Club Titles – U21 Football

• Granard Region (1978) = Granard + Ballymore + Mullinalaghta.
• Northern Gaels (1976) = Dromard + Fr. Manning Gaels  (📷 Source)

Northern Gaels Name: Dromard and Fr. Manning Gaels competed under the name Northern Gaels in U-21 Championship in 1976. This was the first year of this combination at U-21 grade and County Board decided at the end of 1976 not to permit combinations for the 1977 Under 21 ‘A’ Championship, hence we do not find that combination or the name Northern Gaels in competition the following year, and we see Dromard appear separately in the draw for the 1977 Under 21 ‘A’ Championship. Reference to the team as Northern Gaels is found in U-21 Championship fixtures and reports throughout 1976 and the name is also cited in local Drumlish parish notes and in Fr. Manning Gaels club notes (📷 Examples). Additionally, Dromard and Fr. Manning Gaels combined in 1975 to compete as an Intermediate team in the Senior Football Championship (via a Qualifier route), also under the name Northern Gaels, reaching the semi-final and losing out to Mostrim. The Northern Gaels name was also used in underage in 1975 & 1976 with St. Vincents (Fr. Manning Gaels), St. Francis (Dromard) and St. Colmcilles (Colmcille) jointly competing as Northern Gaels in the Juvenile Championship and Minor Championship in those years. It should be noted that these Northern Gaels team references are different and separate from the Northern Gaels underage club created some years later by Abbeylara and Mullinalaghta clubs. Abbeylara and Mullinalaghta currently compete in underage competition and in U-21 Championship as Northern Gaels.