Rinn Ó gCuanach CLG is a

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club based in the Irish speaking (

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) area of

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County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

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. The club fields teams of both GAA codes, including two adult Gaelic football teams and two adult hurling teams in the Waterford County Championships. It is one of a small number of dual clubs at senior level in the county, competing in the Senior Hurling and Senior Football championships. The club's second string teams take part in the Waterford Junior Hurling and Football championships.

Recent history

In 1991, the club's Junior Hurling team won the County Junior Hurling Championship title beating

Kilmacthomas Kilmacthomas or Kilmactomas (), often referred to locally as "Kilmac", is a town on the River Mahon in County Waterford, Ireland. It lies on the R677, a road north of the N25 national primary road from Dungarvan to Waterford. History During ...

of East Waterford in the Final. The County Junior double was completed when the Junior footballers beat

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. The club was awarded "Waterford Club of the Year" for this historic achievement. The club has won the County Intermediate Football Championship twice, 1996 and 2005. De La Salle were overcome in both these finals. The club won the

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for the first time in its history in 2008, when St. Mollerans were defeated in the County Final on a scoreline of 3-05 to 2-05. In the West Waterford intermediate hurling championship, Rinn O gCuanach emerged from a group containing

Clashmore Clashmore () is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. The village and surrounding district are very low lying, as the name Clais Mór --- ''The great hollow or trench'' --- implies; elsewhere the land is rather hilly. It is also a paris ...

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Cappoquin Cappoquin, also spelt Cappaquin or Capaquin (), is a town in west County Waterford, Ireland. It is on the Blackwater river at the junction of the N72 national secondary road and the R669 regional road. It is positioned on a sharp 90-degree b ...

and Shamrocks, before beating Lismore, Clashmore and Brickey Rangers to capture the Western crown for the first time. The club had contested the 2004 and 2007 West Waterford Intermediate Hurling Finals, losing to Shamrocks and

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. In June 2008, An Rinn captured the

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title for the first time in the club's history. The 2008 tournament was staged by the Naomh Columba club in Gleann Colm Cille, County Donegal. En route to the title, An Rinn beat Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh from Cork, Laochra Loch Laoi from Belfast, and Naomh Mhuire from Donegal before defeating Piarsaigh na Dromaide from County Kerry in the final. In October 2012, An Rinn won its second intermediate hurling county final. The game was played in Páirc Uí Fhearchair and the scoreline was An Rinn 1-14 Portlaw 0-4. This win saw An Rinn return to dual senior status in County Waterford in 2013. An Rinn beat Cappoquin in the Western Final 2-10 to 0-14 on 29 September in Páirc Uí Fhearchair. In the 2012 senior football county championship, An Rinn were defeated in the quarter final by Ballinacourty on a scoreline of 1-13 to 2-7.

Honours

(3): 2008, 2012, 2017 *

Waterford Intermediate Football Championship Waterford Intermediate Football Championship is a second tier Gaelic Athletic Association competition between Gaelic football clubs organised by Waterford GAA. The winning club is eligible to play in the senior grade the following year for the ...

(2): 1996, 2005 *

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(3): 1924, 1962, 1991 *

Waterford Junior Hurling Championship Waterford Junior Hurling Championship is the third-tier hurling competition organized by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The competition is confined to clubs in Waterford in Ireland. The winners usually will play ...

(1): 1991 * Waterford Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1967 *

Waterford Minor Football Championship The Waterford Minor Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition played by GAA teams in Waterford in Ireland. All players have to be under the age of 18 in the year in which they take part here. The competition is organized by the tw ...

(2): 1954, 1955 *

(1): 2008

References

External links

Official Rinn Ó gCuanach Club website
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