Naomh Malachi GFC 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 ...

(GAA) club that fields

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 ...

teams in competitions organized by

Louth GAA The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae an Lú) or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Louth. The co ...

. As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Junior Championship and Division 3B of the county football Leagues. Kevin Carragher is the manager of the senior team.

History

Founded in 1966, Naomh Malachi is located in the townland of Courtbane, part of

Hackballscross Hackballscross () is a small village in County Louth, Ireland. It is located primarily on the N53 road (Ireland), N53 road. Etymology The origins of the village's unusual name are uncertain; legend has it that a local 18th century landowner ha ...

, in an area of north

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just a short distance from the border with

County Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and ha ...

. In 2002, the club reached the Senior grade of Louth football for the first time when they won the county Intermediate Championship, defeating

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in the final by 3–08 to 2–08. The club also had a successful

Ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is a women's team sport. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a ...

team, which from its inception in the 1990s went on to win several Senior Championship titles.

Honours

Louth Intermediate Football Championship The Louth Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA, among the intermediate grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. History The competition, introduced as a bridg ...

(3): 2002, 2006, 2009 *

Louth Junior Football Championship The Louth Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA and contested by the junior One/A grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the cou ...

(1): 1979 * Grogan Cup (3): 2000, 2002, 2005 * McGahon Cup (1): 1998 * Drogheda and Dundalk Dairies Shield (1): 1979 * Kevin Mullen Plate (2): 2015, 2016 *

Louth Junior 2A Football Championship The Louth Junior 2A Football Championship is an annual knockout gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae an Lú) or Lo ...

(1): 2008 * Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4D) (1): 2002 * Louth Minor Football League (1): 2019 *

Louth Minor Football Championship The Louth Minor Football Championship is an annual competition organised by Louth GAA between the premier teams in minor (under-17) Gaelic football in County Louth. Trophy The winning team is presented with the Father Larry Murray Cup, named aft ...

(1): § 1977 * Louth Minor 'B' Football Championship (1): 2017 ''Shared with Kilkerley Emmets'' § ''Shared with Kilkerley Emmets and Roche Emmets''

Inter-county players

Naomh Malachi players who have represented

at senior

inter-county Inter-county, or inter county is Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) terminology which refers to competitions or matches between counties, as used in Gaelic games (differently from legal counties). The term can also be used to describe the players o ...

level include: * Mark Gogarty * Ronan Greene

References

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