Seandún GAA
Encyclopedia
Seandun GAA is a Gaelic football
and Hurling
division in the city of Cork
, Ireland
. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. In addition, the division selects football and hurling teams from the adult teams playing at junior level or county intermediate level, and these then compete for the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship
. Many of the best known clubs in Cork are part of this division - Nemo Rangers
, Blackrock
, Glen Rovers
are examples. The division derives its name from Shandon
, whose bells are a symbol of Cork City.
2010 Whites Cross
2009 Whites Cross
2008 Whites Cross
2007 Nemo Rangers
2006 Whites Cross
2005 Na Piarsaigh
2004 Douglas
2003 Mayfield
2002 Nemo Rangers
2001 Mayfield
2000 Mayfield
1999 Nemo Rangers
1998 Brian Dillons
1997 Mayfield
1996 Nemo Rangers
1995 Nemo Rangers
1994 Passage
1993 Passage
1992 Bishopstown
1991 Brian Dillons
1990 Nemo Rangers
1989 Passage
1988 St.Finbarrs
1987 St.Michaels
1986 Lough Rovers
1985 St.Nicks
1984 St.Nicks
1983 St.Nicks
1982 Passage
1981 St.Nicks
1980 Passage
1979 Nemo Rangers
1978 Brian Dillons
1977 Brian Dillons
1976 Delaneys
1975 Mayfield
1974 Na Piarsaigh
1973 Douglas
1972 St.Nicks
1971 Bishopstown
1970 Douglas
1969 Passage
1968 Mayfield
1967 Nemo Rangers
1966 St.Vincents
1965 Na Piarsaigh
1964 Na Piarsaigh
1963 Na Piarsaigh
1962 Douglas
1961 St.Finbarrs
1960 St.Finbarrs
1959 Mayfield
1958 St.Nicks
1957 Nemo Rangers
1956 St.Michaels
1955 Delaneys
1954 Delaneys
1953 St.Michaels
1952 St.Michaels
1951 St.Finbarrs
1950 St.Vincents
1949 St.Patrick’s
1948 Commercials
1947 St.Finbarrs
1946 St.Vincents
1945 St.Patrick’s
1944 St.Patrick’s
1943 St.Nicks
1942 Commercials
1941 St.Finbarrs
1940 St.Annes
1939 St.Annes
1938 Brian Dillons
1937 St.Annes
1936 Brian Dillons
1935 St.Annes
1934 St.Annes
1933 St.Annes
1932 St.Annes
1931 St.Annes
1930 St.Nicks
1929 St.Annes
1928 Geraldine’s
1927 St.Annes
1926 Geraldine’s
. In 1934, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1975 and 1976 it was defeated in the hurling semi-final. The only time it has qualified for a football semi-final was in 1968. Clubs from the division have dominated all grades of Cork club championships.
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
and Hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
division in the city of Cork
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...
, 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,...
. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. In addition, the division selects football and hurling teams from the adult teams playing at junior level or county intermediate level, and these then compete for the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The Evening Echo Cork County Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in the county of Cork in Ireland....
. Many of the best known clubs in Cork are part of this division - Nemo Rangers
Nemo Rangers GAA
Nemo 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...
, Blackrock
Blackrock GAA
Blackrock National Hurling Club is a G.A.A. club located on the southside of Cork City, Ireland. The club was founded in 1883 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling.-History:...
, Glen Rovers
Glen Rovers GAA
Glen Rovers is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Ballyvolane and Blackpool areas of Cork city, Ireland. The club was founded in 1916 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling.-Colours:...
are examples. The division derives its name from Shandon
Shandon, Cork
Shandon is a district in Cork city noted for The Bells of Shandon, a song celebrating the bells of the Church of St Anne written by Francis Sylvester Mahony under the pen name of "Father Prout".-People associated with Shandon:* John Arnott, 1st...
, whose bells are a symbol of Cork City.
History
Junior A Football Championship2010 Whites Cross
2009 Whites Cross
2008 Whites Cross
2007 Nemo Rangers
2006 Whites Cross
2005 Na Piarsaigh
2004 Douglas
Douglas GAA
Douglas GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the Douglas suburb of Cork, Ireland. The club participates at different levels in hurling, Gaelic football, camogie and ladies football. The club is part of the Seandun division of Cork GAA....
2003 Mayfield
Mayfield GAA
Mayfied GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Mayfield area of Cork city, Ireland. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling, and Ladies' Football. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions and in Seandún board competitions....
2002 Nemo Rangers
2001 Mayfield
Mayfield GAA
Mayfied GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Mayfield area of Cork city, Ireland. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling, and Ladies' Football. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions and in Seandún board competitions....
2000 Mayfield
Mayfield GAA
Mayfied GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Mayfield area of Cork city, Ireland. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling, and Ladies' Football. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions and in Seandún board competitions....
1999 Nemo Rangers
1998 Brian Dillons
1997 Mayfield
Mayfield GAA
Mayfied GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Mayfield area of Cork city, Ireland. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling, and Ladies' Football. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions and in Seandún board competitions....
1996 Nemo Rangers
1995 Nemo Rangers
1994 Passage
1993 Passage
1992 Bishopstown
Bishopstown GAA
Bishopstown Hurling and Football Club is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Bishopstown area of Cork city, Republic of Ireland...
1991 Brian Dillons
1990 Nemo Rangers
1989 Passage
Passage West GAA
Passage West GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Passage West, Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club fields teams in both Gaelic football and hurling. It is a member of the Seandún...
1988 St.Finbarrs
1987 St.Michaels
1986 Lough Rovers
1985 St.Nicks
1984 St.Nicks
1983 St.Nicks
1982 Passage
Passage West GAA
Passage West GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Passage West, Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club fields teams in both Gaelic football and hurling. It is a member of the Seandún...
1981 St.Nicks
1980 Passage
Passage West GAA
Passage West GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Passage West, Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club fields teams in both Gaelic football and hurling. It is a member of the Seandún...
1979 Nemo Rangers
1978 Brian Dillons
1977 Brian Dillons
1976 Delaneys
Delaney Rovers GAA
Delaneys Rovers GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Cork, Ireland. It draws its players from the Dublin Hill area on the northside of the city. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie...
1975 Mayfield
Mayfield GAA
Mayfied GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Mayfield area of Cork city, Ireland. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling, and Ladies' Football. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions and in Seandún board competitions....
1974 Na Piarsaigh
1973 Douglas
Douglas GAA
Douglas GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the Douglas suburb of Cork, Ireland. The club participates at different levels in hurling, Gaelic football, camogie and ladies football. The club is part of the Seandun division of Cork GAA....
1972 St.Nicks
1971 Bishopstown
Bishopstown GAA
Bishopstown Hurling and Football Club is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Bishopstown area of Cork city, Republic of Ireland...
1970 Douglas
Douglas GAA
Douglas GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the Douglas suburb of Cork, Ireland. The club participates at different levels in hurling, Gaelic football, camogie and ladies football. The club is part of the Seandun division of Cork GAA....
1969 Passage
1968 Mayfield
Mayfield GAA
Mayfied GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Mayfield area of Cork city, Ireland. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling, and Ladies' Football. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions and in Seandún board competitions....
1967 Nemo Rangers
Nemo Rangers GAA
Nemo 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...
1966 St.Vincents
1965 Na Piarsaigh
1964 Na Piarsaigh
1963 Na Piarsaigh
1962 Douglas
1961 St.Finbarrs
1960 St.Finbarrs
1959 Mayfield
1958 St.Nicks
1957 Nemo Rangers
1956 St.Michaels
1955 Delaneys
Delaney Rovers GAA
Delaneys Rovers GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Cork, Ireland. It draws its players from the Dublin Hill area on the northside of the city. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie...
1954 Delaneys
Delaney Rovers GAA
Delaneys Rovers GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Cork, Ireland. It draws its players from the Dublin Hill area on the northside of the city. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie...
1953 St.Michaels
1952 St.Michaels
1951 St.Finbarrs
1950 St.Vincents
1949 St.Patrick’s
1948 Commercials
1947 St.Finbarrs
1946 St.Vincents
1945 St.Patrick’s
1944 St.Patrick’s
1943 St.Nicks
1942 Commercials
1941 St.Finbarrs
1940 St.Annes
1939 St.Annes
1938 Brian Dillons
1937 St.Annes
1936 Brian Dillons
1935 St.Annes
1934 St.Annes
1933 St.Annes
1932 St.Annes
1931 St.Annes
1930 St.Nicks
1929 St.Annes
1928 Geraldine’s
1927 St.Annes
1926 Geraldine’s
Achievements
The division has never made a final of either the Cork Senior Football Championship or Cork Senior Hurling ChampionshipCork Senior Hurling Championship
The Evening Echo Cork County Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in the county of Cork in Ireland....
. In 1934, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1975 and 1976 it was defeated in the hurling semi-final. The only time it has qualified for a football semi-final was in 1968. Clubs from the division have dominated all grades of Cork club championships.
Member Clubs
- Ballinure
- Ballyphehane
- BishopstownBishopstown GAABishopstown Hurling and Football Club is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Bishopstown area of Cork city, Republic of Ireland...
- BlackrockBlackrock GAABlackrock National Hurling Club is a G.A.A. club located on the southside of Cork City, Ireland. The club was founded in 1883 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling.-History:...
- Brian DillonsBrian DillonsBrian Dillons Hurling & Gaelic football Club is located at the Tank Field in Murmont in the north side of Cork City, Republic of Ireland. The clubhouse was originally located at "the Hole in the Wall" in Dillons Cross. It is one of the oldest GAA clubs in Cork city...
- DelaneysDelaney Rovers GAADelaneys Rovers GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Cork, Ireland. It draws its players from the Dublin Hill area on the northside of the city. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie...
- DouglasDouglas GAADouglas GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the Douglas suburb of Cork, Ireland. The club participates at different levels in hurling, Gaelic football, camogie and ladies football. The club is part of the Seandun division of Cork GAA....
- Fr. O'Callaghan's
- Glen RoversGlen Rovers GAAGlen Rovers is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Ballyvolane and Blackpool areas of Cork city, Ireland. The club was founded in 1916 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling.-Colours:...
- Gurranabraher
- Lough Rovers
- MayfieldMayfield GAAMayfied GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Mayfield area of Cork city, Ireland. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling, and Ladies' Football. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions and in Seandún board competitions....
- Na PiarsaighNa Piarsaigh GAANa Piarsaigh are a Hurling and Gaelic football club based in the north side of Cork City, Ireland. The club was founded in 1943.-Birth of the club:...
- 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...
- Passage WestPassage West GAAPassage West GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Passage West, Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club fields teams in both Gaelic football and hurling. It is a member of the Seandún...
- Rathpeacon
- RedmondsRedmonds GAARedmonds is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Cork in County Cork, Ireland. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions and in Seandún divisional board competitions...
- Rochestown
- Shandon Rovers
- St. Finbarr'sSt. Finbarr's GAASt. Finbarr's National Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Togher area of Cork city, County Cork, Ireland....
- St. Michael'sSt. Michael's GAASt. Michaels G.F.C. is a Gaelic football club in Cork City, Ireland. The club was formed in 1951 after a discourse in the Leaping Salmon bar in Blackrock near Cork. At that time some of the Blackrock hurlers played football with different city teams and it was thought a good idea to enter a...
- St. NicholasSt. Nicholas' GAASt. Nicholas’ Gaelic Football Club is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Ballyvolane and Blackpool areas of Cork city, Ireland. The club was founded in 1901 and is solely concerned with the game of Gaelic football. St...
- St. Vincent'sSt. Vincent's GAA (Cork)St. Vincent's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Blarney Street and Sundays Well parts of Cork city, Ireland. It also includes in its catchment area Gurranabraher, Churchfield and Knocknaheeny. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. The club participates in...
- UCCUCC GAAUCC is a football and hurling club associated with University College Cork. UCC teams play in the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship as well as the two main third-level competitions namely the Sigerson Cup in football and the Fitzgibbon Cup in hurling...
- Whitechurch
- Whites Cross