Dohenys GAA

Dohenys is the Gaelic football and Hurling Club in the town of Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland. It won its only Cork Senior Club Football Championship in 1897. Other titles won include 2 Cork Intermediate Football Championships in 1972 and 1995, and 3 Cork Junior Football Championships in 1935, 1966, and 1993. In 2007, the club won its first ever county hurling championship when it won the Cork Junior B Hurling Championship. The club is part of the Carbery division of Cork. The Sam Maguire Cup which is presented to the All-Ireland winning football team each year is named after Dunmanway's most famous son, Sam Maguire who is buried in St. Mary's Graveyard.

History

Honours

• Cork Senior Football Championship Winners 1897 Runners-Up 1898, 1903, 1975, 2006
• Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners 1972, 1995 Runners-Up 1923, 1936, 1938, 1969
• Cork Junior Football Championship Winners 1935, 1966, 1993 Runners-Up 1898, 1959, 1965
• Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners 2006 Runners-Up 1996
• Cork Minor Premier Championship Winners 2010
• Cork Minor A Football Championship Runners-Up 1999
• West Cork Junior Football Championship Winners 1927, 1931, 1935, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1993 Runners-Up 1928, 1930, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1963, 1970, 1990
• West Cork Junior Hurling Championship Winners 1958, 1959, 1963 Runners-Up 1936, 1937, 1938, 2010
• West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners 1996, 1998 Runners-Up 1953, 1984, 2004
• West Cork Junior C Football Championship Winners 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987 Runners-Up 1984, 1985, 1988, 1998
• West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship Runners-Up 1994
• West Cork Junior D Football Championship Winners 1998 Runners-Up 2005
• West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners 1956
• West Cork Minor A Football Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners 1942, 1944, 1978,1998, 1999, 2003 Runners-Up 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1989
• West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners 1990, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2009 Runners-Up 1982, 1985, 2006
• West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship (as Sam Maguires) Runners-Up 2001
• West Cork Under-21 Football Championship Winners 1969, 1970, 1971, 2000 Runners-Up 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003
• West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winners 1995, 2008 Runners-Up 1991, 1996, 2009, 2011
• West Cork Under-21 C Hurling Championship Runners-Up 2002, 2003

Famous players

• Éamonn Young
• Kevin Murray
• Michael O'Donovan
• Paul Deane
• Mark Farr
• Patrick McCarthy
• Ger McCarthy

County Representatives

With Maria Immaculata Community College based in the town of Dunmanway, there have been a numerous amount of young hurlers representing Cork in the All-Ireland VEC Championship. The Hurlers in recent years included Patrick McCarthy, Tadgh O'Leary, Jerry McCarthy, Joe O'Sullivan, Brian McCarthy, Alan Sheehan (all of whom, won Munster and All-Ireland Medals with Cork VEC) and other players from outside the Doheny area. For the Cork footballers, it has been Sean Lordan, Patrick McCarthy, Jerry McCarthy, Brian McCarthy, Michael Milner, Alan Sheehan, Tom Collins, David Collins and Ger Lynch to recent years.

External links

• Official Dohenys Club website