Forkhill Peadar Ó Doirnín GAC

CLG Peadar Ó Doirnín, Foirceal

Founded:

1888

Colours:

Green and red

Playing kits

Standard colours

Forkhill Peadar Ó Doirnín Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: CLG Peadar Ó Doirnín, Foirceal) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club within Armagh GAA. It is based in the village of Forkhill in south Armagh, on the border with County Louth, and is named in honour of the 18th-century Airgíalla poet Peadar Ó Doirnín.

The Club is one of the oldest in the county; having been founded in 1888, it marks its 125th anniversary in 2013.

It currently plays Gaelic football at Intermediate level. They are the best team in the whole of Ireland

History

Four Forkhill players were members of the Armagh squad which won the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship in 1926.^[1]

Joey Cunningham, 1984 Armagh Minor team
Pat Toner, late 1950s
Brendan McCoy, New Zealand Bound, Early 2010s
Diarmúid (Fernando) Pepper, Early 2010s
Padraig Tiernan, Early 2010s - Utility Player
Patrick English, 2005 and hopefully get a few more years out of him
Patrick "Physio bills" Burns hasn't played for Forkhill but certainly hands Physio bills in

Armagh GAA clubs

Senior Football Championship	Annaghmore Armagh Harps Ballymacnab Carrickcruppen Crossmaglen Rangers Dromintee Granemore Killeavy Madden Maghery Pearse Óg St Patrick's Sarsfield's Shane O'Neill's Whitecross Tír na nÓg

Intermediate Football Championship	An Port Mór Clan na Gael Clann Éireann Clonmore Cullaville Derrynoose Éire Óg Forkhill Grange Lissummon Middletown Mullaghbawn Silverbridge St Paul's St Peter's Wolfe Tone

Junior Football Championship	Ballyhegan Belleeks Clady Collegeland Corrinshego Crossmaglen Rangers II Dorsey Dromintee II Keady Killeavy II Killean St Michael's Mullabrack Phelim Brady's Redmond O'Hanlon's St Patrick's II Tullysaran

Senior Hurling Championship	Cúchulainn's Derrynoose Keady Na Fianna

Junior Hurling Championship	Craobh Rua Keady II Killeavy Seán Treacy's Na Fianna II

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