Barryroe GAA
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| Founded: | 1892 | |
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| County: | Cork | |
| Nickname: | Blues | |
| Colours: | Sky Blue and Navy Blue | |
| Grounds: | Barryroe | |
| Coordinates: | 51°36′22.84″N 8°44′13.22″W / 51.6063444°N 8.7370056°WCoordinates: 51°36′22.84″N 8°44′13.22″W / 51.6063444°N 8.7370056°W | |
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Barryoe GAA club is a Gaelic football and Hurling club in the parish of Barryroe in County Cork, Ireland. It draws its players from the villages of Courtmacsherry, Butlerstown, Lislevane and surrounding areas. The club participates in the south west Cork (Carbery) division of Cork and operates at Intermediate A level in hurling and Junior A in football.
History
The Barryroe Club was founded in 1892 and thus is one of the oldest in the Carbery GAA division. Like many other clubs it has gone out of existence for various periods. Since it was reformed in 1961, however it has gone from strength to strength with its dedication to under age affairs paying rich dividends. Several Junior A Hurling titles plus a number of minor and Under-21 Championships have been won. Most of its successes have been in hurling.
Barryroe won their seventh West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship on Sunday the 9 September 2007 in Timoleague defeating Newcestown by 3-12 to 0-6. They followed this up with wins over Erin's Own and Kinsale to reach their 2nd County Final. In this final they defeated fancied Charleville by 2-19 to 2-13 to win the Cork Junior 'A' Hurling Championship for the first time. The club have participated in the Intermediate A since 2008.
Notable players
Several Barryroe players have played with Cork GAA county teams.
- Peter Keohane - 1939 Minor Hurling
- John Collins - 1963 Minor Hurling
- Dan O'Dwyer - 1971 Minor Hurling
- Kieran White - 1978 Minor Hurling
- Batt Whelton - 1983 Minor Hurling
- Eamonn Murphy - 1983 Under-21 Football
- Dave Philpott - 1971 Minor Football
- Arthur Tobin - 1989 Under-21 Hurling
- Adrian White - 1990 Minor Hurling, Under-21 Hurling, Senior Hurling
- Damien Fleming - 1990 Minor Hurling, Under-21 Hurling
- Pat Tobin - 1991 Intermediate Hurling
- Jason Fleming - 2005 Intermediate Hurling
- Gearoid Holland 2007 Minor Football
- Jennifer O'Leary 2000-2014 Senior Camogie
Two other natives of Barryroe - Mick Finn and Jack Cahalane - achieved success with Cork Senior Football teams in the 1940s. They were playing with Clonakilty at the time. Jennifer O'Leary has 4 Senior Camogie All Irelands and 7 All Star Awards
Honours
- Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship : Runners-Up: 2007
- Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: Winners 2007 Runners Up 1994 Semi Finallists 1986, 2006
- Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners 2002
- Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Beaten Finalists 2005
- Cork Minor B Football Championship: Winners 2000, Runners-Up 1999
- Cork Minor C Football Championship: Winners 2005
- West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: Winners 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 2006, 2007 Runners Up 1985, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002
- West Cork Junior A Football Championship: Runners-Up: 1980, 1994, 2003
- West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners 1933, 1953, 2007 Runners-Up: 1950, 1964, 1974, 1977,
- West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners 1964, 1979, 1989, 1998, 2002 Runners-Up: 1944, 1967, 1976, 1988
- West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship: Winners 1987, 1992, 2004 Runners-Up 1985, 1986,
- West Cork Junior D Football Championship: Runners-Up 2002
- West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship: Winners (7) 1977, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2001 Runners-Up 1979, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2006
- West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Winners (6) 1968, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Runners-Up 1970
- West Cork Minor B Football Championship Winners (2) 1999, 2000
- West Cork Minor C Football Championship Winners (1) 2005
- West Cork Minor D Football Championship Winners (2) 2008, 2009
- West Cork Under-21 A Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1980, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1990 Runners-Up: 1978,1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 2003
- West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1976, 1977, 2006 Runners-Up: 1973, 1974
- West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winners (3) 1987, 1988, 1989 Runners-Up: 1978, 1985, 1995
- West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship Runners-Up 2011