St Colum's GAA

St Colum's
Founded:	1970
County:	Cork
Colours:	Black and Orange
Grounds:	Kealkill
Coordinates:	51°44′35.07″N 9°24′43.88″W / 51.7430750°N 9.4121889°W
Playing kits
	Standard colours
	Standard colours

St Colum's is a Gaelic Athletic Association junior A club in both hurling and football in the Carbery division, located in Treanamadaree, County Cork, Ireland.

History

The club was formed in 1970 to facilitate Gaelic Athletic Association for people living in the Kealkill area (e.g. Cappabue, Carriganass, Borlin, Ardnagashel, Coomhola etc.) instead of travelling to clubs further away like Bantry Blues, Glengariff, Dohenys, Ballingeary etc. The club was founded by Fr John McCarthy (a native of Newcestown) who was appointed curate to Kealkil in 1970. The first meeting of the club was held in Coomhola National School on 8 December 1970. In 1971, the club entered teams in all grades open to it, and in the very first year reached the final of the West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship, only to be beaten after a replay by Bandon on the first Sunday in January 1972. St Colum's Camogie Club was formed on 27 April 2009.

Roll of honour

In 1997, St Colum's defeated Glengariff in Bantry to win the Junior B county title and move into Junior A.^{[citation needed]} In 2003, St Colum's defeated Lisgoold to win the Cork Junior Hurling Championship.^{[citation needed]} In 2013, the club's junior footballers defeated Caheragh to win the West Cork Final for the first time.^{[citation needed]} They subsequently reached the county final but were narrowly defeated by Mitchelstown. 2013 also saw the hurlers reaching the hurling decider in Carbery losing to Dohenys.^{[citation needed]}

Cork Junior Football Championship (0): runner-up 2013^[1]
Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (1): 2003
Cork Junior B Football Championship (1): 1997
Cork Minor C Football Championship (2): 2018,2019
South West Junior A Football Championship (1): 2013^[2]
South West Junior A Hurling Championship (0): Runner-Up 1986, 2013,^[3] 2016
West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (3): 1982, 1994, 2003
West Cork Junior B Football Championship (3): 1985, 1996, 1997
West Cork Junior C Football Championship (4): 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017
West Cork Junior D Football Championship (1): 2001
West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship (1): 1980
West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (5): 1973, 1974, 1975, 2000, 2001
West Cork Minor C Football Championship (1): 2018
West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship (3): 2007, 2009, 2010
West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship (6): 1974, 1975, 1979, 1994, 1996, 2001
West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship (4): 1972, 1974, 1975, 1995
West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship (3): 2007, 2013, 2023

Notable players

Alan O'Connor

References

^ "Final glory for Mitchelstown". The Irish Examiner. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Historic first title for St Colum's". Southern Star. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
^ "Dohenys' 50 year wait over". Irish Examiner. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

External links

Official St Colum's Club website

[1] "Final glory for Mitchelstown". The Irish Examiner. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[2] "Historic first title for St Colum's". Southern Star. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

[3] "Dohenys' 50 year wait over". Irish Examiner. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

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