Bantry Blues GAA explained
Club Gaa: | Bantry Blues |
Irish: | Gorma Beanntraí |
Province: | Munster |
County: | Cork |
Colours: | Blue and White |
Grounds: | Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry |
Coordinates: | 51.6877°N -9.4464°W |
F3: | 2 |
Leftarm: | 0000DD |
Body: | 0000DD |
Rightarm: | 0000DD |
Shorts: | FFFFFF |
Socks: | 0000DD |
Bantry Blues is a Gaelic football club based in Bantry, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club is affiliated with Cork GAA and to the Carbery division. The club has always been primarily a Gaelic football club, but has fielded hurling teams also. In 2010, the hurling section was reformed.
History
The club was founded in 1887.
Honours
- Cork Senior Football Championship Winners (2) 1995, 1998 Runners Up: 1909,1981, 2001
- Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship Runners-Up 2022
- Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners (6) 1912, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1975, 1993, Runners Up: 1933, 1937
- Cork Junior Football Championship Winners: (2) 1928, 1972,
- Cork Under-21 Football Championship Winners (2) 1993, 1994
- Cork Minor Football Championship Runners-Up: 1941, 1979, 2009
- Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Runners-Up 2015[1]
- West Cork Junior A Football Championship Winners: (9) 1928, 1932, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1985 Runners-Up 1931, 1937, 1947, 1961, 1967, 1971
- West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners (1) 1974, Runners-Up: 1972, 1973
- West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners (4) 1972, 2012, 2015, 2019 Runners Up: 1961, 2011, 2021
- West Cork Junior C Football Championship: Winners (2) 1988, 2010 Runners-Up: 1980
- West Cork Junior D Football Championship: Winners (2) 2008, 2013
- West Cork Minor A Football Championship: Winners (16): 1941, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007 Runners-Up 2008,2017
- West Cork Under-21 Football Championship: Winners (10) 1972, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2012,[2] 2024 Runners-Up: 1969, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1990
Notable players
External links
Notes and References
- News: Shanballymore joy as brave Bantry fall just short . 27 July 2015 . . 25 July 2015.
- Web site: Bantry’s lethal attack too much for Castlehaven. Irish Examiner. 16 April 2012. 16 April 2012.