Beara GAA is a division of

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 is responsible for organizing

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

games in the

Beara Peninsula Beara ( ga, Béarra) or the Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" (actually a bay) to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south. It contains two mountain ranges running down it ...

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 ...

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. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. Currently, the following clubs are part of the Beara division - Castletownbere, Adrigole, Urhan, Garnish, Bere Island and Glengarriff. It has no senior football team so the only representative in the

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 ...

is the divisional team. The division also competes in the Cork Minor Football Championship and the

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 ...

. Beara 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 ...

stronghold, with very little

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 ...

played, and no competitions organized.

Member Clubs

Adrigole Adrigole () is a village on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is centred on the junction of the R572 and R574 regional roads. The electoral division in which the village sits has a sparsely distributed population of about 450 pe ...

Bere Island Bere Island or Bear Island (, although officially called ''An tOileán Mór'' meaning "the big island") is an island in Bantry Bay off the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It spans roughly 10 km x 3 km, with an area of 17.68&n ...

Castletownbere Castletownbere () is a town in County Cork in Ireland. It is located on the Beara Peninsula by Berehaven Harbour. It is also known as Castletown Berehaven. A regionally important fishing port, the town also serves as a commercial and retail hub ...

* Garnish *

Glengarriff Glengarriff () is a village of approximately 140 people on the N71 national secondary road in the Beara Peninsula of County Cork, Ireland. Known internationally as a tourism venue, it has a number of natural attractions. It sits at the norther ...

Urhan Urhan may refer to: * Urhan (Ireland), a townland on the Beara Peninsula, Ireland * Chrétien Urhan (1790-1845), viola player {{disambiguation ...

History

The Beara division was formed in 1927 when the Cork County Board divided the county into 8 divisions.

Achievements

Munster Senior Club Football Championship The Munster Senior Club Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition for the champion clubs of each county. It has been organised by the Mu ...

Winner (1) 1968 *

Winners (6) 1932, 1933, 1934, 1940, 1967, 1997 , Runners-Up 1939 * Cork Minor Football Championship Winners (4) 1988, 2003, 2009, 2021 , Runners-Up 1963, 1989, 1990 *

Winners (4) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2006 , Runners-Up 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991 * Cork Under 16 Football Championship Winners (2) 2008, 2009 * Cork Under 14 Football Championship Winners (1) 2014

Notable players

Paddy Harrington Paddy Harrington (1933 – July 2005) was an Irish sportsman. He played Gaelic football with his local club Ardgroom in Cork and Garda in Dublin and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1950s and 1960s. His son, Pádraig ...

* Nealie Duggan * Bernie O'Neill *

Mort O'Shea Morty O'Shea (13 January 1882 – 19 August 1970) was an Irish people, Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Cork GAA, Cork senior team. O'Shea made his first appearance for the team during the All-Ireland Senior Football Ch ...

* Joe O'Sullivan * Kevin Jer O'Sullivan * John Lack O'Sullivan

Beara Competitions

Beara Junior A Football Championship The Beara Junior A Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Beara Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1927 for junior Gaelic football teams in the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. The ...

*Beara Junior B Football Championship *Beara U21 Football Championship

Football

Grades

External sources

Beara Sports News

Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork {{Cork-GAA-club-stub