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to win 6 Senior Titles during the 1940s and '50s. A similar policy was with the Feile Na Gael Teams in the 1970s, one of which in 1975 contested the All
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376:) is a
340:Camogie
317:Hurling
933:Antrim
883:Dessie
815:) and
753:(1988)
747:(1987)
741:(1985)
725:(1993)
719:(1989)
447:Antrim
438:Antrim
398:Antrim
386:Antrim
286:Antrim
281:Ulster
60:Antrim
54:County
1041:clubs
985:2006.
981:2012.
879:Brian
656:(23)
634:(12)
623:(10)
588:(12)
566:(17)
1176:PSNI
939:wins
821:1993
813:1989
696:(2)
685:(6)
677:1934
674:(1)
645:(2)
612:(2)
604:1980
601:(1)
577:(3)
553:(6)
540:(0)
392:and
48:1907
1278::
881:,
461:.
420:.
333:17
1029:e
1022:t
1015:v
970:.
889:.
819:(
811:(
356:0
351:0
346:0
342::
328:6
323:0
319::
310:1
305:0
300:0
296::
56::
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