O'Donovan Rossa or Skibbereen 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

Skibbereen Skibbereen (; ) is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in West Cork West Cork ( ga, Iarthar Chorcaí) is a tourist region and municipal district in County Cork, Ireland. As a municipal district, West Cork falls within the administr ...

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It participates in

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 ...

competitions. Traditionally, the club has been much more successful in

. It won its only

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 1992 and subsequently won the

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Kilcoo of ...

after beating Éire Óg of

Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2016 census, it had a combined urban and rural population of 24,272. The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...

in the final. The club participates in the

Carbery Carbery or Carbury may refer to: ;People: * Brian Carbury (1918–1961), New Zealand fighter ace * Douglas Carbery (1894–1959), British soldier and airman * Ethna Carbery (1864–1902), Irish writer * James Joseph Carbery (1823–1887), Irish Dom ...

division of

Honours

: Winners (1) 1992-93 *

: Winners (1) 1992 Runners-Up 1994 *

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 ...

: Winners (2) 1924, 1985 Runners-Up 1914, 1983, 1984 *

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

: Winners (2) 2004, 2013 * Cork Minor Football Championship: Winners (1) 2001 Runners-Up 1981, 1983, 1987 * Cork Minor A Football Championship: Winners (1) 2008 *

West Cork Junior A Football Championship The Carbery Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bandon Co-op Carbery Junior A Football Championship) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Carbery Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

: Winners (6) 1945, 1961, 1963, 1974, 1979, 1982 Runners -Up: 1932, 1933, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1976, 2005 *

West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship The South West Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the RCM Tarmacadam Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Carbery Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 19 ...

: Winners (3) 1931, 1932, 1933 Runners-Up 1928, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1956, 2008 * West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners (6) 1955, 1960, 1983, 1995, 2004, 2013 Runners-Up: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003 * West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners (2) 1955, 1963 Runners-Up: 1943, 1956 * West Cork Junior C Football Championship: Winners (1) 1980 Runners-Up: 1979, 1980, 2001 * West Cork Minor A Football Championship: Winners (13) 1943, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2008 Runners-Up: 1965, 1966, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1991 * West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Winners (1) 1983

Notable players

* Tony Davis * Don Davis * John Evans *

Conor McCarthy Conor McCarthy may refer to: * Conor McCarthy (Cork Gaelic footballer) (born 1981) * Conor McCarthy (Monaghan Gaelic footballer) Conor McCarthy (born 7 August 1995) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Monaghan county team and the Sco ...

* Michael McCarthy *

Kevin O'Dwyer Kevin O'Dwyer (born 1973 in Skibbereen, County Cork) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. He played for his local club O'Donovan Rossa and was a member of the Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoya ...

References

Gaelic football clubs in County Cork Hurling clubs in County Cork Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Skibbereen {{Cork-GAA-club-stub