Cloughduv GAA

Cloughduv

Cloch Dhubh
Founded:	1886
County:	Cork
Colours:	Green and Gold
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster champions Cork champions Camogie: 0 0 3

Cloughduv GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association based in the village of Cloughduv in County Cork, Ireland. The club is a member of the Muskerry division of Cork GAA. The club fields hurling team only. There are two Gaelic football clubs in the parish (Kilmurry parish) - Canovee and Kilmurry - and there is often an overlap of players between the different clubs.

History

Hurling in the area pre-dates the founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Thurles in 1884; when the Cork County Board was inaugurated in 1886, 21 clubs attended including Ryecourt GAA. Shortly thereafter the name was changed to Cloch Dubh.

Success was not long in arriving, culminating in 1912 in a victory in the County Senior Beamish Shield.^{[ citation needed ]}

In the late 1920s, Cloughduv joined up with BrideValley to form Éire Óg and this led to victory in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship final of 1928.

The Éire Óg combination had a short shelflife and Cloughduv reverted to their solo career.^{[ citation needed ]} In 1940, Cloughduv won a County Junior Hurling title and the following year won the County Intermediate title.^{[ citation needed ]}

The 1950s saw an unprecedented three School Shield Counties won by Cloughduv. Three Mid Cork Minor titles followed in the 1960s.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1970, the club won the Cork Junior Hurling Championship title, beating Courcey Rovers in the Final. In 1973, the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship title was Cloughduvs when they had victory over Blackrock in the final. The next big success came in 1983 with another Intermediate County. Here Ballinhassig were the vanquished team. Another Intermediate County followed in 1986 with victory over Erins Own.

The club regraded to Junior status at the end of 2001 and won Junior Mid Cork titles in 2002, 2005 and 2009.

Having originally started out in Ryecourt, the club in 1967 opened a new playing field to the Western side of the village, Fr O’Driscoll Park. This was home to the club until 2006, when Cloughduv returned to Ryecourt to a development which has three full size playing pitches (2 with floodlight).^{[ citation needed ]}

Achievements

• Cork Senior Hurling Championship Winners (1) 1928 Runners-Up 1931 (both with Bride Valley)
• Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2018
• Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1911, 1941, 1973, 1983, 1986 | Runners-Up 1946, 1981, 1984, 1994
• Cork Junior Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1940, 1970, 2018 ^[1] | Runners-Up 1910, 1922, 1938, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1964, 1967, 2009, 2010, 2015 ^[2]
• Cork Minor Hurling Championship Runner-Up 1939, 1941, 1967
• Cork Minor A Hurling Championship Winner (1) 2009 Runner-Up 2006
• Cork Premier Under-21 A Hurling Championship Runners-Up 1983, 1989
• Cork Under-21 A Hurling Championship Runner-Up 2018
• Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Winner (25 titles) 1933, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 | Runners-Up 1929, 1944, 1949, 1961, 1963, 1965, 2004, 2012, 2016 ^[3]
• Mid Cork U21 A Hurling Champions 2018
• Cork Senior Camogie Championship Winner (3) 2001, 2002, 2005

Notable players

(Hurlers/Footballers)

• Dinny Barry-Murphy
• John Barry-Murphy
• Kevin Murray
• Noel Dunne
• Ted O'Mahony
• Connie Kelly
• Barry Murphy

Camogie:

• Una O'Donoghue
• Briege Corkery
• Joanne O'Callaghan
• Aoife Murray

References

1. "Cloughduv capture the Co. Junior A Hurling Championship title". www.corkgaa.ie. 28 October 2018.
2. "Dynamic Dungourney deliver first title in brilliant style". The Irish Examiner . 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
3. "Grenagh's great escape". The Irish Examiner . 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External sources

• Club website
• Kilmurry Parish website