Coolmeen GAA is a

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club based in Coolmeen, County Clare, Ireland. It takes part in competitions organised by the

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county board. It fields teams in

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History

Coolmeen 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.

Major honours

Gaelic Football

Clare Senior Football Championship The Clare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition organised by Clare GAA between the top twelve gaelic football clubs in County Clare, Ireland. The winners represent the county in the Munster Senior ...

(2): 1919, 1922 * Clare Football League Div. 1 (Cusack Cup) (1): 1944 *

Clare Intermediate Football Championship The Clare Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier football teams in the county of Clare in Ireland. The 2022 Inter ...

(3): 1959, 1966, 1967 *

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Runners-Up: 2015 * 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

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& Shannon Gaels)'' * Clare Under 21 C Football Championship (4): 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016.

Hurling

* West Clare Hurling Championship (1): 1999

Notable players

Cathal O'Connor and Noel Meaney have represented the

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at senior level in the last ten years. Stevie Murphy also with a record-breaking 4 u21 c county championship medals.

References

External links

Official website
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