O'Donovan Rossa is a Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

 and 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...

 club based in Skibbereen

Skibbereen

Skibbereen , is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is the most southerly town in Ireland. It is located on the N71 national secondary road.The name "Skibbereen" means "little boat harbour." The River Ilen which runs through the town reaches the sea at Baltimore.-History:Prior to 1600 most of the...

, County Cork

County Cork

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, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It participates in Cork GAA competitions. Traditionally, the club has been much more successful in Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

. It won its only Cork Senior Football Championship in 1992 and subsequently won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament run since 1971, played between the thousands of senior football clubs in Ireland. The current champions are Crossmaglen Rangers of Armagh, who defeated St. Brigid's of Roscommon on March 17, 2011 to win their...

 after beating Éire Óg of Carlow

Carlow GAA

The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Carlow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Carlow and the Carlow inter-county teams.-Gaelic football:...

 in the final. The club participates in the Carbery

Carbery GAA

Carbery GAA are a divisional team from the south-west division of County Cork, Ireland, in ancient Carbery. They compete in the Cork Senior Football Championship. They competed in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship up to and including 2010. They did not enter a hurling team in 2011...

 division of Cork GAA.

Honours

• Cork Senior Football Championship: Winners 1992 Runners-Up 1994
• 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 1924, 1985 Runners-Up 1914, 1983, 1984
• 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...
  
  : Runners-Up 1961, 2004
• 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...
  
  : Runners-Up 1931, 1932, 1933
• Cork Junior B Hurling Championship
  Cork Junior B Hurling Championship
  The Cork Junior B Hurling Championship is a hurling competition played by Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Cork. This is the fourth and lowest tier of county hurling competitions organized by Cork. The competition is confined to clubs who play solely at this level. Thus the second and third...
  
  : Winners 2004
• Cork Minor Football Championship
  Cork Minor Football Championship
  The Cork Minor Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for Gaelic Athletic Association players under the age of 18 in County Cork, Ireland. This competition is also known as the Premier Minor Football Championship and is played on a county-wide basis. The competing clubs do not play...
  
  : Winners 2001 Runners-Up 1981, 1983, 1987
• 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...
  
  : Winners 2008
• Cork Under-21 Football Championship
  Cork Under-21 Football Championship
  The Cork Under-21 Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition in County Cork, Ireland for players under the age of 21. Clubs affiliated to Cork board compete to win this championship. All eight of the divisions in Cork organize their own championship...
  
  : Winners 1984, 1987, 1990, 2011 Runner-Up 2004
• Cork Under-16 B Football Championship: Winners 2008
• West Cork Junior Football Championship: 1945, 1961, 1963, 1974, 1979, 1982 Runners -Up: 1932, 1933, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1976, 2005
• West Cork Junior Hurling Championship: Winners 1931, 1932, 1933 Runners-Up 1928, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1956, 2008
• West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: 1955, 1960, 1983, 1995, 2004 Runners-Up: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003
• West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners 1955, 1963 Runners-Up: 1943, 1956
• West Cork Junior C Football Championship: Winners 1980 Runners-Up: 1979, 1980, 2001
• West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship: Runners-Up: 1940, 1942, 1973,
• West Cork Minor A Football Championship: Winners 1943, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2008 Runners-Up: 1965, 1966, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1991
• West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Winners 1983
• West Cork Under-21 Football Championship: Winners 1977, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011 Runners-Up: 1982, 1985, 1994
• West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship: Winners 1999, 2000 Runners-Up: 1983, 1986,
• West Cork Under-16 A Football Championship: Winners 2006
• West Cork Under-16 B Football Championship: Winners 2008

Notable players

• Michael McCarthy
  Mick McCarthy (Gaelic footballer)
  Mick McCarthy was an Irish sportsperson. He was born in Skibbereen, County Cork. He played Gaelic football with his local club O'Donovan Rossa and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 198 until 199.He won two senior All Ireland medals with Cork and captained O'Donovan Rossa to an...
  
  
• Tony Davis
  Tony Davis (Gaelic footballer)
  Anthony 'Tony' Davis is a former Irish sportsperson. He played senior football with Cork in the 1980s and 1990s..-Early & private life:...
  
  
• Don Davis
• Conor McCarthy
  Conor McCarthy
  Conor McCarthy is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club O'Donovan Rossa and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2005.-References:...
  
  
• Rory O' Donovan