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titles and 7 Division 1 League titles. The club's most successful season came in 1978, when they claimed the championship, league and ComĂłrtas Peile na
Gaeltachta treble, as well as the county under-21 title. They remain the only Donegal club to complete this treble, although
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was captain. 1978 captain McIntyre (by then a team mentor alongside Paddy "Beag" Gillespie and Seán Burke) played at full-forward in the 1990 final, which
Hegarty won a with a last minute free. However, the club lost the 1992 final to the same team.
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Columba, in their current existence were founded in 1964, although football was played in the parish for decades before this and a Junior club existed since 1944. They have won the
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Having only made his championship debut a year earlier, Hegarty and Tony Boyle were the babies of that team. A builder and developer, he is currently player-manager of his hometown club.
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the
Donegal club scene. 2024 saw the club's return to Division 1 of the Donegal league, and the return of the Naomh Columba-Cill Chartha derby.
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was playing for the county team at senior level, having featured, and scored, in a number of matches during the
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Doherty has also managed his own club Naomh Columba and the Donegal under-21 team.
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896:"Donegal's Manus Boyle explores Dessie Farrell's Tir Chonaill county roots"
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1111:"Paddy J McGinley happy to lay Naomh Columba's cards firmly on the table"
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won a league, championship and Ulster championship treble in 2018.
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in the 1990 Donegal SFC final. Among the winning players were
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765:"The Glen-Kilcar Division 1 rivalry - back after 22 year gap"
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level. They enjoy an intense rivalry with their neighbours,
853:"Finian Ward - a back-to-back Donegal Sports Star in 1979"
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The Book of Donegal G.A.A. Facts, 2007 (sixth edition)
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Gaelic Athletic Association clubs established in 1964
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Pádraig Carr – 1983 Ulster title winner with Donegal
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935:"1992–2011: The best XV not to win Ulster…"
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1061:"Naomh Columba seek new manager for 2021"
1025:"The heroes of '92 - Where are they now?"
652:1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1995
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616:Donegal Senior Football Championship
330:Donegal Junior Football Championship
317:Donegal Senior Football Championship
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1059:McNulty, Chris (16 December 2020).
995:"Mulgrew and Bonner's joint ticket"
686:Donegal Minor Football Championship
1325:Intermediate Football Championship
806:Duffy, Connie (12 December 2019).
712:ComĂłrtas Peile na Gaeltachta, 2008
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18:Donegal-based Gaelic games club
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408:— 1992 All-Ireland SFC winner
402:— 1992 All-Ireland SFC winner
1606:. You can help Knowledge by
1405:Junior Football Championship
1214:Senior Football Championship
631:ComĂłrtas Peile na Gaeltachta
334:ComĂłrtas Peile na Gaeltachta
332:in 1974. The club has won 2
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445:Michael Oliver McIntyre
323:Michael Oliver McIntyre
1462:Naomh Mhuire Conmhaigh
598:Naomh Columba honours
328:The club also won the
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1349:Gaeil Leitir Ceanainn
645:Donegal Senior League
283:in the south-west of
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382:2022 National League
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1313:Seán Mac Cumhaills
1127:. 2 February 2024.
1090:www.donegallive.ie
922:. 24 October 2023.
883:. 24 October 2023.
855:. 11 January 2020.
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562:Paddy J. McGinley
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356:and two uncles of
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