Carbery Rangers is a

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club located in the village of

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. The club is solely concerned with the game of Gaelic football.

History

Located in

West Cork West Cork ( ga, Iarthar Chorcaí) is a tourist region and municipal district in County Cork, Ireland. As a municipal district, West Cork falls within the administrative area of Cork County Council, and includes the towns of Bantry, Castletownber ...

, Carbery Rangers was founded on 10 November 1887. The club played its first match just under a month later in a field which was part of the lands of Downeen Castle. Carbery Rangers first came to countywide notice when they contested and lost back-to-back Cork SFC finals in 1905 and 1906. Carbery Rangers spent much of the following century operating in the junior grade, winning ten West Cork JAFC titles between 1937 and 2003. The last of these victories was subsequently converted into noth Cork JAFC and Munster Club JFC titles, before losing the

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. Life in the intermediate grade yielded further successes, including consecutive Munster Club IFC titles as well as the All-Ireland Club IFC title in 2005. After finally earning senior status, Carbery Rangers reached the 2014 final, only to lose to

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by three points. A second final appearance in

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saw Carbery Rangers claim the Cork SFC for the first time in their history.

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 (1) 2016, Runners-Up 1905, 1906, 2014 * Kelleher Shield (Senior Football League) Winners (3) 2009, 2011, 2014 Runners-Up 2013 * All Ireland Scór na nÓg Ballad Group Champions - 2018 * All Ireland Scór Sinsir Ballad Group Champions - 2018 *

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual gaelic football competition which began in 2003. The winners of the Intermediate Club Championship from each county enter the competition. Finals by year Winners by County S ...

Winners (1) 2005 *

Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship The Munster Football Intermediate Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2003 for the top intermediate clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. It ...

Winners (2) 2004, 2005 *

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 County ...

: Winners (1) 2005, Runners-Up 2004 *

All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition which began in 2002 and is played by the junior club champions of each county. Prior to that a number of unofficial competitions were held. The winners of each cou ...

Runners-Up 2004 *

Munster Junior Club Football Championship The Munster Junior Club Football Championship, formally known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Junior Club Football Championship, is a Gaelic football competition, organized by the Munster provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic ...

Winners (1) 2003 *

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 o ...

: Winners (1) 2003, Runners-Up 1939, 1987 * Cork Minor Football Championship: Runners Up 1955, *

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 Associatio ...

: Winners (10) 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1998, 2003. Runners-Up: 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1955, 1956, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 * West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners (1) 1954 * West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners (1) 1942 Runners Up 1962, 1963 * West Cork Junior C Football Championship: Winners (5) 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, Runners Up 1981, 1989, 1993, 2003 * West Cork Junior D Football Championship: Winners (2) 2004, 2019 * West Cork Minor A Football Championship: Winners (3) 1955, 1956, 1992, 2006, Runners Up 1993, 2003, 2006 * West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Runners Up 1973, 1975 * West Cork Minor B Football Championship: Winners (8) 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1990, 2005, Runners Up: 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1989 * West Cork Under-21 Football Championship: Winners (1) 1995 Runners-Up: 1981, 1992 * West Cork Under-21 C Hurling Championship: Winners (1) 2012 * West Cork Under-14 Premier Championship: Winners (1) 2005

Notable players

* John Hayes: All-Ireland SFC-winner ( 2010) *

Robbie Kiely Robbie Kiely (born 16 December 1990) is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays plays his club football for Barryroe GAA in Cork and previously at inter-county level for Tipperary. Career Kiely made his championship debut for Tipperary in ...

: Munster SFC-winner (

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) * Kevin McMahon: All-Ireland SFC-winner ( 2010) * Tony Murphy: All-Ireland JFC-winner (

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) *

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: All-Ireland SFC-winner (

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) * John O'Rourke: All-Ireland MFC runner-up ( 2010) * Micheál O'Sullivan:

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-winner ( 1998–99)

References

External link

Official Carbery Rangers Club website
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