Fermanagh GAA

The Fermanagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Fear Manach) or Fermanagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Fermanagh GAA

Irish:	Fear Manach
Nickname(s):	The Ernesiders
Province:	Ulster
Dominant sport:	Gaelic football
Ground(s):	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
County colours:	Green   White
County teams
NFL:	Division 3
NHL:	Division 3A
Football Championship:	Tailteann Cup
Hurling Championship:	Nicky Rackard Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football:	Brendan Martin Cup

The county football team reached an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay in 2004, its best performance in the competition.

Football

Clubs

Further information: List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland § Fermanagh

Clubs contest the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship.

Lisnaskea's win against St James' in the 2010–11 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship final meant it was the first Fermanagh GAA club to win an All-Ireland title.^[1]

Fermanagh (22) has the second smallest number of clubs of any county in Ireland, behind Longford (21). 21 of the 22 offer football, while Lisbellaw St Patrick's offers hurling.

Fermanagh football clubs

Club	As Gaelige	Colours	Dathanna
Aghadrumsee	Átha Droim Sí	Black and White	Dubh agus Bán
Belcoo	Béal Cú	Light Blue and Navy	Gorm agus Cabhlach
Belnaleck	Béal na Leice	Red and White	Dearg agus Bán
Brookeborough	Achadh Lun	Red and Black	Dearg agus Dubh
Coa	An Cuach	Black and Gold	Dubh agus Ór
Derrygonnelly	Doire Ó gConaile	Purple and Yellow	Corcra agus Buí
Derrylin	Doire Ó Loinn	Green, White and Gold	Glas, Bán agus
Devenish	Daibhinis	Blue and White	Gorm agus Bán
Ederney	Eadarnaigh	White and Green	Bán agus Glas
Enniskillen Gaels	Inis Ceithleann	Blue and Yellow	Gorm agus Buí
Erne Gaels	Gaeil na hÉirne	Yellow and Black	Buí agus Dubh
Irvinestown	Na Cearna	Green and Gold	Glas agus Ór
Kinawley	Cill Naile	Blue and White	Gorm agus Bán
Knocks	Na Cnoic	Orange and White	Oráiste agus Bán
Lisnaskea	Lios na Scéithe	Red and Green	Dearg agus Glas
Maguiresbridge	Droichead Mhic Uidhir	Red and Black	Dearg agus Dubh
Newtownbutler	An Baile Nua	Red and White	Dearg agus Bán
Roslea Shamrocks	Seamróga Rosliath	Green and White	Glas agus Bán
St Patrick's (Donagh)	Naomh Pádraig	White and Red	Bán agus Dearg
Teemore	An Tigh Mór	Green and White	Glas agus Bán
Tempo	An tIompú	Maroon and White	Marún agus Bán

County team

Main article: Fermanagh county football team

The county team has never won an Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) but has contested the final on six occasions: 1914, 1935, 1945, 1982, 2008 and 2018.^[2][3][4] Fermanagh is the only team in its province to have never won an Ulster SFC.

In Charlie Mulgrew's first season in charge, the county team reached the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final after beating Meath^[5] and Mayo in the qualifiers. The team went to a replayed 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship^[6] semi-final, beating Meath, Cork^[7] and Donegal^[8] and most memorably of all Armagh, thanks to a late point by Tom Brewster, before losing to Mayo.

Hurling

Clubs contest the Fermanagh Senior Hurling Championship.

However, the competition has not been contested since 2013, with Fermanagh better known for providing the sport with the father of Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and featuring in a Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh quote about Ó hAilpín, as not being "a hurling stronghold".^[9][10]

Fermanagh hurling clubs

Club	As Gaelige	Colours	Dathanna
Lisbellaw	Lios Béal Átha	Green and White	Glas agus Bán
Erne Gaels	Gaeil na hÉirne	Yellow and Black	Buí agus Dubh

Joe Baldwin managed Fermanagh for six years until May 2025, including to the 2024 Lory Meagher Cup.^[11] After criticising his own players, Baldwin announced he had "temporarily stepped aside" to allow selectors Conor Tinnelly and Seamus Breslin take charge of the 2025 Nicky Rackard Cup's last two games; Baldwin later stated he knew he had "lost the changing room", but preferred to wait until the campaign had concluded so that his departure would not distract the players.^[12]

Fermanagh has the following achievements in hurling.

All-Irelands (4)

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 0
• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship/Nicky Rackard Cup: 1
  • Champions (1): 1994
  • Runners-Up (1): 1977
• All-Ireland Junior B Hurling Championship/Lory Meagher Cups: 3
  • Champions (3): 2015, 2021, 2024
  • Runners-Up (3): 2012, 2014, 2020
• All-Ireland Minor C Championships: 1
  • 2009

Provincials (1)

• Ulster Senior Hurling Championship: 0
• Ulster Junior Hurling Championships: 1
  • 1994

Leagues (3)

• National Hurling League Division 4: 1
  • 1995
• National Hurling League Division 3 Shield: 1
  • 2007
• National Hurling Division 3B: 1
  • 2022

Ladies' football

Fermanagh has a ladies' football team.

Camogie

Having been established in the 1920s, Camogie was revived in Fermanagh by Father Tom Maguire in 1939^[13] around a base in Newtownbutler and they contested Ulster senior championship finals in the 1940s. Enniskillen contested the Féile na nGael camogie first division final in 1977 and Teemore won divisional honours in 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010-2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",^[14] three new camogie clubs were to be established in Fermanagh and a county board formed by 2015.^[15]