Cortoon Shamrocks is a Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club based in County Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. The club is a member of the Galway GAA

Galway GAA

The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...

. Underage teams up to U-16's play in the Galway

Galway GAA

The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...

 league and championships and they compete at all levels of Galway football. Cortoon Shamrocks are a Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 club.

History

Cortoon are one of the oldest clubs in the county, and are unique in that they are the second senior football team in the one parish in Galway. Cortoon is a half parish of Tuam

Tuam

Tuam is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The name is pronounced choo-um . It is situated west of the midlands of Ireland, and north of Galway city.-History:...

 and with Tuam Stars

Tuam Stars

Tuam Stars is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Tuam area in County Galway, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA. Underage teams up to U-16's play in the Galway league and championships while Minor, Junior, and Senior compete in their respective competitions in the North...

 one of the most, if not the most, dominant teams in Galway football history, success for Cortoon has always been hard come by. They achieved Senior status in the early seventies in a team powered by Tommy Joe Gilmore

Tommy Joe Gilmore

Tommy Joe Gilmore is a famous footballer from County Galway. The Cortoon man who excelled in the No.6 jersey of Galway throughout the seventies....

 and Mickey Rooney, they managed to reach the semi final on two occasions, losing to Caltra

Caltra GAC

Caltra is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Caltra, County Galway, Republic Of Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA...

 and Milltown

Milltown GAC

Milltown is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Milltown area in County Galway, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA. Milltown GAA club is one of the longest established sides in Galway...

. They then dropped again from senior status twice, but successfully fought hard to regain senior status and they are amongst the best teams of Galway football.

2008 proved to be a memorable year in the history of Cortoon football. In the 2008 Galway Senior Football Championship, Cortoon started strongly by knocking out Annaghdown

Annaghdown

Annaghdown is a parish in County Galway, Ireland. It takes its name from Eanach Dhúin, Irish for "the marsh of the fort". The village lies around Annaghdown Bay, an inlet of Lough Corrib...

 in the first round. Following that, they stunned reigning Champions Killererin

Killererin

Killererin is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Tuam area in County Galway, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA. Underage teams up to U-16s play in the Galway league and championships. Killererin is a Gaelic football club with a proud tradition of producing gutsy...

, winning by a scoreline of 3-09 to 0-07. Taking confidence from such a great performance, Cortoon went on to defeat 2006 All-Ireland Club Champions Salthill-Knocknacarra

Salthill-Knocknacarra

Salthill-Knocknacarra is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Salthill and Knocknacarra areas in Galway City, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA...

 by one point and in the clubs third ever county semi final, they beat a highly fancied NUIG team by the same margin. They had reached their first ever Senior Football Final, and played Corofin

Corofin

Corofin is a village on the River Fergus in northern County Clare in Ireland, situated north from the county town of Ennis at the crossroads of the R470 and R476 regional roads...

 in the decider. However, experience won through for Corofin as they won by 3 points in a poor final, 0-08 to 0-05.

Notable players include Derek Savage, former member of the county panel and a key part of Galway's 1998 and 2001 All-Ireland Football triumphs, and Michael Martin, All-Ireland Minor medal winner with Galway in 2007 .Past legends include Tommy Joe Gilmore

Tommy Joe Gilmore

Tommy Joe Gilmore is a famous footballer from County Galway. The Cortoon man who excelled in the No.6 jersey of Galway throughout the seventies....

, voted centre half-back on the Galway "Team Of The Millennium".

Honours

• • Galway Intermediate Club Football Championship: 1
  • 2004
  • Galway Senior Club Football League: 1
  • 2009