placenamesCauseway
An Tóchar
The club’s own history connects changing jerseys and shared facilities with a captain remembered in the county trophy.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Tóchar · Irish · main form
- Causeway · English · main form
Place & story
How maroon became the club colour
Causeway’s hurlers did not always wear maroon and white. The club records earlier blue, gold, and black-and-amber jerseys, followed by a donation of jerseys from Gael Linn that established the later colours. Its history also recalls training on the fair green, Sandford Lawn and farms around the parish before a dedicated sports field was available. [2]
A shared sporting home
In the mid-1970s the club obtained a permanent sports field through a partnership with Causeway Comprehensive School and the local education authority. The agreement gave school and club sport a shared physical base. The club’s wider parish connections should not be equated with the smaller electoral division around Causeway. [2]
The captain commemorated by a cup
Neilus Flynn captained Causeway to its first county senior hurling title in 1932. In 1987 the county championship trophy was named in his honour. Causeway won the championship that year, with Anthony O’Connor captaining the side, linking the new trophy’s first season with the club of the man it commemorates. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Causeway. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Causeway GAA: Club History · Causeway GAA
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-05-05. How this page was prepared.