CLG Naomh Columba is a
Gaelic football
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only
GAA club based in
Gleann Cholm Cille,
County Donegal, Ireland. The club fields both men's and
ladies' teams from underage as far as
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. They enjoy an intense rivalry with neighbours,
Cill Chartha, although the rivalry has subdued somewhat in the last number of years as the clubs have played in different divisions.
History
Naomh Columba, in their current existence were founded in 1964, although football was played in the parish for decades before this and a Junior club existed since 1944. They have won the
Donegal Senior Football Championship twice, in 1978 and 1990.
Michael Oliver McIntyre captained the team to the 1978 title.
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The club also won the Donegal Junior Football Championship in 1974. The club has won 2 Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta titles and 7 Division 1 League titles. The club's most successful season came in 1978, when they claimed the championship, league and Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta treble, as well as the county under-21 title. They remain the only Donegal club to complete this treble, although Gaoth Dobhair won a league, championship and Ulster championship treble in 2018.
Naomh Columba were once one of the most feared and respected teams in Donegal, reaching 6 senior county finals in 9 years between 1990 and 1998, but since their relegation to the Intermediate Championship and Division 3 of the league in 2007, the senior team have struggled to make any great impact on the Donegal club scene.
They defeated Na Cealla Beaga in the 1990 Donegal SFC final.]John Joe Doherty
John Joe Doherty (born 1968) is a former Irish Gaelic footballer and manager who played for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team, later managing Donegal.
Biography
He won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal.
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was captain.[ However, the club lost the 1992 final to the same team.][
The Donegal 1992 All-Ireland winning team had two players from Naomh Columba in the panel - Noel Hegarty and John Joe Doherty. John Joe Doherty was selected as an All Star in 1993. Aaron Doherty currently plays for the ]Donegal Donegal may refer to:
County Donegal, Ireland
* County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster
* Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland
* Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...
senior team, having featured, and scored, in a number of matches in the 2022
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league campaign.
Notable players
* Aaron Doherty
Aaron Doherty is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team.
He attended Coláiste na Carraige and Dublin Institute of Technology. He is from near Teelin, in the parish of Gleann Cholm Cille. He has al ...
— 2019 Ulster SFC winning panelist; 2022 Ulster SFC playing finalist
* John Joe Doherty
John Joe Doherty (born 1968) is a former Irish Gaelic footballer and manager who played for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team, later managing Donegal.
Biography
He won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal.
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— 1992 All-Ireland SFC winner
* Noel Hegarty — 1992 All-Ireland SFC winner
* Noel McGinley
Noel McGinley is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team.
He played at the back.
McGinley played in the final of the 1998 Ulster Senior Football Championship. Late in that game, McGinley was ...
– 1998 Ulster SFC finalist
Managers
Honours
References
Gaelic games clubs in County Donegal
Gaelic football clubs in County Donegal
The Rosses
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