• Source: Cooley Kickhams G.F.C.

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


    History


    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).
    The club grounds, named Fr. McEvoy Park, are near to Greenore and Carlingford. They were opened in 1969 by GAA President Séamus Ó Riain.
    In 1973 and 1976 they reached the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.
    The ladies' team reached the final of the 2001 Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship.


    Notable players


    Eddie Boyle
    Con Cottrell, also a Cork hurler
    Joseph Ferguson, executed during the Irish Civil War
    Neil Gallagher
    Rob Kearney, former professional rugby player
    Jimmy Magee, commentator and journalist (honorary member)
    Pádraig O'Neill
    Sean O'Neill
    Stephen White
    Cormac Breslin - former Donegal county footballer. Transferred to Louth and played in early rounds of 1957 Leinster Senior Football Championship.


    Football honours


    Louth Senior Football Championship (9): 1935, 1939, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1990
    Louth Senior Football League (Cardinal O'Donnell Cup) (15): 1936, 1937, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1989, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
    Senior subsidiary winners (ACC Cup) (4): 1984, 1987, 1998, 2003
    Senior subsidiary winners (Old Gaels Cup) (7): 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974
    Senior subsidiary winners (Paddy Sheelan Cup) (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014
    Louth Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1907, 2022
    Louth Intermediate Football League (1): 2015
    Louth Junior Football Championship (4): 1916, 1934, 1947, 1964
    Louth Junior A Football League (3): 1932, 1964, 1968
    Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (9): 1980, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2021
    Louth Junior 2A Football League (11): 1944, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2021
    Louth Junior 2B Football Championship (1): 2011
    Louth Under-21 Football Championship (3): 1972, 1982, 2016
    Louth Minor Football Championship (8): 1968, 1971, 1979, 1984, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2020
    Louth Minor B Football Championship (1): 2013


    References




    External links


    Official website

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