Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's
History
The club was founded as Ballinamore in January 1889 in McGauran’s Railway Hotel. Unusually for a County Leitrim club, they have always fielded teams in both hurling and Gaelic football.
Local schoolteacher Seán O'Heslin was a driving force behind the club in its early years; he died in 1942; Sean O’Heslin Memorial Park opened in 1952 and the club was renamed Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's in his honour in 1953.
The club won twenty Leitrim Senior Football Championships between 1913 and 1990, but have only won it once since then, in 2021. O'Heslin's also reached the final of the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship on four occasions — 1968, 1973, 1986 and 1990 — losing each time.
A ladies' Gaelic football team was founded in 2003. Camogie has been occasionally played, around 1917, revived in 1945–50 and again in the late 1990s; there is at present no camogie team.
Honours
Gaelic football
- Leitrim Senior Football Championship (21): 1913, 1922, 1930, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1956, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2021
- Leitrim Senior Football League (12): 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1989
- Leitrim Junior Football Championship (3): 1933, 1939, 1997
- Leitrim Under-21 Football Championship (7): 1972, 1979, 1987, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 (2005–09 as Oughteragh Gaels, a union with Aughnasheelin)
- Leitrim Minor Football Championship (24): 1929, 1935, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1958 1959, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2014, 2017 (1993–2006 as Oughteragh Gaels, a union with Aughnasheelin; 2014 as St. Felim's, a union with Aughavas)
Ladies' football
- Leitrim Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship (1): 2014 (as Oughteragh Gaels, a union with Aughnasheelin)
Hurling
- Leitrim Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1971, 1987, 2015 (1971 as St Bridget’s, a union with Aughnasheelin)
- Leitrim Minor Hurling Championship (13): 1967, 1971, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 (1971 as St Bridget’s, a union with Aughnasheelin)
Notable players
- Columba Cryan: Railway Cup-winner (1957, 1958)
References
- ^ "Watch: We are Ballinamore - Sean O'Heslin's make powerful video ahead of county final". www.leitrimobserver.ie.
- ^ "Ballinamore Sean O'Heslin's all set for County Final showdown - GALLERY". www.leitrimobserver.ie.
- ^ "Ballinamore Sean O'Heslin's GAA". www.ballinamoresoh.com. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "BREAKING: Glencar/Manorhamilton beat 14 man Ballinamore Sean O'Heslin's with injury time winner to win Connacht Gold Leitrim SFC title". www.leitrimobserver.ie.
- ^ Hooper, Dave (11 October 2019). "Leitrim SFC Final: Five Things To Watch".
- ^ Watters, Andy; Loughran, Neil (1 November 2013). The Little Book of Gaelic Football. History Press. ISBN 9780750955812 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Dolan wins it for Glencar/Manorhamilton in Leitrim". 13 October 2019 – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Ballinamore Sean O'Heslin's GAA – History". www.ballinamoresoh.com.
- ^ "Ballinamore Sean O'Heslin's GAA – Ladies". www.ballinamoresoh.com.
- ^ "Ballinamore Sean O'Heslin's GAA – Ladies Camogie 1998". www.ballinamoresoh.com.
- ^ "Ballinamore Sean O'Heslin's GAA – Titles". www.ballinamoresoh.com.
- ^ "Ballinamore Sean O'Heslins and Leitrim GAA mourn passing of Columba Cryan". Leitrim Live. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
External links
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