CLG Chill Chartha | |||||||||
Founded: | 1924 | ||||||||
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County: | Donegal | ||||||||
Colours: | Blue and Gold | ||||||||
Grounds: | Towney Park | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 54°37′32.97″N 8°36′06.64″W / 54.6258250°N 8.6018444°W | ||||||||
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CLG Chill Chartha[1] is a GAA club based in Kilcar, County Donegal, in Ulster, Ireland.[2] They have won the Donegal Senior Football Championship on six occasions, the last in 2017. They regard themselves as being "down the trough".[3]
The club has an intense rivalry with Na Cealla Beaga.[4] The club also maintains a strong rivalry with their neighbours, Naomh Columba.
John McNulty, a former candidate for the Seanad,[5] managed the club to Junior "B", Minor and Under-21 Championships and the 2014 Division 1 league title, though he did not win the Senior Football Championship.[6]
CLG Chill Chartha play in Division 1 of the Donegal All County league and are a record 14 times league champions (1933, 1935, 1959, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022). The club was relegated in 2009; despite finishing a point off a league semi place, the club went down after a number of play-offs. The club made its return to the top flight after winning the Division 2 title in 2011.
In 2014, the club won the senior Division One League title for the first time since 1987, following a 5–17 to 0–10 win away to Gaoth Dobhair.[7]
The club won the Senior Championship for the first time in 1925 and the most recent was in 2017, following a 0–07 to 0–04 win over Naomh Conaill, the club's first win since 1993 (and sixth overall). In 2016, the club made its first final appearance since 1993 but lost to Glenswilly by a point. The club faced Naomh Conaill in the 2020 final, which was put on hold due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.
The club won the Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta on six occasions, the most recent being in 2014, and won the county Gaeltacht on nine occasions, the last being in 2019 (2020 was not played). The club also won the Junior Gaeltacht on two occasions, most famously in 1989, when it won both national titles at Naomh Columba.
At underage level, the club has won the County Under 21 Championship on six occasions (1972, 1973, 1974, 2011, 2013 and 2015). The club won the Minor title on four occasions (1964, 1998, 2010 and 2012), along with a lot of underage honours.[8]
Years | Manager |
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1924–19?? | — |
c. 1999 | Michael Molloy[13] |
c. 1999–20?? | — |
? | John McNulty[5][14] |
2013–2014 | Rory Gallagher[13] |
2015 | Michael Molloy[13] |
2016 | Martin McHugh[15][16] |
2017–19 | Barry Doherty[17][18] |
2019–202? | John McNulty[4][5][14][19] |
2022– | Conor Cunningham[20][21] |
The following men have been chairman of the club.
Years | Chairman |
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1924–?? | — |
2001-02 | Charlie McDevitt |
2003 | Sean McGinley |
2004 | Paddy Sweeney |
2005 | Kevin Doogan |
2006 | Michael Doherty |
2007 | Kevin Doogan |
2008-10 | John Carr |
2012-13 | Kevin Doogan |
2014-15 | Michael McShane |
2016 | Declan Gallagher |
2017–present | John Carr[additional citation(s) needed][22] |