Tullylease GAA
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Tullylease GAA 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 village of Tullylease in the North West of County 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 which forms part of the parish of Milford
Milford, County Cork
Milford is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in the townland of Kilbolane on regional road R515, close to the border with County Limerick....

, Freemount and Tullylease. The club plays in the Duhallow
Duhallow GAA
Duhallow GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the barony of Duhallow, County Cork, Ireland. This barony is situated in the northwest region of the county, and includes towns such as Kanturk, Millstreet, and Newmarket. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes...

 division and competes in both 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...

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

 competitions. Tullylease won the Duhallow Junior A Hurling League in 2009 and the Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship
Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship
This is the top hurling competition in the Duhallow division in Cork, Ireland. It was first run after the formation of the Duhallow division in 1933. The winners of this competition go on to compete in the Cork Junior Hurling Championship.-Clubs:...

 in 2008 ending a baron run of forty seven years in which Tullylease had being runners-up ten times
. Tullylease lost to Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's GAA
Diarmuid O'Mahuna is a Gaelic Athletic Association based in Castletown-Kinneigh, in Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club has both hurling and Gaelic football teams. The club is part of Cork GAA and also part of the Carbery GAA division...

 in the 2008 Semi-Final of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship
Cork Junior Hurling Championship
The Cork Junior Hurling Championship is the third tier championship for hurling clubs in Cork. The winners of this championship compete in the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship in the following year. This championship is often considered the most difficult championship to win, since more teams...

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In 2010, the club hosted the final of the Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship
Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship
This is the top hurling competition in the Duhallow division in Cork, Ireland. It was first run after the formation of the Duhallow division in 1933. The winners of this competition go on to compete in the Cork Junior Hurling Championship.-Clubs:...

 for the very first time.

Honours

  • Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship
    Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship
    This is the top hurling competition in the Duhallow division in Cork, Ireland. It was first run after the formation of the Duhallow division in 1933. The winners of this competition go on to compete in the Cork Junior Hurling Championship.-Clubs:...

     Winners 1945, 1958, 1959, 1961, 2008 Runners-Up 1957, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 2007
  • Cork Junior B Hurling Championship
    Cork Junior B Hurling Championship
    The Cork Junior B Hurling Championship is a hurling competition played by Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Cork. This is the fourth and lowest tier of county hurling competitions organized by Cork. The competition is confined to clubs who play solely at this level. Thus the second and third...

    Runners-Up 1992, 1995
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