St Colum's GAA


St Colum's is a Gaelic Athletic Association junior A club in both hurling and football in the Carbery division, located in Treanamadaree, County Cork, Ireland.

History

The club was formed in 1970 to facilitate Gaelic Athletic Association for people living in the Kealkill area instead of travelling to clubs further away like Bantry Blues, Glengariff, Dohenys, Ballingeary etc.
The club was founded by Fr John McCarthy who was appointed curate to Kealkil in 1970. The first meeting of the club was held in Coomhola National School on 8 December 1970. In 1971, the club entered teams in all grades open to it, and in the very first year reached the final of the West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship, only to be beaten after a replay by Bandon on the first Sunday in January 1972. St Colum's Camogie Club was formed on 27 April 2009.

Roll of honour

In 1997, St Colum's defeated Glengariff in Bantry to win the Junior B county title and move into Junior A. In 2003, St Colum's defeated Lisgoold to win the Cork [Junior Hurling Championship]. In 2013, the club's junior footballers defeated Caheragh to win the West Cork Final for the first time. They subsequently reached the county final but were narrowly defeated by Mitchelstown. 2013 also saw the hurlers reaching the hurling decider in Carbery losing to Dohenys.Cork Junior [Football Championship] : runner-up 2013Cork Junior B Hurling Championship : 2003Cork Junior Football Championship#Junior [B Football Championship|Cork Junior B Football Championship] : 1997Cork Minor C Football Championship : 2018,2019South West Junior A Football Championship : 2013South West Junior A Hurling Championship : Runner-Up 1986, 2013, 2016West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship : 1982, 1994, 2003West Cork Junior B Football Championship : 1985, 1996, 1997West Cork Junior C Football Championship : 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017West Cork Junior D Football Championship : 2001West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship : 1980West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship : 1973, 1974, 1975, 2000, 2001West Cork Minor C Football Championship : 2018West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship : 2007, 2009, 2010West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship : 1974, 1975, 1979, 1994, 1996, 2001West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship : 1972, 1974, 1975, 1995,2025West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship : 2007, 2013, 2023

Notable players