Beara GAA

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Beara GAA
County: Cork
Colours:Red and White
Grounds:Various
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Beara GAA is a division of Cork GAA, and is responsible for organizing Gaelic Athletic Association games in the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. Currently, the following clubs are part of the Beara division - Castletownbere, Adrigole, Urhan, Garnish, Bere Island and Glengarriff. It has no senior football team so the only representative in the Cork Senior Football Championship is the divisional team. The division also competes in the Cork Minor Football Championship and the Cork Under-21 Football Championship. Beara is a Gaelic football stronghold, with very little hurling played, and no competitions organized.

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Member Clubs

2024 Football Grades

ChampionshipClub
Senior
Premier Senior None
Senior A None
Intermediate
Premier Intermediate Colours of Sligo.svg Castletownbere
Intermediate A Colours of Cork.svg Adrigole
Junior
Premier Junior Colours of Cork.svg Urhan
Junior A None
Junior B Colours of Sligo.svg Castletownbere (2nd team)
Colours of Kerry.svg Garnish
Colours of Mayo.svg Glengarriff
Colours of Cork.svg Urhan (2nd team)
Junior C Colours of Cork.svg Bere Island
Colours of Sligo.svg Castletownbere (3rd team)

History

The Beara division was formed in 1927 when the Cork County Board divided the county into 8 divisions.

Honours

Notable players

Beara Competitions

CompetitionYearChampionsRunners-up
Championship
Beara Junior A Football Championship 2019 Colours of Cork.svg Urhan Colours of Kerry.svg Garnish
Beara Junior B Football Championship2022 Colours of Cork.svg Urhan Colours of Cork.svg Adrigole
Beara Junior C Football Championship2023 Colours of Cork.svg Bere Island Colours of Sligo.svg Castletownbere
Beara U21 Football Championship2020 Colours of Cork.svg Adrigole


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