St. Oliver Plunkett's 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 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

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. The club is based in Ahiohill

Ahiohill

Ahiohill is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. It is within the townland of Aghyohil, which was historically spelt Aghayohil . It lies between the towns of Bandon, Clonakilty and Ballineen/Enniskean. The village has one pub called The Four Winds....

. It fields teams in 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...

 competitions organized by Cork GAA and 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...

 divisional board.

History

The club was founded in 1974, and named after Saint Oliver Plunkett whose canonization was announced that year. This was not the first club in Ahiohill and there are records of games played by Ahiohill as early as the famine in 1840s. The underage club was known as Assumption Rovers. On the 28th August 2011, Plunketts won their first West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship beating Dohenys in the Final with a score of 2-15 to 0-12. Kevin Coffey was Man of the Match scoring 8 points.

Honours

• 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...
  
   Winner 2002 Runner-Up 1999
• Cork Junior B Football Championship
  Cork Junior B Football Championship
  The Cork Junior B Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition held annually between teams playing in the lowest grade possible in Cork, Ireland. The competition, organized by Cork, involves teams from all eight divisions in the county, Avondhu, Beara, Carbery, Carrigdhoun, Duhallow,...
  
   Winner 1990, 2007
• Cork Minor C Football Championship
  Cork Minor C Football Championship
  The Cork Minor C Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for Gaelic Athletic Association players under the age of 18 in County Cork, Ireland. This competition is confined to the weakest clubs at this grade, and teams are restricted to 13 players rather than the normal 15...
  
   Runner-Up 1999
• Cork Minor C Hurling Championship
  Cork Minor C Hurling Championship
  The Cork Minor C Hurling Championship is a hurling competition for Gaelic Athletic Association players under the age of 18 in County Cork, Ireland. This competition is confined to the weakest clubs at this grade, and teams are restricted to 13 players rather than the normal 15.-Winners:...
  
  Winner 2002, 2004, 2006
• West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Winner 2011
• West Cork Junior A Football Championship Runner-Up 2009
• West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winner 1990, 1997, 1999, 2002 Runner-Up 1988, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
• West Cork Junior B Football Championship Winner 1986, 1990, 2007 Runner-Up 1978, 1979, 1998, 2006
• West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship Winner 1988, 1995
• West Cork Minor B Football Championship Runner-Up 1985 (Assumption Rovers)
• West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship Winner 2002, 2004, 2006
• West Cork Minor C Football Championship Winner 1999, 2002 Runner-Up 1997, 2005
• West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winner 2005 Runner-Up 1988, 1990, 2003
• West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winner 2009 Runner-Up 1988
• West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winner 1996, 2001, 2002 Runner-Up 2000
• West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship Winner 2002 Runner-Up 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001

External links

• Official St. Oliver Plunketts Club website