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DUNSHAUGHLIN
unshaughlin found themselves in unfamiliar territory this year with their senior status under threat. It was certainly a new experience for long-serving full-back Ken McTigue who is more used to life in the fast lane of the senior football championship.
Dunshaughlin GAA are due to publish an updated version of their club history 'Black and Amber' soon. Originally published back in 1986 to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the club, the new chapters will chronicle the many milestones they have achieved since winning the Intermediate title in 1997. At the turn of the millennium, they were the undisputed kingpins of the Meath club football scene putting three SFC successes back-to-back. Managed by Eamonn Barry, they carved a niche for themselves in the history of Meath GAA in 2002 by following in the footsteps of the famed Summerhill team of the seventies and
Shane Gallogly raises the MFL Division 2 Cup at Pairc Tailteann
the Walterstown team of the early eighties and becoming only the third club from the Royal County to capture Leinster SFC honours. Mattock Rangers of Louth were
dispatched on a scoreline of 0-13 to 0-7 in the final at Pairc Tailteann and the club trophy cabinet also housed the FL Division 1 and Feis Cup silverware that winter after they completed the clean sweep. As recently as 2011, Dunshaughlin were slugging it out for the most coveted piece of silverware in Meath football, narrowly losing out to Summerhill after a final replay, but they have lost some ground to their rivals in the intervening two years and found themselves embroiled in a relegation play-off in 2013. Long-serving full-back Ken McTigue had the honour of captaining the Black and Ambers to county and provincial glory 11 years ago and his illustrious medal collection includes Leinster SFC, 3 SFC and IFC honours amongst many others. In 2012, Dunshaughlin GAA club made a special presentation to Ken to mark his 100th senior championship appearance in the Black and Amber jersey.
BLACK AND AMBERS KEN DO BETTER
Victors over Simonstown in the opening round of the hoganstand.com SFC at Pairc Tailteann, front l/r: Liam Ormsby, Alastar Doyle, Cathal O'Dwyer, Trevor Dowd, Tadgh O Dushlaine, Martin Reilly, Tommy Johnson, Fearghal Delaney, Niall Murphy. Back: Caoimhin King, Fergus Toolan, Niall Kelly, Stephen Ward, Padraig Mc Hale, John Crimmins, Ray Maloney, Ronan Gogan, Stephen Clusker, Michael Ahern, Mark Devanney, Conor Devereux, David Mc Mahon, Kenny McTigue
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