Ruairí Óg Gaelic Athletic Club, also known as Ruairí Óg and Cushendall is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

club located in

Cushendall Cushendall (), formerly known as Newtownglens, is a coastal village and townland (of 153 acres) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located in the historic barony of Glenarm Lower and the civil parish of Layd, and is part of Causeway Coas ...

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the c ...

. The club is almost exclusively concerned with the game of

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 ...

. The club was founded in 1906 and is named after

Ruairí Óg Ó Mórdha Rory Oge O'More (; – 30 June 1578) was an Irish noble and chief of the O'More clan. As the Lord of Laois, he rebelled against the Tudors' sixteenth-century conquest of Gaelic Ireland. Irish nationalists Patrick Pearse and Philip O'S ...

(c. 1600 – 1655), who led the Catholic side in the

Irish Rebellion of 1641 The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was an uprising in Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, initiated on 23 October 1641 by Catholic gentry and military officers. Their demands included an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and ...

. In senior hurling Ruairí Óg compete annually in the Antrim Senior Club Hurling Championship, which they have won 14 times as of 2018. The club also competes in various other championships in all grades within Antrim.

Honours

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-coun ...

Runner-Up 2016 * Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (12): 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2018, 2023 * Antrim Senior Hurling Championship (16): 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2023, 2024 * Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2004 * Antrim Junior Hurling Championship (2): 1976, 1979 * Antrim Under-21 Hurling Championship (3): 1999, 2014, 2016 * Antrim Minor Hurling Championship (8): 1963, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013 * Antrim Senior Camogie Championship (2): 1986, 1995

References

External links

Ruairí Óg GAA siteOfficial Antrim GAA site
Gaelic games clubs in County Antrim Hurling clubs in County Antrim {{Ulster-GAA-club-stub