Kinsale GAA is a

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 ...

club based in the town of

Kinsale Kinsale ( ; ) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland. Located approximately south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,281 (a ...

Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

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. The club, which was founded in 1886, fields teams in both

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 ...

. It is a member of the Carrigdhoun division of

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 ...

Achievements

* Cork Senior Football Championship (0): Runners-Up 1900, 1894 (as Kinsale Black & Whites) * Cork Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2011 *

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

(1): 1926 *

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 ...

(2): 1900, 1932 *

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 ...

(1): 1918 * Carrigdhoun Junior A Football Championship (18): 1930, 1932, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2022 * Carrigdhoun Junior A Hurling Championship (6): 1930, 1933, 1978, 1984, 1989, 2007, 2020 * South-East Under 21 "A" Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1970, 1971, 1972 * South-East Under 21 "A" Football Championship Winners (11) 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2010 * South-East Under 21 "B" Hurling Championship Winners (2) 2010, 2019 * South-East Under 21 "B" Football Championship Winners (1) 2013

Notable players

* Jack Barrett *

Jim O'Regan James O'Regan (14 December 1901 – October 1982) was an Irish people, Irish Hurling, hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as centre-back for the Cork GAA, Cork and Dublin GAA, Dublin senior teams, as well as the Offaly GAA, Offaly junior t ...

* Jimmy Roberts

References

External links

* Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork Hurling clubs in County Cork Sport in Kinsale {{Cork-GAA-club-stub