Courcey Rovers GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the barony of Courceys, County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Carrigdhoun Board and fields teams in hurling, Gaelic football and camogie.
History
Located in the barony of Courceys, about 8km from Kinsale, Courcey Rovers GAA Club was established in January 1947. The club draws its players from the villages of Ballinspittle and Ballinadee, whose existing clubs amalgamated to form the new one.
Courcey Rovers has spent the majority of its existence operating in the junior grade. Initially affiliated to the Carbery Board, the club won a record-setting 16 South West JAHC titles between 1947 and 1974. In spite of these divisional successes, a Cork JAHC remained elusive. In 1975, club members voted to move to the Carrigdhoun Division.
Life in the new division resulted in Courcey Rovers winning several South East U21HHC titles. The club claimed the first of six South East JAHC titles in 1993, before winning the Cork JAHC title in 2001, after a 3–09 to 3-07 win over Charleville in the final. Courcey Rovers later claimed the Munster Club JHC title.
Courcey Rovers were subsequently promoted to the Cork IHC, before being one of the 16 founding clubs of the new Cork PIHC in 2004. A 1–17 to 1–12 win over Youghal in 2011 secured a first Cork PIHC title and senior status for the first time in the club's history. Courcey Rovers won a second Cork PIHC title in 2021.
Honours
Cork Senior Camogie Championship (1): 2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 2011, 2021 Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2001 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (1): 2001 South East Junior A Hurling Championship (6): 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2018, 2019 South East Junior A Football Championship (5): 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011 South West Junior A Hurling Championship (15): 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974 South West Junior B Hurling Championship (6): 1943 (as Ballinadee) ,1944 (as Ballinadee), 1945 (as Ballinspittle), 1947, 1962, 1968, 1970 South West Junior B Football Championship (3): 1951, 1966, 1973 Cork Intermediate Hurling League (4): 2004, 2008, 2012, 2022 Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1997 South-East Under 21 "A" Hurling Championship (8) 1980, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002 South West Under-21 A Hurling Championship (1): 1969 South-East Under 21 "A" Football Championship (1) 2001 South-East Under 21 "B" Football Championship (2) 2014, 2019 Cork Minor A Football League (1): 1994
Notable player
Seán Twomey: All-Ireland U20HC–winner (2020)
References
External links Courcey Rovers official website