Ballinaglera left in 1981 to re-form their own club, but Drumshanbo continued with the "Allen Gaels" name.

The club's peak came in 1991–2002, winning five senior football titles in twelve years.

In 1997 Allen Gaels reached the final of the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship, losing to Corofin.

[3] Noel Moran, Padraig Kenny, and Colin McGlynn also played on the successful Leitrim team of that era.

In 1999, Allen Gaels' grounds were renamed the Shane McGettigan Memorial Park.