St. Oliver Plunkett's is a

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club in Cork,

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. The club is based in

Ahiohill Ahiohill () is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. The historical spelling for the area, Aghyohil, is reflected in the names of two local townlands, Aghyohil Beg and Aghyohil More. The village lies between the towns of Bandon, Clonakilty ...

. It fields teams in hurling and Gaelic football competitions organized by Cork GAA and the

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divisional board.

History

The club was founded in 1974, and named after

Saint Oliver Plunkett Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket) ( ga, Oilibhéar Pluincéid), (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 and ...

whose canonization was announced that year. This was not the first club in Ahiohill and there are records of games played by Ahiohill as early as the famine in 1840s. The underage club was known as Assumption Rovers. On 28 August 2011, Plunketts won their first West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship beating Dohenys in the Final with a score of 2-15 to 0-12. Kevin Coffey was Man of the Match scoring 8 points.

Honours

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 Gael ...

Winner (1) 2002 Runner-Up 1999 * Cork Junior B Football Championship Winner (1) 1990, 2007 * Cork Minor C Football Championship Runner-Up 1999 * Cork Minor C Hurling Championship Winner (3) 2002, 2004, 2006 *

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 1 ...

Winner (1) 2011 *

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 Associatio ...

Runner-Up 2009, 2012 * West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winner (4) 1990, 1997, 1999, 2002 Runner-Up 1988, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 * West Cork Junior B Football Championship Winner (3) 1986, 1990, 2007 Runner-Up 1978, 1979, 1998, 2006 * West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship Winner (2) 1988, 1995 * West Cork Minor B Football Championship Runner-Up 1985 (Assumption Rovers) * West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship Winner (3) 2002, 2004, 2006 * West Cork Minor C Football Championship Winner (2) 1999, 2002 Runner-Up 1997, 2005 * West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winner (1) 2005 Runner-Up 1988, 1990, 2003 * West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winner (1) 2009 Runner-Up 1988 * West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winner (3) 1996, 2001, 2002 Runner-Up 2000 * West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship Winner (1) 2002 Runner-Up 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2012 Muintir Bháire romp home - Report on 2012 Under-21 C Final
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External links

Official St. Oliver Plunketts Club website

References

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