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DeutschCastlebar Mitchels GAA
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| Founded: | 1885 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Mayo | ||||||||||||
| Nickname: | Mitchels | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Red, Gold | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Elverys MacHale Park, MacHale Road, Castlebar | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°51′12″N 9°17′11″W / 53.853464°N 9.286461°W | ||||||||||||
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Castlebar Mitchels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Castlebar area in County Mayo, Ireland. The club was founded in 1885 and is named after the nationalist John Mitchel (1815–1875). Though football is the club's dominant sport, hurling is also played.
Honours
[edit]- All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship: Runner-Up 1994, 2014,[1] 2016[2]
- Connacht Senior Club Football Championship: 1969, 1993, 2013,[3][4] 2015[5]
- Mayo Senior Football Championship: (30 titles) 1888, 1903, 1930–1932, 1934, 1941–1942, 1944–1946, 1948, 1950–1954, 1956, 1959, 1962–1963, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1993, 2013 [6] 2015,[7] 2016,[8] 2017[9]
- Mayo Senior Hurling Championship: Winners (2): 1952, 1955 (Runners-up 2019)
Notable players
[edit]- Tom Cunniffe
- Paddy Durcan
- Barry Moran
- Neil Douglas
- Richie Feeney
- Patsy Flannelly
- Henry Kenny
- John Maughan[10]
- Éamonn Mongey
- Padraig Carney
- Donal Vaughan
References
[edit]- ^ "St. Vincent's crowned champions courtesy of Connolly masterclass". Irish Independent. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Ballyboden dominate Castlebar to win first ever All Ireland title". Irish Examiner. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Castlebar dethrone Brigid's AET". Hogan Stand. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Mitchels stun St Brigid's in fiery thriller". Irish Examiner. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "All-Ireland glory next big goal for Castlebar Mitchels". Irish Examiner. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Castlebar end 20-year wait". Irish Examiner. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Neil Douglas hat-trick delivers glory to Castlebar Mitchels". The Irish Examiner. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Castlebar Mitchels driven on by poor showing in All-Ireland final". The Irish Examiner. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Castlebar Mitchels secure three in a row". The Irish Examiner. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "John Maughan – The managerial legend still spreading the football gospel as Offaly eye rare Croke Park success". Irish Independent. 19 June 2021.
He had switched [military] base in 1994 and transferred to Castlebar Mitchels with the hope of playing junior football before ending up on the losing side in the Mayo SFC final later that year...
External sources
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