Barryoe GAA Club 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 in Barryroe,

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 ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. The club is affiliated to the Carbery Board and fields teams in both

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 ...

and

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 ...

History

Located in the parish of Barryroe, about 16km from

Clonakilty Clonakilty (; ), sometimes shortened to Clon, is a town in County Cork, Ireland. The town is at the head of the tidal Clonakilty Bay. The rural hinterland is used mainly for dairy farming. The town's population was 5,112 at the 2022 census. T ...

, Barryroe GAA Club was established in 1892. The club draws its players from the villages of

Courtmacsherry Courtmacsherry (), often referred to by locals as Courtmac, is a seaside village in County Cork, on the southwest coast of Ireland. It is southwest of Cork city. The nearest town is Clonakilty, to the west (16 km by road). The village co ...

, Butlerstown, Lislevane and surrounding areas. The club has spent the majority of its existence operating in the junior grade and, like many other clubs, has also seen various periods of inactivity. The club was reformed in 1961. Barryroe made their hurling breakthrough in 1981 when the South West JAHC title was won for the first time. The club has won seven divisional titles in all, between that initial success in 1981 and 2007. The last of these was subsequently converted into a Cork JAHC title after a 2-19 to 2-13 defeat of Chareville in the final. Barryroe were later beaten by Moyle Rovers in the 2007 Munster Club JHC final. Barryroe made a

breakthrough in 2023 when the club beat Kilmacabea by 1–12 to 0–14 to win the Carbery JAFC title for the first time in their history

Notable players

* Robbie Kiely: Munster SFC-winner (

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

) * Danny Murphy: All-Ireland SHC-winner (

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

) *

Jennifer O'Leary Jennifer O’Leary is a camogie player, winner of eight All-Star awards in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 . She won All Ireland medals with Cork in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2014 and National League medals in 2003, 2006, 200 ...

: All-Ireland SCC-winner (

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

)

Honours

* Cork Senior Camogie Championship: Runners-Up: 2000 *

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

: Runners-Up: 2007 * Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: Winners (1) 2007 Runners Up 1994 Semi Finalists 1986, 2006 * Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners (1) 2002 * Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Beaten Finalists 2005 * Cork Minor B Football Championship: Winners (1) 2000, Runners-Up 1999 * Cork Minor C Football Championship: Winners (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 ...

: Winners (7) 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 2006, 2007 Runners Up 1985, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002 *

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 (1)

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Runners-Up: 1980, 1994, 2003 * West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners (3) 1933, 1953, 2007 Runners-Up: 1950, 1964, 1974, 1977, * South West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners (5) 1964, 1979, 1989, 1998, 2002 Runners-Up: 1944, 1967, 1976, 1988 * South West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship: Winners (3) 1987, 1992, 2004 Runners-Up 1985, 1986, * West Cork Junior D Football Championship: Runners-Up 2002 * West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship: Winners (7) 1977, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2001 Runners-Up 1979, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2006 * West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Winners (6) 1968, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Runners-Up 1970 * West Cork Minor B Football Championship Winners (2) 1999, 2000 * West Cork Minor C Football Championship Winners (1) 2005 * West Cork Minor D Football Championship Winners (2) 2008, 2009 * West Cork Under-21 A Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1980, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1990 Runners-Up: 1978,1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 2003 * West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1976, 1977, 2006 Runners-Up: 1973, 1974 * West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winners (3) 1987, 1988, 1989 Runners-Up: 1978, 1985, 1995 * West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship Runners-Up 2011

References

External link

Official Barryroe GAA Club website
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