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Easkey is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in west County Sligo, including the principal village of Easkey and hinterlands of Rathlee, Killeenduff and Owenbeg. The club was founded in 1888.
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| Founded: | 1888 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Sligo | ||||||||||||
| Nickname: | Sea Blues | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and Yellow | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Castletown, Easkey | ||||||||||||
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Honours edit
Football edit
- Sligo Senior Football Championship (5): 1935, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1966
- Sligo Intermediate Football Championship (6): 1982, 1987, 1990, 2010, 2015,[1] 2023
- Connacht Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2018[2]
- Sligo Junior Football Championship (5): 1907, 1960, 1965, 1977, 2018[3]
- Sligo Junior B Football Championship (1): 2000
- Sligo Senior Football League (Division 1) (7): 1947, 1951, 1952, 1967, 1969, 1994, 1998
- Sligo Intermediate Football League Division 3 (ex Div. 2) (1): 1981
- Sligo Junior Football League (Division 4) (1): 2015
- Sligo Junior Football League (Division 5) (1): 1977
- Kiernan Cup (1): 2007
- Benson Cup (1): 2011
- Sligo Under 20 Football Championship (3): 1995, 1997 (amalgamated with St. Farnan's), 2019 (amalgamated with Enniscrone)
- Sligo Minor Football Championship (3): 1931, 1980, 2016 (amalgamated with Enniscrone in 2016)[4]
Hurling edit
- Sligo Senior Hurling Championship (6): 1962, 1963, 2020,[5] 2021,[6] 2022,[7] 2023
- Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship (2) 2022,[8] 2023[9]
- Dermot Molloy Hurling League (3): 2018, 2019, 2022
- Sligo Minor Hurling Championship (6): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020[citation needed]
Notable players edit
- Dessie Sloyan
- Seán Calleary
- Noel McGuire - Captained Sligo to Connacht Championship win in 2007[10]
- Eugene Mullen, played for Sligo in a Connacht final, captained Easkey to the 2018 Connacht Junior Club Football Championship[11]
- Andrew Kilcullen GAA/GPA Hurling Champions 15: 2022
References edit
- ^ "Superb Easkey annihilate neighbours to secure senior football next year". Irish Independent. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Connacht club JFC final: McKenna the Easkey hero - HoganStand". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Easkey Win Dramatic Connacht Junior Final - Connacht GAA". Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "McHugh inspires his side to Championship glory". Independent.ie. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Easkey end long drought to claim Sligo hurling title". RTÉ. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Easkey retain Sligo SHC with 20-point hammering of Naomh Eoin". independent. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Classy Kilcullen stars as Easkey cruise to Sligo three-in-a-row". independent. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "West Sligo's Easkey win club's first ever Provincial hurling title". independent. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Sligo's Easkey defeat Ballinasloe to retain Connacht Junior hurling title". Independent.ie. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "'I just turned 40 before Christmas' - the Connacht winning captain set for an All-Ireland club final". The42. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Easkey hero Mullen hangs up his boots". 17 March 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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