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C.L.G. Na Cealla Beaga

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Founded:
  
1924

Colours:
  
Red and White

County:
  
Donegal

Grounds:
  
Eamonn Byrne Memorial Park

C.L.G. na gCealla Beaga is a GAA club based in Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland.

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History

Founded in 1924, the club has had teams break up several time in its history. Na Cealla Beaga play Gaelic football and, in the past, played hurling. Na Cealla Beaga have won the Donegal Senior Football Championship 6 times, the last coming in 1996. They also reached the final of the 1991 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

In 2002, the team was thrown out of the Championship at the semi-final stage after breaking the rules.

They came from nowhere to reach the final of the 2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship, with Manus Boyle even coming out of retirement at the age of 44.

Honours

  • 7 Donegal Senior Football Championships (1952, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2016) Runners-Up 2013

    • Notable players

  • Manus Boyle (1992 All-Ireland winner)
  • Barry Cunningham (1992 All-Ireland winner)
  • Barry McGowan (1992 All-Ireland winner)
  • Séamus Coleman (now a professional soccer player)
  • Matthew Smyth
  • Hugh McFadden (2014 Ulster Championship winner)
  • Eoghan Ban Gallagher (2014 Ulster Minor Championship & Donegal Senior player 2015-)

    • References

    C.L.G. Na Cealla Beaga Wikipedia
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