Clonguish GAA

Clonguish GAA

Cluain Geis
Founded:	1889
County:	Longford
Nickname:	The Greens
Club colours:	Green and White
Grounds:	Bertie Allen Park, Newtownforbes
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Longford champions Football : - - 13 Hurling : - - 3

Clonguish GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling club in Newtownforbes, Co. Longford, Republic of Ireland. The club was formed on 20 October 1889. Situated in the west of Co. Longford, it is bordered by four parishes in Co. Longford, Kilashee, Templemichael (Longford), Killoe and Drumlish – the parish also shares a common boundary with the Province of Connaught in that it adjoins the parishes of Bornacoola and Gortletteragh in Co. Leitrim and Tarmonbarry in Co. Roscommon. The Irish for Clonguish is Cluain Geis which means 'The Meadow of the Swans'.

Clonguish played their games at Curry Field in the Castleforbes Estate before moving to their new ground Centenary Park in 1984. Centenary Park is now called Bertie Allen Park after one of Clonguish's and Longford's most famous GAA men. Bertie Allen Park has two full-size pitches with state of the art floodlights on the main pitch and training lights on the bottom pitch. Work has been carried out on a third pitch beside the training pitch. The facilities are state of the art^{[citation needed]} with four dressing rooms with showers, weights room, two meeting rooms and an indoor soccer and basketball court. Work has also been carried out to erect a handball alley at the back of the complex.

Clonguish are probably the best recognised club in Longford.^{[citation needed]} They hold the record of winning four Senior Championships in a row in 1962, 63, 64 and 65. They have reached the Leinster Club Championship semi-finals on three occasions, losing narrowly in all 3 games. They are the only Longford club to get that far in the provincial championship more than once, with Fr. Manning Gaels and Cashel both getting there on one occasion.

Honours

As of October, 2011.

Competition	Quantity	Years
Longford Senior Football Championship	13	1919, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1981, 2003, 2004, 2009
Intermediate Championship	1	1997
Junior Championship	5	1941, 1947, 1959, 1992, 2003
Senior B Championship	2	1995, 2011
Senior League Div 1	9	1965, 1968, 1973, 1979, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011
Leader Cup	10	1965, 1968, 1973, 1979, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011
Under 21 Championship	7	1964, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 2000, 2005
Minor Championship	8	1949, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1998, 2003
Longford Senior Hurling Championship	3	2003, 2005, 2006
Under 21 Hurling Championship	4	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Minor Hurling Championship	8	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009

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