and a brake carrying Cookstown players was driven unto a fence injuring several players. The team eventually played the game in Coalisland where they spent the night and were only able to return after an urgent request to Dublin for police reinforcements, was answered when over 100 police escorted the Brian Ógs home the following day. Despite such incidents the club continued to flourish and a minute book from the period 1907 to 1910, highlights the goings on at the fledgling club. The book still remains in the hands of the club and is the oldest first hand record of the early days of the GAA in Tyrone. In 1907 the club went out of existence for a short period of time and this led to the emergence of a club called the Cookstown Emmetts. By November 1907 Brian Ógs were back in business and continued to carry the standard in Cookstown for the next 30 years, becoming the dominant force in Tyrone football along the way. Within ten years of its formation the new club defeated Kilskerry McDonaghs by 3-1 to 2-1 to capture the senior championship. The following year they were in the final once more when they defeated Omagh after a replay. The Brian Ógs thus earned another first for the town by becoming the first side to win successive senior titles. In the 1930s another club emerged in Cookstown called the Geraldines. For the next few years the clubs existed side by side, boasting teams from all age groups. In 1928 however the end of an era drew to a close as following a suggestion from a local curate, Fr Taggart, it was decided that the two clubs amalgamate and on 6 March 1938 Fr Rocks GFC was formed. In the first year in existence the club qualified for the Tyrone county final. Achievements Tyrone Senior Football Championship (2) 1916-17, 1917–18 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship 1962, 1964, 2009, 2012 Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship (2) 2009, 2012 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship (2) 2010, 2013 Tyrone Junior Football Championship (2) 1978, 2021 Notable players Owen Mulligan References External links Cookstown Fr Rock's GAA Gaelic games clubs in County Tyrone Gaelic football clubs in County Tyrone Cookstown