Castlebar Mitchels GAA explained
| Club Gaa: | Castlebar Mitchels |
| Irish: | Na Mistéalaigh, Caisleán an Bharriagh |
| Crest: | Castlebar_Mitchels_GAA_crest.png |
| Founded: | 1885 |
| Province: | Connacht |
| County: | Mayo |
| Nickname: | Mitchels |
| Grounds: | Elverys MacHale Park, MacHale Road, Castlebar |
| Colours: | Red, Gold |
| F1: | 0 |
| F2: | 4 |
| F3: | 31 |
| H1: | 0 |
| H2: | 0 |
| H3: | 2 |
| Kit1: | Standard |
| Pattern La: | _cbar |
| Pattern B: | _cbar |
| Pattern Ra: | _cbar |
| Leftarm: | FFff00 |
| Body: | FF0000 |
| Rightarm: | FFff00 |
| Shorts: | FFFFFF |
| Pattern So: | _hoops gold |
| Socks: | FF0000 |
| Kit2: | Change |
| Pattern La2: | _cbar2 |
| Pattern B2: | _cbar2 |
| Pattern Ra2: | _cbar2 |
| Pattern So2: | _hoops gold |
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Castlebar Mitchels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Castlebar area in County Mayo, Ireland. The club was founded in 1885 and is named after the nationalist John Mitchel (1815–1875). Though football is the club's dominant sport, hurling is also played.
Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship: Runner-Up 1994, 2014,[1] 2016[2]
- Connacht Senior Club Football Championship: 1969, 1993, 2013,[3] [4] 2015[5]
- Mayo Senior Football Championship: (30 titles) 1888, 1903, 1930–1932, 1934, 1941–1942, 1944–1946, 1948, 1950–1954, 1956, 1959, 1962–1963, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1993, 2013 [6] 2015,[7] 2016,[8] 2017[9]
- Mayo Senior Hurling Championship: Winners (2): 1952, 1955 (Runners-up 2019)
Notable players
External sources
Notes and References
- Web site: St. Vincent’s crowned champions courtesy of Connolly masterclass . 31 March 2014 . . 17 March 2014.
- News: Ballyboden dominate Castlebar to win first ever All Ireland title . 19 March 2016 . . 17 March 2016.
- Web site: Castlebar dethrone Brigid's AET . 24 November 2013 . . 24 November 2013.
- Web site: Mitchels stun St Brigid’s in fiery thriller . 25 November 2013 . . 25 November 2013.
- Web site: All-Ireland glory next big goal for Castlebar Mitchels. 23 November 2015. Irish Examiner. 23 November 2015.
- Web site: Castlebar end 20-year wait . 28 October 2013 . . 28 October 2013.
- Web site: Neil Douglas hat-trick delivers glory to Castlebar Mitchels . 27 October 2015 . . 26 October 2015.
- Web site: Castlebar Mitchels driven on by poor showing in All-Ireland final . 31 October 2016 . . 31 October 2016.
- Web site: Castlebar Mitchels secure three in a row . 24 October 2017 . . 23 October 2017.
- News: John Maughan – The managerial legend still spreading the football gospel as Offaly eye rare Croke Park success. Irish Independent. 19 June 2021. He had switched [military] base in 1994 and transferred to Castlebar Mitchels with the hope of playing junior football before ending up on the losing side in the Mayo SFC final later that year....
