History
The history of Clonakenny G.A.A. dates back to about 1905 when Paddy Costigan succeeded in getting the use of a field at Gurteen from Jimmy Lloyd for playing on. Fr Crowe who was the Parish Priest at the time and a number of others formed the first club in Clonakenny. Simon Egan was the first Chairman and Jim Sheedy was Secretary. Incidentally, Simon Egan is reported to have made the first hurling ball for the Club.
The club had a senior team and played in the North division. At that time teams were 17 aside. Another feature of the first Clonakenny team was that they wore a green jersey with a white hoop and it much later before they wore the familiar Black and Amber. About 1910 politics interfered in the smooth running of the club and a split developed which lasted a few years. However the failure of Clonakenny to field a team of its own resulted in players being allowed to play for Moneygall GAA and in 1915/16/17 this Moneygall team got to three North finals. Clonakenny players also played with Clonmore GAA in those years.
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