Cooley Kickhams G.F.C.

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Cooley Kickhams Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based on the Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, Ireland.[1]

Cooley Kickhams
Ciceim Cúailgne
Founded:1887
County:Louth
Colours:Green, Gold and White
Grounds:Father McEvoy Park, Monksland, Carlingford
Coordinates:54°00′36″N 6°10′09″W / 54.0101°N 6.1693°W / 54.0101; -6.1693
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions
Louth
champions
Football: - - 9

History edit

The club was founded in 1887 and is named after the Cooley Peninsula on which it stands. It bears the Brown Bull of Cooley on the club crest and is also named after the nationalist and writer Charles Kickham (1828–1882).[2]

The club grounds, named Fr. McEvoy Park, are near to Haggardstown, Greenore and Carlingford. They were opened in 1969 by GAA President Séamus Ó Riain.[3]

In 1973 and 1976 they reached the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.[4]

The ladies' team reached the final of the 2001 Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship.[5]

Notable players edit

Football honours edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Cooley Kickhams Club Notes – Louth GAA". louthgaa.ie.
  2. ^ "Members list". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. ^ "About | Cooley Kickhams G.F.C."
  4. ^ "Cooley Kickhams driving force James O'Reilly on their Leinster quarter-final and beyond – 'let's not be a flash in the pan'". The Argus. 4 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Cooley Kickhams' Joan Duffy received a special medal from LGFA President Marie Hickey on All-Ireland finals day at Croke Park". Dundalk Democrat. 30 September 2018.
  6. ^ Scally, John (1 April 2011). 100 GAA Greats: From Christy Ring to Joe Canning. Random House. ISBN 9781845969431 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Hall, Donal; Martin, Maguire (10 April 2017). County Louth and the Irish Revolution: 1912–1923. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 9781911024590 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Rob Kearney returns to GAA with Cooley Kickhams". RTÉ. 11 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Kickhams pay tribute to honorary member, the great Jimmy Magee - Independent.ie". Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Club Honours | Cooley Kickhams G.F.C."


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