James Kearins led Bunninadden to a 1999 league title and then to the 2000 Sligo Senior Football Championship title, the club's first for more than eight decades, before being appointed manager of the Sligo county team in 2003.

[1][2] In 2000, Bunninadden win the Sligo Senior Football Championship and Owen B Hunt cup for the second time in 109 years beating Coolera/Strandhill with a last minute Padraig Doohan goal.

In 2006, Bunninadden again reached the county final, defeating rivals Eastern Harps in the semi-final.

The club then faced St Aidans of Roscommon in the Connacht semi final in Kiltoom, winning 3-11 to 3-10.

In 2019 under the stewardship of John O'Flaherty, the club lost in the intermediate final against Geevagh after defeating Easkey in the semi-final.