Kilbrittain GAA
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| CLG Cill Briotáin | ||
| Founded: | 1904 | |
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| County: | Cork | |
| Colours: | Black and Amber | |
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Kilbrittain GAAis aGaelic Athletic Associationclub based in the parish ofKilbrittain,County Cork,Ireland.The club fields teams inGaelic footballandHurling,but is primarily known for hurling. The club participates inCork GAAcompetitions. The club is a member ofCarberydivision ofCork GAA.
History
[edit]Kilbrittain GAA club was founded in 1904. It has been primarily a hurling club throughout its history, though it did play in theCork Junior Football Championshipfinal in 1926. Hurling has always been the first sport in the parish. From the beginning, especially in the 1920s, the club had some successes in theSouth-Westdivision, winning 6 titles in a row and again in 1930, 1938, 1940, 1941 and 1942.[citation needed]In 1978, after a lapse of 36 years, the club won the Flyer Nyhan Cup or the South-West Junior Hurling Championship. The club were beaten by Kinsale in the subsequentCork Junior Hurling Championship.[citation needed]
In 1984, Kilbrittain reached the final of theCork Junior Hurling Championshiponly to be defeated byMidleton.The following year, 1985, Kilbrittain defeated Cobh in the final to win its first county title in 81 years.[citation needed]
In 1994, theCarberydivisional team won theCork Senior Hurling Championshiptitle with a number of Kilbrittain players on the team, 5 playing on the team with 2 subs.
After competing 10 years in the Intermediate grade and being runners up in 3 county finals (1988, 1989, 1993) Kilbrittain won theCork Intermediate Hurling Championshipin 1995. In 1996, Kilbrittain became a senior hurling club. In 2010 Kilbrittain won the Cork County intermediate A hurling championship.
Achievements
[edit]- Cork Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipWinners (1) 1995 Runners-Up 1988, 1989, 1993
- Cork Intermediate A Hurling ChampionshipWinners (1) 2010
- Cork Lower Intermediate Hurling championshipRunners-Up 2021
- Cork Junior Hurling ChampionshipWinners (1) 1985 Runners-Up 1927, 1984
- Cork Junior Football ChampionshipRunners-Up 1926
- Cork Junior B Football ChampionshipWinners (2) 1992, 2009
- Cork Junior B Inter-Divisional Football ChampionshipWinners 2016
- Cork Minor A Hurling ChampionshipWinners (1) 1992 (As Seaside Rovers)
- Cork Minor C Football ChampionshipWinners (1) 2008
- South West Junior A Hurling ChampionshipWinners (12) 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1978, 1984, 1985 Runners-Up 1929, 1931, 1933, 1939, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 2005
- South West Junior A Football Championship(1): 1926 Runners-Up 1993, 2017
- South West Junior B Hurling ChampionshipWinners (4) 1946, 1951, 1958, 1967, 2021
- South West Junior B Football ChampionshipWinners (2) 1970, 1992, 2009, 2016 Runners-Up 1969, 1991, 2008,
- South West Junior C Hurling ChampionshipWinners (2) 1983, 1993, 2010 Runners-Up 1984, 2002, 2003, 2004
- South West Junior D Football ChampionshipWinners (4) 1982, 1984, 1987, 2003 Runners-Up 1986, 1988
- West Cork Minor A Hurling ChampionshipWinners (5) 1981, 1982, 1992 (As Seaside Rovers), 2002, 2006 Runners-Up 1960, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2016, 2020
- West Cork Minor B Hurling ChampionshipWinners (1) 1981 (As Seaside Rovers)
- West Cork Minor B Football ChampionshipWinners (1) 1993 (As Seaside Rovers) 2017 Runners-Up 1998, 2004,
- West Cork Minor C Football ChampionshipWinners (1) 2008
- West Cork Under-21 A Hurling ChampionshipWinners (8) 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2011 Runners-Up 1975, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2011
- West Cork Under 21 B Hurling ChampionshipWinners (1) 2021
- West Cork Under-21 B Football ChampionshipWinners (1) 2011 Runners-Up 1986, 2002
- West Cork Under-21 C Football ChampionshipWinners (1) 2014[1]
Notable players
[edit]- Owen Sexton,Cork Minor Football All-Ireland winner 1993, Cork U21 and senior footballer from 1996 to 2006. Captained Cork in 2005. County Senior Football winner with Carbery in 2004. Captain of Kilbrittain Junior B Football County winners in 2009, Intermediate hurling county winner in 2010.
- Dan O'Connell
- Jamie Wall
References
[edit]- ^"Harrington scores 3-7 as Kilbrittain crowned South West U21 C champions".The Southern Star.5 May 2014.Retrieved8 May2014.