O'Donovan Rossa or Skibbereen is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

and

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

club based in

Skibbereen Skibbereen (; ) is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in West Cork on the N71 national secondary road. The River Ilen runs through the town; it reaches the sea about 12 kilometres away, at the seaside village of Baltimore. Located ...

County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...

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. It participates in

Cork GAA The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Cork GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cork and the Cork county teams. It ...

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 McCarthy Insurance Group Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by t ...

in 1992 and subsequently won the 1992–93 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship after beating Éire Óg of

Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 27,351, the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, ...

in the final replay. The club participates in the Carbery division of

Honours

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 Cuala of D ...

: 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 McCarthy Insurance Group Cork County Intermediate A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the ...

: 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 and abbreviated to the Carbery JAFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Carbery GAA, ...

: 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 Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the RCM Tarmacadam Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Carbery GAA, West Cork Board of the Gaelic Athletic Ass ...

: 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

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it was replaced by an under ...

winner. 1985

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

winning captain.

winner.

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA competition It has historically consisted of two entirely different formats before and after 2021, but has retained the same name. Since 2022, the competition ...

winner, Two time

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) () is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County (Gaelic games), County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the ...

winner. All-Star winner. * Don Davis

winner. * John Evans All-Star winner. * Conor McCarthy * Michael McCarthy Two time

winner. 1993

winning captain. * Kevin O'Dwyer 1991

Hogan Cup The Hogan Cup (), also known as the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Football Championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools (sometimes referred to as colleges) in Ireland. The competition itself is re ...

winning captain.

winner. All-Star winner.

References

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