Moortown St. Malachy's GAC 2.69

Moortown St. Malachy's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Moortown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.HistoryMoortown are one of the most successful clubs in Tyrone having won four Tyrone Senior Football Championships in 1941, 1942, 1950 and 1992.Their last county championship victory came in 1992 and the side was captained by James Devlin. However, the Malachys have a less than inspiring record in finals and on innumerable occasions have reached junior, intermediate and senior finals and then fallen at the final hurdle. Often perform best as underdogs.The club used to field a Hurling team in the 1970s, competing in the Derry league.Their pitch for many years, Tobin park,has now reached the end of its use and the club has moved to their new pitch on the aneter road. There are 3 pitches, a warm up area and in the next few years a club house will be put in place.The U-13 team won the County Title in 2010.Whilst the following year the same side won the U-14 Grade 1 League. The senior and reserve team won the intermediate leagues in 2013, although they got promoted they are now back down in division 2In recent years the club also began to field a Camogie team. The u-14s boys won the grade 1 championship 2009 and the U-16 championship in 2010 and the tyrone feile in 2012. A coveted minor double double has followed winning both the grade 1 league and championship in 2014 and 2015. Notably, an U14 girls team was entered for the first time and in their first season they picked up an U14 division 4 league and championship double.