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Coolmeen GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Coolmeen, County Clare, Ireland. It takes part in competitions organised by the Clare GAA county board. It fields teams in Gaelic football.
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| Founded: | 1887 | ||||||||
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| County: | Clare | ||||||||
| Nickname: | the black and amber | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Clondrina, Coolmeen | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°40′0.5″N 9°13′19.5″W / 52.666806°N 9.222083°W | ||||||||
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History
editCoolmeen GAA club was formed in 1887. Since then the club has won numerous Gaelic Football championship titles at adult and underage level. Throughout the last century Coolmeen has won two senior football championships, as well as having success at intermediate and junior levels. The club's adult football team are currently at intermediate status. The last Junior 'A' championship came to Coolmeen in 1999 with a one-point victory over Clondegad in the final. The most recent success came to the club in 2010 when the U21s beat O'Currys/Naoimh Eoin to win their second Under-21 "C" championship in a row. In 2015 the club won the county junior championship after 16 years and then went on to contest the Munster junior football championship final where they lost to Templenoe of Kerry.[1]
Major honours
editGaelic Football
edit- Clare Senior Football Championship (2): 1919, 1922
- Clare Football League Div. 1 (Cusack Cup) (1): 1944
- Clare Intermediate Football Championship (3): 1959, 1966, 1967
- Munster Junior Club Football Championship Runners-Up: 2015[2]
- Clare Junior A Football Championship (6): 1922, 1958, 1964, 1983, 1999, 2015
- Clare Under-21 A Football Championship (1): 2021 (as Cill Cúil Gaels with Kildysart, Kilmihil & Shannon Gaels)
- Clare Under 21 C Football Championship (4): 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016.
Hurling
edit- West Clare Hurling Championship (1): 1999
Notable players
editCathal O'Connor and Noel Meaney have represented the county at senior level in the last ten years.
References
edit- ^ "Club History – Coolmeen GAA". coolmeen.clare.gaa.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Temple of doom for Coolmeen as Templenoe inflict hammering". Irish Examiner. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.