Bunninadden GAA

Bunninadden
Bún an Fheadáin
Founded:1886
County:Sligo
Nickname:the Bunnies
Colours:Green and White
Grounds:Bunninadden Community Park
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Connacht
champions
Sligo
champions
Football: - - 2

Bunninadden is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the south of the county, comprising the parish of Bunninadden in County Sligo, Ireland.

History

The club was founded in 1886 by Andrew Marren and John O’Dowd.

James Kearins led Bunninadden to a 1999 league title and then to the 2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship title, the club's first for more than eight decades, before being appointed manager of the Sligo county team in 2003.[1][2]

In 2000, Bunninadden win the Sligo Senior Football Championship and Owen B Hunt cup for the second time in 109 years beating Coolera/Strandhill with a last minute Padraig Doohan goal. In 2006, Bunninadden again reached the county final, defeating rivals Eastern Harps in the semi-final. The final was against fellow south Sligo club Curry, to whom they lost 1-15 to 2-9.

The club reached the intermediate final in 2009 against Geevagh, but lost 1-08 to 1-07. The following 2 campaigns 2010 and 2011 both ended in losses at the semi-final stage against Drumcliffe.

In 2012, with Gerry Perry now at the helm, the club defeated Tourlestrane to claim a first ever intermediate title for the club.

The club then faced St Aidans of Roscommon in the Connacht semi final in Kiltoom, winning 3-11 to 3-10. In the final, they lost to Charlestown 0-14 to 0-08.

Bunninadden GAA Senior team, 1953
The Bunninadden GAA Senior football team 2020. This team won the Sligo Junior League against Cloonacool.

In 2019 under the stewardship of John O'Flaherty, the club lost in the intermediate final against Geevagh after defeating Easkey in the semi-final.

Bunninadden Senior Football team, 1975

In 2022, the club's seniors lost in the county final to Curry.[3]

Bunninadden Senior Football team, 1965
Bunninadden Senior Football Team, 1994
Bunninadden Senior football team, 1995

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Kearins new Sligo boss". Irish Independent. 10 September 2003.
  2. ^ Boylan, James (10 September 2003). "Sligo go for Kearins". RTÉ.
  3. ^ "Sligo's Bunninadden grab promotion as Tourlestrane and Coolera/Strandhill to contest Div 1 league final". Independent.ie. 3 August 2022.