Castlebar Mitchels is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

club based in the

Castlebar Castlebar () is the county town of County Mayo, Ireland. Developing around a 13th-century castle of the de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal point for the surrounding hinterland. Wi ...

area in

County Mayo County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...

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. The club was founded in 1885 and is named after the nationalist

John Mitchel John Mitchel (; 3 November 1815 – 20 March 1875) was an Irish nationalism, Irish nationalist writer and journalist chiefly renowned for his indictment of British policy in Ireland during the years of the Great Famine (Ireland), Great Famin ...

(1815–1875). Though

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is the club's dominant sport, hurling is also played.

Honours

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Cuala of D ...

: Runner-Up 1994, 2014, 2016 *

Connacht Senior Club Football Championship The Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between senior clubs in Connacht, with one qualifying from each of the five individual county championships. The winners of the Connacht football champ ...

: 1969, 1993, 2013, 2015 *

Mayo Senior Football Championship The Mayo Senior Football Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Connacht Gold Mayo Senior Football Championship'', is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top Mayo GAA clubs. As of 2024, Ballina Stephenites GAA ...

: (30 titles) 1888, 1903, 1930–1932, 1934, 1941–1942, 1944–1946, 1948, 1950–1954, 1956, 1959, 1962–1963, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1993, 2013 2015,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Mayo Senior Hurling Championship The Mayo Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested since 1923 by the top Mayo GAA clubs. In its current format, the Mayo Senior Championship begins in mid-summer. The 4 participating teams are into one groups and p ...

: Winners (2): 1952, 1955 (Runners-up 2019)

Notable players

* Tom Cunniffe *

Paddy Durcan Paddy Durcan (born 1994), otherwise known as Captain Durcs, is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Castlebar Mitchels and at senior level for the Mayo county team. Durcan started at left half-back in the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Cha ...

* Barry Moran *

Neil Douglas Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Douglas (1779 – 1 September 1853) was a British Army officer who fought at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo and later became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Life He was born in Glasgow the fifth son of John Douglas ...

* Richie Feeney * Patsy Flannelly * Henry Kenny *

John Maughan John Maughan (born 1962) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player, who most recently managed the Offaly football team. He is also a former manager of the Mayo, Clare, Roscommon and Fermanagh senior football teams. Maughan is on ...

Éamonn Mongey Éamonn Mongey (1925 – 23 September 2007) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder and as a centre-back at senior level for the Mayo county team. A native of Castlebar, Mongey's family was steeped in the GAA. His father was ...

* Padraig Carney *

Donal Vaughan Donal Vaughan is a Gaelic footballer who played inter county football with Mayo county football team, Mayo. He plays club football for Castlebar Mitchels GAA, Castlebar Mitchels since 2017 after leaving Ballinrobe GAA, Ballinrobe. Playing care ...

References

External sources

Club Website
Gaelic football clubs in County Mayo Hurling clubs in County Mayo Gaelic games clubs in County Mayo Sport in Castlebar {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub