Castletown Geoghegan GAA

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Castletown Geoghegan Hurling Club
Baile Chaisleáin Mhic Eochagáin
Founded:1920
County: Westmeath
Colours:Black and Amber
Grounds:Páirc Mhic Eochagain
Coordinates:53°26'57.6"N 7°29'03.8"W
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Castletown Geoghegan Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Castletown Geoghegan, County Westmeath, Ireland. The club first fielded a championship team in 1920 and is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.

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In senior hurling, Castletown Geoghegan HC competes annually in the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship, which they have won fourteen times as of 2022. The club also fields adult teams at the intermediate and junior levels. They also field teams at all underage groups.

History

Beginnings

The first recorded hurling games in Castletown Geoghegan dates back to 1911 when games were played in Loughlum. These were not on an organized basis, but soon after a Kilkenny man named Mick Byrne who worked with CIÉ at Castletown Station brought his skill and knowledge of hurling to the area. In 1920 the first team entered the junior championship. Since Byrne was a Kilkenny man, the chosen team colours were black and amber. At this stage hurling had moved nearer to Castletown and the game was played in a field called the Planting.

Emigration was rife in the 1920s and as a result at the annual; general meeting of 1924 it was decided to disband the club. Joe Clarke, Pat Corcoran and Dan Leavy re-organized the club in 1930 and from that day to this the club has had unbroken service in the county championships.

As of 2022, Alan Mangan was managing the club's senior hurlers. [1]

Hurling Titles


All Ireland u14 féile nGael (3): 2007, 2010, 2018

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References

  1. ↑ Crowe, Dermot (13 November 2022). "Daunting trip into Ballyhale's lion's den: Alan Mangan leads his side into Leinster battle with nothing to lose". Sunday Independent .
  2. ↑ "Westmeath SHC final: Castletown Geoghegan upset the odds". Hogan Stand . 1 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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