Bantry Blues GAA

Bantry Blues is a Gaelic football club based in Bantry, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club is affiliated with Cork GAA and to the Carbery division. The club has always been primarily a Gaelic football club, but has fielded hurling teams also. In 2010, the hurling section was reformed.

Bantry Blues
Gorma Beanntraí
Founded:
County:Cork
Colours:Blue and White
Grounds:Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry
Coordinates:51°41′15.61″N 9°26′46.95″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster
champions
Cork
champions
Football: - - 2

History

The club was founded in 1887.

Honours

  • Cork Senior Football Championship Winners (2) 1995, 1998 Runners Up: 1909,1981, 2001
  • Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners (6) 1912, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1975, 1993 Runners Up: 1933, 1937
  • Cork Junior Football Championship Winners: (2) 1928, 1972,
  • Cork Under-21 Football Championship Winners (2) 1993, 1994
  • Cork Minor Football Championship Runners-Up: 1941, 1979, 2009
  • Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Runners-Up 2015[1]
  • West Cork Junior A Football Championship Winners: (9) 1928, 1932, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1985 Runners-Up 1931, 1937, 1947, 1961, 1967, 1971
  • West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners (1) 1974, Runners-Up: 1972, 1973
  • West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners (2) 1972, 2012 Runners Up: 1961
  • West Cork Junior C Football Championship: Winners (2) 1988, 2010 Runners-Up: 1980
  • West Cork Junior D Football Championship: Winners (2) 2008, 2013
  • West Cork Minor A Football Championship: Winners (16): 1941, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007 Runners-Up 2008,2017
  • West Cork Under-21 Football Championship: Winners (9) 1972, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2012[2] Runners-Up: 1969, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1990

Notable players

References

  1. "Shanballymore joy as brave Bantry fall just short". Irish Examiner. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. "Bantry's lethal attack too much for Castlehaven". Irish Examiner. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.


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