Castlebar Celtic W.F.C. ( ga, Cumann Peile Caisleán an Bharraigh Ceiltigh) is an Irish association football club based in

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. The club is the women's section of

Castlebar Celtic Castlebar Celtic F.C. ( ga, Cumann Peile Caisleán an Bharraigh Ceiltigh) is an Irish association football club based in Castlebar, County Mayo. They currently play in the Mayo Association Football League. They have previously fielded teams in ...

and has entered teams in the Women's National League, the

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and the

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History

Women's National League

In 2011–12, together with

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and

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, Castlebar Celtic became founder members of the Women's National League. On 18 November 2012 Castlebar Celtic's manager, Jeremy Dee, died in a car crash while travelling to a league match against Shamrock Rovers. Dee was described as "the real driving force behind our women's team" by club secretary Michael O'Dwyer. He was also a leading advocate of women's association football in both County Mayo and Ireland. While playing in the league, Celtic reached three cup finals. In

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they played in

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final, but lost 6–3 to Peamount United. Later in the same year they reached the

final but lost 3–2 after extra-time to Raheny United. In

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they were WNL Cup finalists again but were beaten 3–0 by Wexford Youths.

Withdrawal from leagues

Castlebar Celtic had planned to enter a team in the 2015

season but withdrew due to a lack of players. During the 2015–16 Women's National League season they struggled. In October 2015 Castlebar Celtic failed to field a team for a

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game against Shelbourne Ladies. During the course of the regular season Celtic had suffered two heavy defeats. On 10 October 2015 they lost 9–1 at home to Shelbourne Ladies. Then on 2 January 2016 they lost 17–1 to

. On 20 February 2016 they suffered a third heavy loss after losing 12–1 to Shelbourne Ladies in the

Before the season was finished they also withdrew from the Women's National League, again because they were unable to field a team.

Notable former players

Republic of Ireland women's internationals

Honours

** ''Runners-up'': 2013: 1 *

** ''Runners-up'':

: 2 *

** ''Winners'': 2009, 2011: 2 * Mayo Cup ** ''Winners'': 2009, 2011: 2 * Mary Walsh Cup **''Winners'': 2009, 2010, 2011: 3

References

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Women's association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland Former Women's National League (Ireland) teams