Kilmurry GAA 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 ...

club based in the village and parish of Kilmurry,

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. The club plays in the division of

Muskerry Muskerry ( ga, Múscraí) is a central region of County Cork, Ireland which incorporates the baronies of Muskerry West 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 ...

. It currently fields teams from Junior A down to under 10. The club share its facilities with its sister club, St Val's Ladies Gaelic Football club who operate in the senior grade of the Cork Ladies football championship. Another sister club in the parish is Cloughduv Hurling Club who also compete in the Junior A grade in the Muskerry division.

History

The club was founded in 1875, making it one of the earliest clubs to be founded. In 1884, after the foundation of the

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 ...

, the club joined the GAA. The club struggled for a long time to field a senior team, playing as a amalgamation with Canovee GAA, for most of the 1910s.

Achievements

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 ...

Runners-Up 1892 *

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 ...

1 title 1933 Runners-Up 1925, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1995 * Intermediate Football League - Winners (2) 1990, 1994 *

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 of ...

5 titles - 1924, 1969, 1980, 1986, 2022 Runners-Up 2012 * Cork Minor Football Championship Winners (1) 1939 * Cork Minor B Football Championship 2 titles 2006, 2009 Runners-Up 1986 *

Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship The Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Ross Oil Junior A Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Muskerry Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 fo ...

- 10 titles 1931, 1969, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986, 2012, 2014 2016, 2017, 2022 Runners-Up 1926, 1927, 1934, 1939, 1944, 1947, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1985, 2013 * Mid Cork Under-21 A Football Championship Winners 2018

References

External sources

Club website
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