Cill Na Martra GFC

Cill Na Martra

Founded:	1978
County:	Cork
Colours:	Blue and White
Grounds:	Páirc Uí Chuana
Coordinates:	51°53′57″N9°05′01″W / 51.89915°N 9.08368°W / 51.89915; -9.08368
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All Ireland Munster champions Cork champions Football: 0 0 0

Cill Na Martra GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the parish of Kilnamartyra, County Cork, Ireland. The club is a member of the Cork GAA and Muskerry divisional boards. The club fields teams in Gaelic football only, with no hurling played. The club is the home club of Noel O'Leary who won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal with Cork in 2010.

History

Cill na Martra team, 2023

Football has been played in the parish of Cill na Martra, in the Múscraí Gaeltacht, since at least the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in 1884. The first recorded victory of the club occurred in 1887 in a 21-a-side match versus a team from Ballinagree.

From then on until the re-establishment of the club in 1978, football had been played on an irregular basis. Since 1978, the club has won titles at Under 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, minor, Under 21, Junior B and Junior A grades.^{[ citation needed ]} The club was promoted to the intermediate grade in 2004,^{[ citation needed ]} and won the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship in 2018. ^[1]

In 2023, the men's senior team won 2023 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship ^[2] and later the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship title. ^[3] While the club reached the final of the 2023–24 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, they lost to St Patrick's Cullyhanna of Armagh on a scoreline of 1-8 to 0-7. ^[4]

Honours

• All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship (0): (runners-up in the 2024 competition) ^[4]
• Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1): 2023 ^[3]
• Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2023 ^[2]
• Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (1): 2018
• Cork Junior A Football Championship (0): (runners-up in 2003)
• Cork Under-21 B Football Championship (1): 2015 ^[5]
• Cork Minor C Football Championship (3): 1999, 2004, 2013
• Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship (2): 2002, 2003

Notable players

See also: Category:Cill na Martra Gaelic footballers

• Noel O'Leary ^[6]

References

1. "Cill na Martra finally erase pain with final celebration". Irish Examiner. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
2. "Premier IFC final: Shane Ó Duinnín the hero as Cill na Martra come good at the death". echolive.ie. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
3. "Cill na Martra ease past Mungret St Paul's to win Munster Intermediate title". Irish Examiner. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
4. "Nugent fires Cullyhanna to All-Ireland glory as rueful Cill na Martra fall short". Irish Examiner. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
5. "Tadgh Corkery goal crucial as Cill na Martra win a thriller". Irish Examiner . 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
6. "Noel O'Leary: Cill na Martra will have to stay focused, this grade is wide open". echolive.ie. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.

External links

• Cill na Martra GAA website ^{[ dead link ]}