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Gleann Bhearracháin | |||||||||
Founded: | 1922 | ||||||||
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County: | Cork | ||||||||
Nickname: | The Haven | ||||||||
Club colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||
Grounds: | Castlehaven | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 51°32′26.05″N 9°12′58.78″W / 51.5405694°N 9.2163278°WCoordinates: 51°32′26.05″N 9°12′58.78″W / 51.5405694°N 9.2163278°W | ||||||||
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Castlehaven Gaelic Football Club is a West Cork-based GAA club in the parish of Castlehaven near the town of Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland. The club also draws players from the village of Union Hall. The club participates in competitions run by Cork GAA and by the Carbery divisional board. The club is primarily concerned with the game of Gaelic football, but has fielded hurling teams in the past. The club is noted for its rapid ascent from playing at Junior B level in 1969 to reaching the Cork Senior Football Championship final only 10 years later. The club has remained at senior level ever since, even though it draws from a very small pool of players.
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Castlehaven (Irish: Gleann Bearcháin) is a civil parish in County Cork, Ireland. It is located some 75 km south west of Cork City on the coast and is made up of two key towns: Union Hall and Castletownshend. It also contains the hamlets of Rineen and Tragumna. The area is famous for Gaelic football with the local Club claiming local and national honours
The Irish name Gleann Bearcháin was historically anglicised as Glanbarighan, Glanbaraghan and Glanbarrahan. The Battle of Castlehaven was fought in 1601.
Castlehaven is a Gaelic football club based in Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland. It participates in Cork GAA competitions. It has won 5 Cork Senior Football Championships in 1989,1994, 2003, 2012 and 2013. It has also won 3 Munster Senior Club Football Championships in 1989, 1994 and 1997, when they were entered even though they had lost the County Final, due to the ineligibility of divisional side Beara.
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