Naomh Malachi GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organized by Louth GAA. As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Junior Championship and Division 3B of the county football Leagues. Kevin Carragher is the manager of the senior team.
History Founded in 1966, Naomh Malachi is located in the townland of Courtbane, part of Hackballscross, in an area of north Louth just a short distance from the border with County Armagh. In 2002, the club reached the Senior grade of Louth football for the first time when they won the county Intermediate Championship, defeating Geraldines in the final by 3–08 to 2–08.
The club also had a successful Ladies' Gaelic football team, which from its inception in the 1990s went on to win several Senior Championship titles.
Honours Louth Intermediate Football Championship (3): 2002, 2006, 2009 Louth Junior Football Championship (1): 1979 Grogan Cup (3): 2000, 2002, 2005 McGahon Cup (1): 1998 Drogheda and Dundalk Dairies Shield (1): 1979 Kevin Mullen Plate (2): 2015, 2016 Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (1): 2008 Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4D) (1): 2002 Louth Minor Football League (1): 2019 Louth Minor Football Championship (1): § 1977 Louth Minor 'B' Football Championship (1): 2017
Shared with Kilkerley Emmets
§ Shared with Kilkerley Emmets and Roche Emmets
Inter-county players Naomh Malachi players who have represented Louth at senior inter-county level include:
Mark Gogarty Ronan McElroy Ronan Greene Kevin Rogers
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