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7 unusual facts about Éire Óg


Ardclough GAA

Ardclough contested 20 county finals in success between 1963 and 1985, including a notorious battle with Éire Óg in 1973.

Éire Óg

Éire Óg Greystones GAA, an Irish Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Wicklow

Young Ireland (Irish: Éire Óg), an Irish political movement from 1839 to 1849

Éire Óg-Corrachoill CLG, an Irish Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club based in Country Kildare

Éire Óg Craigavon GAA, a Northern Irish Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Armagh

Rathvilly

It is one of the few clubs in County Carlow who can consistently challenge the dominance of the Carlow town club sides, Éire Óg and O'Hanrahans.

Suncroft GAA

Quinn starred on Suncroft teams that never reached a county final but beat Athy in 1962 and Éire Óg in 1963 in championship matches.


Colin Lynch

After defeat in senior county finals in 1998 and 2006, Lynch won a county senior championship winners' medal in 2007, following a five-point victory over Éire Óg.


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