Cockhill Celtic Football Club is an Irish association football (soccer) club based in

Buncrana Buncrana ( ; ) is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is beside Lough Swilly on the Inishowen peninsula, northwest of Derry and north of Letterkenny. In the 2016 census, the population was 6,785 making it the second most populous town in Cou ...

County Donegal 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 Tyrconne ...

. Their senior men's team currently plays in the Ulster Senior League.

History

The club was founded as ''Westbrook Celtic'' on 28 October 1970. They originally played in the D&D League, which covered counties Donegal and Derry. They moved to Cockhill and became ''Cockhill Celtic'' in 1974, and moved into the Inishowen Football League. They remained there until 2005, when the club transferred to the Ulster Senior League. In 2017 the club grounds suffered flood damage; they received €101,000 from a

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Natural Disaster Grant.

Ground

The club grounds are named after longtime chairman Charlie O'Donnell (chair from 1978 until his death in 2007). They seat 1,000 people and are located on Cockhill in

. The club also has two

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pitches.

Honours

* Ulster Senior League **''Winners'': 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018-19, 2019-2020, 2021-2022: 10 * Ulster Senior League Cup **''Winners'': 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018: 7 * Inishowen Football League **''Winners'': 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1999–2000, 2004–05: 5 *

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**''Winners'': 2003–04: 1

In culture

*The club are mentioned in Joseph O'Connor's novel ''Inishowen'' (2000).

References

External links

Official page
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