St. Colum's GAA

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

St. Colum's
Founded:1970
County:Cork
Colours:Black and Orange
Grounds:Kealkill
Coordinates:51°44′35.07″N 9°24′43.88″W
Playing kits
Standard colours

History

The club was formed in 1970 to facilitate Gaelic Athletic Association for people living in the Kealkill area (e.g. Cappabue, Carriganass, Borlin, Ardnagashel, Coomhola etc.) instead of travelling to clubs further away like Bantry Blues, Glengariff, Dohenys, Ballingeary etc. The club was founded by Fr John McCarthy (a native of Newcestown) 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

Two of St. Colum's most famous victories were in the Junior B grade. In 1997, St. Colum's defeated Glengariff in Bantry to win the county title and move into Junior A. In 2003, St.Colum's defeated Lisgoold in Cork in a high quality close match to lift the Cork Junior Hurling Championship. 2013 was a very successful year for the club with the junior footballers defeating 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. 2016 was another disappointing year with the juniors losing divisional finals in both codes - to Gabriel Rangers in football and Kilmeen in hurling.

  • Cork Junior Football Championship Runner-Up 2013[1]
  • Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winner (1) 2003
  • Cork Junior B Football Championship Winner (1) 1997
  • Cork Minor C Football Championship Winner (2) 2018,2019
  • Cork Minor C Hurling Championship Runner-Up 2007, 2010
  • South West Junior A Football Championship Winners (1) 2013[2] Runner-Up 2001, 2006, 2016
  • South West Junior A Hurling Championship Runner-Up 1986, 2013,[3] 2016
  • West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1982, 1994, 2003 Runner-Up 1971, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2001
  • West Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners (3) 1985, 1996, 1997
  • West Cork Junior C Football Championship Winners (4) 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017 Runners-up 2012,
  • West Cork Junior D Football Championship Winners (3) 2001, Runner-Up 1982
  • West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship Winners (1) 1980
  • West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1973, 1974, 1975, 2000, 2001 Runners-Up 1971, 1980, 1991
  • West Cork Minor B Football Championship Runner-Up 1975, 1995, 2008
  • West Cork Minor C Football Championship (1) 2018 Runners-up 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017
  • West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship Winner (3) 2007, 2009, 2010 Runner-Up 2006, 2012
  • West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winners (6) 1974, 1975, 1979, 1994, 1996, 2001 Runner-Up 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1995, 1999, 2002
  • West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winners (4) 1972, 1974, 1975, 1995 Runner-Up 1973, 1976, 1990, 1999, 2009
  • West Cork Under-21 C Hurling Championship Runner-Up 2007,2013
  • West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship Winners (2) 2007, 2013 Runner 2016

Notable players

References
  1. "Final glory for Mitchelstown". The Irish Examiner. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. "Historic first title for St Colum's". Southern Star. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  3. "Dohenys' 50 year wait over". Irish Examiner. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
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