Oliver Plunketts GAA explained
| Club Gaa: | St. Oliver Plunkett's GAA |
| Irish: | Naomh Oilibhéar Pluincéad |
| Founded: | 1974 |
| Province: | Munster |
| County: | Cork |
| Colours: | Black and White |
| Grounds: | Páirc Uinsinn |
| Coordinates: | 51.7099°N -8.897°W |
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St. Oliver Plunkett's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Cork, Ireland. The club is based in Ahiohill. It fields teams in hurling and Gaelic football competitions organized by Cork GAA and the Carbery 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 28 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 Winner (2) 2002, 2023 Runner-Up 1999
- Cork Junior B Football Championship Winner (1) 1990, 2007,[1] 2023
- Cork Minor C Football Championship Runner-Up 1999
- Cork Minor C Hurling Championship Winner (3) 2002, 2004, 2006
- West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Winner (1) 2011 [2]
- West Cork Junior A Football Championship Runner-Up 2009, 2012[3]
- West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winner (4) 1990, 1997, 1999, 2002 Runner-Up 1988, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
- West Cork Junior B Football Championship Winner (3) 1986, 1990, 2007 Runner-Up 1978, 1979, 1998, 2006
- West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship Winner (2) 1988, 1995
- West Cork Minor B Football Championship Runner-Up 1985 (Assumption Rovers)
- West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship Winner (3) 2002, 2004, 2006
- West Cork Minor C Football Championship Winner (2) 1999, 2002 Runner-Up 1997, 2005
- West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winner (1) 2005 Runner-Up 1988, 1990, 2003
- West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winner (1) 2009 Runner-Up 1988
- West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winner (3) 1996, 2001, 2002 Runner-Up 2000
- West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship Winner (1) 2002 Runner-Up 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2012 [4]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Plunkett’s claim title with some style and class - Report on 2007 Cork Junior B Football Final . 13 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071119005220/http://southernstar.ie/article.php?id=321 . 19 November 2007 . dead .
- Web site: Historic first SW hurling title for St Oliver Plunkett’s. Southern Star. 3 September 2011. 12 April 2012.
- Web site: Caheragh show character to clinch thrilling extra-time victory . 17 September 2012 . . 17 September 2012.
- http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=3362 Muintir Bháire romp home - Report on 2012 Under-21 C Final
