Macroom GAA is a

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

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 ...

club based in the town and surrounding parish of

Macroom Macroom (; ) is a market town in County Cork, Ireland, located in the valley of the River Sullane, halfway between Cork (city), Cork city and Killarney. Its population has grown and receded over the centuries as it went through periods of war, ...

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. The club is affiliated with

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 ...

county board and the Muskerry GAA divisional board. The club has been one of the most successful Gaelic football clubs in Cork, having won 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 ...

ten times and having contributed numerous players to Cork GAA football teams.

Honours

Winners (10 titles) 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1958, 1962 Runners-Up 1889, 1907, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1949 1955, 1959 * Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners (3) 1982, 1990, 2010 Runners-Up 1916, 1919 *

Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship The Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as McCarthy Insurance Group Cork County Premier Intermediate Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PIFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition orga ...

: Runners-Up 2013 *

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) 1907 Runners-Up 1900, 1905, 1906, 1909 * Cork Minor Football Championship Winners (8) 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1986 Runners-Up 1927, 1934, 1936, 1942, 1947, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1985, 2005 * Cork Minor A Football Championship Winners (3) 1992, 2004, 2024 Runners-Up 2001 *

Cork Under-21 Football Championship The Cork Under-21 Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition in County Cork, Ireland for players under the age of 21. Clubs affiliated to Cork board compete to win this championship. All eight of the divisions in Cork organize the ...

Winners (1) 1982 Runners-Up 1988, 1989, 2006, 2007 * Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship Winners (5) 1926, 1934, 1942, 1945, 1991 Runners-Up 1930, 1955

Inter-County Players

* Hugo Casey * Tom Creedon * Colman Corrigan * Fintan Goold * Mattie McAuliffe * Noel Twomey

References

External links

Official Macroom Club website

List of Cork Senior Football Champions

List of Cork Intermediate Football Champions

Hogan Stand list of Cork Champions

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