Clonmore, County Armagh

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Clonmore (Chluain Mhór in Irish) is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated close to the banks of the River Blackwater.

1 Clonmore shrine
2 Clonmore Robert Emmets
- 2.1 2007 senior men's team
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Clonmore shrine

The Clonmore shrine was found on the banks of the Blackwater river which runs along the big meadow. It is the earliest Christian metal artifact. It is housed in the Ulster Museum in Belfast. ^[1].

[edit] Clonmore Robert Emmets

Clonmore Robert Emmets is a Gaelic football club. The men's senior team competes in division 3 of the Armagh league. After 4 years, the team is lacking in outside management this year, after being managed by Joe Mallon, as well as trying to bring in new players to replace the players who have decided to rest or retire from years previously.

[edit] 2007 senior men's team

The following is the panel of Clonmore football team:

Stephen Grimley
John Grimley
James Grimley
Tony McGeown
D McGeown
Brian Donaghy
Thomas Donaghy
Brendan Donaghy
Joe Donaghy
Stephen Donaghy
Gary Nugent
John Dynes
Raymond McBennet
Paul McNamee
Joe McNamee
James Fox
Jack Smith
Raymond Convie
Ruairi Cunningham
Cathal Cullen
Paul Hamill

Dominic Molloy (Manager)
James McBennet (Manager)

Adrian O'Donnell(Trainer)

Clonmore Choir, County Armagh. Clonmore in County Armagh, Ireland is a small hamlet beside The River Blackwater on the border with County Tyrone and has a population of approximately one hundred families. The Church of The Sacred Heart is quite small and seats about 150. It was very close to here that The Clonmore Shrine was discovered.

The Clonmore Choir which is connected to The Church of The Sacred Heart, was formed about 12 years ago under the direction of local man Gerald Muldoon. It began small, mainly made up of about 6 or 7 young local girls who practiced in the back room of a house. They sang at the local church services as most choirs would do. During the early period the church was burned down in a sectarian attack, but the choir carried on in it's own small way while the church was being rebuilt. During this time another local man was asked to take over the reins of the choir. He was Gerard Cunningham who at the time of writing is still the director of the choir. Gerard was and is noted for his musical ability and particularly his musical arrangements. Paddy Donaghy was brought in as keyboard player while Gerard plays guitar. The numbers gradually increased and some of the men from the football club were asked to lend a hand with the singing. Several of the same men and women have now been with the choir for more than ten years now. More young girls and older ladies began joining the choir until today there are a total of thirty five members, 10 of which are men and boys and all ages range from 12 to over 60. The membership is made up mainly of friends and neighbours from Clonmore. Several individual families have as many as 4 members from the one family. Nowadays most of the singing is done in 3 and 4 part harmonies and practice is every Tuesday night at 8 PM in the Church of The Sacred Heart, Clonmore , County Armagh. In recent years the group have put on several concerts, the first big ones being held in Dungannon Leisure Centre about 4 years ago (2004) with full band backing of Drums, Keyboards, strings, guitar, whistles, flutes and whatever else may be required at the time. Since then they've been the support act in 2007 for The World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir at The Waterfront Hall in Belfast where they received a tremendous standing ovation. This year, November 2008, they will be performing with The South African Soweto Gospel Choir in Derry City and again in Belfast. Also, this year they took part as the Official Choir for the Armagh Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes for the 150th anniversary of the apparitions at Lourdes.