OGRA COLMCILLE - TEAM COLORS YELLOW AND GREEN

OGRA COLMCILLE STARTED LIFE WAY BACK IN 1935 WHEN THEY COMPETED IN THE SOUTH DERRY LEAGUE. AFTER THIS THEIR ALLEGIANCE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE EAST TYRONE LEAGUE AND PLAYED IN TYRONE UNTIL 1946. DURING THIS TIME THEY WERE DEFEATED BY BRACKAVILLE IN THE JUNIOR CHAMPSHIP FINAL IN 1941

THE CLUB RETURNED AND ENTERED THE SOUTH DERRY LEAGUE AS DRUMMULLAN SARSFIELDS IN 1947. PLAYERS FROM DRUMMULLAN AND KILLYBEARN REASSEMBLED TO FORM LITTLEBRIDGE KEVIN BARRYS IN 1954. THIS TEAM REACHED CONSECUTIVE JUNIOR FINALS IN 1964/65 BUT WERE DEFEATED BY GREENLOUGH & GLEN. THEY DID MANAGE TO WIN THE JUNIOR LEAGUE IN 1965. LITTLEBRIDGE CONTINUED UNTIL 1974 WHEN DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF PLAYERS THEY AMALGAMATED WITH ANOTHER TEAM IN THE PARISH WINDMILL ST.PATRICKS OF TYRONE TO FORM THE PRESENT CLUB OGRA COLMCILLE.

OGRA COLMCILLE WON THE JUNIOR LEAGUE IN THEIR 1^st YEAR AND PLAYED FOR A FEW SEASONS IN DIVISION 2. BETWEEN 1979 & 1982 THEY REACHED 3 FINALS BUT LOST ON ALL OCCASIONS. SUCCESS EVENTUALLY ARRIVED AT UNDER-AGE LEVEL IN RECENT YEARS, OGRA WON THE U-16 B LEAGUE IN 1990, U-16 C-LEAGUE IN 1997, AND THE U-16 B CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1998. OGRA ALSO CLAIMED THE SOUTH DERRY MINOR 13 A- SIDE IN 2000. LAST YEAR OGRA COLMCILLE REACHED THE JUNIOR FINAL FOR THE 1^ST TIME IN 20YRS AND FINALLY WON THE TITLE FOR THE 1^ST TIME DEFEATING ARDMORE 2.6 TO 0.9 IN THE FINAL.

 OGRA COLMCILLE OPENED THEIR NEW FIELD AND CLUBHOUSE IN JUNE 2000 AFTER YEARS OF TRYING TO SECURE A FIELD. THE MOST FAMOUS PLAYER FROM THE PARISH WAS PETER SMITH WHO PLAYED HALFBACK FOR DERRY IN THE 1958 ALL-IRELAND FINAL.