Cooley Kickhams Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based on the Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, Ireland.
History 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. The name "Cooley Kickhams" was chosen in 1905 and honours the nationalist and writer Charles Kickham (1828–1882). 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.
In 1973 and 1976 they reached the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.
The ladies' team reached the final of the 2001 Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship.
Notable players
Eddie Boyle
Con Cottrell, also a Cork hurler
Joseph Ferguson, executed during the Irish Civil War Neil Gallagher
Rob Kearney, former professional rugby player
Jimmy Magee, commentator and journalist (honorary member) Pádraig O'Neill Sean O'Neill Brian Whitehttps://www.independent.ie/county/louth/dundalk-news/cooley-kickhams-and-brian-white-the-major-story-from-the-louth-gaa-weekend-that-was/a/133549284.html Stephen White Cormac Breslin - former Donegal county footballer. Transferred to Louth and played in early rounds of 1957 Leinster Senior Football Championship.
Football honours Louth Senior Football Championship (9): 1935, 1939, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1990 Louth Senior Football League (Cardinal O'Donnell Cup) (15): 1936, 1937, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1989, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 Senior subsidiary winners (ACC Cup) (4): 1984, 1987, 1998, 2003 Senior subsidiary winners (Old Gaels Cup) (7): 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974 Senior subsidiary winners (Paddy Sheelan Cup) (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014 Louth Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1907, 2022 Louth Intermediate Football League (1): 2015 Louth Junior Football Championship (4): 1916, 1934, 1947, 1964 Louth Junior A Football League (3): 1932, 1964, 1968 Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (9): 1980, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2021 Louth Junior 2A Football League (11): 1944, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2021 Louth Junior 2B Football Championship (1): 2011 Louth Under-21 Football Championship (3): 1972, 1982, 2016 Louth Minor Football Championship (8): 1968, 1971, 1979, 1984, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2020 Louth Minor B Football Championship (1): 2013
External links Official website
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