Coolmeen GAA


Coolmeen GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Coolmeen, County Clare, Ireland. It takes part in competitions organised by the Clare GAA county board. It fields teams in Gaelic football.

History

Coolmeen GAA club was formed in 1887. Since then the club has won numerous Gaelic Football championship titles at adult and underage level. Throughout the last century Coolmeen has won two senior football championships, as well as having success at intermediate and junior levels. The club's adult football team are currently at intermediate status. The last Junior 'A' championship came to Coolmeen in 1999 with a one-point victory over Clondegad in the final. The most recent success came to the club in 2010 when the U21s beat O'Currys/Naoimh Eoin to win their second Under-21 "C" championship in a row. In 2015 the club won the county junior championship after 16 years and then went on to contest the Munster Junior Club Football Championship final where they lost to Templenoe of Kerry.

Major honours

Gaelic football

Clare Senior Football Championship : 1919, 1922Cusack Cup (Clare Football League Div.1) : 1944Clare Intermediate Football Championship : 1959, 1966, 1967Munster Junior Club Football Championship Runners-Up: 2015Clare Junior A Football Championship : 1922, 1958, 1964, 1983, 1999, 2015Clare Under-21 A Football Championship : 2021 'Clare Under-21 C Football Championship :''' 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016.

Hurling

West Clare Hurling Championship : 1999

Ladies football

  • Clare Senior Ladies Football Championship : 1992
  • Clare Intermediate Ladies Football Championship : 1991, 2006, 2016

Notable players

Cathal O'Connor and Noel Meaney have represented the county at senior level in the last ten years.