Cockhill Celtic F.C.
Irish football club
Cockhill Celtic Football Club is an Irish association football (soccer) club based in Buncrana, County Donegal. The club's senior men's team competes in the FAI National League, the third tier of the Republic of Ireland football league system. The club also fields teams in the regional Inishowen Football League.
The club qualified for the FAI Cup in 2014. In December 2025, Cockhill Celtic were announced as one of the 15 teams that would participate in the FAI National League's inaugural season.
History
Cockhill Celtic Youth and Football Club was founded on 28 October 1970 as Westbrook Celtic by a group of men — which included Michael Doherty and Joe McLaughlin — who played football in Buncrana. The club originally played their matches on a pitch called Coneyburrow, on the Castle Grounds in Buncrana, while they competed in both the Derry & District Football League (D&D League) and the Inishowen Football League. They moved to Cockhill and became 'Cockhill Celtic' in 1974, and moved into the Inishowen Football League. They remained there until 2005, when the club transferred to the Ulster Senior League.
After the 1984–85 season, the club decided to apply to the Ulster Senior League.
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