Kilworth GAA, or Cill Úird, is a 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...

 club located in the village of Kilworth

Kilworth

Kilworth is a village in north County Cork. It is also one half of the parish of "Kilworth and Araglin" in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.-Loation and access:...

 in the north-eastern corner of County Cork

County Cork

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, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It is affiliated to Cork GAA county board and to 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.

History

It was affiliated in 1928 as a football Club and 1933 as a hurling Club. The team colours are red and white. Their grounds are in Kilworth. The present field was purchased in 1959, the year of the sub division of Moore Park between An Foras Taluntais, Mitchelstown C-Op and Local Farmers and the work was rounded off in 1969 with the building of new dressing rooms. In 2006, Kilworth won the 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...

, and thus qualified for the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship

Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship

The Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition played between the six best junior hurling clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the winter months...

, which they also won. They went on to reach the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship is a hurling competition between the winners of the junior hurling competitions in the various counties of Ireland...

, but lost to Danesfort GAA.

Honours

• 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...
  
   Winners 1967, 2006 Runner-Up 1961, 1980, 1993, 2005
• 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...
  
   Runners-Up 2009
• Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship
  Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship
  The Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition played between the six best junior hurling clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the winter months...
  
  Winners 2006
• North Cork Junior Hurling Championship Winners 1961, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1980, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2006

Notable players

• Fred Sheedy
• John Hogan
• Will Twomey
• Adrian Mannix
• Damien McNamara
• John Sheehan
• Kieran Walsh
• Paudie Lynch
• Kieran Lane
• Raymond Slattery