Summerhill GFC
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| Founded: | 1931 | ||||||||
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| County: | Meath | ||||||||
| Nickname: | The Hill | ||||||||
| Colours: | Blue/Yellow orGold | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Square Park on the R156 | ||||||||
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Summerhill G.F.C. is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the designated heritage village of Summerhill in County Meath,Ireland. The club competes in Meath competitions. The team was first founded in 1905 but later disbanded. The current club was founded in 1931, and has since won 7 Meath Football Championships. Summerhill is one of three Meath teams to have won the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.
The first GAA club in Summerhill was founded in 1905, little is known about this team and is thought to have disbanded sometime around 1913 or 1914. After this, Summerhill had no local club and many players went to play for teams in nearby towns, mostly going to Bohermeen who were at that time the most prominent team in the county. With local players gone, it would take until 1931 for Summerhill to found another club. The team would go on to many Junior and Intermediate level Championships before gaining success in the Senior Football Championship in the 1970s.
1973 saw Summerhill win their first ever Feis Cup and 1974 proved to be the most memorable year in the history of the club up to that time. Summerhill had beaten Walterstown and Slane, and then beat Kilbride in a semi-final by 1-11 to 2-7. So, for the first time in the club's sixty-nine year history, Summerhill stepped onto Páirc Tailteann in Navan, on 13 October 1974, to play in a Meath Senior Football Championship final against Bohermeen. Summerhill won the championship and retained Feis Cup.
In 1975, Summerhill set out to retain their title. They reached the final and had to compete against archrivals Navan O'Mahonys. Summerhill went on to win 0-10, 0-09. Summerhill would continue their glorious run by retaining the title in 1976 and 1977. And the club won the 1977-78 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. After a controversial final in 1978, Summerhill's run was finally ended by Walterstown who won by one point. The club reached the final in 1979 and again lost this time to Navan O'Mahonys. This would prove to be a transition for the club, glory days had ended.
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