Bantry Blues is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

club based in

Bantry Bantry () is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for to the west. The Beara Peninsula is ...

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...

. The club is affiliated with

Cork GAA The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Chorcaí) or Cork GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cork and the C ...

and to the

Carbery Carbery or Carbury may refer to: ;People: * Brian Carbury (1918–1961), New Zealand fighter ace * Douglas Carbery (1894–1959), British soldier and airman * Ethna Carbery (1864–1902), Irish writer * James Joseph Carbery (1823–1887), Irish Dom ...

division. The club has always been primarily a

club, but has fielded

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

teams also. In 2010, the hurling section was reformed.

History

The club was founded in 1887.

Honours

Cork Senior Football Championship The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork Count ...

Winners (2) 1995, 1998 Runners Up: 1909,1981, 2001 *

Cork Intermediate Football Championship The Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Bon Secours Cork County Intermediate A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork Count ...

Winners (6) 1912, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1975, 1993, Runners Up: 1933, 1937, 2022 *

Cork Junior Football Championship The Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of ...

Winners: (2) 1928, 1972, *

Cork Under-21 Football Championship The Cork Under-21 Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition in County Cork, Ireland for players under the age of 21. Clubs affiliated to Cork board compete to win this championship. All eight of the divisions in Cork organize their ...

Winners (2) 1993, 1994 * Cork Minor Football Championship Runners-Up: 1941, 1979, 2009 *

Cork Junior B Hurling Championship The Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Junior B Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JBHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaeli ...

Runners-Up 2015 *

West Cork Junior A Football Championship The Carbery Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bandon Co-op Carbery Junior A Football Championship) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Carbery Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

Winners: (9) 1928, 1932, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1985 Runners-Up 1931, 1937, 1947, 1961, 1967, 1971 * West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners (1) 1974, Runners-Up: 1972, 1973 * West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners (4) 1972, 2012, 2015, 2019 Runners Up: 1961, 2011, 2021 * West Cork Junior C Football Championship: Winners (2) 1988, 2010 Runners-Up: 1980 * West Cork Junior D Football Championship: Winners (2) 2008, 2013 * West Cork Minor A Football Championship: Winners (16): 1941, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007 Runners-Up 2008,2017 * West Cork Under-21 Football Championship: Winners (9) 1972, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2012 Runners-Up: 1969, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1990

Notable players

Declan Barron Declan Barron (born 1951) is an Irish former Gaelic football player who played for club side Bantry Blues, divisional side Carbery and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lined out at midfield or in the forwards ...

Donal Hunt Donal Hunt (born February 1949) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for club side Bantry Blues, divisional side Carbery and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. Career Born on Bere Island, Hunt later came to p ...

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

Philip Clifford Philip Clifford (born 15 March 1979, in Bantry, County Cork) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Bantry Blues Bantry Blues is a Gaelic football club based in Bantry, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The ...

Graham Canty Graham Canty (born 23 July 1980) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Bantry, County Cork, Canty arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the ...

Ruairi Deane Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the ga, Ruairí/''Ruaidhrí'' and gd, Ruairidh and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king", ...

References

External links

Official Bantry Blues websiteArchived Bantry Blues website
Bantry Gaelic football clubs in County Cork Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Hurling clubs in County Cork {{Cork-GAA-club-stub