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Naomh Conaill CLCG
Naomh Conaill CLCG is a GAA club for the Glenties parish in south-west County Donegal. As well as the town of Glenties, the club also covers the area to the village of Fintown and the areas of Kilraine, The Glen and Maas down to the Gweebara Bridge. Much of this area lies within the Donegal Gaeltacht area.
Naomh Conaill is one of the strongholds of Gaelic football in County Donegal. The club has eight Donegal Senior Football Championship titles, all won since 2005. It reached the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship final in 2010 and 2019.
The club is its reigning County Senior Football Champions, having beaten Gaoth Dobhair in the 2025 final. The current football manager is Martin Regan.
The club was formed in 1921 — before this time other sports were played in the area, especially association football (or "soccer", as it is known). The earliest record of Gaelic games in the area came from 1905, when a hurling match took place between Kilraine and Brackey (Ardara). This predates the organisation of Donegal GAA in 1906, the foundation of which was influenced by Alex McDyer (he became secretary), who jointly arranged this 1905 match and played in the first recorded Donegal team in 1906.
The club played its first match on 24 July 1921, between local teams — "The Town" and Kilraine. Friendly matches between Clady and Dungloe followed in the same year. A first appearance in the Donegal Senior Football Championship (SFC) final followed, with a defeat to Castlefin; according to the Donegal Democrat, the score is uncertain, but Castlefin won by three points. The following year the final between Ard an Rátha and Ballybofey was played in Glenties. From its foundation up until the late 1970s, the club was usually referred to as Glenties (Na Gleanntaí), although through an amalgamation with the Fintown GAA club, it has since been referred to as Naomh Conaill.
Following this initial final appearance, the remainder of the 1920s did not yield any further documented success. However, there is a suggestion[by whom?] that the club won a Junior Football Championship (JFC) title in 1928.[clarification needed] The early 1930s saw the club having further county final defeats at the new under-18 (minor) grade, losing to Letterkenny in the Donegal Minor Football Championship (MFC) final; then, in the first documented JFC final in 1932, to Erin's Hope (Stranorlar) by a point. However, success followed the next year in the JFC final against Tamhnach na Mhullaigh, with the final score Na Gleanntai 0–2, Tamhnach na Mhullaigh 0–1. As well as these MFC and JFC finals, the club also contested the 1938 and 1939 MFC finals, losing the former to St Eunan's by 2–2 to 1–3, but winning the latter, its first Donegal MFC title, by a scoreline of 2–2 to Ballyshannon's 0–2.
At the start of the 1940s the club continued to feature in county finals. In 1941, it contested both the SFC and MFC finals, winning neither. The Donegal SFC final was lost by the narrowest of margins to Gaoth Dobhair (played in Dungloe); Gaoth Dobhair was a prominent club in Donegal football at the time, contesting seven SFC finals in the 1940s, and losing only once.[citation needed]
This was the club's first championship meeting with Gaoth Dobhair; the club would play Gaoth Dobhair nine more times in the championship during the twentieth century (1941–1979), losing all ten games.
The chance to contest another SFC final came the following year, in a game that was played in Ardara. Again, though, Glenties lost, and Ballyshannon received the cup. A few of the club's players from this period wore the green and gold of the Donegal county team in the Ulster Senior Football Championship, notably Columba McDyre and Davy Brennan (after whom the club's home ground is named). Columba later gained further recognition as the first Donegal man to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winners' medal, when he lined out for Cavan in the 1947 final, which was played at the Polo Grounds in New York City.
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Naomh Conaill CLCG
Naomh Conaill CLCG is a GAA club for the Glenties parish in south-west County Donegal. As well as the town of Glenties, the club also covers the area to the village of Fintown and the areas of Kilraine, The Glen and Maas down to the Gweebara Bridge. Much of this area lies within the Donegal Gaeltacht area.
Naomh Conaill is one of the strongholds of Gaelic football in County Donegal. The club has eight Donegal Senior Football Championship titles, all won since 2005. It reached the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship final in 2010 and 2019.
The club is its reigning County Senior Football Champions, having beaten Gaoth Dobhair in the 2025 final. The current football manager is Martin Regan.
The club was formed in 1921 — before this time other sports were played in the area, especially association football (or "soccer", as it is known). The earliest record of Gaelic games in the area came from 1905, when a hurling match took place between Kilraine and Brackey (Ardara). This predates the organisation of Donegal GAA in 1906, the foundation of which was influenced by Alex McDyer (he became secretary), who jointly arranged this 1905 match and played in the first recorded Donegal team in 1906.
The club played its first match on 24 July 1921, between local teams — "The Town" and Kilraine. Friendly matches between Clady and Dungloe followed in the same year. A first appearance in the Donegal Senior Football Championship (SFC) final followed, with a defeat to Castlefin; according to the Donegal Democrat, the score is uncertain, but Castlefin won by three points. The following year the final between Ard an Rátha and Ballybofey was played in Glenties. From its foundation up until the late 1970s, the club was usually referred to as Glenties (Na Gleanntaí), although through an amalgamation with the Fintown GAA club, it has since been referred to as Naomh Conaill.
Following this initial final appearance, the remainder of the 1920s did not yield any further documented success. However, there is a suggestion[by whom?] that the club won a Junior Football Championship (JFC) title in 1928.[clarification needed] The early 1930s saw the club having further county final defeats at the new under-18 (minor) grade, losing to Letterkenny in the Donegal Minor Football Championship (MFC) final; then, in the first documented JFC final in 1932, to Erin's Hope (Stranorlar) by a point. However, success followed the next year in the JFC final against Tamhnach na Mhullaigh, with the final score Na Gleanntai 0–2, Tamhnach na Mhullaigh 0–1. As well as these MFC and JFC finals, the club also contested the 1938 and 1939 MFC finals, losing the former to St Eunan's by 2–2 to 1–3, but winning the latter, its first Donegal MFC title, by a scoreline of 2–2 to Ballyshannon's 0–2.
At the start of the 1940s the club continued to feature in county finals. In 1941, it contested both the SFC and MFC finals, winning neither. The Donegal SFC final was lost by the narrowest of margins to Gaoth Dobhair (played in Dungloe); Gaoth Dobhair was a prominent club in Donegal football at the time, contesting seven SFC finals in the 1940s, and losing only once.[citation needed]
This was the club's first championship meeting with Gaoth Dobhair; the club would play Gaoth Dobhair nine more times in the championship during the twentieth century (1941–1979), losing all ten games.
The chance to contest another SFC final came the following year, in a game that was played in Ardara. Again, though, Glenties lost, and Ballyshannon received the cup. A few of the club's players from this period wore the green and gold of the Donegal county team in the Ulster Senior Football Championship, notably Columba McDyre and Davy Brennan (after whom the club's home ground is named). Columba later gained further recognition as the first Donegal man to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winners' medal, when he lined out for Cavan in the 1947 final, which was played at the Polo Grounds in New York City.