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| Founded: | 1885 | ||||||||
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| County: | Cork | ||||||||
| Nickname: | Magpies | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and white | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Midleton | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 51°55′13″N8°10′33″W / 51.92028°N 8.17583°W | ||||||||
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Midleton Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Midleton in County Cork, Ireland. The club plays in the Imokilly division of Cork GAA.
The concept of a Gaelic Athletic Association was first mooted in 1883 when a sub-committee of the Irish Republican Brotherhood was formed with the ideal of creating a National Athletic body. Midleton man, P.N Fitzgerald, was one of the committee members who eventually set up the Gaelic Athletic Association.[ citation needed ]
The club was formally affiliated to the association, when at the third meeting of the fledgling organisation, held in Thurles on 17 January 1885. The club was formally registered as Midleton Football club. The club had some success in the early years and in 1890 brought the first senior football All Ireland title to Cork under the captaincy of Jim Power. In the same year, the Cork hurlers, under the Aghabullogue banner also brought the hurling title to the Leeside. Exactly 100 years later, their modern-day counterparts repeated the double, winning the two All Ireland senior titles in the one year. Two Midleton players, Kevin Hennessy and Ger FitzGerald, were involved in guiding the hurlers to their victory in 1990. The club purchased its present location from Lord Midleton in 1958 and has repeatedly upgraded its facilities.[ citation needed ] In 1975, the club's pavilion was opened.
After the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was won in 1978, the club went from "strength to strength" culminating in winning the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship title in 1987.[ citation needed ] Along the way, every county hurling title was won. The club also won three other Cork Senior Hurling Championship titles in 1986, 1987 and 1991.[ citation needed ]
By winning the title in 1983, the club were rewarded with the captaincy of the Cork team for 1984, the centenary year of the GAA. In that year, the club became only the second club in the history of the GAA to provide All Ireland winning senior captains in both hurling and football when John Fenton captained Cork to All Ireland victory over Offaly in Thurles. There were five other Midleton players on the Cork panel that year with Joe Desmond being chairman of the selection committee.
In 2013, Midleton won their first Cork Senior title in 22 years after a 2–15 to 2–13 win against Sarsfields, with Conor Lehane scoring 2-10 of his club's total. [1] [2]
This was followed by a number of years of increasing success at underage level, including a minor championship in 2018 and a Feile title in U15 hurling in 2021.[ citation needed ] 2021 also saw Midleton win their 8th county senior hurling championship when they defeated Glen Rovers 0–24 to 1–18.[ citation needed ]
This is a list of notable hurlers who have played for Midleton. Generally, this includes players who have played for the Cork senior hurling team.
| Player | Era | Club titles | ||
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| All-Ireland | Munster | County | ||
| John Fenton | 1970s–1990s | 1988 | 1983, 1987 | 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991 |
| Ger FitzGerald | 1980s–1990s | 1988 | 1983, 1987 | 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991 |
| Paddy FitzGerald | 1950s–1960s | |||
| Pat Hartnett | 1980s–1990s | 1988 | 1983, 1987 | 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991 |
| Denis Mulcahy | 1970s–1990s | 1988 | 1983, 1987 | 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991 |
| Mickey O'Connell | 1990s–2000s | |||
| Colm O'Neill | 1980s–1990s | 1988 | 1983, 1987 | 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991 |
| Conor Lehane | 2010s | 2013, 2021 | ||
| Luke O'Farrell | 2010s | 2013, 2021 | ||
| Paul Haughney | 2010s | 2013, 2021 | ||
| Cormac Beausang | 2010s | 2021 | ||
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