Courcey Rovers GAA

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Courcey Rovers is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the villages of Ballinspittle and Ballinadee in County Cork, Ireland. The club fields both hurling, Gaelic football and camogie teams. It has historically concentrated on hurling. The club is part of the Carrigdhoun division of Cork competitions. It used to be part of Carbery GAA but moved in the mid 1970s to Carrigdhoun GAA as it felt that it would be offered a higher level of hurling competition there and thus be able to win county championships.

[edit] History

Courcey Rovers GAA Club was founded in 1947 when the Ballinspittle and Ballinadee clubs agreed to merge to form one single club. The club met immediate success as in its very first year it won the South West Cork Junior A and Junior B Hurling championships. In 1974, Courcey’s made the major decision and switched from the South West (Carbery) to the South East Division (Carrigdhoun) having won Fifteen Junior A Hurling titles in less than thirty years.

[edit] Honours

Cork Junior Hurling Championship Winners 2001 Runners Up 1957, 1970, 1997, 1999
Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship Winners 1997
Cork Minor B Hurling Championship Runners-Up 2001
South East Cork Junior Hurling Championship Winners 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001 Runners-Up 1976, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000
South East Junior Football Championship Winners 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 Runners-Up 1975, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2001, 2005
South West Cork Junior Hurling Championship Winners (15 titles) 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974
South West Junior B Hurling Championship Winners 1944 (Ballinadee), 1945 (Ballinspittle), 1947, 1962, 1968, 1970
South West Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners 1951, 1966, 1973 Runners-Up 1962, 1965
South West Under-21 A Hurling Championship Winners 1969 Runners-uP 1965, 1970, 1972, 1974