placenamesCulloville
Baile Mhic Cullach
Successive club names and a cross-border setting shape Culloville’s sporting story.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Baile Mhic Cullach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Culloville · English · main form · local name
- Cullaville · English · main form
Place & story
Three names in Gaelic football
Gaelic football in Culloville can be traced to the founding of Culloville William O’Briens in 1888. The name honoured the campaigner for land reform. A later club, Culloville Sons of O’Connell, formed in 1910 and reached the Armagh senior final in 1913. Culloville Blues registered in 1916, adopting blue and white in place of green and black. [2]
A border village and its club
The village’s setting crosses the River Fane between Armagh and Monaghan. The Blues compete in Armagh, where they won intermediate championships in 1982, 1998 and 2011. Their 2011 campaign, managed by John McEntee, continued to the Ulster intermediate final. The longstanding rivalry with nearby Crossmaglen gives this small border community a prominent place in the county’s football history. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Armagh
- Barony
- Fews Upper
- Civil parish
- Creggan
- Coordinates
- 54.06739, -6.64042 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 56337 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Culloville. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Three names, two counties, one local rivalry,18September2026 · Kenny Archer / The Irish News
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.