Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
An Clochán Liath
''An Clochán Liath'', known in English as Dungloe or Dunglow ( ), is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal ''Gaeltacht''. Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th century ...
, a
Gaeltacht
( , , ) are the districts of Ireland, individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home.
The ''Gaeltacht'' districts were first officially recog ...
town in
County Donegal, Ireland
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconnel ...
. The club fields both men's and ladies' teams at underage to
Senior
Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to:
* Senior (name), a surname ...
level.
However, they currently play at intermediate level.
The club were relegated to intermediate after 33 years in the
2020 Donegal Senior Football Championship
The 2020 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 98th official edition of Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. 16 teams compete with the winner representing Donegal in the Ulster Seni ...
Adrian Sweeney
Adrian Sweeney is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for CLG An Clochán Liath, An Clochán Liath and the Donegal county football team, Donegal county team.
Considered one of the finest forwards of his generation, he often played alon ...
in 2003.
Noel McCole was the goalkeeper on the 1974 and 1983 Ulster Championship winning teams for Donegal, although he had transferred to St. Eunan's in 1979. The Sweeney brothers,
Adrian
Adrian is a form of the Latin language, Latin given name Adrianus (given name), Adrianus or Hadrianus (disambiguation), Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria (river), Adria from the Venetic language, Venetic and ...
and
Raymond
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...
, played for An Clochán Liath and Donegal. Ciaran Sharkey was a substitute goalkeeper on the 2007 NFL winning county team. Danny Rodgers played as Donegal goalkeeper in the
2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors who play the game of Gaelic football in Ireland. The games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The 2014 series of games ...
final.
Notable players:
* Tony Boyle: 107 appearances for Donegal. Won All-Ireland Championship with Donegal in 1992, Ulster Championship with Donegal in 1990 and 1992, All-Star 1992
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Adrian Hanlon
Adrian Hanlon (born 1980s) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for West London GAA club St Clarets and also, formerly, for the Donegal county football team, Donegal county team.
He was a panel member when Donegal won the 2012 All-Ireland Se ...
Adrian Sweeney
Adrian Sweeney is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for CLG An Clochán Liath, An Clochán Liath and the Donegal county football team, Donegal county team.
Considered one of the finest forwards of his generation, he often played alon ...
: 136 appearances for Donegal. All-Star 2003
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Raymond Sweeney
Raymond Sweeney is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for An Clochán Liath and the Donegal county team.
He started the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to Galway in Tuam in February 200 ...