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Introduction
Glenelly St. Joseph's serves the parish of Badoney Upper, which includes the villages of Plumbridge and Cranagh. Throughout its short history the club has had its ups and downs, from being promoted to Division 2 after two years of existance and then back down soon afterwards and has remained in Division 3 since after many promotion battles.
Previous Clubs In The Area
The present club wasn't the first football club in the area, as it was preceded by; Plumbridge (1932-36), Cranagh (1932-39 and 1947-57) and Glenelly (late 1960's). Cranagh were finalists in the Junior Football Championship in 1948, 1954, and 1955. In the times where no team existed players from the area played for Gortin, Newtownstewart, Strabane, Owen Roes and Aughabrack.
A New Club Was Formed
The present club was admitted to the league in 1981.
More Information on how the new team was formed is coming soon.
The Club Name
It was decided by the first commitee to name the club after the valley that the two villages are located in. As there was no know Irish translation of the Glenelly Valley that the committee could find they came settle on Gleann Eallaigh. In the following years an Irish translation was found in the Annals of the Four Masters. This translation was Gleann Aichle.
The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, or The Annals of the Four Masters as they are more commonly called, were compiled between 1632 and 1636 under the direction of Michael O'Clery, a franciscan brother in Donegal. They are a yearly chronicles of major (and sometimes minor) occurrances in Ireland from the Year of the Deluge (2242 A.M.) until 1616 A.D.
We will upload the relevent references shortly.
Promoted To Division Two
Within two years of forming, the club found itself being promoted to Division two of the county. That was in 1983, a great season which seen them finalists in the Junior Championship only to get beaten by Dregish. In the quarter-final they had beaten Newtownstewart, then they thrashed Eskra by fifteen points in the semi-final. The team ended the year with league playoffs, a chance that the didn't squander and for all there hard graft they found themselves being promoted.
The Jim Devlin Cup
The club won the Jim Devlin cup in 1994.
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