Thomas Davis GFC, Corrinshego
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| Tomás Dáibhis CPG, Cor Fhuinseoige | ||
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| Founded: | 1905 | |
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| County: | Armagh | |
| Colours: | Maroon & White | |
| Grounds: | Doran's Hill | |
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Thomas Davis Gaelic Football Club, Corrinshego (Irish: Tomás Dáibhis CPG, Cor Fhuinseoige[1]), also known as Corrinshego GFC is a Gaelic football club in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is part of the Armagh GAA and plays in its Division 3B Football League and the Armagh Junior Football Championship.[2] The club is named in honour of Thomas Davis, an Irish writer, poet and nationalist.
History
[edit]Thomas Davis GAC had its origins in the Gaelic Revival movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. A Sinn Féin Cumann and branch of the Gaelic League were established also at the Thomas Davis Club. [3]
In the early days, the senior football team was dominated by a few families.[citation needed] The Quinn family fielded six players, including Peter Quinn who represented Armagh in the 1930s as a senior football player.[citation needed] At this time camogie was also very strong in the area, the club being twinned with St Ethna's Camogie Club.
Thomas Davis won the 1944 South Armagh Junior Football Championship with a win over Jonesboro. [4] and hosted the Ulster Camogie Final in 1946. [5]
Despite folding in the late 1950s, the present club was re-established in 1982 and won the Armagh Junior Football Championship in the same year, defeating Clonmore by 2–9 to 1–6.
In 2017 Corrinshego reached the junior final for the first time since 1982. However, on this occasion the North Armagh club of Ballyhegan Davitts would win the Armagh junior final for 2017.
Today the club has over 100 members and fields teams at Senior, Minor, Under 16, 14, 12 and 10 levels in the Armagh and South Armagh Football leagues. League and Championship titles have been won at underage levels.
Facilities
[edit]The club opened a purpose-built hall in 1947 near Corrinshego cross roads. Built in the form of a Nissen hut, this clubhouse was in use until the 1990s when a new clubroom and bar was built next to it.
Since 1982, the club played at a variety of locations. From 1982 until the late 1990s, the majority of home games were played at Carnagat Road, until the land was handed back to the church and Rathore School was built. Throughout much of the next decade, home games were played on a council facility in Meigh, a few miles away.
At underage level, the club acquired some land in the Corrinshigo townland next to the clubhouse. This pitch was primarily used for Under 12 and below and for senior training.
In 2013, the club moved to a purpose built facility on Doran's Hill with full sized pitch and clubrooms. The previous site in Corrinshego is now used for housing.
Future plans include the discussed second pitch, the possibility of a spectator stand and associated works.[6]
Notable players
[edit]- Eamonn Fearon, Armagh minor
- Liam Fegan, Armagh minor
- Niall Higgins, Armagh minor, U21 and senior
- Ian Wright, Armagh minor, U21 and senior
- George Belter, Armagh player (1930s)
- Gary McCardle, Patrick Rankin Minor (2023)
- Aaron Paul, Patrick Rankin Minor (2023)
Honours
[edit]- Armagh Junior Football Championship (1)
- 1982
- Green Cross Cup
- 1995
- Armagh Junior 3B Football League
- 2013, 2024
- Camlough District Junior Football league
- 1930
- Malocca Camogie Cup
- 1946 [7] (St Ethna's CC)
- South Armagh Junior Football Championship
- 1944
References
[edit]- ^ Thomas Davis GFC website
- ^ Armagh GAA website
- ^ Newry Reporter - Tuesday 21 August 1906
- ^ Frontier Sentinel - Saturday 27 January 1945
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003475/19460525/137/0008 Frontier Sentinel - Saturday 25 May 1946
- ^ Destination Newry website
- ^ Frontier Sentinel - Saturday 03 August 1946
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