Tyrone Senior Football Championship

Tyrone Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 Tyrone Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sinsear Peile Tír Eoghain
CodeGaelic football
Founded1904
RegionCounty Tyrone, Northern Ireland (GAA)
TrophyO'Neill Cup
Title holders Errigal Ciarán (11th title)
Most titles Carrickmore (15 titles)
SponsorsConnolly's of Moy
Official websitehttps://tyronegaa.ie/

The Tyrone Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Connollys of Moy Tyrone Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1904.

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]

Errigal Ciaran are the title holders (2024) defeating Trillick in the Final.[2]

History

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To date, 24 different clubs have won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship, though some of these no longer exist (including Washingbay Shamrocks, Cookstown Brian Óg, Fintona Davitts and Strabane Faugh-a-Bealach).

The first tournament took place in the 1904–5 season and Coalisland Na Fianna won that by defeating Strabane Lamh Dearg in the final.

No competition was held in the 1906–7, 1909–13, 1914–16, 1918–19, 1920–23 seasons, nor in 1932. The 1939 competition was left unfinished.

Carrickmore is the club that has won the competition the most times (15), the most recent in 2005. Dungannon is the club with the second highest number of wins (11), while Coalisland Na Fianna is the club with the third highest number of wins (10).[3]

Format

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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.

Honours

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The trophy presented to the winners is the O'Neill Cup.

The winners qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. Tyrone winners do not often fare well in Ulster with Errigal Ciarán the only club from Tyrone to win the Ulster club championship which happened twice in 1993 and 2002. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

List of finals

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(r) = replay

(aet) = after extra time

Year Winner Score Opponent Score
1904–1905    Coalisland Fianna Strabane Lamh Dearg
1905–1906 Strabane Faugh-a-Bealach Donoughmore Éire Óg
1906–1907 No competition
1907–1908 Thomas Clarkes Fintona Davitts
1908–1909    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes 2-09 Fintona Davitts 0-05
1919-1910 No competition
1910–1911 No competition
1911–1912 No competition
1912–1913 No competition
1913–1914 Fintona Davitts    Coalisland Fianna
1914–1915 No competition
1915–1916 Cookstown Brian Óg Kilskeery McDonaghs
1916–1917 Cookstown Brian Óg Omagh
1917–1918 Cookstown Brian Óg O'Neill's
1918–1919 No competition
1919–1920    Moy Tír Na nÓg Omagh Colemans
1921 No competition
1922 No competition
1923 No competition
1924    Stewartstown Harps 0-18 Omagh Colemans 0-04
1925    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes Ballygawley St Ciaran’s
1926 Ballygawley St Ciaran’s Ardboe Pearses
1927    Donaghmore Éire Óg Ardboe Pearses
1928    Coalisland Fianna    Donaghmore Éire Óg
1929    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes 4-03    Coalisland Fianna 1-06
1930    Coalisland Fianna    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
1931 Ballygawley St Ciaran’s Washingbay Shamrocks
1932 No competition
1933    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes    Omagh St Enda's
1934 Washingbay Shamrocks    Omagh St Enda's
1935    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes    Omagh St Enda's
1936    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes     Carrickmore
1937    Trillick St Joseph's
1938    Fintona Pearses    Cookstown
1939 Competition unfinished
1940     Carrickmore    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
1941    Moortown St Malachy's    Clonoe O'Rahilly's
1942    Moortown St Malachy's    Omagh St Enda's
1943     Carrickmore    Moortown St Malachy's
1944    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes    Moortown St Malachy's
1945 Strabane Lamh Dearg    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
1946    Coalisland Fianna    Dromore
1947    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes    Moortown St Malachy's
1948    Omagh St Enda's    Clogher Éire Óg
1949     Carrickmore 4-01    Derrytresk Fir An Chnoic 0-06
1950    Moortown St Malachy's    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
1951    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes    Moortown St Malachy's
1952    Omagh St Enda's    Clonoe O'Rahilly's
1953    Omagh St Enda's    Clonoe O'Rahilly's
1954    Omagh St Enda's    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
1955    Coalisland Fianna    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
1956    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes    Clonoe O'Rahilly's
1957    Omagh St Enda's    Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's
1958    Clonoe O'Rahilly's     Carrickmore
1959    Clonoe O'Rahilly's w/o    Omagh St Enda's
1960    Clonoe O'Rahilly's    Donaghmore St Patrick's
1961     Carrickmore    Moy Tír Na nÓg
1962    Stewartstown Harps 3-03    Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's 0-03
1963    Omagh St Enda's    Galbally
1964    Clonoe O'Rahilly's    Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's
1965    Clonoe O'Rahilly's    Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's
1966     Carrickmore    Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's
1967    Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's     Carrickmore
1968    Ardboe    Coalisland Fianna
1969     Carrickmore 1-10    Coalisland Fianna 1-09
1970    Eglish St Patrick's    Augher St Macartan's
1971    Ardboe     Carrickmore
1972    Ardboe 1-09    Stewartstown Harps 1-04
1973    Ardboe    Augher St Macartan's
1974    Trillick     Carrickmore
1975    Trillick    Owen Roe O'Neill's
1976    Augher St Macartan's    Ardboe
1977     Carrickmore    Dromore
1978     Carrickmore    Dromore
1979     Carrickmore 0-08    Fintona Pearses 1-04
1980    Trillick    Omagh St Enda's
1981    Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's     Carrickmore
1982    Augher St Macartan's    Dromore
1983    Trillick 1-09    Ardboe 0-08
1984    Ardboe 0-08    Omagh St Enda's 0-07
1985    Augher St Macartan's 0-08    Gortin 0-03
1986    Trillick 0-08, 1-10 (r)    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes 0-08, 2-05 (r)
1987    Ardboe 0-09, 1-06 (r)    Trillick 1-06, 0-05 (r)
1988    Omagh St Enda's 2-06    Clonoe O'Rahilly's 2-04
1989    Coalisland Fianna 1-11 Ballygawley St Ciaran’s 0-06
1990    Coalisland Fianna 4-06    Omagh St Enda's 2-07
1991    Clonoe O'Rahilly's 1-13    Coalisland Fianna 1-06
1992    Moortown St Malachy's 2-06    Dromore 0-05
1993     Errigal Ciarán 0-11    Moortown St Malachy's 0-10
1994     Errigal Ciarán 3-05     Carrickmore 1-08
1995     Carrickmore 1-08    Moortown St Malachy's 0-05
1996     Carrickmore 2-08     Errigal Ciarán 1-09
1997     Errigal Ciarán 1-14    Galbally 2-05
1998    Ardboe 0-11    Omagh St Enda's 0-08
1999     Carrickmore 1-10    Killyclogher 1-06
2000     Errigal Ciarán 0-11, 1-10 (r)     Carrickmore 1-08, 0-09 (r)
2001     Carrickmore 1-07     Errigal Ciarán 0-09
2002     Errigal Ciarán 1-09    Killyclogher 1-07
2003    Killyclogher 2-06     Errigal Ciarán 1-07
2004     Carrickmore 1-13    Dromore 1-09
2005     Carrickmore 1-06    Omagh St Enda's 1-05
2006     Errigal Ciarán 0-12, 1-08 (r)     Carrickmore 1-09, 0-08 (r)
2007    Dromore 0-14    Coalisland Fianna 0-04
2008    Clonoe O'Rahilly's 0-10    Dromore 0-09
2009    Dromore 1-14    Ardboe 1-13
2010    Coalisland Fianna 0-09     Carrickmore 0-07
2011    Dromore 1-08    Clonoe O'Rahilly's 2-04
2012[4]     Errigal Ciarán 0-13    Dromore 0-08
2013[5]    Clonoe O'Rahilly's 3-08     Carrickmore 0-12
2014[6]    Omagh St Enda's 1-10     Carrickmore 0-12
2015[7]    Trillick 1-09    Killyclogher 0-11
2016[8][9]    Killyclogher 0-16, 0-20 (r)    Coalisland Fianna 1-13, 0-06 (r)
2017[10]    Omagh St Enda's 0-10     Errigal Ciarán 0-08
2018    Coalisland Fianna 2-11    Killyclogher 1-07
2019[11][12]    Trillick 0-12     Errigal Ciarán 2-04
2020[13]    Dungannon Thomas Clarkes† 1-12 (aet)†    Trillick 1-12 (aet)
2021    Dromore 0-15    Coalisland Fianna 0-08
2022     Errigal Ciarán 2-11     Carrickmore 1-12
2023    Trillick 1-13 (aet)     Errigal Ciarán 0-13 (aet)
2024[2]     Errigal Ciarán 0-12    Trillick 1-08
Notes

† 2020: Dungannon won 8–7 on penalties, after extra time.

Wins listed by club

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# Club Wins Years won
1 Carrickmore
15
 1940, 1943, 1949, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005
2 Errigal Ciarán 11 1926, 1931,1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2022, 2024
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
Trillick 1937, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1986, 2015, 2019, 2023
6 Clonoe O'Rahilly's
8
 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1991, 2008, 2013
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 Cookstown Brian Óg
3
 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18
Augher St Macartan’s 1976, 1982, 1985
13 Ballygawley St Ciaran’s
2
 1926, 1931
Killyclogher St Mary's 2003, 2016
Derrylaughan Kevin Barry's 1967, 1981
Stewartstown Harps 1924, 1962
Fintona Pearses 1913–14, 1938
18 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

References

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  1. ^ Keys, Colm (21 September 2022). "It's win or bust in the hunt for Tyrone championship glory". Irish Independent.
  2. ^ a b Crumley, Odhran (25 October 2024). "Errigal Ciaran lift Tyrone Senior Football title". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ Tyrone GAA Official Website
  4. ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Errigal bridge six-year gap". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Goals crucial for Clonoe". Hogan Stand. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  6. ^ "O'Neill goal at death ends wait for Omagh". Irish Examiner. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Trillick complete dream return with final win". RTÉ. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Mark Bradley stars in Killyclogher's triumph". BBC Sport. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Omagh see off 14-man Errigal". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  11. ^ Mooney, Francis (13 October 2019). "Trillick win Tyrone title after Errigal Ciaran battle".
  12. ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Brennan fires Trillick to eighth title". Hogan Stand. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  13. ^ Mooney, Francis (20 September 2020). "Dungannon bridge 64-year gap with penalty shootout triumph in Tyrone football final". RTÉ Sport.
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