Moyfenragh

The Regional Football Championship, sponsored by Bradys, began in 2022 with eight regional sides picked from junior and intermediate clubs. Moyfenragh’s first panel leaned heavily on Longwood and Ballivor, with Boardsmill and Clonard players alongside them, and Brendan Murphy as manager.

For 2026 Meath GAA cut the competition to four teams, split by population centre, and opened it to senior, intermediate and junior clubs. Squads are 20 to 25 players, players of any age can be picked, and each team is managed independently. Moyfenragh is the South region: St Peter’s Dunboyne, Na Fianna, Trim, Summerhill, Ballivor, Kilbride, Moynalvey, Blackhall Gaels, Ballinabrackey, Longwood, St Paul’s, Boardsmill and Clonard. Meath senior manager Robbie Brennan uses the competition as a first look at potential, and the best performers can be invited into the senior or senior development squads.

The first year was hard going. Moyfenragh led Tara 0-11 to 1-4 at half-time in the opening round of 2022 but lost 2-11 to 0-12, then went down 1-7 to 1-2 to Boyne Valley at Dunganny, Ryan Moore of Longwood scoring their 1-2.

In 2023, under Tommy Hanley, a side once dubbed “a team of hurlers” won all four games on the way to the final: Lough Crew 0-9 to 0-8, An Tuascairt 1-17 to 1-10, Blackwater 1-12 to 0-11 and Brú na Bóinne 0-10 to 0-8 in the semi-final. Boyne Valley edged the final 1-11 to 0-13 at Dunganny, a single Francis Marry goal the difference. Brendan McKeon (Ballivor), Danny Dixon (Boardsmill), Eoin Griffin (Clann na nGael) and Sean Coloe (Longwood) made the Regional All-Star selection.

The 2024 campaign ended in the group: a 1-13 to 1-11 win over Blackwater, then defeats to Brú na Bóinne (2-9 to 0-10 at Ardcath) and Ardbraccan (2-15 to 1-11). Joey Farrelly took charge for 2025 and Moyfenragh came close again. They beat Tara 1-14 to 0-15 with 14 men after Damien Healy’s red card, drew 3-10 to 1-16 with Boyne Valley, beat Brú na Bóinne 1-13 to 1-11 and saw off Lough Crew 0-11 to 1-5 in the semi-final at Dunganny, Niall Durkan of Boardsmill kicking six points. In the final at Páirc Tailteann they led 1-5 to 0-6 at half-time but An Tuascairt won 0-17 to 2-9.

Farrelly stayed on for the new four-team format, with Niall Flynn, Dylan Heavey, Fraser Tom and Mark Brennan in the backroom. The 25-man panel included four Summerhill players, three each from Kilbride, Moynalvey, Ballinabrackey and St Peter’s Dunboyne, and Ballivor’s Nicky Potterton and Brendan McKeown.

Moyfenragh led Tara 0-8 to 0-6 at half-time at Dunganny on 1 November, with Trim’s David Lernihan scoring 0-7, but lost 3-12 to 1-16. A week later Boyne Valley won 2-12 to 0-12. With Tara and Boyne Valley both on four points, the third round was dropped, so Moyfenragh’s 2026 campaign ended after two games without a point.

The team takes its name from Moyfenrath, a historic barony in south-west Meath that was split into Upper and Lower Moyfenrath. Lower Moyfenrath takes in the civil parishes of Trim, Laracor, Rathcore and Rathmolyon, while Upper Moyfenrath includes Clonard. Meath GAA spells the team Moyfenragh, and that is the spelling used here.

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• Meath GAA: New-look Regional Football Championship for 2026, regions and clubs
• Meath GAA: 2026 squads and management
• Meath GAA: 2026 group results
• Meath GAA: 2023 final preview and Moyfenragh’s route
• Boylan Talks Sport: 2023 final v Boyne Valley
• Meath Chronicle: Boyne Valley v Moyfenragh, 2022
• Hogan Stand: 2024 Regional FC round up
• Hogan Stand: 2025 Regional FC round up
• Boylan Talks Sport: 2025 final v An Tuascairt
• Townlands.ie: Lower Moyfenrath barony

Facts checked: 12 November 2026.