Culloville Blues Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, CLG Na Gormacha, Baile Mhic Cholla) is a

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club within

Armagh GAA The Armagh County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Ard Mhacha) or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in Cou ...

. It is based in the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

of Culloville (often spelled Cullaville, possibly anglosised) in south

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.Cullaville page
on Armagh GAA website The club plays

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in the Armagh Senior Championship. The club has two playing fields. The main field is just south of the village, close to the Fane bridge, which marks the border with

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. A sister club competes in

camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...

History

The present club is the successor to one of the earliest GAA clubs in Ireland, Culloville William O'Brien's, founded in 1888, and named after the then-imprisoned agrarian agitator and

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. In 1910 a club named Culloville Sons of O'Connell was formed, named after the 19th-century Irish political leader

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. The present name, Culloville Blues, was registered in 1916, when the blue and white colours were adopted in place of the previous green and black. In 1918, political divisions in the district disrupted both the Blues and nearby

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, leading to the creation of Crossmaglen Plunketts, supported by republicans, and Clonalig Dillons, supported by Redmondites. At various times other clubs or teams operated in or around Culloville, including the Corlis Mitchels, Creggan Red Hands, the Crievekiernan Harps and Mobane, all long defunct.

Gaelic football

Culloville failed to field against Armagh Tír na nÓg in the 1904

Armagh Senior Football Championship The Armagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Armagh GAA clubs. The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1889. Clann Éireann are the title hold ...

final.

, ''Clár Oifigiúil'' (programme), Senior Football Championship Final, 6 October 2012 Culloville lost other SFC finals in 1913 and 1916. In 1931 the Blues again made the SFC final, the last occasion on which the club reached that level. Reduced to the lower ranks, Culloville won the Junior Championship in 1950 and 1975. The Blues beat Ballyhegan by a point to win the

Armagh Intermediate Football Championship The Armagh Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Armagh GAA clubs.Armagh GAA The Armagh County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Ard Mhacha) or Armagh GAA is one ...

in 1982, having been runners-up in 1977 and 1978. They drew the 1995 IFC final with

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, but lost the replay. The IFC title returned to Culloville in 1998, with a 3-5 to 2-6 win over Portadown

Tír na nÓg In Irish mythology Tír na nÓg (; "Land of the Young") or Tír na hÓige ("Land of Youth") is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, or perhaps for a part of it. Tír na nÓg is best known from the tale of Oisín and Niamh. Other Old Iri ...

. Defeats in the 2007, 2008 and 2010 Intermediate finals were followed with a 4-13 to 1-9 win over Tír na nÓg in the 2011 final, allowing Culloville into the Senior ranks. The club lost the 2011

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by a single point to Craigbane of

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Honours

(3) ** 1982, 1998, 2011 * Armagh Intermediate Football League (2) ** 2001, 2016 *

Armagh Junior Football Championship The Armagh Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Armagh GAA clubs. The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1925. The national media covers the co ...

(2) ** 1950, 1975

Camogie

The Culloville Camogie Club fields teams at senior and under-8, U-10, U-12 and U-14 age levels.

Facilities

Together with Cullaville Development Association, the club has secured planning permission for the construction of a community centre and clubhouse to include meeting rooms, a main hall, a fitness suite and changing rooms.Destination Newry
news report

References

External links

Cullaville page
on Armagh GAA website {{Armagh GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Armagh Gaelic football clubs in County Armagh