History of Syddan GFC .....
Gaelic football has been played in the parish since before the advent of the G.A.A. in the 1880's. The first official club in the parish was the Syddan Emmets in the 1890's over a century ago.
SYDDAN's Roll of Honour is as follows:
1927 - Junior Championship Winners
1932 - FEIS Cup Winners
1936 - Junior League Championship
1937 - Junior League Championship
1940 - Intermediate Championship Runners-up
1941 - Intermediate Championship Winners
1948 - Senior Championship Runners-up
1949 - Senior Championship Winners
1951 - Senior Championship Winners
1952 - Senior Championship and Feis cup Winners
1956 - Senior Championship Winners
1977 - Senior League and Feis Cup Runners-up
1980 - Senior and Under 21 Championship Runners-up
1982 - Junior B Championship Winners
1992 - Junior C Championship Winners
1994 - Division 3 League Winners and Junior B Championship Runners-up
1998 - Reserve League Winners
1999 - Intermediate Championship Winners
2003 - FEIS Cup Winners
2004 - Junior 'C' Championship Winners
2005 - A League Div'3 Winners / B League Div'2 Winners
Click above for poem by Paddy Meegan, winner of:
2 All-Ireland 1949 & 1954.
2 N.F.L. 1946 & 1951.
4 Railway Cup 1945, 1952, 1953 & 1954.
2 Rest of Ireland team 1952 & 1953.
5 Leinster 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952 & 1954.
1 Meath I.F.C. 1941.
4 Meath S.F.C. 1949, 1951, 1952 & 1956.
Click here for a summary of Syddan's History by Michael Carolan.
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