Dromtarriffe GAA is a

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club based in the north-west of

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, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the

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division of

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. Their hurling team currently competes in the Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship and their football team currently competes in the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship. The club has historically been concerned with the game of

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, but also fields teams in

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competitions. Dromtarriffe (or Dromtarriff or Dromtariffe) is a small

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, as well as being the name of the parish in the same area. It is not a village, but the parish is centred on the very small village of Dromagh, which is around half a mile from the townland of Dromtarriffe.

Football

Dromtarriffe is one of the few clubs within

to have won the

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. The club fields teams in the

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, and their successes have included a win in the Duhallow 2005 final against Ballydesmond. They then lost to Erin's Own in the 2005

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. Their latest successes include winning the Junior A county championship in 2018, defeating Kilmacabea 2-9 to 2-8. Two late goals from Darren O'Connor turned the tide after being down five points. Dromtarriffe also have a

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team in the club.

Hurling

Dromtarriffe also fields

teams, and competes at Junior A Hurling level. Dromtarriffe's minor hurlers made the Cork Minor C Hurling Championship final in 2009 but were defeated by

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. In 2016, Dromtarriffe's hurlers won the Cork Junior B Interdivisional Championship after a replay against Sarsfields GAA in Páirc Uí Rinn. A week later, the clubs under 21 hurlers won their first ever Duhallow Under 21 'A' Hurling Championship against Robert Emmets. They won the Duhallow Junior A championship for the first time ever in 2018 defeating Newmarket. They followed up their win in 2018 with a win against Kilbrin by 11 points with the game finishing 0-30 to 2-11. They had success again in 2021 beating Millstreet 2-18 to 1-14 and made it to the county final but lost to a Ballygiblin side by 2-18 to 0-18 points.

Honours

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(1): 1893 * Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (1): 1935 * Cork Junior A Football Championship (4): 1934, 1938, 1959, 2018 * Duhallow Hurling Cup (1): 2021 *

(14): 1933, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1995, 2005 * Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship (5): 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 * Duhallow Junior B Hurling Championship (5): 1986, 1987, 2014, 2015, 2016 * Cork Under-21 C Football Championship (1): 2017

Notable players

* Conor O'Callaghan *

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* Frank Corrigan (dual player)

References

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