champions defeating Strabane Lamh Dearg in the final.
Carrickmore currently top the table with the amount of Tyrone Senior Football Championships won with 15 with the last one in 2005, while Dungannon are second with 10 titles with the last title won in 1956, their last final appearance in 1986.[1]
Top winners
| Team | Winner | Winning Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carrickmore St. Colmcille's | 15 | 1940, 1943, 1949, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005. |
| 2 | Dungannon Thomas Clarkes | 10 | 1908-9, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1944, 1947, 1951, 1956. |
| 3 | Coalisland Fianna | 9 | 1904-5, 1907-8, 1928, 1930, 1946, 1955, 1989, 1990, 2010. |
| 4 | Omagh St. Enda's | 8 | 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1988, 2014. |
| Clonoe O'Rahilly's | 8 | 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1991, 2008, 2013. | |
| 6 | Ardboe O'Donnovan Rossa | 7 | 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1984, 1987, 1998. |
| Errigal Ciarán | 7 | 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2012 | |
| Trillick St. Macartan's | 7 | 1937, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1986, 2015. | |
| 9 | Moortown St. Malachy's | 4 | 1941, 1942, 1950, 1992 |
| 10 | Augher St. Macartan's | 3 | 1976, 1982, 1985 |
| Dromore | 3 | 2007, 2009, 2011 | |
| 12 | Derrylaughan Kevin Barrys | 2 | 1967, 1981 |
| Stewartstown Harps | 2 | 1924, 1962 | |
| Cookstown Brian Óg | 2 | 1916-17, 1917–18 | |
| 15 | Eglish St. Patrick's | 1 | 1970 |
| Strabane Lamh Dhearg | 1 | 1945 | |
| Fintona Pearses | 1 | 1938 | |
| Washingbay Shamrocks | 1 | 1934 | |
| Ballygawley St. Ciaran's | 1 | 1926, 1931 | |
| Donaghmore Éire Óg | 1 | 1927 | |
| Moy Tír na nÓg | 1 | 1919-20 | |
| Fintona Davitts | 1 | 1913-14 | |
| Strabane Fag-a-Bealach | 1 | 1905-6 | |
| Killyclogher St. Mary's | 1 | 2003 |
Roll of honour
References
- ↑ Tyrone GAA Official Website
- ↑ "Trillick complete dream return with final win". RTE. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ "O’Neill goal at death ends wait for Omagh". Irish Examiner. 290 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Tyrone SFC final: Goals crucial for Clonoe". Hogan Stand. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ↑ "Tyrone SFC final: Errigal bridge six-year gap". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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