St Finbarr's National Hurling & Football Club

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St Finbarr's
Cumann Náisiúnta Fionnbarra Naofa
St. Finbarr's GAA Crest.gif
Founded:1876
County: Cork
Nickname:The Barrs
Colours:Royal Blue and Gold
Grounds:Neenan Park, Togher, Cork
Coordinates: 51°52′38.8″N8°29′50.8″W / 51.877444°N 8.497444°W / 51.877444; -8.497444
Playing kits
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body.svg
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Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All IrelandMunster
champions
Cork
champions
Football: 3 5 10
Hurling: 2 4 26
Camogie: - - 2

St Finbarr's National Hurling & Football Club [1] [2] or St Finbarr's Hurling and Football Club [3] is a Gaelic games club based in the Togher area of Cork city, County Cork, Ireland. Playing in royal blue and gold jerseys, St Finbarr's fields teams in the sports of Gaelic football and hurling.

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It was the first club to win All-Ireland Club Championships in both hurling and football. It was the only club to have achieved this feat until Dublin's Cuala did so in by winning the 2024–25 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. [4] St Finbarr's won Cork Senior County Championship titles in every decade except the first decade of the 21st century. This record was almost upheld in 2009 when the club reached the Cork County Senior Football Championship final, only to lose to Clonakilty by one point.

Between 1980 and 1982, St Finbarr's won three consecutive Cork County Hurling Championship titles. This feat was not been repeated until Imokilly did so between 2017 and Vincent’s

Hurling

Honours

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Notable hurlers

This is a list of notable hurlers who have played for 'the Barrs', including players who have had success with the club, or played for the Cork senior hurling team.

PlayerEraClub titles
All-IrelandMunsterCounty
Jimmy Barry-Murphy 1970s-1980s1975, 19781965, 1974, 1977, 19801974, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988
Denis Burns 1970s-1980s1975, 19781974, 1977, 19801974, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982
Seán Condon 1940s1942, 1943, 1946, 1947
Ger Cunningham 1980s-1990s19801980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1993
Peter Doolan 1960s19651965, 1968
Mick Kennefick 1940s1942, 1943
Tony Maher 1960-1980s1975, 19781965, 1974, 1977, 19801965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980
Charlie McCarthy 1960s-1980s1975, 19781965, 1974, 1977, 19801965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980
Gerald McCarthy 1960s-1970s1975, 19781974, 19771965, 1968, 1974, 1977
Denis Murphy 1960s19651965, 1968

Notable Teams

Managers

ManagerYears
1876–2010s?
John Cremin2013-2015
Tim Finn2015-2017
Ronan Curran [6] 2017-2019
Aidan Fitzpatrick [7] 2019–2020
John Cremin2020
Ronan Curran [6] 2020–2021
Ger Cunningham 2021–present

Football

Honours

Notable footballers

Managers

ManagerYears
1876 – 2000s?
Tony Leahy2008 - 2010

Bill O'Connell 2011-2012

Ray Keane2016 - 2018
Paul O'Keeffe [9] [10] 2019 – present

See also

References

  1. "St Finbarr's National Hurling & Football Club".
  2. "Britain's most famous vicar is GAA's newest member after watching Normal People". Hogan Stand . 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. "Death notice of Christy Ryan". 9 February 2021.
  4. "Surreal day for Cuala as footballers arrive at summit". 19 January 2025.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Barr's hold off Nemo in thrilling finish to complete junior double". Irish Examiner . 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Ronan Curran reappointed St Finbarr's manager". Irish Examiner . 15 December 2020.
  7. "Club hurling news: St Finbarr's, Mallow and Charleville appoint new managers". EchoLIVE.ie. 10 December 2019.
  8. "Murphy settles it for Barr's". The Irish Examiner . 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  9. "'In March I was seeing a good few cases, I was very pessimistic about GAA this year': As a GP and Cork club football manager, Paul O'Keeffe is well placed to assess the changed nature of the 2020 GAA season". The42.ie. 27 July 2020.
  10. "St Finbarr's want semi-final pushed back after tough win over Newcestown". Irish Examiner . 30 September 2020.