Tyrone Senior Football Championship
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.
| Tyrone Senior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 2023 Tyrone Senior Football Championship | |
| Irish | Craobh Sinsear Peile Tír Eoghain |
| Code | Gaelic football |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Region | County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (GAA) |
| Trophy | O'Neill Cup |
| Title holders |  Errigal Ciarán (9th title) |
| Most titles |  Carrickmore (15 titles) |
| Sponsors | Connolly's of Moy |
| Official website | https://tyronegaa.ie/ |
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. As Errigal are an amalgamation of multiple clubs they should win it every year. At just over 30 years old Errigal are the youngest club in the county with the largest membership.[2]
History
editTo 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
edit(r) = replay
(aet) = after extra time
- Notes
† 2020: Dungannon won 8–7 on penalties, after extra time.
Wins listed by club
edit| # | Club | 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 |
| 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
edit- ^ Keys, Colm (21 September 2022). "It's win or bust in the hunt for Tyrone championship glory". Irish Independent.
- ^ a b Crumley, Odhran (25 October 2024). "Errigal Ciaran lift Tyrone Senior Football title". BBC Sport.
- ^ Tyrone GAA Official Website
- ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Errigal bridge six-year gap". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Goals crucial for Clonoe". Hogan Stand. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "O'Neill goal at death ends wait for Omagh". Irish Examiner. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Trillick complete dream return with final win". RTÉ. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Omagh see off 14-man Errigal". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ Mooney, Francis (13 October 2019). "Trillick win Tyrone title after Errigal Ciaran battle".
- ^ "Tyrone SFC final: Brennan fires Trillick to eighth title". Hogan Stand. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Mooney, Francis (20 September 2020). "Dungannon bridge 64-year gap with penalty shootout triumph in Tyrone football final". RTÉ Sport.