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St Mary's

Naomh Mhuire
Founded:	1976
County:	Sligo
Nickname:	Mary's
Colours:	Red and black
Grounds:	Kent Park, Ballydoogan
Coordinates:	54°15′54″N 8°30′03″W / 54.265014°N 8.500840°W / 54.265014; -8.500840
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Connacht champions Sligo champions Football: - 3 11

St Mary's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the western ward of Sligo, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland.

History

The club was formed in 1976 from the amalgamation of the Craobh Rua and Muire Naofa clubs. It was the first Sligo club to win the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship, winning three titles. As well as that, they are the only team to have won the county minor, U-21 and senior championship in Sligo in the same season, having done so in 1985 and 2015. They have also won eleven senior county titles.

Notable players

• Tommy Breheny – led Sligo as manager to a rare Connacht Senior Football Championship in 2007
• Mark Breheny – younger brother of Tommy, was one of Sligo's main players at that time
• Peter Ford
• Emlyn Mulligan
• Barnes Murphy – All Star: 1974

Notable managers

• Cyril Haran

Honours

• Connacht Senior Club Football Championship: (3)
  • 1977, 1980, 1983
• All-Ireland Football Sevens Championship: (1)
  • 1980
• Sligo Senior Football Championship: (11)
  • 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1996, 2001, 2015
• Sligo Junior Football Championship: (4)
  • 1993, 1996, 2000, 2014
• Sligo Junior B Football Championship: (2)
  • 1998 2019
• Sligo Under 20 Football Championship: (8)
  • 1985, 1986, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018
• Sligo Minor Football Championship: (11)
  • 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,2022
• Sligo Under-16 Football Championship: (15)
  • 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
• Sligo Under-14 Football Championship: (7)
  • 1976, 1978, 1979, 1988, 2002, 2008, 2011
• Sligo Senior Football League (Division 1): (7)
  • 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1988, 2014
• Sligo Senior Football League (Division 2): (1)
  • 2010
• Sligo Senior Football League (Division 3): (1)
  • 2014
• Sligo Intermediate Football League (Division 4): (2)
  • 2013, 2019
• Sligo Junior Football League (Division 5): (2)
  • 1987, 1996
• Kiernan Cup: (5)
  • 1980, 1983, 1987, 2008, 2010

References

1. "Sligo 2-14 1-16 Fermanagh". GAA. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
2. "Breheny named Sligo Person of the Year". The Sligo Champion. 5 November 2007.
3. "Breheny quits Sligo". Hogan Stand. 10 October 2007.
4. "Mulligan transfers to Sligo club". Irish Independent. 21 January 2021.
5. "Fr Cyril Haran played huge role in Sligo GAA circles: Priest also remembered as renowned scholar and teacher". The Sligo Champion. 1 July 2014.
6. "Cawley's haul helps St Mary's end long wait for glory". Irish Independent. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

External links

• Official Website

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