Clonkill GAA
Clonkill GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Clonkill, County Westmeath, Ireland. The club is exclusively concerned with hurling and camogie. The club competes in Westmeath GAA competitions.
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| Founded: | 1917 | ||||||||
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| County: | Westmeath | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green and yellow | ||||||||
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Clonkill is a townsland in the Taughmon/Turin Parish of Westmeath and the name is translated from the Irish Cluain Cille, Cluain meaning meadow and Cill/Cille menaing Church, which translates literally as Church in the Meadow and this is depicted in the Clubs crest.
Clonkill GAA comprises Clonkill Hurling Club and Clonkill Camogie Club and is located adjacent to Loughegar National School (8km from Mullingar town). Along with Clonkill Hurling & Camogie Clubs it also accommodates The Loughegar Badmenton Club, Clonkill Handball Club, The Loughegar Community Group, The Local Women's Group and Playground Group.
The grounds currently includes an impressive floodlight playing field, grassed training area, floodlight Astro training area, Clubhouse / Community Centre, walking track and children's playground. This caters for all members, visiting clubs, the local national school and the wider local community.
The current and permanent grounds was purchased and developed in 1988 and was ready for hurling and camogie in 1990. Prior to this grounds were leased from local farmers to play the game and the locations of these temporary grounds changed from time to time. The original clubhouse was completed in 1996 and a new Clubhouse / Community Centre was constructed and completed in 2013 adjacent to the existing building. This new Clubhouse / Community Centre is an impressive building and along with the existing building, the club now houses, function rooms, dressing Rooms, gym, tea & coffee shop during games, and a sports hall that can accommodate indoor hurling, football, soccer, rollerblade hockey, handball, badminton, social gatherings and functions to name but a few.
Achievements
- Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship Winners 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1969, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012,[1] 2015[2] 2018, 2019, 2020,[3]
- Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Winners 2007
- All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Winners 2008
- "From Tenant's Pasture to Croke Park, A History of Clonkill GAA 1917-2017" was produced by Club members and published in hardback by Topic Newspapers Ltd. Mullingar and is available from Clonkill GAA. This publication of 315 pages extensively outlines the Club's history from its founding along with the local history of the surrounding areas and its people.
Notable players
Darragh Egerton
References
- "Westmeath SHC final: Clonkill retain crown". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- "Price seals deal for Clonkill". Irish Independent. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- "Westmeath SHC Final: Clonkill win three-in-a-row".
- "SHC: Dowdall 'privileged to be playing with a lot of fantastic players' | Westmeath Examiner".