Carbery Rangers is a

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club located in the village of

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. The club is solely concerned with the game of

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History

Located in

West Cork West Cork () is a tourist region and municipal district in County Cork, Ireland. As a municipal district, West Cork falls within the administrative area of Cork County Council, and includes the towns of Bantry, Castletownbere, Clonakilty, Du ...

, Carbery Rangers was founded on 10 November 1887. The club played its first match just under a month later in a field which was part of the lands of Downeen Castle. Carbery Rangers first came to countywide notice when they contested and lost back-to-back Cork SFC finals in 1905 and 1906. Carbery Rangers spent much of the following century operating in the junior grade, winning ten West Cork JAFC titles between 1937 and 2003. The last of these victories was subsequently converted into north Cork JAFC and Munster Club JFC titles, before losing the All-Ireland final to

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. Life in the intermediate grade yielded further successes, including consecutive Munster Club IFC titles as well as the All-Ireland Club IFC title in 2005. After finally earning senior status, Carbery Rangers reached the 2014 final, only to lose to

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by three points. A second final appearance in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

saw Carbery Rangers claim the Cork SFC for the first time in their history.

Honours

Cork Senior Football Championship The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by t ...

: Winners (1) 2016, Runners-Up 1905, 1906, 2014 * Kelleher Shield (Senior Football League) Winners (3) 2009, 2011, 2014 Runners-Up 2013 * All Ireland Scór na nÓg Ballad Group Champions - 2018 * All Ireland Scór Sinsir Ballad Group Champions - 2018 *

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Winners (1)

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 ...

Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship The Munster Football Intermediate Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2003 for the top intermediate clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. It i ...

Winners (2)

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Cork Intermediate Football Championship The Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as McCarthy Insurance Group Cork County Intermediate A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the ...

: Winners (1) 2005, Runners-Up 2004 *

All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the GAA. It is played between the Junior championship winners from each of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Each team competes in their own ...

Runners-Up 2004 *

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

Winners (1) 2003 *

Cork Junior Football Championship The Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork GAA, Cork County Board ...

: Winners (1) 2003, Runners-Up 1939, 1987 * Cork Minor Football Championship: Runners Up 1955, *

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 (10) 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1998, 2003. Runners-Up: 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1955, 1956, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 * West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners (1) 1954 * West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners (1) 1942 Runners Up 1962, 1963 * West Cork Junior C Football Championship: Winners (5) 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, Runners Up 1981, 1989, 1993, 2003 * West Cork Junior D Football Championship: Winners (2) 2004, 2019 * West Cork Minor A Football Championship: Winners (3) 1955, 1956, 1992, 2006, Runners Up 1993, 2003, 2006 * West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Runners Up 1973, 1975 * West Cork Minor B Football Championship: Winners (8) 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1990, 2005, Runners Up: 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1989 * West Cork Under-21 Football Championship: Winners (1) 1995 Runners-Up: 1981, 1992 * West Cork Under-21 C Hurling Championship: Winners (1) 2012 * West Cork Under-14 Premier Championship: Winners (1) 2005

Notable players

* John Hayes: All-Ireland SFC-winner (

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) *

Robbie Kiely Robbie Kiely (born 16 December 1990) is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays his club football for Barryroe GAA in Cork and previously at inter-county level for Tipperary. Career Kiely made his championship debut for Tipperary in 2011 ag ...

: 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 ...

) * Kevin McMahon: All-Ireland SFC-winner (

) * Tony Murphy: All-Ireland JFC-winner (

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

) * Fachtna O'Donovan: All-Ireland SFC-winner (

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

) * John O'Rourke: All-Ireland MFC runner-up (

) *

Micheál O'Sullivan Micheál "Haulie" O'Sullivan (born 11 March 1977) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played for club side Carbery Rangers, at divisional level with Carbery and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. C ...

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-winner ( 1998–99)

References

External links

Official Carbery Rangers Club website
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