the parish of mohill has 2 gaelic football clubs, mohill play in division 1 , eslin division 2 team. mohill club fields teams in divisions 3 , 5, whilst eslin field second team in division 5 also. both clubs have won senior titles in past , in fact mohill faugh-an-bealaghs won first ever leitrim championship in 1890, defeating ballinamore in final. ironically eslin won first title following year defeating mohill in final. eslin won last of 3 titles in 1917 have won several junior championships in meantime. mohill won last of 5 senior titles in 2006 defeating st. marys 1 point in game saw them complete dramatic comeback. mohill , eslin have amalgamated underage competition under name st. manachans, named after patron saint of parish.
one of leitrim , ireland s greatest footballers, packy mcgarty, born in mohill. mcgarty had distinction of playing county on 4 decades 1949 1973, finest hour in 1958 connacht final, despite heart breaking defeat galway. there in fact @ 1 time 3 senior teams in parish gorvagh had club. in fact gorvagh kingpins of leitrim football in 1920s , team in county win 4 titles in row between 1924 , 1928, when led inspirational captain jack bohan. top scorer on leitrim team in late 50 s , throughout 60 s cathal flynn born in gorvagh , formed lethal partnership mcgarty during period.
mohill had successful soccer team, mohill town fc , hurling club, st. finbarrs sadly both defunct. mohill players still line out neighbouring gortlettragh hurling club. mohill has known basketball club , in 2008 mohill under 16 girls basketball team won national title in community games competition. mohill home south leitrim harriers hunt throughout winter in surrounding countryside. mohill had successful athletic club participants won multiple races on country.
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