Cooley Kickhams G.F.C. Explained

Club Gaa:	Cooley Kickhams
Crest:	Cooley Kickhams G.F.C. crest.jpg
Irish:	Ciceim Cúailgne
Founded:	1887
Province:	Leinster
County:	Louth
Colours:	Green, Gold and White
Grounds:	Father McEvoy Park, Monksland, Carlingford
Leftarm:	228B22
Body:	228B22
Rightarm:	228B22
Shorts:	ffffff
Socks:	228B22
Pattern So:	_2 gold stripes
Pattern B:	_goldhorizontal
F3:	9

Cooley Kickhams Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based on the Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, Ireland.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 1887 and is named after the Cooley Peninsula on which it stands. It bears the Brown Bull of Cooley on the club crest and is also named after the nationalist and writer Charles Kickham (1828–1882).^[2]

The club grounds, named Fr. McEvoy Park, are near to Haggardstown, Greenore and Carlingford. They were opened in 1969 by GAA President Séamus Ó Riain.^[3]

In 1973 and 1976 they reached the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.^[4]

The ladies' team reached the final of the 2001 Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship.^[5]

Notable players

• Eddie Boyle^[6]

• Con Cottrell, also a Cork hurler

• Joseph Ferguson, executed during the Irish Civil War^[7]
• Neil Gallagher

• Rob Kearney, former professional rugby player^[8]

• Jimmy Magee, commentator and journalist (honorary member)^[9]
• Pádraig O'Neill^[10]
• Sean O'Neill
• Stephen White

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^[11]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cooley Kickhams Club Notes – Louth GAA. louthgaa.ie.
2. Web site: Members list . www.gaa.ie . 2020-01-18.
3. Web site: About | Cooley Kickhams G.F.C..
4. Web site: Cooley Kickhams driving force James O’Reilly on their Leinster quarter-final and beyond – ‘let’s not be a flash in the pan’. . 4 November 2022.
5. Web site: Cooley Kickhams' Joan Duffy received a special medal from LGFA President Marie Hickey on All-Ireland finals day at Croke Park. . 30 September 2018.
6. Book: Scally, John. 100 GAA Greats: From Christy Ring to Joe Canning. 1 April 2011. Random House. 9781845969431. Google Books.
7. Book: County Louth and the Irish Revolution: 1912–1923. Donal. Hall. Maguire. Martin. 10 April 2017. Irish Academic Press. 9781911024590. Google Books.
8. News: Rob Kearney returns to GAA with Cooley Kickhams. RTÉ. 11 August 2021.
9. Web site: Kickhams pay tribute to honorary member, the great Jimmy Magee - Independent.ie . 2019-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190701145306/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/localnotes/kickhams-pay-tribute-to-honorary-member-the-great-jimmy-magee-36166192.html . 2019-07-01 . dead .
10. Web site: Twilight dawns on a dazzling innings. Hogan Stand. 20 November 2005. 29 July 2024.
11. Web site: Club Honours | Cooley Kickhams G.F.C..