Redmonds 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 Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

 in County 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,...

. The club participates in Cork GAA competitions and in Seandún

Seandún GAA

Seandun GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the city of Cork, Ireland. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional...

 divisional board competitions. The club is now participating in Junior B 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...

 competitions in Seandún

Seandún GAA

Seandun GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the city of Cork, Ireland. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional...

 competitions, and have merged with Ballyphehane club for Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

 purposes.

History

Redmonds GAA have been in the Senior Hurling Championship Finals

Cork Senior Hurling Championship

The Evening Echo Cork County Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in the county of Cork in Ireland....

 10 times from their first finals appearance in 1892 to their last finals appearance in 1927. In the early years of the 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...

 clubs represented their county in the All-Ireland championships. Therefore Redmonds were the Cork representatives on several occasions, and in 1892 were All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in Ireland....

 winners.

Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1892
  All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1892
  The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1892 was the sixth series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition...
  
  Winners

• Cork Senior Club Hurling Championships: 5
  • 1892, 1900, 1901, 1915, 1917

• Cork Senior Club Hurling Championship Finalists: 10
  • 1892, 1893, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1924, 1927

• 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...
  
  s: 1
  • 1913 Beaten Finalists 1912

• 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...
  
  s: 5
  • 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1909 Beaten Finalists 1896, 1905, 1906

Notable players

• Paddy Cantillon
  Paddy Cantillon
  Paddy Cantillon was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Redmond's and with the Cork inter-county team in the early 1900s.- References :...
  
  
• Tom Irwin
  Tom Irwin (dual player)
  Tom Irwin was an Irish sportsperson. One of the earliest dual players at the highest levels, he played hurling with his local club Redmond's and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team at various times from 1892 until 1901...
  
  
• Bill O'Callaghan
  Bill O'Callaghan
  William Henry ‘Bill’ O’Callaghan was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Redmond's and with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1890s. O’Callaghan captained Cork to All-Ireland victory in 1892.-Biography:...
  
  
• Charlie McCarthy