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teams in the town of Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland. It won its only

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in 1897. Other titles won include 2 Cork Intermediate Football Championships in 1972 and 1995, and 3 Cork Junior Football Championships in 1935, 1966, and 1993. In 2007, the club won its first ever county

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championship when it won the Cork Junior B Hurling Championship. The club is part of the

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. The Sam Maguire Cup which is presented to the All-Ireland winning football team each year is named after Dunmanway's most famous son, Sam Maguire who is buried in St. Mary's Graveyard.

History

Dohenys GAA club was founded in 1886. The first chairman of the club was a local national school teacher, John McCarthy. The club attended the first meeting of the Cork County Board and became the first affiliated club in west Cork. The official name adopted by the club was the Michael Doheny Football Club after the Tipperary Young Irelander, Michael Doheny, who spent a short time in Dunmanway when on 'the run' in 1847. In 1897, the club won the Cork Senior Football Championship by defeating Wolf Tones of Kanturk in the final. This team won its way through Munster Senior Football Championship but was defeated by Kickhams of Dublin in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final at Jones’ Road, a game played in February 1899. Although no further senior title has been won the club has won Cork Intermediate Football Championship titles in 1972 and 1995, and Cork Junior Football Championship titles in 1935, 1966 and 1993. Many

titles at all levels, in both football and hurling, have also been won.

Honours

* Cork Senior Football Championship Winners (1) 1897 Runners-Up 1898, 1903, 1975, 2006 * Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners (2) 1972, 1995 Runners-Up 1923, 1936, 1938, 1969 * Cork Junior Football Championship Winners (3) 1935, 1966, 1993 Runners-Up 1898, 1959, 1965 * Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2006 Runners-Up 1996 * Cork Premier 2 Minor Football Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners (1) 2010 * Cork Minor A Football Championship Runners-Up 1999 * West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Winners (4) 1958, 1959, 1963, 2013 Runners-Up 1936, 1937, 1938, 1960, 1974, 1975, 2010, 2011, 2012 * West Cork Junior A Football Championship (12): 1927, 1931, 1935, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1993 Runners-Up 1928, 1930, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1963, 1970, 1990 * West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1996, 1998 Runners-Up 1953, 1984, 2004 * West Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners (1) 2015 * West Cork Junior C Football Championship Winners (5) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987 Runners-Up 1984, 1985, 1988, 1998 * West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship Runners-Up 1994 * West Cork Junior D Football Championship Winners (1) 1998 Runners-Up 2005, 2014 * West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners (1) 1956 * West Cork Minor A Football Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners (6) 1942, 1944, 1978, 1998, 1999, 2003 Runners-Up 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1989 * West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners (5) 1990, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2009 Runners-Up 1982, 1985, 2006, 2014 * West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship (as Sam Maguires) Runners-Up 2001 * West Cork Under-21 Football Championship Winners (5) 1969, 1970, 1971, 2000, 2017 Runners-Up 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2019 * West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1995, 2008 Runners-Up 1991, 1996, 2009, 2011 * West Cork Under-21 C Hurling Championship Runners-Up 2002, 2003

Notable players

* Liam Grainger *

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* Éamonn Young *

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References

External links

Official Dohenys Club website
{{Cork clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork Hurling clubs in County Cork