Canovee GAA is a Gaelic football club based in the area comprising Aherla,Canovee, and Carrigadrohid in County Cork, Ireland. The club is a member of Cork GAA and the Muskerry divisional board. It provides underage football from very small children up to minor (under-18). It currently fields four adult teams, in grades: Premier Junior, Junior B, Junior C, and Under-21.
Canovee GAA encourages the playing of all GAA sports via its sister clubs:
- Cloughduv Hurling Club, who currently competes in the Premier Junior grade.
- St Val's Ladies Gaelic Football club, who operate in the senior grade of the Cork Ladies football championship, and with whom Canovee GAA share its facilities.
Achievements
- All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship Winners (1) 2008[1]
- Munster Junior Club Football Championship Winners (1) 2007
- Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners (1) 1973
- Cork Junior Football Championship Winners (3) 1950, 1968, 2007, 2023 Runners-Up 1948
- Cork Minor Football Championship Runners-Up 1952
- Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winner (2) 2013, 2022
- Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship Winners (17) 1939, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1979, 1982, 1999, 2007, 2023
- Mid Cork Junior C Football Championship Winners 2024
Notable players
- Dan O'Sullivan - captain of Cork Junior Football team 1950, and winner of All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal 1955[2]
- J.J. Hinchion
- Noel Dunne
- Connie Kelly
- John Dunlea
- Pat Dunlea
References
- ^ O´Shea, John (6 January 2022). "Canovee's glorious 2008 an example worth following". Echo Live. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Work on Carrigadrohid begins". The Corkman. Independent News & Media. 2 March 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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