Clonguish GAA

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Clonguish GAA
Cluain Geis
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Founded:1889
County: Longford
Nickname:"The Greens"
Colours:Green and White
Grounds:Bertie Allen Park, Newtownforbes
Coordinates: 53°45′42″N7°49′57″W / 53.761606°N 7.832390°W / 53.761606; -7.832390
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Senior Club Championships
All IrelandLeinster
champions		Longford
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Football: - - 12
Hurling: - - 7
Ladies' football: – – 7

Clonguish GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling club in Newtownforbes, County Longford, Ireland. The club was formed on 20 October 1889 and was originally called Clonguish Gallowglasses. [1] Situated in the west of County Longford, it is bordered by four parishes in County Longford, Drumlish, Killoe, Killashee and Templemichael (Longford) – the parish also shares a common boundary with the Province of Connacht in that it adjoins the parishes of Bornacoola and Gortletteragh in County Leitrim and Tarmonbarry in County Roscommon. The Irish for Clonguish is Cluain Geis which means 'The Meadow of the Swans'.

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Clonguish played their games at Curry Field in the Castleforbes Estate before moving to their new ground Centenary Park in 1984. Centenary Park is now called Bertie Allen Park after one of Clonguish's and Longford's most famous GAA men. Bertie Allen Park has two full-size pitches with state of the art floodlights on the main pitch and training lights on the bottom pitch. Work has been carried out on a third pitch beside the training pitch. The facilities include dressing rooms, weights room, two meeting rooms, an indoor soccer, basketball court and handball area.

Notable players



Honours

CompetitionsWinsYears won
Longford Senior Football Championship 121962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1981, 2003, [2] 2004, [3] 2009 [4]
Longford Intermediate Football Championship11997
Longford Junior Football Championship61928, 1941, 1947, 1959, 1992, 2003
Longford Senior B Football Championship21995, 2011
Leader Cup (S.F.L.)121952, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1979, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2024, 2025
Longford Senior Football League21911, 1919
Longford Intermediate Football League11975
Longford Junior Football League91918, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1955, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1972
All County Football League Division 142003, 2008, 2011, 2025
All County Football League Division 231984, 1995, 2006
All County Football League Division 411992
All County Football League Division 2A21985, 1996
All County Football League Division 3A11991
Under 21 Football Championship91964, 1965, 1971, 1972, 2000, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024
Under 21 Football Championship 13-a-side11994
Minor Football Championship (1, 2)101950, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1998, 2003, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Juvenile Football Championship (3)91959, 1965, 1967, 2001, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Under 14 Football Championship (4)71980, 1984, 1999, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
Longford Senior Hurling Championship 72003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2023 [5]
Under 21 Hurling Championship51998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
Minor Hurling Championship61996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2010
Juvenile Hurling Championship111969, 1984, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2023
Táin Hurling League Division 512012
Notes


1: Clonguish won the Minor Championship in 1959 and Minor League in 1949 & 1951. No Minor Championship was played in 1949. Minor Championship of 1951 was not finished and it was decided at a County Board meeting in Feb 1952 to drop the incomplete 1951 Minor Championship as reported in the Longford Leader on 8 March 1952 in an article titled 'With the Minors'. [6]

2: 1972 Minor Football Championship was won as an amalgamation of Lough Forbes Gaels & St. Vincents. [7]

3: Juvenile Championship changed from U-16 to U-15 in 2021 & 2022, hence 2021 & 2022 title were U-15 while all others were U-16. [8]

4: U-14 Championship was played as Urban and Rural from 1976 to 1988. Titles in 1980 & 1980 were U-14 Rural Championship.

References

  1. ↑ "Club Names History". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  2. ↑ "Clonguish complete super trophy haul". Irish Independent. 5 October 2003.
  3. ↑ "A Clonguish cruise". The Irish Times.
  4. ↑ "Barden sees it end well for Clonguish". The Irish Times.
  5. ↑ "Clonguish retain Longford SHC crown". Hogan Stand . 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Club Research". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  7. ↑ "Club Minor". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  8. ↑ "Club U16". Longford Gaelic Stats.
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