Cullen GAA

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Cullen GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Cullen in the north-west of County Cork, Ireland. Cullen is part of the parish of Millstreet. The club plays Gaelic football in the Duhallow division competitions. [1] During the 2000s, the club won the Duhallow Junior A Football Championship for the first time since 1967. In 2004, however, they were beaten by Bride Rovers in the Cork Junior Football Championship. [2] Two years later, in 2006, Cullen again won the Duhallow Junior A Football Championship. Cullen won the 2008 Duhallow Junior A Football Championship and lost to Ballygarvan in the quarter-final of 2008 Cork Junior Football Championship. [3]

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