Charleville GAA club 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 ...

and

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 ...

club based in the town of

Charleville, County Cork Charleville ( ga, Ráth Luirc or ''An Ráth'') is a town in north County Cork, Ireland. It lies in the Golden Vale, on a tributary of the River Maigue, near the border with County Limerick. Charleville is on the N20 road and is the second-larges ...

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. The club is affiliated with the

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county board and the Avondhu divisional board.

History

Charleville or Rathluirc GAA club was founded in 1888, and was drawn against

Ballyhea Ballyhea or Ballyhay () is a townland and civil parish in north County Cork, Ireland, on the main N20 Cork–Limerick road, 3.5 km south of Charleville. It lies approximately 110 m above sea level. Area and etymology Ballyhea covers a ...

in the championship that year. In 1914 the club had its first success winning the county Middle Grade ( Intermediate) hurling championship. In the early 1930s, after experiencing some lean years, the club decided to run street leagues for the whole parish initially at adult level and later at minor level. These games were often fiercely contested as the pride of a particular part of the town was at stake. In 1937 a separate club named Seán Clarach was set up to oversee the minor age group. The club won its first North Cork Junior hurling title in 1945 beating Ballyhooly in the final, and lost to the

Duhallow Duhallow () is a barony located in the north-western part of County Cork, Ireland. Legal context Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used in the administration of justice and the raising ...

champions in the county semi-final, played at

Kanturk Kanturk () is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. It is situated at the confluence of the Allua (Allow) and Dallow (Dalua) rivers, which stream further on as tributaries to the River Blackwater. It is about from Cork, Blarney and ...

. A decision was taken after winning the North Cork junior hurling championship in 1945 to enter in the Intermediate grade for the following year. This led to the club's greatest achievement on the field winning the

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in 1946 and again in 1947. The club played in the

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from 1948 to 1952 and reached one county semi-final (1950). They played Intermediate from 1953 onwards losing the county final to

Glen Rovers Glen Rovers is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. The club was founded in 1916 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. They were Cork senior hurling champions in 2015 and 2016, havin ...

in 1958. They reverted to the Junior grade in 1960 and won the Avondhu title in 1970, beating Liscarroll. The 2010s has been the club's most successful to date. In 2011 they won the

North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship The North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Hibernian Hotel Junior A Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Avondhu Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1925 fo ...

and later added the

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

for the first time, they would then go on to win the

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. The lost out in the

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to St. Patrick's, Ballyraggett by a point in 2012. After losing in the 2014 final they won the 2015

for the fourth time and first since 1946. This was followed up with a first ever

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in 2018, seeing the club back in the senior grade for the first time since 1952. They would later add the

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overcoming

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. They lost out in the

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to Oranmore-Maree in

in 2019. The clubs return to the

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seen them reach Round 3 where they lost by a point after extra time to

. In 2020 the club entered the new

Cork Senior A Hurling Championship The Cork Senior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Senior A Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork SAHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gael ...

. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the

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. When he restarted wins over Bandon,

Fermoy Fermoy () is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the town and environs had a population of approximately 6,500 people. It is located in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon, and is in the Dái ...

and Mallow seen them top their group. A semi-final win over

seen them qualify for the final where they faced Fr. O'Neill's. It was a clash of the previous two

finalists. At the end of a high scoring game Charleville were crowned 2020 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship winners on a 1-23 to 4-13 scoreline.

Honours

Runners-up 2012 *

Runners-up 2019 *

Winners (1) 2018 *

Winner (1) 2011 *

Winners (1)

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Winners (1) 2018 *

Winners (4) 1914, 1946, 1947, 2015 Runners-Up 2014 *

Winners (1) 2011 Runners-Up 1974, 2001, 2007 * Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners (2) 1998, 2013 Runners-Up 2010, 2011 *

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 ...

Runners-Up 1998 * Cork Under-21 B Football Championship (1) 2018 * Cork Minor A Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1994, 2010 *

Winners (9) 1945, 1970, 1974, 1986, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2011 Runners-Up 1927, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1998, 2006 *

North Cork Junior A Football Championship The North Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Synergy Fermoy Credit Union Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Avondhu GAA, Avondhu Board of the Gaelic Athl ...

Winners 2018 Runners-Up 1926, 1934, 1936, 1937, 2015, 2020 * North Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship Winners (3) 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019

Notable players

Darragh Fitzgibbon Darragh Fitzgibbon (born 1 April 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for club side Charleville, divisional side Avondhu, university side University College Cork and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. Play ...

Sam O'Connell

References

External sources

Charleville GAA club website
{{Cork clubs Hurling clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork Gaelic games clubs in County Cork