Oliver Plunketts GAA

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St. Oliver Plunkett's GAA
Naomh Oilibhéar Pluincéad
Founded:1974
County: Cork
Colours:Black and White
Grounds:Páirc Uinsinn
Coordinates: 51°42′35.58″N8°53′49.35″W / 51.7098833°N 8.8970417°W / 51.7098833; -8.8970417
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St. Oliver Plunkett's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Cork, Ireland. The club is based in Ahiohill. It fields teams in hurling and Gaelic football competitions organized by Cork GAA and the Carbery divisional board.

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History

The club was founded in 1974, and named after Saint Oliver Plunkett whose canonization was announced that year. This was not the first club in Ahiohill and there are records of games played by Ahiohill as early as the famine in 1840s. The underage club was known as Assumption Rovers. On 28 August 2011, Plunketts won their first West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship beating Dohenys in the Final with a score of 2-15 to 0-12. Kevin Coffey was Man of the Match scoring 8 points.

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