Castlebar Mitchels GAA
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| Colours: | Red and Yellow | ||||||||||||
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Castlebar Mitchels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Castlebar area in County Mayo, Ireland. The club was founded in 1885. Though football is the club's dominant sport, hurling is also played.
In February 2014, Castlebar Mitchels reached the final of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship playing St. Vincent's, but were beaten 4-12 to 2-11 after a 3–13 to 1–11 win against Dr Crokes.[1] in the Semi-Final.
Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship Runner-Up 1994, 2014,[2] 2016[3]
- Connacht Senior Club Football Championship 1969, 1993, 2013,[4][5] 2015[6]
- Mayo Senior Football Championship (30 titles) 1888, 1903, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1993, 2013 [7] 2015,[8] 2016[9]
Notable players
- Tom Cunniffe
- Patrick Durcan
- Barry Moran
- Neil Douglas
- Richie Feeney
- Patsy Flannelly
- Henry Kenny
- Padraig Carney
References
- ^ "Castlebar Mitchels earn hard-fought victory over Dr Crokes to reach All-Ireland Club SFC final". The Score. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "St. Vincent's crowned champions courtesy of Connolly masterclass". Irish Independent. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Ballyboden dominate Castlebar to win first ever All Ireland title". Irish Examiner. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Castlebar dethrone Brigid's AET". Hogan Stand. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Mitchels stun St Brigid's in fiery thriller". Irish Examiner. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "All-Ireland glory next big goal for Castlebar Mitchels". Irish Examiner. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Castlebar end 20-year wait". Irish Examiner. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Neil Douglas hat-trick delivers glory to Castlebar Mitchels". The Irish Examiner. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Castlebar Mitchels driven on by poor showing in All-Ireland final". The Irish Examiner. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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