Editing Castlebar (section)

==Sport==
===GAA===
[[File:MacHale Park, Castlebar, Ireland, November 2016.jpg|thumb|[[MacHale Park]]]]
The local [[Gaelic football]] and [[hurling]] team is the [[Castlebar Mitchels GAA]] club. Throughout its history, the club has won over 30 [[Mayo Senior Football Championship]] titles and two [[Mayo Senior Hurling Championship]] titles. The club reached the [[All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship]] final in 2014 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/st-vincents-crowned-champions-courtesy-of-connolly-masterclass-30099752.html|title=St. Vincent's crowned champions courtesy of Connolly masterclass |accessdate=31 March 2014 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=17 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/ballyboden-dominate-castlebar-to-win-first-ever-all-ireland-title-34549960.html|title=Ballyboden dominate Castlebar to win first ever All Ireland title |accessdate=19 March 2016 |work=[[Irish Examiner]] |date= 17 March 2016}}</ref> Other nearby GAA clubs include Breaffy GAA, Parke GAA, Islandeady GAA and Ballyvary Hurling Club.

[[MacHale Park]] in Castlebar is one of the larger [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] grounds in [[Ireland]], with a capacity of approximately 28,000.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://mayogaa.com/news-detail/10078903/ | title = Re-surfacing Of Hastings Insurance Machale Park | website = mayogaa.com | date = 18 April 2022 | accessdate = 25 August 2022 }}</ref> In the early 21st century, the [[Mayo GAA|Mayo county board]] oversaw the building of a new stand with dressing rooms and offices underneath.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

===Soccer===
Local soccer teams include [[Castlebar Celtic F.C.]], which was established in 1924. As of 2014, it had a team playing in the Mayo Super League and a [[Castlebar Celtic W.F.C.|senior women's side]] playing in the Continental [[Women's National League (Ireland)|Women's National League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Clubs: Castlebar Celtic FC|url=http://wnl.fai.ie/clubs/castlebar-celtic-fc.htm|work=Women's National League|publisher=[[Football Association of Ireland|FAI]]|access-date=27 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> There is also a youth program which provides teams from under 10s to under 18s for boys and under 14 to under 17 for girls, as well as an under 8 academy. They play their home games in [[Celtic Park (Castlebar)|Celtic Park]], in the centre of the town. Castlebar Town FC were formed in the 1970s (as Castlebar United) as an alternative to Celtic. Other local teams include Snugboro United, Ballyheane FC, Manulla FC and Ballyvary Blue Bombers.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

===Rugby===
Castlebar RFC, a [[rugby union]] club and one of the original founding members of the Connacht branch of the IRFU in 1885, reformed 1928 and again revived in the 1970s. Its grounds are located at Cloondeash on the outskirts of the town, with two pitches and a club house. The club, which plays in a navy and light blue strip, participates in provincial (Connacht Junior League Div.1B) and national league competitions. Castlebar won the Cawley Cup in 2009 and reached the final in 2017. The ladies team, which was formed in 2012, won the Connacht Development League Final in November 2013.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

===Other sports===
There is an 18-hole golf club in the town, as well as athletics, basketball, racquetball, tennis and other clubs. The council provides an indoor heated swimming pool and there are numerous gyms.

There are also several martial arts clubs in the area,{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} and Castlebar hosted the WOMAA World Martial Games in both 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.womaa1.com/womaa.html|title=womaa|website=www.womaa1.com|access-date=24 January 2013|archive-date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016050418/http://www.womaa1.com/womaa.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2018}}