Castlemagner GAA 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 based in the village of Castlemagner in the north-west of

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. Founded in 1900, the club plays 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 ...

and is affiliated with

Duhallow GAA Duhallow GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling division in the historical barony of Duhallow, County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. This barony is situated in the northwest region of the county, and includes towns such as Kanturk, Millstree ...

. As of 2023, the club competes in the Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship and the

Duhallow Junior A Football Championship The Duhallow Junior A Football Championship is the top footballing competition in the Duhallow division in Cork "Cork" or "CORK" may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Stopper (plug), or "cork", ...

. At under age level, the Castlemagner club amalgamates with Kilbrin as Croke Rovers - as neither club have been able to field an underage team on their own.

Ladies' Gaelic football Ladies' Gaelic football () is an Irish team sport for women. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football. Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a round ball toward ...

and

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 ...

are also played within the club.

Honours

* Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (1): 1954 * Cork Junior A Football Championship (2): 1947, 1952 * Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship (5): 1951, 1953, 1954, 1960, 2015 *

(7): 1947, 1948, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1961, 2023 * Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (1): 2012 (runners-up in 2007) * Duhallow Junior B Football Championship (4): 1980, 1989, 1991, 1999 * Duhallow Junior B Hurling Championship (1): 2012

Notable players

* Mattie McAuliffe *

Pat O'Callaghan Patrick O'Callaghan (28 January 1906 – 1 December 1991) was an Irish hammer thrower and double Olympic gold medallist. He was the first athlete from Ireland to win an Olympic medal under the Irish flag rather than the British flag. Early ...

* Danny Linehan

References

Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork {{Cork-GAA-club-stub