Ballinhassig is a

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club based in the

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Ballinhassig Ballinhassig () is a village in County Cork, Ireland, situated south of Cork City just off the N71 Bandon road and near the source of the River Owenabue (''Abhainn Bui'', meaning "Yellow River"). Traditionally an agricultural area, Ballinha ...

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns ar ...

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. The club was founded in 1886, and now plays

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 pla ...

at Premier Intermediate level, having won the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship in 2005, and the

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in 2002.
Stemming from these County Championship wins, Ballinhassig competed in Munster and All-Ireland Club Championships, and have won the following Club Championship Finals: Junior Munster Club Final, Junior

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Final, Intermediate Munster Club Final; but lost out to Dicksboro, of Kilkenny town, in the

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Final, played in

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. The club also plays

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, but hurling is much stronger. The club is a member of Carrigdhoun division of

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. Ballinhassig also have their own

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team, who play at Senior A level. The underage boys and girls teams compete in the South East League and Championship (from under 10s to under 16's ).

History

The club was founded in 1886. The club has participated in many great games down through the years. They lost a Junior County Hurling Final in 1954 but were successful in winning the same competition in 1965. In 1971 Ballinhassig were again defeated in the County Junior Hurling final by Bandon. However the rest of the 1970s proved to be most successful, winning a County Junior in 1973 and Intermediate Titles in both 75 and 77. The club again reached an Intermediate Final in 1983 but were defeated by

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. The decision was taken to re-grade to Junior in 1990 where many South-East Titles were won. The club reached the County Junior Hurling Final in 1995 and 2000 but were defeated by

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and

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. However success came in 2002 with victory over Fr O'Neills. Ballinhassig went on to capture Munster and All Ireland Junior Club Titles also in this year, and went on to win the Premer Intermediate Title in 2005, also reached the All Ireland Final of this competition. While competing in Senior Ranks the club won two senior League Titles in 2007 and 2008. Ballinhassig re-took their place in the Senior Hurling Championship in 2013 after winning their fourth Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship, defeating Bandon in the 2012 Premier Intermediate Hurling County Championship final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. In 2012 Ballinhassig also won their first ever South East Junior A Football Championship, defeating Tracton after a replay in the South East Final played in Carrigaline.

Honours

(1): 2003 *

(0): (Runners-Up 2006) *

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(1): 2002 *

Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship The Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

(1): 2005 * Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (2):

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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 ...

(2): 1975, 1977 (Runners-Up 1983) *

(3): 1965, 1973, 2002 (Runners-Up 1954, 1971, 1995, 2000, 2014) * Cork Minor A Hurling Championship (1): 2002 (Runners-up 1998) * Cork Under- 21 Hurling Championship(0): (Runners-up 2009) * Carrigdhoun Junior Hurling Championship (25): 1934, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1960, 1971, 1973, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Carrigdhoun Junior Football Championship (5): 1928, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 *

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 ...

(0): Runners-Up 2021 * Cork Senior Hurling League (2): 2007, 2008 * Cork Senior B Camogie Championship (1): 2011

Notable players

* John Kevin Coleman * Martin Coleman * Martin Coleman, Jnr * Brendan Lombard * Patrick Collins * Ger Collins * Con Cottrell * Seán McCarthy *

Fintan O'Leary Fintan O'Leary (born 1 September 1986) is an Irish hurler who plays for club side Ballinhassig and is a former player with divisional side Carrigdhoun and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. Career Ballinhassig O'Leary ...

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References

External links

Ballinhassig GAA site
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