Ballydesmond GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club based in Ballydesmond

Ballydesmond

Ballydesmond , is a rural village in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the Blackwater River, near its source in Menganine on the Cork-Kerry border. In Irish Baile Deasumhain, meaning town of the Desmond, was named after the legendary freedom fighter, the Earl of Desmond, who is believed to have...

 in Cork

County Cork

County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. Its Gaelic Football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 team participates in competitions organized by Cork GAA, and is a member of Duhallow

Duhallow GAA

Duhallow GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the barony of Duhallow, County Cork, Ireland. This barony is situated in the northwest region of the county, and includes towns such as Kanturk, Millstreet, and Newmarket. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes...

 division. The club is located very close to the border with Kerry

County Kerry

Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

 and thus is very involved in the intense rivalry between the counties. Handball

Gaelic handball

Gaelic handball is a sport similar to Basque pelota, racquetball, squash and American handball . It is one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association...

 is also a prominent sport within the club. The team won the Duhallow Junior A Football Championship

Duhallow Junior A Football Championship

The Duhallow Junior A Football Championship is the top footballing competition in the Duhallow division in Cork. It was first run after the formation of the Duhallow division in 1933...

 in 2007 and now compete's in the Cork Intermediate Football Championship

Cork Intermediate Football Championship

This is the Second tier Gaelic football team competition organized by the Cork GAA board. This championship was discontinued after 1938 because of a lack of clubs. From 1939 until 1964 any team that won the Junior County Football Final could go straight to Senior. The Intermediate Championship was...

 since 2008. Star player Donncha O'Connor plays for the Cork Senior Football Team.

Honours

• Duhallow Junior A Football Championship
  Duhallow Junior A Football Championship
  The Duhallow Junior A Football Championship is the top footballing competition in the Duhallow division in Cork. It was first run after the formation of the Duhallow division in 1933...
  
  Winners - 1971, 1975, 1986, 2007 Runners-Up 1969, 1976, 1979, 2005