C.L.G. Chill Chartha

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C.L.G. Chill Chartha
C.L.G. Chill Chartha
Founded:1924
County: Donegal
Colours:Blue and yellow
Grounds:Towney Park
Coordinates: 54°37′32.97″N8°36′06.64″W / 54.6258250°N 8.6018444°W / 54.6258250; -8.6018444 Coordinates: 54°37′32.97″N8°36′06.64″W / 54.6258250°N 8.6018444°W / 54.6258250; -8.6018444
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One of the club's GAA pitches in a rural setting GAA Pitch at Kilcar - geograph.org.uk - 574947.jpg
One of the club's GAA pitches in a rural setting

C.L.G. Chill Chartha [1] is a GAA club based in Kilcar, County Donegal, in Ulster, Ireland. [2] They have won the Donegal Senior Football Championship on six occasions, the last in 2017. They regard themselves as being "down the trough". [3]

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They have an intense rivalry with Na Cealla Beaga. [4] They also maintain a strong rivalry with their neighbours, Naomh Columba.

History

League

CLG Chill Chartha play in Division 1 of the Donegal All County league and are a record 14 times league champions (1933, 35, 59, 75, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 2014, 16, 17 and 19). They were relegated 2009 despite finishing a point off a league semi place they went down after a number of playoffs they made their return to the top flight after winning the Division 2 title in 2011.

They won the senior Division One League title for the first time since 1987 following a 5–17 to 0–10 win away to Gaoth Dobhair in 2014. [5]

Championship

They won the Senior Championship for the first time in 1925 and the last time was in 2017 following a 0-07 to 0-04 win over Naomh Conaill their first win since 1993 and 6th overall, in 2016 they made their first final appearance since 93 but went down by a point to Glenswilly. They are to face Naomh Conaill in the 2020 final which is on hold due to Covid 19.

They won the Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta on six occasions the last being in 2014 and won the county Gaeltacht on 9 occasions the last being in 2019 (2020 was not played), they also won the Junior Gaeltacht on two occasions most famously in 1989 where they won both national titles at Naomh Columba.

The club has had great success at underage level winning the County Under 21 Championship on six occasions (1972, 73, 74, 2011, 13 and 15), they won the Minor title on four occasions (1964, 98, 2010 and 12) along with a lot of underage honours CLG Chill Chartha Club honors.

County players

The club have six players who have played at senior inter-county level for Donegal in recent years: brothers Patrick and Stephen McBrearty; Ciaran McGinley; brothers Mark and Ryan McHugh and their cousin Eoin McHugh.

Patrick McBrearty and Mark McHugh are winners of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Notable players

Managers

YearsManager
1924–19??N/A
c. 1999Michael Molloy [9]
c. 1999–20??N/A
?John McNulty [10]
2013–2014 Rory Gallagher [9]
2015Michael Molloy [9]
2016 Martin McHugh [11]
2017–19Barry Doherty [12] [13]
2019–John McNulty [4] [10]

Chairmen

The following men have been chairman of the club.

YearsChairman
1924–??N/A
2001-02Charlie McDevitt
2003Sean McGinley
2004Paddy Sweeney
2005Kevin Doogan
2006Michael Doherty
2007Kevin Doogan
2008-10John Carr
2012-13Kevin Doogan
2014-15Michael McShane
2016Declan Gallagher
2017–presentJohn Carr[ additional citation(s) needed ] [14]

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Mark McHugh rejoins the Donegal football squad". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014. The Chíll Chartha club man has been named in Rory Gallagher's first panel as county manager
  2. ↑ "Kilcar gear up for car draw". Hoganstand.com. 14 March 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  3. ↑ McNulty, Chris (3 December 2012). "Minor Cup is 'back down the trough' after Kilcar win". Donegal News . Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  4. 1 2 Craig, Frank (16 July 2020). "Kilcar host fierce rivals Killybegs". Donegal News . p. 85. There is a chnage of manager this term 'in through' with John McNulty taking over the reins from 2017 SFC winning boss Barry Doherty.
  5. ↑ Forker, Mark (29 October 2014). "GAA News: Kilcar win Division One title for the first time since 1989" . Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Peter (15 July 2008). "Donegal heroes of 1983". Donegal Democrat . Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2008. Without Mulgrew, Padraig Carr got the chance with Martin McHugh, wearing 13, but filling the centre-forward role in Mulgrew's absence. The Kilcar man put in a storming display, notching 0–7 in the 1–14 to 1–11 victory, but just like the Donegal club final of 1980, his clubmate Michael Carr won the man of the match award.
  7. ↑ "Dr McKenna Cup semi-final line-up confirmed while Mayo win in FBD League". The42.ie . 17 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013. Donegal finally claimed their first win of the season by 1–14 to 2–10 against St Mary's in Ballybofey tonight. Manager Jim McGuinness continued to experiment with Eoin McHugh, son of former All-Ireland winner James, amongst those handed a debut.
  8. ↑ Keys, Colm (30 January 2013). "Ten young guns aiming to fire in the league". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 McNulty, Chris (5 January 2015). "Liam Bradley to be new Malin manager". Donegal News . Retrieved 5 January 2015. Meanwhile, Michael Molloy has been confirmed as Kilcar's new manager, 16 years after his last stint in charge at Towney. With Rory Gallagher leaving the post to become the new Donegal manager, Kilcar man Molloy will fill the void.
  10. 1 2 McNulty, Chris (7 March 2021). "John McNulty ratified again as Kilcar manager" . Retrieved 7 March 2021. McNulty returned for another stint when he succeeded Barry Doherty in December 2019.
  11. 1 2 McNulty, Chris (26 February 2017). "Martin McHugh steps down as Kilcar manager - new league season just two weeks away" . Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. 1 2 McNulty, Chris (6 January 2018). "Barry Doherty returned as Kilcar manager" . Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  13. ↑ McNulty, Chris (26 November 2018). "Barry Doherty returned to Kilcar hotseat for 2019" . Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  14. ↑ Craig, Frank (24 September 2020). "Situation was avoidable says Kilcar chairman". Donegal News . p. 64. Kilcar chairman John Carr says that while the right decision to postpone the Donegal SFC final was eventually reached on Tuesday, he insists that the situation should never have reached the point it did…
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