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Founded: | 1887 | ||||||||
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County: | Louth | ||||||||
Colours: | Green, Gold and White | ||||||||
Grounds: | Father McEvoy Park, Monksland, Carlingford | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 54°00′36″N6°10′09″W / 54.0101°N 6.1693°W | ||||||||
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Cooley Kickhams Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based on the Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, Ireland. [1]
The club is named after the Cooley Peninsula on which it stands and was founded in 1887. That year the club (then known as Cooley Independents) was granted the use of a field for matches by the Reverend Hugh Murphy P.P. [2] The name "Cooley Kickhams" was chosen in 1905 [3] and honours the nationalist and writer Charles Kickham (1828–1882). [4] The Brown Bull of Cooley is featured on the club's crest.
The club grounds, named Fr. McEvoy Park, are near to Greenore and Carlingford. They were opened in 1969 by GAA President Séamus Ó Riain. [5]
In 1973 and 1976 they reached the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. [6]
The ladies' team reached the final of the 2001 Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship. [7]