Adrigole GFC 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 Adrigole in

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. Its

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 ki ...

team participates in competitions organized by

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 Co ...

, and is a member of Beara division. The club, like the other Beara clubs, does not field a

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 ...

team.

History

The club was founded in 1927.

Achievements

* Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners (1) 1979 *

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 ...

Winners (1) 2006 Runners-Up 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 2002, 2004 *

Munster Junior Club Football Championship The Munster Junior Club Football Championship, formally known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Junior Club Football Championship, is a Gaelic football competition, organized by the Munster provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic ...

Runners-up 2006 *

Beara Junior Football Championship The Beara Junior A Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Beara Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1927 for junior Gaelic football teams in the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. The c ...

Winners (22) 1929, 1938, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006

Notable players

* Bernie O'Neill *

Mort O'Shea Morty O'Shea (13 January 1882 – 19 August 1970) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Cork senior team. O'Shea made his first appearance for the team during the 1910 championship and was a regular member of the sta ...

Kevin Jer O'Sullivan Kevin Jeremiah O'Sullivan (born 1948) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Cork county team. Born in Adrigole, County Cork, O'Sullivan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age ...

John Lack O'Sullivan John Lack O'Sullivan (1976 – 19 November 2002) was a Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer. Playing career The Adrigole GFC clubman was one of key players that won the Cork Junior Football Championship in 2002, but died in Novem ...

References

External sources

Adrigole GAA website
Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork 1927 establishments in Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association clubs established in 1927 {{Cork-GAA-club-stub