Moortown St Malachy's GAC

Moortown St Malachy's
Baile na Móna Naomh Maoileachlainn
County:Tyrone
Nickname:The Malachys (formerly known as The Geraldines)
Colours:Red and White hoops
Grounds:Tobin Park, Moortown
Coordinates:54°37′55.38″N 6°30′44.64″W / 54.6320500°N 6.5124000°W / 54.6320500; -6.5124000
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster
champions
Tyrone
champions
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Moortown St Malachy's is a GAA club based in the village of Moortown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

History

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Moortown are one of the most successful clubs in Tyrone having won four Tyrone Senior Football Championships in 1941, 1942, 1950 and 1992.

Moortown St Malachys will celebrate their centenary year in 2023.

Their last county championship victory came in 1992 and the side was captained by James Devlin. However, the Malachys have a less than inspiring record in finals and on innumerable occasions have reached junior, intermediate and senior finals and then fallen at the final hurdle.

The club used to field a hurling team in the 1970s, competing in the Derry league.

Their pitch for many years, Tobin Park, has now reached the end of its use and the club has moved to their new pitch on Aneeter Road. There are three pitches, a warm up area and just recently, a new community hall has been developed. The club intend to start work on changing rooms and gym in 2023.

Within only four years of formation, the Ladies senior team have been promoted to the top tier for 2023 and for the first time in the club's history they will have both Senior Ladies and Men's teams compete in Division 1.

Honours

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Ladies honours

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  • Tyrone Ladies Intermediate Championship
    • 2022
  • Tyrone Ladies Junior Championship
    • 2021

References

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