St. Killian's GAC
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| Founded: | 1904 | ||||||||
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| County: | Armagh | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green and White | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Páirc Naomh Cillian | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 54°13′09.16″N 6°29′57.85″W / 54.2192111°N 6.4994028°WCoordinates: 54°13′09.16″N 6°29′57.85″W / 54.2192111°N 6.4994028°W | ||||||||
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Saint Killian's Gaelic Athletic Club (Irish: CLG Naomh Cillian, Crois Bán), Whitecross is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
The club was formed in 1904 when local parish rivals, Ballymoyer Emmetts and Tullywinney Sarsfields, came together to form a team at Whitecross which is the centre of the parish of Loughgilly, in south Armagh. They had not long to wait for their first success on the field when in January, 1906 they travelled to Abbey Park, Armagh, to take on the local Armagh Young Irelands (now known as Armagh Harps) - in the final of the county football championship. The newly formed St Killian's emerged victorious by a goal on a scoreline of 2-4 to 1-4. This was to be their only success in the senior championship.
They had to wait until 1935 for their next championship success when they annexed the Junior title by defeating near neighbours, Clady, in the final. Six years later in 1941 they defeated the famed Clan na Gael from Lurgan to win the Junior title for a second time. Their opponents included within their ranks two Ulster and county stars in Eddie McLoughlin and a future President of the Association, Alf Murray.
Whitecross had to wait until 1969 for their next victory in the Junior Championship when they defeated Ballymacnab by two points 0-4 to 0-2 in the final at the Athletic Grounds, Armagh. Nine years later they won the Intermediate Championship defeating Cullaville Blues after a replay which took place at Carrickcruppen.
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