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Faugh-a-Ballagh

Faugh-a-Bealach, An tIúr
Founded:	1902
County:	Down
Nickname:	John Attey's Men
Colours:	Red and Black
Grounds:	The Marshes
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster champions Down champions Football: - - 4 Hurling: - - 6

Faugh-a-Ballagh Gaelic Athletic Association was a Gaelic Athletic Club based in Newry, County Down.

Established in 1902, it was the first GAA club in the town and throughout its early years was one of the most successful clubs in the county winning five hurling championships and four football championships between 1903 and 1910.

Faugh-a-Ballagh remain the only club to win the Down Senior Hurling and Down Senior Football Championship in the same year, a feat which they achieved on three occassions in 1903, 1907 and 1909.

History

Faugh-a-Ballagh was established in Newry during the Gaelic Revival. It was established in March 1902 by A. Lennon, W. McAnulty, T. McCann, J. Bulger, J. Laney, and P. Lavery.

Reorganised in December of the same year, it elected William McAnulty as President and Patrick Lavery as Secretary..

The club folded in the 1940s.

Honours

Down Senior Hurling Championship (6)

• 1903
• 1904
• 1907
• 1908
• 1909
• 1930

Down Senior Football Championship (4)

• 1903
• 1906
• 1907
• 1909

References

1. Frontier Sentinel - Saturday 17 March 1956 - p. 8
2. Frontier Sentinel – Saturday 22 October 1904
3. Frontier Sentinel – Saturday 22 October 1904

• Gaelic Athletic Association clubs established in 1902
• 1902 establishments in Ireland