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The St Killian's Senior team won promotion from the 2nd Division in 2005 and successfully fought off relegation in 2006. In 2007 the team was relegated back to Division 2, but won the Intermediate Championship.
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The club was formed in 1904 when local parish rivals, Ballymoyer Emmetts and Tullywinney Sarsfields, came together to form a team at Whitecross which is the centre of the parish of
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to win the Junior title for a second time. Their opponents included within their ranks two Ulster and county stars in Eddie McLoughlin and a future
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in what became known as one of the best finals at any grade in Armagh football for several decades. They reached the final again in 1996.
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Another highlight of 1978 and indeed in the history of the club was the official opening of St Killian's' very own
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in the opening match and afterwards both teams, guests and friends were entertained in the Ardmore Hotel, Newry.
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St Killian's have fielded ladies' teams from under-14 to minor level and, from 2020, a senior ladies' team.
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Whitecross had to wait until 1969 for their next victory in the Junior Championship when they defeated
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They had to wait until 1935 for their next championship success when they annexed the
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The Club had its new hall and changing room complex opened by GAA President
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Whitecross were beaten in the 1995 Junior Football Championship Final by
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Whitecross won the 2016 Armagh Intermediate Football Championship.
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