Oranmore F.C.
Oranmore F.C. is a football club from Oranmore, Galway, Ireland. They play their home games on the excellent surface located at Ard Na Mara, behind the Astro Turf pitches, in the centre of the village.1
Oranmore FC were founded in 1989 and are currently being managed and coached by former Galway United player Ollie Neary.
Their most senior team currently competes in the Galway & District League Premier League. A second team competes in the Galway & District League Reserve League. They also have an under 18 team that competes in the under 18 1st division.
History Timeline
1989 Club founded by the late Brendan Carney along with Brendan Byrnes, Pat Cowell, Jan Van der Zee, Pat Sexton, Paul Cowell (R I P) and Tom Broderick
1989 Oranmore played their first competitive game against Corofin United on Saturday September 9th 1989 in the Olympic Sports Third Division. The season saw Oranmore finish strongly to secure a place second from bottom.
1991 Oranmore lift their first piece of silverware when Graham Martin accepts the Third Division Cup.
1994/95 Oranmore finally achieve promotion into the Second Division.
1996/97 Oranmore once again achieve promotion finishing second to West Coast United but the season will mainly be remembered for a historic run in the FAI Junior Cup reaching the last 64 in the country being beaten on penalties by Rattoo Rovers the Munster Champions.
2006/2007 The Club finally achieve a long held ambition when securing promotion to the Galway and District League Premier Division under the Management Team of Murt Fahy and Ollie Neary.
2008/2009 The club finishes in a respectable fourth place in the premier league with a mixture of good wins against the strong teams and losses against the weaker teams.
External links
Fixtures/Results www.galwayfa.net