Clyda Rovers is a

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club based in the parish of

Mourneabbey Mourneabbey () is a small civil and Roman Catholic parish in the barony of Barretts (barony), Barretts, northwest County Cork, Ireland. The parish is situated just south of Mallow, County Cork, Mallow, on the main Mallow-Cork (city), Cork Road a ...

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. The name of the club comes from the river which runs throughout the parish on its way to meet the River Blackwater. The club fields both senior

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and junior

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. It is a member of Avondhu division of

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History

The club was founded by Fr. James Moynihan in 1888 with the original name "Mourneabbey". It was originally an all hurling club but in 1923 the club began to compete in

also. Records show that Mourneabbey contested a Junior Football County against

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in 1911. However, on that occasion they lost. Throughout the '20s '30s & '40s the Club played with little success. Mourneabbey GAA Club was renamed Clyda Rovers in 1945 after The River Clyda which meanders through the parish of Mourneabbey on its way to join the River Blackwater. In the mid-1950s hurling became strongest in the parish and a first North Cork Title was won in Novice Grade in 1955, and a Football title followed in 1956 In the 1960s the club won a number of novice football Cork titles, the win in 1967 in particular was a great boost to the club. In 1980 after a number of years of trying Clyda Rovers won their first ever Junior A Football North Cork when they defeated Ballyclough in the final. The 1980s was to prove a decade of unparalleled success. Clyda won 7 North Cork titles throughout the decade, 5 in Football and 2 in Hurling. They also Contested 3 County Junior Finals losing 2 football finals but winning the Junior A Hurling County against Ballinscarthy in 1989. The 1990s began with Clyda Rovers GAA having 2 Intermediate Teams in football and in hurling. The footballers had more success than the hurlers and reached 1 County Final and 3 Semi-finals where they were narrowly defeated each time. However, on 8 September 1996 Clyda finally realised their potential when they defeated

Carrigaline Carrigaline () is a town and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the River Owenabue. Located about south of Cork city, and with a population of 15,770 people, it is one of the largest commuter towns of the city. The R611 regiona ...

to win the

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 ...

title. Scenes of great celebration followed and for the first time in its history Clyda was a Senior Football Club. For the next 8 years the Clyda team gave us some historic victories, beating teams such as Muskerry, Carbery, Naomh Abhan, Bishopstown, Douglas, Duhallow to name a few. They reached the Semi-final of 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 ...

in 2000 and were beaten by eventual Champions

Nemo Rangers Nemo Rangers Hurling & Football Club is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club on the southside of Cork city, Ireland. The club was founded in 1922 and is involved in Gaelic football, hurling, Ladies football and Camogie. History Nemo R ...

. The Club regraded to Premier Intermediate Football in 2006. Between the Years 2009 to 2011 the club contested 3 Premier Intermediate finals but lost narrowly on each occasion to

Valley Rovers Valley Rovers GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Innishannon in County Cork, Ireland. The club was formed in 1919 when two teams in the parish, Innishannon and Knockavilla, came together. The club fields teams in hu ...

Newcestown Newcestown () is a small village located 35 km from the city of Cork in the western part of County Cork, Ireland. It is a village with a church, a school, a pub and GAA club. Newcestown is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West ...

and Newmarket. In 2010 the club won its first ever minor hurling county when they defeated St Marks in the Cork Minor B Hurling Championship final in an epic game. After the 3 final loses under the guidance of Ned English in 2013 Clyda finally brought home the premier intermediate football title when they defeated Macroom in the county final by 13 points to 8 to secure a second intermediate county title in football The Team then went on to reach the Munster Intermediate Football final where they played St Josephs Milltown Malbay where they won on a scoreline of 0–10 to 0–07 to cap a memorable year for the club. Two Club players Ray Carey and

Paudie Kissane Paudie Kissane (born 1 March 1980) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Whitechurch, County Cork, Kissane arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of eighteen when he first linked ...

made history for the Club when they were on the Cork Senior Football Team that won the All Ireland Senior Football Title in 2010 when Cork defeated Down 16 points to 15. in 2019 Conor Corbett captained the Cork Minor Footballers to all Ireland success when they defeated Galway in the final at Croke Park. In August 2021 the first ever All Ireland hurling medal came to the club where Ben Nyhan was a player on the Cork Minor hurling team that won all Ireland honours Its sister club Mourneabbey Ladies Football have won 2 All-Ireland club titles in Junior 2005 and Intermediate 2007, they also contested 3 Senior Club finals in 2014,2015 & 2017 finally landing the All Ireland Senior title in 2018 to scenes of great celebrations. The following year they retained their all Ireland title. They are one of the most well known Ladies Football Club teams in the country. Our juvenile club was formed in 1967 and won its first ever county title in Under-16 hurling in 2007. In the year 2000 Clyda Rovers were looking at moving away from their base in the community centre as the facilities were now not able to cater to the growing demands of the club. However once land alongside the current community centre came up for sale Clyda Rovers GAA came to an agreement with Mourneabbey Community Council. Between 2001 and 2022 over 1.9 million has been spent developing first class facilities in Mourneabbey such as new dressing rooms and the laying of two new pitches – the main one having 400 lux floodlighting. In 2018 a new astroturf pitch was opened. Now Clyda Rovers GAA and Mourneabbbey boast a modern complex which the local area is very proud of. The club has printed 3 club history books. 1884–1984 Clyda Rovers GAA Club History, 1985–1996 Come on Clyda, 1997–2013 A Community of Champions.

Record

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 i ...

: (1) 2013 *

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

: (1) 2013 Runners-up: 2009, 2010, 2011 *

: (1) 1996 , Runners-up: 1994 *

Cork Junior A 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 ...

: (1) 1989 * Cork County Minor B Football Championship: (1) 1999 * Cork County Minor B Hurling Championship: (1) 2010 * Cork County Division 2 Football League: (1) 2014 * Cork County Intermediate Football Leagues: (2) 1991, 2011 * Cork County Minor B Football League: (2) 1999, 2018 * Cork County Minor A Football League: (1) 2009 * Cork County Minor C Hurling League: (1) 2015 *

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 Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associa ...

: (5) 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 , Runners-up: 1978, 2011 *

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 for ...

: (3) 1985, 1989, 2019 , Runners-up:1957, 1986, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2021 * North Cork Junior B Football Championship: (11) 1956, 1961, 1967, 1973, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2013, 2016, 2017 * North Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: (4) 1955, 1962, 1975, 1982 * North Cork Minor A Football Championship: (1) 2009 * North Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: (1)2010 * North Cork Minor A Football League: (1) 2009 * North Cork Under-21A Football Championship: (2) 2001,2022 *North Cork Under-21B Football Championship: (9) 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2021 * North Cork Under-21B Hurling Championship: (4) 1990, 2005, 2012, 2013 * North Cork Minor B Football Championship: (2) 1989, 1999 * Rebel Og Northern Region Div 1 (Minor A) Football Championship: (1) 2019 * Rebel Og Northern Region Minor B Football Championship: (1) 2018 * Rebel Og Northern Region Div 2 (Minor B) Hurling Championship (1) 2021 * Rebel Og Northern Region Minor C Hurling Championship: (1) 2013 * Rebel Og Northern Region Minor C Football Championship: (2) 2012, 2013 * Rebel Og Northern Region Minor Div 1 ( Minor A) Plate: (1) 2020 * North Cork Junior A Football Leagues: (5) 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 * North Cork Junior A Hurling Leagues: (3) 1984, 1985, 1989 * North Cork Junior B Football League: (1) 1972 * North Cork Minor B Hurling Leagues: (3) 1987, 1999, 2010 * North Cork Minor A Football League: (2) 2004, 2009 * North Cork Minor B Football League: (3) 1985, 1993, 1999 * Rebel Og Northern Region Minor Div 1 Football League: (1) 2019 * Rebel Og Northern Region Minor B1 Football League: (2) 2017, 2018 * Rebel Og Northern Region Minor C Football League: (2) 2012, 2016 * Rebel Og Northern Region Minor C Hurling League: (2) 2012, 2015 * Avondhu Div 2 Hurling League: (2) 2002, 2015 * Avondhu Div 3 Football League: (1) 1998 * Avondhu Div 2 Football League: (1) 2001 * Rebel Og Northern Region Minor Div 2 Hurling League Plate: (1) 2019

Notable players

Ray Carey Ray Carey (born 7 July 1986 Cork) is an Irish former sportsperson. Progressing from playing Gaelic football with his local club Clyda Rovers, he became a member of the Cork senior inter-county team in 2009 and won an All-Ireland senior medal i ...

Conor Corbett Conor Corbett (born 1 March 2002) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cork SAFC club Clyda Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lines out as a forward. Career Corbett played Gaelic footbal ...

Ben Nyhan Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ...

References

External sources

Clyda Rovers Home Page
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