St Mary's 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 villages of

Ballineen and Enniskeane The twin villages of Ballineen () and Enniskeane, or Enniskean, () in County Cork in Ireland are southwest of Cork city, on the R586 road. The linear settlement lies on the River Bandon between Bandon and Dunmanway. The combined settlement i ...

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 ...

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. Founded in 1968, the club participates in both

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 ...

competitions. The club is a member of the Carbery division of

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 ...

. In 2009, the club won its first

West Cork Junior A Football Championship The Carbery Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bandon Co-op Carbery Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Carbery JAFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Carbery GAA, ...

. The club won the same competition in 2014, along with the Junior A Football league and Junior C Football league. The club has undertaken some joint fundraising activities with the local Enniskeane

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 ...

club.

Achievements

(2): 2009, 2014 * Cork Junior B Football Championship (1): 2004 *

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

(0): (runners-Up in 1986, 2001, 2008) * West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship (5): 1986, 1993, 2001, 2008, 2016 * West Cork Junior B Football Championship (2): 1980, 2004 * West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (5): 1969, 1970, 1971 (as Fineen Rovers), 2002, 2006 * West Cork Minor B Football Championship (4): 1970 (as Fineen Rovers), 2003, 2006, 2009 (as Ahán Gaels) * West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship (2): 1983, 2012 * West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship (5): 1978, 1979, 2002, 2006, 2010

Notable players

* John Caulfield

References

External links

StMarysCLG.com (archived 2013)
Gaelic games clubs in County Cork Hurling clubs in County Cork Gaelic football clubs in County Cork {{Cork-GAA-club-stub