Killeavy St Moninna's GAC


Killeavy Saint Moninna's Gaelic Athletic Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Killeavy, County Armagh, near Newry, Northern Ireland. Killeavy won the 2012 Armagh Intermediate Football Championship and participates in other Armagh GAA football, ladies' football, hurling and camogie competitions. It is one of the largest clubs in the county, fielding upwards of 20 teams from Under-8 to Senior levels, and has been Ulster Club of the Year. The club's ground is Killeavy Memorial Park.

History

The club is one of the oldest in Armagh, having been founded in 1888. It marked its 125th anniversary in 2011 with a series of celebrations.

Gaelic football

It is one of a small number of clubs to have won the county Junior, Intermediate and Senior titles.
Killeavy defeated Crossmaglen in 1914 to win the Armagh Senior Football Championship by 3-02 to 1-01. It retained the title in 1915, beating Bessbrook Geraldines 0-04 top 0-02. The club won the Armagh Junior Football Championship in 1932. In the 1948 Senior final Killeavy was leading St Peter's of Lurgan by 2-04 to 3 points when the match had to be abandoned.
Killeavy won the Armagh Junior title again in 1980. In 1986 the club lifted the Armagh Intermediate Football Championship title, defeating Grange 1-15 to 1-11 in a reply. The club appeared again in the 2012 IFC final, defeating St Peter's by 0-15 to 2-08.
In 2009 Killeavy provided three players - James Donnelly, Kealan Downey and Conor King - for the Armagh team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.

Notable players

Armagh Minor Football Championship
1954, 1987, 1996, 1997, 2012,
† 1948 SFC final abandoned with Killeavy in lead

Ladies' Gaelic football

Notable players

Notable players

Has an U8,U10,U12,U14,U16 and senior teams

Facilities

opened Killeavy's new pitch in 2005, when Armagh beat Meath in a challenge match.
Activities organised by the social club include céilí dancing and whist.