St Colum's is a
Gaelic Athletic Association junior A club in both
hurling
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and
football
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in the
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division, located in Treanamadaree,
County Cork,
Ireland.
History
The club was formed in 1970 to facilitate
Gaelic Athletic Association for people living in the
Kealkill
Kealkill () is a small village in County Cork, Ireland, located 10.3 kilometres from Bantry and 75.8 kilometres from Cork City. Its amenities include a church, a shop, a school, a community playgroup, two public houses and a GAA club ( St Colu ...
area (e.g. Cappabue, Carriganass, Borlin, Ardnagashel, Coomhola etc.) instead of travelling to clubs further away like
Bantry Blues,
Glengariff
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,
Dohenys,
Ballingeary etc.
The club was founded by Fr John McCarthy (a native of
Newcestown) who was appointed curate to Kealkil in 1970. The first meeting of the club was held in Coomhola National School on 8 December 1970. In 1971, the club entered teams in all grades open to it, and in the very first year reached the final of the West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship, only to be beaten after a replay by
Bandon on the first Sunday in January 1972. St Colum's Camogie Club was formed on 27 April 2009.
Roll of honour
In 1997, St Colum's defeated Glengariff in Bantry to win the Junior B county title and move into Junior A. In 2003, St Colum's defeated
Lisgoold to win the
Cork Junior Hurling Championship. In 2013, the club's junior footballers defeated Caheragh to win the West Cork Final for the first time. They subsequently reached the county final but were narrowly defeated by Mitchelstown. 2013 also saw the hurlers reaching the hurling decider in Carbery losing to Dohenys.
*
Cork Junior Football Championship (0): runner-up 2013
*
Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (1): 2003
*
Cork Junior B Football Championship (1): 1997
*Cork Minor C Football Championship (2): 2018,2019
*
South West Junior A Football Championship (1): 2013
*
South West Junior A Hurling Championship (0): Runner-Up 1986, 2013,
2016
* West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (3): 1982, 1994, 2003
* West Cork Junior B Football Championship (3): 1985, 1996, 1997
* West Cork Junior C Football Championship (4): 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017
* West Cork Junior D Football Championship (1): 2001
* West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship (1): 1980
* West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (5): 1973, 1974, 1975, 2000, 2001
* West Cork Minor C Football Championship (1): 2018
* West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship (3): 2007, 2009, 2010
* West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship (6): 1974, 1975, 1979, 1994, 1996, 2001
* West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship (4): 1972, 1974, 1975, 1995
* West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship (2): 2007, 2013
Notable players
*
Alan O'Connor
References
External links
Official St Colum's Club website
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Gaelic football clubs in County Cork
Hurling clubs in County Cork
Gaelic games clubs in County Cork