Bishopstown GAA
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Bishopstown Hurling and Football Club is a Cork
-based Gaelic Athletic Association
club based in the Bishopstown
area of Cork city, Republic of Ireland
. The club was founded in 1957.
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
-based Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club based in the Bishopstown
Bishopstown
Bishopstown is a southwestern suburb of Cork, Ireland with a population of 24,136 people. Baile an Easpaig, anglicised Bishopstown, consists of two townlands which are Ballineaspigmore and Ballineaspigbeg...
area of Cork city, Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. The club was founded in 1957.
Honours
- Cork Minor Hurling ChampionshipCork Minor Hurling ChampionshipThe Cork Minor Hurling Championship is a hurling competition for Gaelic Athletic Association players under the age of 18 in County Cork, Ireland. This competition is also known as the Cork Premier Minor Hurling Championship since 1992. It is played on a countywide basis. Prior to 1992, all teams...
Winners 2003 and 2004 - Cork Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipCork Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipCork Intermediate Hurling Championship is the second-tier hurling competition organized by the Cork Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The winners usually will play in the senior grade the following year for the Cork Senior Hurling Championship. This championship has been played for since 1909...
Winners 1992, 2006 - Cork Under-21 Hurling ChampionshipCork Under-21 Hurling ChampionshipThe Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship is a hurling competition for players under the age of 21. Clubs affiliated to Cork board compete to win this championship. Seven of the divisions in Cork organize their own championship . The divisional winners compete against each other to decide the county...
Winners 2006 and 2007 - City Junior Hurling Championship Winners 1977 Runners-Up 1961, 1973
Honours
- Cork Senior Football Championship Runners-up to Nemo RangersNemo Rangers GAANemo Rangers Hurling and Football Club is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club on the southside of Cork city, Ireland. The club was founded in 1922 and is primarily concerned with the game of Gaelic football, though interest in hurling has escalated in recent years.-History:Nemo Rangers...
in 2002 and CarberyCarbery GAACarbery GAA are a divisional team from the south-west division of County Cork, Ireland, in ancient Carbery. They compete in the Cork Senior Football Championship. They competed in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship up to and including 2010. They did not enter a hurling team in 2011...
in 2004. - Cork Intermediate Football ChampionshipCork Intermediate Football ChampionshipThis is the Second tier Gaelic football team competition organized by the Cork GAA board. This championship was discontinued after 1938 because of a lack of clubs. From 1939 until 1964 any team that won the Junior County Football Final could go straight to Senior. The Intermediate Championship was...
Winners 1974 - Cork Minor Football ChampionshipCork Minor Football ChampionshipThe Cork Minor Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for Gaelic Athletic Association players under the age of 18 in County Cork, Ireland. This competition is also known as the Premier Minor Football Championship and is played on a county-wide basis. The competing clubs do not play...
Winners 1992, 1993, 2000 - Cork Under-21 Football ChampionshipCork Under-21 Football ChampionshipThe 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 their own championship...
Winners 1992 Runners-Up 1987, 1997 - City Junior Football Championship Winners 1971, 1992 Runners-Up 1968, 1991, 1993
Notable players
- Johnny CrowleyJohnny CrowleyJohnny Crowley is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Bishopstown and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1976 until 1987.-Club:...
- Barry CoffeyBarry CoffeyBarry Coffey is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Bishopstown and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s.-References:...
- Paul McGrathPaul McGrath (Gaelic footballer)Paul McGrath is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Bishopstown and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from the 1988 until 1996.-References:...
- Pa CroninPa CroninPatrick 'Pa' Cronin is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with the Bishopstown club and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2007.-Club:...
- Shane O'NeillShane O'Neill (hurler)Shane O’Neill is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Bishopstown and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2007.-Club:...
- John CrowleyJohnny Crowley (Kerry GAA)John Crowley is a former Irish Gaelic football forward with the Glenflesk and Bishopstown clubs, East Kerry divisional side and Kerry county team.- Playing career :...
- Jamie O'Sullivan - member of Cork GAA Senior Football team 2010