Cornafean is a 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 rural parishes of Killeshandra

Killeshandra

Killeshandra or Killashandra is a village in County Cavan, Ireland, located 20 km northwest of Cavan town and is central to County Cavan's lakeland and geopark region, set in the unique Erne catchment environment of rivers, lakes, wetlands and woodland...

 and Kilmore, in County Cavan

County Cavan

County Cavan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Cavan. Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. The club plays Gaelic Football and competes in Cavan GAA

Cavan GAA

The Cavan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Cavan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cavan...

 competitions. Cornafean is the most successful club in Cavan, having won 20 Cavan Senior Football Championships. The club produced some of the best players in the 'Golden Era' of the Cavan

Cavan GAA

The Cavan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Cavan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cavan...

 team. The clubs last at adult level was in 2000 when they won the 2000 Cavan Junior Championship title.

Honours

• Cavan Senior Football Championships: 20
  • 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1920, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1956.

• Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
  Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
  The Cavan Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the middle-tier Cavan Gaelic football clubs. It was first competed for in 1915, before a lapse prior to being revived in 1966...
  
  s Winners: 2
  • 1915, 1916

• Cavan Junior Football Championship
  Cavan Junior Football Championship
  The Cavan Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the third-tier Cavan Gaelic football clubs. It was first competed for in 1913. The winner qualifies to represent their county in the Ulster Club Championship and in turn, go on to the...
  
  s Winners: 3
  • 1914, 1927, 2000

Notable Players

• John Joe O'Reilly - Captain of two All-Ireland
  All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
  
   winning Cavan
  Cavan GAA
  The Cavan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Cavan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cavan...
  
   teams.
• Tom O'Reilly
  Tom O'Reilly (Cavan politician)
  Thomas P. O'Reilly , known as Tom O'Reilly, was an Irish Gaelic footballer, politician and farmer from County Cavan. He was born at the Derries Upper, Killeshandra, County Cavan...
  
   - Former Cavan midfielder
• Willie Young
  Willie Young
  William David "Willie" Young is a Scottish former footballer.A large, physically intimidating centre back from Edinburgh, Young first played for Aberdeen, and made 187 appearances for the Dons between 1970 and 1975. He was signed by Tottenham Hotspur in September 1975, and made 54 appearances for...
  
  - Former Cavan goalkeeper
• Peadar Doyle - Cornafean 5 in a row winning team player