Cúchulainn Gaels GFC is a

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club located in

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, on the north-eastern side of the

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, Ireland. It fields teams in competitions organised by

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and recruits players from the neighbouring Peninsula villages of

and Carlingford. The club competes in the Louth Junior Championship and Division 3B of the county football Leagues. Noel Litchfield is the senior team

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History

The club was formed in July 2005, making it the youngest

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club in the county. The club colours of black and amber are the same as those of the former Omeath secondary school, St. Michael's. Then GAA President Seán Kelly spoke at the official launch of the club in March 2006. Cúchulainn Gaels made their debut in

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adult football in 2006, when a team was entered in the Louth Junior 2B Championship and Division 4C of the county football Leagues. In 2007, the Gaels claimed their first win in a competitive match and at juvenile level the Under-13s won the Louth 'C' Féile title by beating

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in the final. Former inter-county player Pádraig O'Neill managed the senior side in 2007. The club's minor team, amalgamating with Peninsula neighbours

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, won the Louth Minor Football Championship in 2020. In the same year, the Gaels had two representatives on the county minor side - Paul Brennan and Callum O'Hanlon. In 2021, the club's seniors won their first ever match in the

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, defeating Dowdallshill 1–07 to 0–08. This was followed up shortly afterwards with a win over Seán McDermott's, thus ensuring the team qualified for the knockout stage of the Championship for the first time in its history. They claimed there most prestigious honour in 2023 when their under 12s team clinched the division 4 title against Saint nicholas

References

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