Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta

Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta
Irish	Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta
Founded	1969 -
Trophy	Corn an Aire (seniors) Corn Ghael Linn (juniors) Corn na mBan (women)
Title holders	Béal an Mhuiread (2nd title)
First winner	Gaoth Dobhair
Most titles	Gaoth Dobhair (7 titles)
Sponsors	Coillte

Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by clubs from the Irish language-speaking Gaeltacht areas of Ireland. Clubs compete on a county-basis at first, in order to qualify for the tournament that is hosted by a different club from the Gaeltacht each year. The inaugural competition was held in Gweedore, County Donegal in 1969^[1], with the local club Gaoth Dobhair^[2] being crowned as champions.

From 1975 onwards, the competition has also been contested at junior level.

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta provides extensive radio coverage of both the regional qualifiers and the national finals, held over the June Bank Holiday. TG4 provides live television coverage of the finals on the June Bank Holiday Monday and these are also webcast world wide on the TG4 BEO Player on www.tg4.ie

The 2010 champions were Béal an Mhuirthead from Mayo at senior level, who won the tournament on home ground, and An Spidéal at junior level. Cloich Cheannfhaola from An Fál Carrach in Donegal hosted and subsequently won the 2011 senior title, beating Maigh Cuilinn of Galway in the final on a scoreline of 0.11 to 1.6.^[3]. At junior level, Naomh Mhuire from the Rosses in Donegal won the title by beating Laochra Loch Lao of Belfast on a scoreline of 0.14 to 0.13.

The competition will be held in Gaoth Dobhair, who are the most successful club in the competitions history in 2012, and in An Rinn in Waterford in 2013.

References

1. ^ http://www.sportsmanager.ie/cake/gaa2/donegal/contentPage/10698/Honours
2. ^ http://www.clgghaothdobhair.com/Notai.asp?id=130&page=43
3. ^ http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=149203