St James' GAA (Cork) 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 parish of

Ardfield Ardfield (), historically ''Ardofoyle'',Placenames Database of Ireland
(see archival records) is a small villa ...

–

Rathbarry Castlefreke, also known as Rathbarry (), is a townland and village in County Cork, Ireland. The townland is located in the civil parish of Rathbarry on the R598 regional road, to the east of Rosscarbery. Name The townland takes its common I ...

, in

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 ...

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...

. The club has both

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 ...

and

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 ...

teams. The club is part 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 ...

and also part of the

Carbery GAA Carbery GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the south-west area of County Cork, Ireland. The division is one of eight divisions of the Cork County Board and a division is responsible for organising competitions for the clubs within ...

division. Whilst the club has traditionally been primarily a

one,

has grown in the 21st century. The club, like the parish has often been nicknamed "the Mountain". They are competitive in both Junior 'A' codes in the division. St James' won the Carbery Junior A Football championship in 2019 after defeating

Ballinascarthy Ballinascarty (), also known as Ballinascarthy, is a village in County Cork, Ireland. Location Ballinascarty lies in West Cork, approximately north-northeast of Clonakilty and 15km south-west of Bandon, on the main N71 road from Clonakilty t ...

0-11 to 0-9 in the final. It was their first ever title at this grade. St James' reached their first ever Junior A County Football Final in 2019, beating Cobh in Round 1 (2.17 to 0.02), beating Boherbue in the quarter final (1.11 to 0.12) and beating St. Michael's in the semi final (1.12 to 0.09) but lost out in the final to Kilshannig GAA (0-22 - 0-11)

Achievements

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 ...

Runner's up 2019 *

South West 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 ...

Winners (2) 2019, 2022 *

All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship is an annual inter-county club hurling competition organised by Killeedy GAA club since 2006 for eligible hurling clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their count ...

Runners-up 2005 *

Munster Junior B Club Hurling Championship The Munster Junior B Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by Killeedy GAA Club in Limerick since 2005 for the champion junior B hurling teams in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are played d ...

Winners (1) 2005 *

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 (1) 2005 * South West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2005 * South West Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners (5) 1929, 1946, 1948, 1981, 2005 Runners-Up 1968, 1970, 1975, 1997 * South West Cork Junior C Football Championship Winners (1) 2021 * South West Cork Junior D Football Championship Winners (1) 2009 Runners-Up 2001, 2006 * South West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1996, 2001 Runners-Up 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 * South West Cork Minor C Football Championship Winners (3) 1995, 2000, 2006 * South West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2002 Runners-Up 2000 * South West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winners (1) 2005 Runners-Up 2008 * South West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship Winners (1) 1995 Runners-Up 2014 * South West Cork Under-21 C Hurling Championship Winners (1) 1998

References

External sources

St James' club website
Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Hurling clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork {{Cork-GAA-club-stub