Carbery GAA

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Carbery
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Founded:1926
County: Cork
Colours:Purple with gold hoop
Grounds:various
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Senior Club Championships
All IrelandMunster
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Hurling: 0 0 1

Carbery GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the south-west area of County Cork, Ireland. The division is one of eight divisions of the Cork County Board and a division is responsible for organising competitions for the clubs within the division from Under 12 up to adult level [1] The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. In addition, the division selects football and hurling teams from the adult teams playing at junior level or county intermediate level, and these then compete for the Cork GAA Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship.

Contents

The Carbery division consists of 26 clubs from Bandon in the east to Bantry Blues in the west.

List of clubs

Honours

Football

Gaelic football is the stronger of the two sports played by clubs in this division. All 26 clubs play football at adult level.

Competitions

Club Grades

ChampionshipClubs
Senior
Premier Senior Colours of Offaly.svg Carbery Rangers
Colours of Cavan.svg Castlehaven
Colours of Mayo.svg Clonakilty
Flag of Naples.svg Newcestown
Senior A Colours of Fermanagh.svg Dohenys
Colours of Cork.svg O'Donovan Rossa
Intermediate
Premier Intermediate Colours of Antrim.svg Bandon
Colours of Cavan.svg Bantry Blues
Colours of Limerick.svg Ilen Rovers
Intermediate A Colours of Limerick.svg Gabriel Rangers
Junior
Premier Junior Colours of Meath.svg St James
Junior A Colours of Galway.svg Argideen Rangers
Colours of Cork.svg Ballinascarthy
Colours of Antrim.svg Bandon (2nd team)
Colours of Dublin.svg Barryroe
Colours of Offaly.svg Carbery Rangers (2nd team)
Colours of Cavan.svg Castlehaven (2nd team)
Colours of Mayo.svg Clonakilty (2nd team)
Colours of Tipperary.svg Diarmuid Ó Mathúnas
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilbrittain
Colours of Kerry.svg Kilmacabea
Colours of Cavan.svg Kilmeen
Flag of Naples.svg Newcestown (2nd team)
Colours of Kerry.svg Randal Óg
Orange and Black flag (Mutualism).svg St Colum's
Colours of Kilkenny.svg St Mary's
Flag of Naples.svg Tadhg MacCarthaigh
Junior B Colours of Cavan.svg Bantry Blues (2nd team)
Colours of Limerick.svg Clann na nGael
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Dohenys (2nd team)
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Goleen
Colours of Limerick.svg Ilen Rovers (2nd team)
Colours of Galway.svg Muintir Bháire
Colours of Cork.svg O'Donovan Rossa (2nd team)
Colours of Meath.svg St James (2nd team)
Colours of Sligo.svg St Oliver Plunketts
Junior C Colours of Kerry.svg Kilmacabea (2nd team)
Flag of Naples.svg Tadhg MacCarthaigh (2nd team)
Colours of Limerick.svg Clann na nGael (2nd team)
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Goleen (2nd team)
Orange and Black flag (Mutualism).svg St Colum's (2nd team)
Colours of Cavan.svg Castlehaven (3rd team)
Colours of Sligo.svg St Oliver Plunketts (2nd team)
Colours of Mayo.svg Clonakilty (3rd team)
Colours of Offaly.svg Carbery Rangers (3rd team)
Colours of Galway.svg Argideen Rangers (2nd team)
Colours of Dublin.svg Barryroe (2nd team)
Colours of Cork.svg Ballinascarthy (2nd team)

Hurling

Several teams do not play hurling at adult level. Some of these have started playing underage hurling, namely Carbery Rangers, Ilen Rovers, Kilmacabea, Goleen Those who do not play hurling at any level are Muintir Bháire, Tadhg MacCarthaigh, Castlehaven and Clann na nGael.

Competitions

2024 Grades

ChampionshipClubs
Senior
Premier Senior Flag of Naples.svg Newcestown
Senior A None
Intermediate
Premier Intermediate None
Intermediate A Colours of Antrim.svg Bandon
Junior
Premier Junior Colours of Galway.svg Argideen Rangers
Colours of Dublin.svg Barryroe
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilbrittain
Junior A Colours of Cork.svg Ballinascarthy
Colours of Antrim.svg Bandon (2nd team)
Colours of Cavan.svg Bantry Blues
Colours of Mayo.svg Clonakilty
Colours of Tipperary.svg Diarmuid Ó Mathúnas
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Dohenys
Colours of Cavan.svg Kilbree
Flag of Naples.svg Newcestown (2nd team)
Colours of Kerry.svg Randal Óg
Orange and Black flag (Mutualism).svg St Colum's
Colours of Meath.svg St James
Colours of Kilkenny.svg St Mary's
Colours of Sligo.svg St Oliver Plunketts
Junior B Colours of Cork.svg Ballinascarthy (2nd team)
Colours of Dublin.svg Barryroe (2nd team)
Colours of Limerick.svg Gabriel Rangers
Colours of Cavan.svg Kilbree (2nd team)
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilbrittain (2nd team)
Colours of Cork.svg O'Donovan Rossa

See also

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References

  1. Formation of Divisions - See "Links" for list of divisions
  2. "Carbery end long famine in fine style". Irish Independent . 18 October 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. "FLASHBACK: Carbery hurlers stunned Midleton to lift the county crown in 1994". The Echo (Cork newspaper) . 20 October 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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