Kildorrery 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...

 based in the parish of Kildorrery

Kildorrery

Kildorrery is a village in north County Cork, Ireland. It lies at the crossroads of the N73 road from Mallow to Mitchelstown and the R512 from Kilmallock to Fermoy....

, 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

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. The club fields teams in competitions organized by the Cork GAA county board and the Avondhu GAA

Avondhu GAA

Avondhu GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the north of Cork, Ireland. The division includes towns such as Charleville, Mallow, Fermoy, and Mitchelstown. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to...

 divisional board. The club fields teams in both hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 and Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

.

History

The club was founded in 1949, when the previous clubs in the parish were merged into one. The club had its origins in the Oldcastletown club which was predominantly a Hurling Club. In 1943, Oldcastletown won the North Cork and Cork Junior Hurling Championship

Cork Junior Hurling Championship

The Cork Junior Hurling Championship is the third tier championship for hurling clubs in Cork. The winners of this championship compete in the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship in the following year. This championship is often considered the most difficult championship to win, since more teams...

 titles, defeating Glen Rovers

Glen Rovers GAA

Glen Rovers is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Ballyvolane and Blackpool areas of Cork city, Ireland. The club was founded in 1916 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling.-Colours:...

 in the County final. The following two years they were runners-up in the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship is the second-tier hurling competition organized by the Cork Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The winners usually will play in the senior grade the following year for the Cork Senior Hurling Championship. This championship has been played for since 1909...

 when they were beaten by Lough Rovers and the 31st Battalion.

Achievements

• 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...
  
   Winners 1981
• Cork Intermediate A 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...
  
   Runner-Up 2008, 2010
• Cork Junior Football Championship
  Cork Junior Football Championship
  The Cork Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition in Cork. The competition was originally established in 1895 as a competition for second teams of clubs playing in the Cork Senior Football Championship. This is the fourth level of football clubs, under Senior, Premier...
  
   Winners 1978 Runners-Up 2007
• Cork Junior Hurling Championship
  Cork Junior Hurling Championship
  The Cork Junior Hurling Championship is the third tier championship for hurling clubs in Cork. The winners of this championship compete in the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship in the following year. This championship is often considered the most difficult championship to win, since more teams...
  
   Runner-Up 1972
• Cork Minor A Football Championship
  Cork Minor A Football Championship
  The Cork Minor A Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for Gaelic Athletic Association players under the age of 18 in Cork, Ireland. This championship was begun in 1992 when the strongest minor football teams were placed in the Premier Division of the championship...
  
   Runner-Up 2000
• Cork Minor B Football Championship
  Cork Minor B Football Championship
  The Cork Minor B Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition played in County Cork, Ireland. The competition is between Gaelic Athletic Association clubs affiliated to the Cork board. All players have to under the age of 18 on January 1 of the year in which the competition is being held...
  
  Runner-Up 1997
• North Cork Junior Hurling Championship Winners 1962, 1963, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1988 Runners-Up 1961, 1968, 1975, 1978, 2011
• North Cork Junior Football Championship Winners 1978, 1990, 1994, 2007 Runners-Up 1974, 1975, 1986, 1989,