Castlebar Celtic W.F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Castlebar, County Mayo. The club is the women's section of Castlebar Celtic and has entered teams in the Women's National League, the Mayo Women's Football League and the FAI Women's Cup.
In 2011âÂÂ12, together with Peamount United, Cork Women's F.C., Raheny United, Shamrock Rovers and Wexford Youths, Castlebar Celtic became founder members of the Women's National League. On 18 November 2012 Castlebar Celtic's manager, Jeremy Dee, died in a car crash while travelling to a league match against Shamrock Rovers. Dee was described as "the real driving force behind our women's team" by club secretary Michael O'Dwyer. He was also a leading advocate of women's association football in both County Mayo and Ireland. While playing in the league, Celtic reached three cup finals. In 2013 they played in WNL Cup final, but lost 6âÂÂ3 to Peamount United. Later in the same year they reached the FAI Women's Cup final but lost 3âÂÂ2 after extra-time to Raheny United. In 2014 they were WNL Cup finalists again but were beaten 3âÂÂ0 by Wexford Youths.
Castlebar Celtic had planned to enter a team in the 2015 Mayo Women's Football League season but withdrew due to a lack of players. During the 2015âÂÂ16 Women's National League season they struggled. In October 2015 Castlebar Celtic failed to field a team for a WNL Shield game against Shelbourne Ladies. During the course of the regular season Celtic had suffered two heavy defeats. On 10 October 2015 they lost 9âÂÂ1 at home to Shelbourne Ladies. Then on 2 January 2016 they lost 17âÂÂ1 to Wexford Youths. On 20 February 2016 they suffered a third heavy loss after losing 12âÂÂ1 to Shelbourne Ladies in the WNL Cup Before the season was finished they also withdrew from the Women's National League, again because they were unable to field a team.