Clonguish GAA

Clonguish GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling club in Newtownforbes, County Longford, Ireland. The club was formed on 20 October 1889 and was originally called Clonguish Gallowglasses.[1] Situated in the west of County Longford, it is bordered by four parishes in County Longford, Drumlish, Killoe, Killashee and Templemichael (Longford) – the parish also shares a common boundary with the Province of Connacht in that it adjoins the parishes of Bornacoola and Gortletteragh in County Leitrim and Tarmonbarry in County Roscommon. The Irish for Clonguish is Cluain Geis which means 'The Meadow of the Swans'.

Clonguish GAA
Cluain Geis
Founded:1889
County:Longford
Nickname:"The Guish"
Colours:Green and White
Grounds:Bertie Allen Park, Newtownforbes
Coordinates:53.761606°N 7.832390°W / 53.761606; -7.832390
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions		 Longford
champions
Football: - - 12
Hurling: - - 6

Clonguish played their games at Curry Field in the Castleforbes Estate before moving to their new ground Centenary Park in 1984. Centenary Park is now called Bertie Allen Park after one of Clonguish's and Longford's most famous GAA men. Bertie Allen Park has two full-size pitches with state of the art floodlights on the main pitch and training lights on the bottom pitch. Work has been carried out on a third pitch beside the training pitch. The facilities include four dressing rooms with showers, weights room, two meeting rooms, an indoor soccer, basketball court and handball area.

Notable players

Honours
Competitions Wins Years won
Longford Senior Football Championship 12 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1981, 2003,[2] 2004,[3] 2009[4]
Longford Intermediate Football Championship 1 1997
Longford Junior Football Championship 6 1928, 1941, 1947, 1959, 1992, 2003
Longford Senior B Football Championship 2 1995, 2011
Longford Senior Football League 12 1911, 1919, 1952, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1979, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011
Longford All County Football League Division 1 3 2003, 2008, 2011
Longford Under 21 Football Championship 7 1964, 1965, 1971, 1972, 2000, 2017, 2022
Longford Minor Football Championship 9 1950, 1961, 1969, 1972*, 1998, 2003, 2021, 2022, 2023
Longford Juvenile Football Championship 9 1959, 1965, 1967, 2001, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Longford Under 14 Football Championship 7 1980, 1984, 1999, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
Longford Senior Hurling Championship 7 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2023[5]
Longford Under 21 Hurling Championship 5 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
Longford Minor Hurling Championship 6 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2010
Táin Hurling League Division 5 1 2012
(Note 1: Clonguish won the Minor League in 1949 & 1951. No Minor Championship was played in 1949. Minor Championship of 1951 was not finished and it was decided at a County Board meeting in Feb 1952 to drop the incomplete 1951 Minor Championship as reported in the Longford Leader on 8 March 1952 in an article titled 'With the Minors').[6]

(Note 2: Juvenile Championship changed from U-16 to U-15 in 2021 & 2022, hence 2021 title was U-15 and all prior were U-16)[7]

(Note 3: 1972 Minor Football Championship was won as an amalgamation of Lough Forbes Gaels & St. Vincents)[8]

(Note 4: 1911 & 1919 Senior Football League titles are 'Senior League-Championship' titles, while the rest are 'Leader Cup' titles)

References
  1. "Club Names History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  2. "Clonguish complete super trophy haul". Irish Independent.
  3. "A Clonguish cruise". The Irish Times.
  4. "Barden sees it end well for Clonguish". The Irish Times.
  5. "Clonguish retain Longford SHC crown". Hogan Stand. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  6. "Club Research". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  7. "Club U16". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  8. "Club Minor". Longford Gaelic Stats.
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