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Club History |
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Follow Mullabrack GFC down the years from
the early 1900's to present day. Click on the relevant links below
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Mullbrack in the early 1900's |
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 Mullabrack
in the early 1900's
Mullabrack football club was formed in 1903 by local
school teacher, James Cotter. Master Cotter, a native of Cork
moved to Markethill with his wife Alice to take up the position of
head teacher at the local Catholic school
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Mullabrack
1950's and 60's |
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 The
Shamrocks team were not active again until the 1950’s when they
became known as Uí Donnabhain Rossa CLG Mullach Breac,
when they registered a team under this name to play in the 1953
season. Three of the names from the 1930’s reappeared in
this year, namely Tommy Cunnigham, Bob McClure and Eddie
O’Hanlon.
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Mullabrack 1980's
- Championship Decade! |
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 The
1980’s were to prove quite fruitful for the club with
promotions, tournament wins and the Junior championship
for the first and only time in 1983.
In 1980, the club finished second to
Ballymacnab in the old division 3B and were duly promoted to
Division 3 proper. In this year Peter McGeown was on the
1977 Ulster Minor panel, which reached the Ulster final, and he
transferred from Clady
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Mullabrack in
the 90's |
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 Although
the 1980’s have been the glory years for the Mullabrack
club, due in no small measure to a close knit local
footballing talent, the 1990’s have, by contrast, seen the
club in constant decline. With falling
numbers actually playing gaelic football in the Markethill
area, it was difficult to keep the club going.
However, due to the tremendous efforts of the various
football committees over the last decade, the gaelic
football tradition in Mullabrack is still proudly displayed.
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Mullabrack from the year 2000 |
During 2001 further development work take
place on the Ballindarragh pitch when it was drained and
shored, with the major part of the cost being borne by a
local dedicated supporter of Mullabrack. Lighting was
erected for training purposes by a number of the players,
Stephen and Phelim Sands, James Lavery and Martin McCooey.
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The Tale of Mullabrack Camogie |
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 The
first record of camogie in Mullabrack was in the late
1950’s, early 1960’s. Two local girls Josie Toner and the
late Marie McConnell who played for Ballymacnab, at the
time. They decided to try and get a camogie team started in
Mullabrack.
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