Doonbeg GAA is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

club from the village of

Doonbeg Doonbeg () is a village in west County Clare, Ireland on the Atlantic coast. The surrounding natural environment has supported its development as a tourist resort. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht, an Irish-s ...

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. The club only plays

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 ...

, and have won the

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 ...

on eighteen occasions. They are the 2010 champions, having defeated Liscannor in the final by 0-11 to 0-7.

History

The club was founded in 1954 and won its first senior championship in 1955. On two occasions Doonbeg succeeded in recording a 3 in a row double (championship and league) 1967-68-69, and 1972-73-74. The club's greatest achievement was the winning of the 1998 Munster Club Championship, the first Clare club to capture this title. Padraig Gallagher led the side to defeat

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by 0-07 to 0-04. Another notable day for the club was Clare's 1992 Munster championship victory over

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in the

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. Francis McInerney captained the team and with fellow Doonbeg clubmen, Gerry Killeen, Kieran O'Mahoney, Padraig Conway, Pat Blake and selector, Pat Hanrahan, playing a part in the win.

Major honours

Munster Senior Club Football Championship The Munster Senior Club Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition for the champion clubs of each county. It has been organised by the Mu ...

(1): 1998 *

(18): 1955, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2010 * Clare Football League Div. 1 (Cusack Cup) (17): 1945 ''(as Clohanes)'', 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998 *

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 ...

(2): 1945 ''(as Clohanes with Kilmurry-Ibrickane)'', 1949 ''(as Bealaha)'' * Clare Junior A Football Championship (2): 1928, 1939 * Clare Under-21 A Football Championship (3): 1964, 1965, 1974

References

External links

Clare GAA Official SiteDoonbeg Club Crest
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