Glenswilly GAA

Glenswilly GAA (Irish: C.L.G. Gleann tSúilí) is a GAA club based in Glenswilly, County Donegal, Ireland. Most noted for winning the Donegal Senior Football Championship in 2011, 2013 and 2016, the team has fielded players like All-Ireland winning captain Michael Murphy. The club's chairman is Michael Murphy.[3][4]

Glenswilly GAA
C.L.G. Gleann tSúilí
Founded:1982
County:Donegal
Nickname:The Glen men[1]
Colours:Green, white and yellow
Grounds:Pairc Naomh Columba[2]
Playing kits
Standard colours

History

The present club was founded in 1982.[5] A teenage Manus McFadden arranged a meeting at Foxhall of Glenswillyites who were interested in forming a team, with Joe Kelly, Roger McDaid, Fr Eamon Crossan, Finbar Glackin, Jimmy Joe McGinley and chair Eddie McDevitt (who has since died).[6]

Glenswilly reached their first ever Senior County Final in 2007, where they lost to near neighbours St Eunan's 0–12 to 1–3.

In 2011, they won the Donegal Senior Football Championship for the first time, with a 1–8 to 0–9 defeat of Naomh Mícheál in the final.[7][8][9]

On 25 September 2012, the Donegal senior team—fresh from winning the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final—were scheduled to visit Glenswilly; however, the visit was postponed due to time constraints which arose due to the huge crowds around the county eager to catch a glimpse of the team.[10][11][12] The team eventually visited Glenswilly on 27 September.[13][14][15]

In 2013, the club rebuffed allegations that they forced children into GAA jerseys.[3] Later that year they hosted the 2013 All-Ireland Football Series launch, held following confirmation of the four provincial winners.[16][17] That year they won their second Donegal Senior Football Championship and progressed to the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, which they lost to Ballinderry.[18][19]

The club won its third and final Donegal SFC in 2016.

By 2020, Neil Gallagher, Ciaran Bonner and Joe Gibbons (all three-time SFC winners) had retired.[20]

Glenswilly's success at senior level is in stark contrast to that (or indeed lack thereof) of nearby Termon, another little rural Donegal countryside club to have made head way at senior level in recent times. Termon and Glenswilly both operate in the shadow of the mighty St Eunan's; however, while Glenswilly responded to their 2007 Donegal Senior Football Championship Final loss by winning in 2011, Termon responded to their 2003 loss by losing the final again in 2008 and then sliding rapidly into Division 3 and the Intermediate Championship.[21]

Non-playing personnel

Updated 16 July 2020[20]

Position Staff
Manager Pauric Bonner
? Laurence McDaid
? Eddie Crawford
? Tarlach Bonner
? George Simmons
? Brian Gibbons
Strength and conditioning coach Davin Flynn
Logistics Paul Gallagher
Statistics Aidy Glackin

Managers
Years Manager
1982–c. 1998?N/A
1999Finbar Glackin
2000Finbar Glackin and Denis McGrenra
2001Brian McHugh and Brendan Walsh
2002 - 2003Philim Molloy and Peter McFadden
2004 - 2008Francie Martin
2009Barry O'Hagan / John McGinley
2010 - 2011Gary "The Whale" McDaid and John McGinley[22]
2012Manus McFadden
2013– 2014Gary "The Whale" McDaid
2015[23]–2016Michael Canning
2017Aidy Glackin
2018–2019Brendan Walsh and Ryan McKinley[20]
2020–Pauric Bonner[20]

Notable players

Other figures

Honours

Football
  • Ulster Senior Club Football Championship:
    • Runner-up (1): 2013[26]
  • Donegal Senior Football Championship:
  • Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship:
    • Runner-up (1): 2005
  • Donegal Intermediate Football Championship:
    • Winner (1): 2005
  • Donegal Senior B Football Championship:
    • Winner (1): 2015.
    • Donegal Senior C Football Championship:
    • Winners (2): 2016, 2017
    • Donegal Senior C Football Championship:
  • Donegal Junior A&B Football Championship:
    • Runner-up (1): Junior A Finalists 2000
    • Winner (1): Junior B Champions 1984
    • Runner-up (1): Junior B Finalists 1988, 2014
  • Donegal All County League Divisions:
    • Winner (2): Division Two 2007, 2013
    • Winner (3): Division Four 1989, 1993, 2000
  • Comortas Peile Na Gaeltacht Tir Conaill:
    • Winner (1): 2011

Other
  • Donegal Ladies Intermediate Football Championship:
    • Winner (1): 2007
  • Donegal Ladies Junior Championship:
    • Winner (1): 2006
  • Donegal Ladies Junior B Championship:
    • Winner (1): 2017
    • Runner-up (1) 2016
  • Donegal Scór Na Óg Nuachleas:
    • Winner (11): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
    • Runner-up (1) 2015
  • Ulster Scór Na Óg Nuachleas:
    • Winner (5): 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011
  • All-Ireland Scór Na Óg Nuachleas:
    • Winner (1): 2008
    • Runner-up (3): 2003, 2006, 2011

References
  1. "Molloy hopes Ardara can win relegation four-pointer". Donegal News. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016. The 1992 All-Ireland winning captain is well aware of the confidence the Glen men will have received from that victory, but they are gunning for an upset.
  2. "Major test for Eunan's minors". Donegal Democrat. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2008. The calendar year of 2008 has brought a clean sweep of adult triumphs for the club from the Cathedral town, with their minor championship victory in Glenswilly's Pairc Naomh Columba, over St Michael's being supplemented by successes for the seniors, reserves and junior B teams.
  3. "Glenswilly hit out at jersey ban rumours". Hogan Stand. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. Cahill, Jackie (21 October 2011). "Glenswilly boycott threat over Murphy". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  5. "Club History". Glenswilly GAA. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  6. Foley, Alan (24 January 2012). "Founding father McFadden goes back to his roots". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  7. "Classic Murphy goal gives Glenswilly first senior county championship". Donegal Democrat. 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  8. "St Michaels Wins County Championship for Glenswilly". 2 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  9. "Murphy is the star as Glenswilly triumph". The Irish Times. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  10. "Details revealed for Sam Maguire's visit to Letterkenny". 25 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  11. "Sam on tour – where you can see the team today". 25 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  12. "Exhausted players facing four-hour delays in county tour". 25 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  13. "Sam on tour today – Times and schedules here". 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  14. "Breaking news: Donegal team due in Buncrana at 10.15PM". 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  15. "Breaking news: Captain Murphy on way to Glenswilly for 11.30PM". 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012. The Donegal team are on their last leg of the World Tour of Donegal.
  16. "All-Ireland Football Series 2013 Launched". GAA.ie. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  17. "All-Ireland Series launched at Glenswilly GAA club". Donegal Daily. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  18. "Ballinderry 1–13 Glenswilly 2-06". RTÉ Sport. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  19. "Live: Glenswilly v Ballinderry Shamrocks Ulster senior club final". Donegal Now. 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  20. Ferry, Ryan (16 July 2020). "Changing of the guard for Glenswilly". p. 84. …the Pairc Naomh Columba outfit will have a much younger feel to it in 2020… former Donegal senior player Gary McFadden has recovered from his cruciate injury. However, seasoned campaigners and three-times Donegal SFC winners — Neil Gallagher, Ciaran Bonner and Joe Gibbons — have all called it a day, while Cathal Gallagher has emigrated… new manager Pauric Bonner is ready to give youth its chance… This is Bonner's first year in charge and he replaces Brendan Walsh and Ryan McKinley in the managerial hotseat… 'I was Treasurer for a year and then I managed the club minors to a county title last year, and now I have the senior job. Laurence McDaid, Eddie Crawford, and my brother Tarlach are in my backroom team, and you have George Simmons and Brian Gibbons, who were there before and are still involved… Davin Flynn is our S & C man, and Paul Gallagher is on logistics with Aidy Glackin on stats'.
  21. Foley, Alan (5 January 2012). "The emigration question for Donegal GAA". Donegal Democrat. Retrieved 5 January 2012. They are essentially two of the younger clubs in the county, in an era when the powerbase has shifted from south to north. Three years ago Termon were in the Raidio na Gaeltachta SFC final against St Eunan's. This calendar year, though, will see them in Division Three and competing in intermediate football, while Glenswilly are senior county champions. A gulf has grown between the previously inseparable twins.
  22. "Glenswilly fly the Donegal flag". 15 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011. 'The celebrations are on hold and our whole focus now is on Ulster this week. But being honest we only began talking about the Cavan game on Sunday evening after our league game in Malin. Last week once the celebrations died down all our attention was on the Malin game and surviving in the league. This week the total focus is now on Cavan Gaels', said Gary McDaid, joint Glenswilly manager with John McGinley.
  23. McNulty, Chris (23 November 2015). "Glenswilly appoint managers for 2016 season". Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  24. McNulty, Chris (24 June 2019). "Declan Bonner pays tribute to Manus Kelly on day of 'mixed emotions'". Retrieved 24 June 2019. Kelly was deeply immersed in Glenswilly GAA club and was managed[sic] them to a Senior C Championship win in 2016. Kelly was a club-mate of Donegal captain Michael Murphy.
  25. Doherty, Conan (2017). "Welsh rugby legend Shane Williams battles Donegal storm to kick four points for Glenswilly". SportsJOE.ie.
  26. "Ballinderry's 12-year wait is over". Irish Examiner. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  27. "Donegal SFC final: Murphy delivers man-of-the-match display". Hogan Stand. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  28. "Donegal SFC final: Murphy leads by example". Hogan Stand. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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