Keady Michael Dwyer's GFC explained

Club Gaa:	Keady Michael Dwyer's GFC.
Crest:	Keady Michael Dwyer's Gaelic Football Club logo.jpg
Founded:	1887
Province:	Ulster
County:	Armagh
Colours:	Green and white
Grounds:	Garard McGleenan Park (Páirc Ghearóid Mhic Giolla Fhinnéin)
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Keady Michael Dwyer's Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is affiliated to Armagh GAA and plays Gaelic football in the Armagh Intermediate Championship. A sister club, Keady Lámh Dhearg, established in 1949, now provides for hurling. The club's ground is Gerard McGleenan Park (ga|Páirc Ghearóid Mhic Giolla Fhinnéin).^[1]

History

The club was one of the first in Armagh, founded in 1888, a year before the creation of the GAA's Armagh County Board.^[2]

Notable players

• Seamus Mallon^[3]

• John Toal, Armagh player 2001-05, All-Ireland winner 2002^{[4] [5]}

Honours

Football

• Armagh Senior Football Championship (4)
  • 1938, 1953, 1956, 1984
• Armagh Intermediate Football Championship (2)
  • 1983, 1995
• Armagh Junior Football Championship (5)
  • 1925, 1927, 1933, 1976, 2014, 2018
• Armagh Minor Football Championship (2)
  • 1947 (Inaugural), 1957

Hurling

In the 1930s the Dwyers enjoyed a run of success in the county Hurling Championship.

Honours

• Armagh Senior Hurling Championship (3)
  • 1935, 1936, 1937

Notes and References

1. http://www.armaghgaa.net/scorbook2011.pdf Armagh GAA, page 10
2. http://www.maghery.com/armagh_clubs/ Maghery GAA
3. Web site: Seamus Mallon. Oral History. 3 February 2011. 2 September 2019. 2 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190902222629/https://www.gaa.ie/the-gaa/oral-history/video/seamus-mallon/. dead.
4. Web site: Toal's bravery knows no limits. Hickey. Paddy. Irish Independent. 4 January 2006.
5. Web site: TOtAL recall. John Toal had an Armagh career to be proud of before injury struck him down. The Irish News. 15 February 2021.