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| Full name | Kanturk Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | IRFU Munster | |
| Founded | 1927 | |
| Ground(s) | Knocknacolan, Kanturk | |
| Director of Rugby | Tony Daly | |
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Kanturk Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Munster Junior League. Founded in 1927, the club reached the All-Ireland League for the first time in 2014. [1]
Kanturk is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. It is situated at the confluence of the Allua (Allow) and Dallow (Dalua) rivers, which stream further on as tributaries to the River Blackwater. It is about 50 kilometres from Cork, Blarney and Limerick, and lies just north of the main N72 road, 15 km from Mallow and about 40 km from Killarney. Kanturk is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency.
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Aidan Walsh is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays for Cork Championship club Kanturk and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a full-forward.
Lorcán McLoughlin is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for club side Kanturk and is a former member of the Cork senior hurling team.
David Guiney (1921–2000) was an Irish Olympic athlete, sports journalist and historian. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Philip Francis Johnson, usually known as P. F. Johnson was an Irish nationalist political labour activist and Kanturk hotel proprietor. Born at Mallow, County Cork, he co-founded in 1869 the Kanturk Labourers’ Club, where he was lifelong committed to the well-being of labourers in the Munster region. He had close Fenian connections and was active in the Land League. Although an anti-Parnellite he supported the Irish National League with a branch in Kanturk.
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Darren Browne is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Kanturk and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-back.
Ryan Walsh is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Championship club Kanturk and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a midfielder.
Paul Walsh is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Premier Intermediate Championship club Kanturk and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lines out in mid field.
