Bohermeen GAA
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Bohermeen GAA was a Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club located in the village of Bohermeen
Bohermeen
Bohermeen is a Roman Catholic parish in the Irish Diocese of Meath. Its English name is a corruption of an ancient Irish language name, An Bóthar Mín, which meant the smooth road. Originally one of the five famed ancient roadways that led from the mediæval capital of Ireland, Tara, approximately 10...

 in County Meath
County Meath
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, Ireland
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. The club played football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 in Meath competitions. In the early 20th century the club had great success winning six consecutive Meath Senior Football Championship titles from 1909 to 1914, and winning another championship in 1916. Bohermeen were the strongest football side in Meath at this time. After this the club no longer competed at senior level. Bohermeen reached the Senior Football Championship Final in 1974 and were defeated by Summerhill
Summerhill GFC
Summerhill G.F.C. is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Summerhill in County Meath, Ireland. The club competes in Meath competitions. The team was first founded in 1905 but later disbanded...

. The final score was Summerhill 0-9 - 0-7 Bohermeen. This would be the clubs last finals appearance and Bohermeen dissolved sometime in the late 1970s.

Honours

  • Meath Senior Football Championship: 7
    • 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916

  • Meath Intermediate Football Championship
    Meath Intermediate Football Championship
    The Meath Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition featuring clubs from Meath GAA. The winners of this championship get promoted to the Meath Senior Football Championship. In the 2010 final, Nobber defeated Carnaross. Each year, the final takes place in Meath's...

    :
    1
    • 1973

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