Tyrone Senior Football Championship
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| Tyrone Senior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Sinsear Peile Tír Eoghain |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Title holders | Errigal Ciarán (8th title) |
| Most titles | Carrickmore (15 titles) |
| Sponsors | LCC Group |
The Tyrone Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the LCC Group 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 represent Tyrone in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. In 2022, the Irish Independent said of the Tyrone SFC: "Tyrone can rightly lay claim to the most competitive senior football championship of them all just by the range of different winners it has produced over the last decade".[1]
The 16 clubs in Division 1 of the All-County Football League in Tyrone compete on a straight knockout basis. Between 1999 and 2007, the competition was played for between 24 clubs.
The winners receive the O'Neill Cup.
Errigal Ciarán are the current (2022) champions by defeating Carrickmore in the final.
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 have the most wins with 15 Senior Football Championships, the last being in 2005. Dungannon are second on 11 titles, with Coalisland Fianna in third with 10 titles.[2]
Winners listed by club
| # | Team | Wins | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carrickmore | 15 | 1940, 1943, 1949, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005 |
| 2 | Dungannon Thomas Clarkes | 11 | 1908–09, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1944, 1947, 1951, 1956, 2020 |
| 3 | Coalisland Fianna | 10 | 1904–05, 1907–08, 1928, 1930, 1946, 1955, 1989, 1990, 2010, 2018 |
| 4 | Omagh St Enda's | 9 | 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1988, 2014, 2017 |
| 5 | Clonoe O'Rahilly's | 8 | 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1991, 2008, 2013 |
| Trillick | 1937, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1986, 2015, 2019 | ||
| Errigal Ciarán | 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2022 | ||
| 8 | Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa | 7 | 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1984, 1987, 1998 |
| 9 | Moortown St Malachy's | 4 | 1941, 1942, 1950, 1992 |
| Dromore | 2007, 2009, 2011, 2021 | ||
| 11 | Augher St Macartan’s | 3 | 1976, 1982, 1985 |
| 12 | Killyclogher St Mary's | 2 | 2003, 2016 |
| Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's | 1967, 1981 | ||
| Stewartstown Harps | 1924, 1962 | ||
| Cookstown Brian Óg | 1916–17, 1917–18 | ||
| Fintona Pearses | 1913–14, 1938 | ||
| 17 | Eglish St Patrick's | 1 | 1970 |
| Strabane Lamh Dhearg | 1945 | ||
| Donaghmore Éire Óg | 1927 | ||
| Moy Tír Na nÓg | 1919–20 | ||
| Strabane Fag-a-Bealach | 1905–6 |
Finals listed by year
- 2020 (AET Dungannon win 8–7 on penalties)
References
- ^ Keys, Colm (21 September 2022). "It's win or bust in the hunt for Tyrone championship glory". Irish Independent.
- ^ Tyrone GAA Official Website
- ^ Mooney, Francis (20 September 2020). "Dungannon bridge 64-year gap with penalty shootout triumph in Tyrone football final". RTÉ Sport.
- ^ Mooney, Francis (13 October 2019). "Trillick win Tyrone title after Errigal Ciaran battle".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Brennan fires Trillick to eighth title". Hogan Stand. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Omagh see off 14-man Errigal". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Late Donnelly point leaves honours even in pulsating final Coalisland 1-13 Killyclogher 0-16 Tyrone SFC Final". Irish Independent. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Mark Bradley stars in Killyclogher's triumph". BBC Sport. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Trillick complete dream return with final win". RTÉ. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "O'Neill goal at death ends wait for Omagh". Irish Examiner. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "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.
