Lyre GAA

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Lyre
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Founded:1899
County: Cork
Nickname:The Pandas
Colours:Black & White
Grounds:Banteer Community Sportsfield
Coordinates:52.2584064 -8.7752704
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Lyre GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club which takes its name from the nearby village of Lyre, County Cork, and is based in the village of Banteer in the north-west of County Cork, Ireland. The club plays football and is affiliated with Banteer Hurling Club from the same parish. [1] Founded in 1899, the club competes in the Duhallow Junior A Football Championship. [2]

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Their first team competes in the Duhallow Junior A Football Championship [3] [4] and the Duhallow Junior A Football League. In 2010, the club won its first ever Duhallow Junior A Football Championship title and won their second title in 2013. Lyre also reached the final in 2015 and 2019.

History

Overview

The club was formed in 1899 and entered the Duhallow Football Championship when it was founded in 1933. Lyre won their first Duhallow Junior Football Championship in 2010 defeating rivals Kanturk in the final. They also defeated Cullen in the 2013 final.

Hurling

Lyre never fielded a hurling team as the club goes under the name of Banteer for hurling. The club has won 8 Duhallow Hurling Championships.

List of JAFC Finals

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
2019 Colours of Kerry.svg Boherbue 3-07 Colours of Sligo.svg Lyre0-10
2015 [5] Colours of Laois.svg Knocknagree 1-12, 1-12 Colours of Sligo.svg Lyre1–12, 0-04
2013 [6] Colours of Sligo.svg Lyre0-13 Colours of Tipperary.svg Cullen 2-05
2010 Colours of Sligo.svg Lyre1-09 Colours of Limerick.svg Kanturk 0-09

Pitch and facilities

Lyres GAA play their home matches in Banteer Community Sportsfield which is based in Banteer.

Facilities

Banteer Community Sportsfield and complex is a community owned facility in Banteer. The local GAA club, soccer club and athletics club use these facilities. The complex has a park area, 2 pitches, 2 sets of dressing rooms, several walks around the pond and pitches, a children's playgrounds, a ball wall, a museum/exhibition area with a shop and there is accessibility offered by Banteer railway station.[ citation needed ]

Main pitch

The original main pitch is usually used for club matches. There is a small stand which can hold up to 200 people and a clubhouse which is under the stand that's adjacent to the pitch. The clubhouse includes 4 changing rooms with showers, an equipment room and a kitchen.[ citation needed ]

The main pitch often hosts the Duhallow Championship matches and finals, including the 2021 hurling final.[ citation needed ] The pitch has also hosted matches in the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship, and hosted Blackrock and Charleville in 2021.[ citation needed ]

Astro pitch

In 2020, the first phase of a €1.5million project to develop a suite of new sporting facilities in the village of Banteer was completed.[ citation needed ] In February 2020, the Banteer Community Sportsfield Project was awarded a grant under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. With this grant an astro-turf pitch was built over an existing secondary pitch at the sports complex which was usually used for training.[ citation needed ]

Honours

County

Duhallow

Notable players

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References

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  2. ↑ Ducon debuts for 2010
  3. ↑ Relieved Rockchapel let off by Lyre
  4. ↑ Dromtariffe outlast Lyre
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