# Clonguish GAA

Clonguish GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling club in Newtownforbes, County Longford, Ireland. The club was formed on 20 October 1889 and was originally called Clonguish Gallowglasses. Situated in the west of County Longford, it is bordered by four parishes in County Longford, Drumlish, Killoe, Killashee and Templemichael (Longford) – the parish also shares a common boundary with the Province of Connacht in that it adjoins the parishes of Bornacoola and Gortletteragh in County Leitrim and Tarmonbarry in County 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 include dressing rooms, weights room, two meeting rooms, an indoor soccer, basketball court and handball area.

## Notable players

* Brendan Barden
* Paul Barden
* David Barden
* Séamus Flynn
* Enda Williams

## Honours

| Competitions | Wins | Years won |
| Longford Senior Football Championship | 12 | 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1981, 2003, 2004, 2009 |
| Longford Intermediate Football Championship | 1 | 1997 |
| Longford Junior Football Championship | 6 | 1928, 1941, 1947, 1959, 1992, 2003 |
| Longford Senior B Football Championship | 2 | 1995, 2011 |
| Leader Cup | 11 | 1952, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1979, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2024 |
| Longford Senior Football League | 2 | 1911, 1919 |
| Longford Intermediate Football League | 1 | 1975 |
| Longford Junior Football League | 1 | 1971 |
| All County Football League Division 1 | 3 | 2003, 2008, 2011 |
| All County Football League Division 2 | 3 | 1984, 1995, 2006 |
| All County Football League Division 4 | 1 | 1992 |
| All County Football League Division 2A | 2 | 1985, 1996 |
| All County Football League Division 3A | 1 | 1991 |
| John Player Tournament | 2 | 1970, 1981 |
| Cashel Interprovincial Tournament | 2 | 1970, 1979 |
| Mostrim Tournament Hughes Cup | 1 | 1971 |
| Under 21 Football Championship | 9 | 1964, 1965, 1971, 1972, 2000, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Under 21 Football Championship 13-a-side | 1 | 1994 |
| Minor Football Championship $^{(1,2)}$ | 10 | 1950, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1998, 2003, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Juvenile Football Championship $^{(3)}$ | 9 | 1959, 1965, 1967, 2001, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Under 14 Football Championship $^{(4)}$ | 7 | 1980, 1984, 1999, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 |
| Longford Senior Hurling Championship | 7 | 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2023 |
| Under 21 Hurling Championship | 5 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 |
| Minor Hurling Championship | 6 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2010 |
| Juvenile Hurling Championship | 11 | 1969, 1984, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2023 |
| Táin Hurling League Division 5 | 1 | 2012 |
1: Clonguish won the Minor Championship in 1959 and Minor League in 1949 & 1951. No Minor Championship was played in 1949. Minor Championship of 1951 was not finished and it was decided at a County Board meeting in Feb 1952 to drop the incomplete 1951 Minor Championship as reported in the Longford Leader on 8 March 1952 in an article titled 'With the Minors'.
2: 1972 Minor Football Championship was won as an amalgamation of Lough Forbes Gaels & St. Vincents.
3: Juvenile Championship changed from U-16 to U-15 in 2021 & 2022, hence 2021 & 2022 title were U-15 while all others were U-16.