Tadhg McCarthaigh's GAA
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Tadhg MacCarthaigh GAA is 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 Caheragh in Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

, 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,...

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This is a Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 only club, with no 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...

 played. The club in 2008 decided to start an under-12 hurling team, so the club may become a dual club in the future. The club is a member of the Carbery
Carbery GAA
Carbery 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...

 division of Cork GAA.

History

The Tadgh MacCarthaigh GAA Club was founded in 1954. The founder members were: Sonny O’Driscoll, Corliss, Tadgh and Tim Daly, Corliss and Paddy and Sean Keohane, Clouncuggar. The first playing fields were in Sonny O’Driscoll’s and Dick Kingston’s of Corliss. The Club won its first ever West Cork Junior B Championship in 1958. Since then, their successes included Junior 2 titles in 1968 and 1975 beating Ardfield on both occasions and in 1991 when they beat Kilbrittain
Kilbrittain GAA
Kilbrittain GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the parish of Kilbrittain, County Cork, Ireland. The club fields teams in Gaelic football and Hurling, but is primarily known for its hurling successes. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions. The club is a member of Carbery...

. The Club has had successes twice in the Under 21 B Championship, beating Timoleague in 1982 and St. Colums in 1990.

Achievements

  • Cork Junior Football Championship
    Cork Junior Football Championship
    The Cork Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition in Cork. The competition was originally established in 1895 as a competition for second teams of clubs playing in the Cork Senior Football Championship. This is the fourth level of football clubs, under Senior, Premier...

     Runner-Up 1995
  • Cork Minor A Football Championship
    Cork Minor A Football Championship
    The Cork Minor A Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for Gaelic Athletic Association players under the age of 18 in Cork, Ireland. This championship was begun in 1992 when the strongest minor football teams were placed in the Premier Division of the championship...

     Winner 1997
  • Cork Minor B Football Championship
    Cork Minor B Football Championship
    The Cork Minor B Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition played in County Cork, Ireland. The competition is between Gaelic Athletic Association clubs affiliated to the Cork board. All players have to under the age of 18 on January 1 of the year in which the competition is being held...

    Winner 1991 Runner-Up 2001
  • Carbery Junior A Football Championship Winners 1995, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2006 Runners-Up 1977, 1998, 2008
  • Carbery Junior B Football Championship Winners 1957, 1968, 1975, 1991 Runners-Up 1971, 1989, 1990
  • Carbery Junior C Football Championship Winners 2005 Runners-Up 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
  • Carbery Junior D Football Championship Winners 2006
  • Carbery Minor A Football Championship Winners 1993, 1997 (as Caheragh) Runners-uP 1996, 2006
  • Carbery Minor B Football Championship Winners 1991 (as Caheragh), 2001 Runners-Up 1990, 2002, 2005
  • Carbery Under-21 A Football Championship Runners-uP 1995, 1998
  • Carbery Under-21 B Football Championship Winners 1982, 1990 Runners-Up 1989, 2007, 2010

Sources

Club website
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