Argideen Rangers 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

Timoleague Timoleague () is a village in the eastern division of Carbery East in County Cork, Ireland. It is located along Ireland's southern coast between Kinsale and Clonakilty, on the estuary of the Argideen River. Nearby is the village of Courtmac ...

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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. The club plays in the

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

(South West Cork) division of

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competitions.

History

In 1892, a club in the area known as St Molaga's contested the West Cork football final (one of only three clubs that participated in the championship). The club was strong in the early years of the association primarily due to the establishment of the railway network in the area and the work of John Burke, a railway employee based in Timoleague. After a period of decline, the club re-emerged in the 1930s, reaching the West Cork Junior 'B' hurling final in 1933. They went one better the following year, defeating Bandon to win the 'A' title. The club took a back seat again until success came with the Argideen Rovers minor footballers winning back-to-back West-Cork titles in 1964 and '65. In 1967, they won the Junior 2 football title along with a league trophy. In 1979, the underage club was re-organised and the modern era of Timoleague G.A.A. took root. Starting at under 14, they won all competitions at under 14 and under 16 in both hurling and football in West-Cork, along with contesting two county finals in hurling. 1985 was a breakthrough year for the adult level with success in Junior '2' Hurling. Two years later, they won West-Cork titles in under 21 hurling and Junior '2' football. In 1993, the club won the Flyer Nyhan Cup as well as the West-Cork and County Titles in Junior '2'. In 1994, Argideen and Barryroe met in both finals with Barryroe winning the Hurling, and Argideen scoring their first success in the football decider. 1996 saw the County Junior 'A' hurling title coming to the village for the first time with a victory over Fr. O'Neill’s. Intermediate hurling followed for the next five years with occasional success when the scalps of Éire Óg,

Glen Rovers Glen Rovers is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. The club was founded in 1916 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. They have been historically part of the ''Big Three'' of Cork hurl ...

Blarney Blarney () is a suburban town within the administrative area of Cork City in Ireland. It is located approximately north-west of the city centre. It is the site of Blarney Castle, home of the legendary Blarney Stone. Blarney is part of the D� ...

Aghada Aghada () is a village and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the eastern side of Cork Harbour, around 12 km by road south of Midleton. The civil parish of Aghada consists of several small villages and townlands inclu ...

and Milford were taken. The club re-graded to Junior in 2002, but bounced back with a West-Cork title in 2003. After two great games with Grenagh, Argideen reached the county final but lost out to

Dromina Dromina () is a village and townland in County Cork, Ireland. 9 km south-west of Charleville, the village is in the civil parish of Shandrum, close to the village of Newtownshandrum. As of the 2016 census, Dromina had a population of 275 ...

. After being promoted to intermediate grade, the club won the 2005

Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship The Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board ...

by beating

Nemo Rangers Nemo Rangers Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ballinlough, Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Seandún Board and fields teams in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. History Nemo Rangers Hurling & ...

, consequently earning promotion to Premier Intermediate status. In 2012, a lack of numbers at underage level necessitated an amalgamation with neighbours

Barryroe ''Barryroe'' is an undeveloped oil and gas field in the Atlantic Ocean due south of County Cork, Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitic ...

to form Ibane Gaels. In 2021, Argideen were beaten by Glen Rovers in the Intermediate A Hurling Championship relegation play-off at Brinny. As a result, the club dropped down to the lower Intermediate grade.

Honours

* Intermediate A County Hurling Winner (1) 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 ...

Winner (3) 1993, 1996 and 2003 *

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, ...

Winner (1) 1994 * West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winner (1) 1985 * West Cork Junior B Football Championship Winner (4) 1967, 1988, 1993 and 2001. * West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship Winner (1) 2014 Runner-Up 2015 *

Cork Junior 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 GAA, Cork County Board of ...

: Winners (1) 1996, Runners-Up: 2003 In 2003, the club was promoted to compete in the

even though it had not won the county Junior Hurling Competition. * Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners (4) 1993, 2001, 2008, 2017 * Cork Under-21 B Football Championship(1): 2016 (as Ibane gaels) * West Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1987, 2007 * Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (0): (Runners-Up 2022) (as Ibane gaels) * Cork Minor B Football Championship: Runners Up 1992 * Cork Minor C Hurling Championship: Runners Up 2006

Notable players

Barry Harte (current manager of the Argideen Rangers Hurling team), captained Carbery to their first ever County Senior Hurling title. The Timoleague club also provided Tony Crowley,

Mark Foley Mark Adam Foley (born September 8, 1954) is an American former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Repub ...

and selector Edward McSweeney to his team. Timoleague ladies who represented Cork at adult level in

Camogie Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...

include: Hannah Dinneen, Niamh O' Mahony, Valerie O’ Keeffe and Marion Murphy, while Máiread Whooley played ladies football.

References

External links

Official Argideen Rangers website
{{Cork clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Hurling clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork Timoleague