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Draft:CLG Cárna/Caiseal

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Carna/Cashel GAA
Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Cárna/Caiseal
File:CarnaCaiseal Crest 2025.jpg
County:Galway
Colours:Yellow, White
Grounds:Páirc Mhic Dara/An Plantation
Coordinates:53°19'22.5"N 9°49'47.7"W
Playing kits
Standard colours


CLG Cárna/Caiseal is a Gaelic football club based in the Gaeltacht areas of Carna and its neighbouring village of Cashel in Connemara, County Galway. It is a member of the Galway GAA branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The club is concerned with the sport of football. Notable players include former members of the Galway county football team Niall Coyne[1] and Val Feeney,[2] Michael Cloherty,[3] who was on the panel when Galway won the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and Hugo Carey,[4] who won the 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the Galway county football team. At underage levels the club has amalgamated with neighbouring club CLG Na Piarsaigh.[5]

Success

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Cárna/Caiseal reached the final of the 2005 Galway Senior Football Championship, but lost 0-11 to 2-2 to Salthill–Knocknacarra.[6] They won the Corn Ghael Linn trophy at the 1978 Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta in Glencolmcille.[7] They won the Galway Intermediate Football Championship in 2012, defeating Athenry 2-13 to 0-7 in the final.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Sportsfile - Cork v Galway - 175491". www.sportsfile.com. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  2. ^ "Injury worries for Galway". Irish Independent. 2005-06-19. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  3. ^ "Galway Football 16/9/1998 Michael Cloherty ©INPHO/ - 16579 | Inpho Photography". inpho.ie. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  4. ^ thesaffrongael (2020-06-23). "The footballing Careys and the Glenravel connection". The Saffron Gael. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  5. ^ "Club Profile – Galway GAA". Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  6. ^ "Galway title comes back to the city as Salthill stars bridge 15-year gap". Irish Independent. 2005-10-09. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  7. ^ "Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta", Wikipedia, 2025-04-11, retrieved 2025-05-11
  8. ^ Advertiser, Galway; Thu; Oct 11; 2012. "Carna-Caiseal are county champions at last". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 2025-05-11. {{cite web}}: |last4= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)