Swanlinbar was formed in 1904 by an engineer called O’Connor from Kerry. In 1916 Michael Young was appointed to Swanlinbar and he set about re-forming the club.

During the following years we had many up and downs. In 1945 the club reached the Junior Championship Semi Finals and in 1946 they reached the Minor Final. In 1957 they won the first Under 14 Final and a year later won their first Under 16 Title.

In 1981 the club won their first Senior Title winning the Junior League and in 1984 won another. In 1985 the club won its first Junior Championship. In 1998 the club won another Junior Championship.

In 1999 the club were invited to take part in the inaugural Ulster Junior Sevens Tournament, Swanlinbar battled through to the final and beat the Armagh Champions Granemmore in the Final. On our last division 2 game of 1999 we beat the Intermediate Champions Ballymachugh to gain promotion to Division 1and claim senior status for the first time.

In 2006 we won another Junior Championship, and we went on to represent Cavan in The Ulster Junior Championship. In 2010 we had the best year ever in the clubs history. We won the Junior Championship and Division 3. We went on a run and we made it to Junior All Ireland Final in Croke Park on 12th February 2011 unfortunately beaten by St Mary’s Castleisland.

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