John Mitchel GFC [SEP] inception
John Mitchel GFC
John Mitchel GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, established in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, in 1956, and is called after the Irish Patriot John Mitchel. The Club had the audacious ambition of winning the Down Senior Football Championship in five years and actually succeeded in four years, winning its first in 1960 and repeating the feat three more times in that decade in 1964, 1967 and 1968. Newry Mitchels star forward Seán O'Neill also won 3 All-Ireland Senior Football Championships with Down and
Sport Gaelic Athletic Association.
The Down GAA team has its home ground at Páirc Esler in the city. 
Local clubs are:-
in Down GAA -
- Newry Bosco GFC,
- Newry Shamrocks GAC,
- John Mitchel GFC
in Armagh GAA -
- Thomas Davis GFC, Corrinshego
- Killeavy St Moninna's GAC
Sport Rugby Union.
Newry RFC (also known as Newry Rugby Club, Newry RFU or Newry) is an Irish amateur rugby union club, founded in 1925. The club is