Delaneys Rovers 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 in

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. It draws its players from the Dublin Hill area on the northside of the city. Teams are fielded in

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 ...

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

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 ...

. The club participates in

Cork GAA The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Cork GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cork and the Cork county teams. It ...

competitions and in Seandún board competitions. Founding members were Will O'Sullivan and Tom McCarthy

History

The club is named after brothers Jeremiah and Cornelius Delaney, killed by British forces at their home at Dublin Hill on the night of 11–12 December 1920 (the night of The Burning of Cork). The two brothers were members of F Company, 1st Battalion, Cork No. 1 Brigade, I.R.A.

Achievements

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 ...

Winner (1) 2002 Runners-Up 1997 *

Cork Junior Hurling Championship The Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Junior A Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork GAA, Cork County Board of ...

Runners-Up 1982 *

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) 1955 Runner-Up 1951 * Cork Minor B Football Championship Winners (1) 1986 Runners-Up 1988, 1989 * Cork City Junior Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1974, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988 Runners-Up 1971, 1972, 1991 * Cork City Junior Football Championship Winners (6) 1954, 1955, 1977, 2015, 2017, 2018 Runners-Up 1951, 1980, 2016

Notable players

* Barry Egan

References

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