Redmonds is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

club based in Cork in

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. The club is situated in Tower Street, on the southside of the city. The club participates in

Cork GAA The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Chorcaí) or Cork GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cork and the ...

competitions and in Seandún divisional board competitions. The club no longer fields hurling teams but continues to participate in the Seandun junior C football competitions.

History

Redmonds GAA have been in the Senior Hurling Championship Finals 10 times from their first finals appearance in 1892 to their last finals appearance in 1927. They won the title five times in 1892,

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), ...

1901 Events January * January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Min ...

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

and

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary For ...

. In the early years of the

clubs represented their county in the All-Ireland championships. Therefore, Redmonds were the Cork representatives on several occasions, and in 1892 were

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

winners. One time regulars at senior level they lasted played in the top grade during the

1937 Cork Senior Hurling Championship The 1937 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 49th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship ended on 21 November 1937. Glen Rovers were the defending champio ...

Honours

: 1 ** 1892 * Cork Senior Club Hurling Championships: 5 ** 1892,

* Cork Senior Club Hurling Championship Finalists: 10 ** 1892, 1893, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1924, 1927 *

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 ...

s: 1 **1913 Beaten Finalists 1912 *

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 County Board of the Gaeli ...

s: 5 **1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1909 Beaten Finalists 1896, 1905, 1906

Notable players

* Connie Sheehan *

Morgan Madden Morgan Madden (8 April 1906 - January 1962) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Turners Cross, Cork, Madden first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-two when he first ...

Dave McGrath David McGrath (20 November 1875 – 20 May 1940) was an Irish hurler who played for Cork Senior Championship club Redmonds. He was a member of the Cork senior hurling team for seven season, during which time he usually lined out as a forwa ...

John Kenneally Sergeant John Patrick Kenneally (né Leslie Jackson) VC (15 March 1921 – 27 September 2000) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to ...

* James Keegan * Con O'Callaghan * Denis O'Keeffe * Michael Casserly * Paddy Cantillon * Tom Irwin * Bill O'Callaghan * Bill Fitzgibbon * James Conway *

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References

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