Carrigdhoun GAA is one of the eight

baronies Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

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 ...

divisions that make up

Cork "Cork" or "CORK" may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Stopper (plug), or "cork", a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container *** Wine cork an item to seal or reseal wine Places Ireland * ...

. The division is made up of eleven

teams, making it one of the smaller divisions. The division is also known as the South East division. It extends from just south of Cork city down to Ballinspittle in the south of the county. The 11 teams are

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 ...

Ballygarvan Ballygarvan () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies 9 km south of Cork City. The village had a population of 556 inhabitants as of the 2022 census. Occupying the eastern half of Ballinhassig parish, the village lies in the valley ...

, Ballymartle from Riverstick,

Belgooly Belgooly ( is a village in County Cork, Ireland, located 4.6 kilometres to the north-east of Kinsale. In 2022 it had a population of 823. History The Belgooly Flour Mill, a ruinous building within the village, is entered in the initial Record o ...

Carrigaline Carrigaline (; ) is a town and civil parish in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, situated on the River Owenabue. Located about south of Cork (city), Cork city, and with a population of 18,239 people, it is one of the largest commuter ...

Crosshaven Crosshaven () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in lower Cork Harbour at the mouth of the River Owenabue, across from Currabinny Wood, 15 km south-east of the centre of Cork city. Originally a fishing village, from the 19th centu ...

, Courcey Rovers from Ballinadee and

Ballinspittle Ballinspittle () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the Barony (Ireland), barony of Courceys and lies about southwest of Kinsale, on the R600 road (Ireland), R600 road. It is near Garrylucas and Garrettstown Blue Flag beach, Blue Fl ...

Kinsale Kinsale ( ; ) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland. Located approximately south of Cork (city), Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a populatio ...

Shamrocks Shamrocks is a solitaire game akin to La Belle Lucie. The object is the same as the latter: move the cards into the foundations. Rules The game is laid out as in La Belle Lucie: seventeen piles of three cards are placed on the table with one car ...

from

Ringaskiddy Ringaskiddy () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road. The village is a port with passenger ferry, with two bi- ...

/ Monkstown,

Tracton Tracton () is a civil parish in southeast County Cork in Ireland. Lying roughly 7 kilometres south of Carrigaline, it lies within the Dáil constituency of Cork South-Central. The area is named after Tracton Abbey, a Cistercian monastery that ...

from

Minane Bridge Minane Bridge () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the townland of Minane, 20 km south of Cork city and 5 km south of Carrigaline. The local church is Sacred Heart Church of Tracton Abbey Parish. Minane Bridge is part of t ...

, and

Valley Rovers Valley Rovers GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Innishannon in County Cork, Ireland. The club was formed in 1919 when two teams in the parish, Innishannon and Knockavilla, came together. The club fields teams in hu ...

from

Innishannon Innishannon or Inishannon () is a large village on the main Cork (city), Cork–Bandon, County Cork, Bandon road (N71 road (Ireland), N71) in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on the River Bandon, the village has grown d ...

. The division selects players from all clubs except any that is senior (at present Courcey Rovers in hurling and

and

in football) to represent the division in the

Cork Senior Hurling Championship The Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Cork County B ...

and in the

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 ...

. The division's team wear a black and gold strip. The division organises championships from Junior and Under 21 levels. It used to run competitions from Under-12 to Minor (Under-18) until these were reorganised by the Cork County Board.

History

The division was formed in 1926 when the county was divided into 8 different divisions.

Member Clubs

* Ballymartle *

* Courcey Rovers *

Honours

, Runners-Up 1945 *

Cork Senior Camogie Championship The Cork Senior Camogie Championship is an annual club camogie competition contested by the top-ranking senior clubs and amalgamated teams in the county of Cork in Ireland. The competition winners are decided through a group and knockout format. I ...

, Winners 2004

Notable players

John Kevin Coleman John Kevin Coleman (born 1944) is an Irish former hurler and politician. At club level he played with Ballinhassig, divisional side Carrigdhoun and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Coleman also spent some time as an elected r ...

Martin Coleman Martin Coleman (born 1 August 1950) was an Irish hurling, hurler and selector. His career included All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Championship victories as goalkeeper with Cork GAA#Another three-in-a-row, Cork's three-in-a ...

Martin Coleman, Jnr Martin Coleman Jnr (born 15 February 1983) is an Irish hurler who plays as a goalkeeper for club side Ballinhassig, divisional side Carrigdhoun and formerly at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. Early life Coleman was born ...

* Patrick Collins * Terry Kelly *

Kieran Kingston Kieran Kingston (born 9 September 1964) is an Irish hurling manager and former player who managed the Cork senior hurling team between 2015 and 2022 (with a hiatus between 2017 and 2019), for which he previously lined out as a player. He spent ...

* Brendan Lombard * Seán McCarthy * Con Murphy *

Nicholas Murphy Nicholas or Nick Murphy may refer to: *Nicholas Murphy (Gaelic footballer) (born 1978), Irish Gaelic football player *Nicholas Daniel Murphy (1811–1890), Irish politician *Nicholas Joseph Murphy (1880–1913), Irish nationalist politician *Nichola ...

Michael Prout Michael Prout is an American Paralympic swimmer. Early life and education Prout is a son of Michael and Patricia Prout and has a sister named Taryn. Prout graduated with honours from St Marys Senior High School and in 2009 he graduated from U ...

Alan Quirke Alan Quirke (born 19 October 1976 in Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Valley Rovers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1999 to 2013. Playing caree ...

* Ger Spillane

Hurling

Competitions

South East Junior A Hurling Championship The South East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Carrigdhoun Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for junior hurling teams in the southeastern region of County Cork, Ireland. T ...

* Carrigdhoun Junior B Hurling Championship * Carrigdhoun Junior A Hurling League * Carrigdhoun Under-21 Hurling Championship

Grades

Football

Competitions

South East Junior A Football Championship The South East Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Huntsman Bar & Restaurant Junior A Football Championship) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Carrigdhoun Board of the Gaelic Athlet ...

* Carrigdhoun Junior B Football Championship * Carrigdhoun Junior A Football League * South-East Under 21A Football Championship * South-East Under 21B Football Championship

Grades

References

Divisional boards of Cork GAA Gaelic games clubs in County Cork {{Cork-GAA-club-stub

History

Member Clubs

Honours

Notable players

Hurling

Competitions

Grades

Football

Competitions

Grades

See also

References