Russell Rovers is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in the village of

Shanagarry Shanagarry () is a village in east County Cork in Ireland. The village is located near Ireland's south coast, approximately east of Cork, on the R632 regional road. Shanagarry is known for the Ballymaloe Cookery School, in the home and garde ...

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. The club draws its support from Churchtown South,

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, Garryvoe and

itself. It competes in competitions organised by

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county board and the

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divisional board.

History

The club was founded in 1930. It was popularly believed that the club acquired its name from the neighbouring townland of Ballyrussell, while other research suggests that it was possibly named after a Fr. John Russell who was

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in the 1840s. Fr. Russell was a prominent and sometimes controversial figure, and a prolific letter-writer - as can be seen from correspondence with the

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and

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newspapers in October 1848 when he took issue with the local

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curate of Ballycotton, whom he accused of proselytism; i.e., of bribing hungry children with food to attend Protestant schools. Fr. Russell is also credited with assisting in setting up National Schools in the area. After winning the club's first Cork Junior A and

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finals in 2019, the club progressed to the 2019–20 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship final, after beating

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of Galway in the semi-final. The club ended their run as runners-up to Conahy Shamrocks in the final.

Honours

All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual inter-county club hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 2002-03 for eligible hurling clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their pe ...

Runners-up 2020 *

Winners (1) 2019 *

Cork Junior A 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 Gael ...

Winners (1) 2019 Runner up 2018 *

East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship The East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Michael O'Connor Motor Factors East Cork Junior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Imokilly Board of the Gaelic Athletic Ass ...

Winners (2) 2018, 2019 Runner up 2006, 2017 * East Cork Junior A Hurling League Winners (2) 2017, 2018 * East Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1945, 1958, 1963, 1978, 2002 * East Cork Junior C Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2014 *

East Cork Junior A Football Championship The East Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Michael O'Connor Motor Factors East Cork Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Imokilly Board of the Gaelic A ...

Winners (1) 1931 * Cork Junior B Inter-Divisional Football Championship Winners (1) 2018 * East Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners (2) 1986, 2018 * Cork Minor C Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2007 * Cork Minor C Football Championship Winners (1) 2007

Notable players

Kevin Hartnett Kevin Hartnett (born 4 June 1984) is an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team. Hartnett joined the team during the 2005 National Hurling League and was a regular member of the team until he left the panel after ...

References

External links

East Cork GAA - Clubs - Russell Rovers GAA
Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork Hurling clubs in County Cork 1930 establishments in Ireland {{Cork-GAA-club-stub