CLG Chloich Cheann Fhaola is a

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and

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club for the parish of

Cloughaneely Cloughaneely (official name: ) is a district in the north-west of County Donegal in Ireland. This is a mainly coastal area with a population of over 4,000 centred on the towns of Falcarragh () and Gortahork (). It is a Gaeltacht area, meaning ...

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, Ireland. The club is based in

Falcarragh ''An Fál Carrach'' (anglicised as Falcarragh), sometimes called ('the Crossroads'), is a small ''Gaeltacht'' town and townland in the north-west of County Donegal, Ireland. The settlement is in the district and old parish of Cloughaneely. Ir ...

. It also covers the area to the village of Gortahork, as well as Meenlaragh and Magheroarty. The club fields both men's and ladies' teams from underage as far as

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level. The club has a rivalry with St Michael's. Its honorary president, Fr Seán Ó Gallchóir, is a statistician who compiled ''The Book of Donegal GAA Facts''. John Horan gave him a GAA President's Award in 2021.

History

As of 2018, the club was competing in the Donegal League Division 1, and in the Senior Football Championship (SFC). Manager Joe McGarvey led the club to the 2014 Donegal IFC but resigned shortly afterwards, to be replaced by backroom team member John Paul Gallagher. Former

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, John Harley, was killed in a

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in 2019. Another player, Daniel Scott, was killed in the same collision. Captained by Harley's brother Mark, the club reached the final of the IFC in 2019. The club won the IFC in 2021. Cloich Cheann Fhaola's home defeat of Milford in the 2023 Donegal Senior Football Championship marked the first time in twelve years that the club had won a senior championship game. Two weeks after that the club defeated Four Masters as well.

Notable players

* Jason McGee — 2019 Ulster SFC winner and past

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trialist * Charlie McGeever * Kevin Mulhern — 2010 Ulster Under-21 FC winner and 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 FC finalist * Chris Boylan - 1993 U12 county championship .

Managers

Honours

Donegal Intermediate Football Championship The Donegal Intermediate Football Championship (abbreviated as Donegal IFC) is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA. Termon are the title holders (2024) defeating Naomh Columba in the Final. History The competition has been ...

(3): 2006, 2014, 2021 * Donegal Junior Football Championship (3): 1938, 1939, 1959 *

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Dhún na nGall - Sinsír (?): …1998, 2017

References

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