Canovee GAA
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Canovee GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Carrigadrohid, County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Muskerry Board and the Cork County Board and is solely concerned with the game of Gaelic football. Club members play hurling with the nearby Cloughduv club.
History
[edit]Located in the village of Carrigadrohid, but also encompassing the Canovee and Aherla areas, the present Canovee GAA Club was founded in 1932.[1] A club had previously existed, as both hurling and Gaelic football had been played in the locality since before the foundation of the GAA, however, this club became defunct around 1918.[2]
Canovee has spent most of its existence operating in the junior grade, winning a record 17 Mid Cork JAFC titles between 1939 and 2023.[3] The club won its first Cork JFC title in November 1950 and secured senior status for the first time.[4] A second Cork JFC title followed in 1968, before Canovee returned to the top flight after claiming the Cork IFC title in 1973.[5]
Canovee won a third Cork JAFC title in 2007, following a 1–08 to 0–09 win over Kildorrery in the final.[6] The Munster Club JFC title was later won, following a win over O'Callaghan's Mills.[7] Canovee ended the season by winning the All-Ireland Club JFC in February 2008, following a 1–08 to 0–05 defeat of Rock St Patrick's.[8] The club has since added a fourth Cork JAFC title to their list of honours, following their title win in 2023.[9]
Honours
[edit]- Cork Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1973
- All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2008[8]
- Munster Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2007
- Cork Junior A Football Championship (4): 1950, 1968, 2007, 2023
- Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship (17): 1939, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1979, 1982, 1999, 2007, 2023
- Mid Cork Junior C Football Championship (1): 2024
- Cork Under-21 B Football Championship (2): 2013, 2022
Notable players
[edit]- J. J. Hinchion: All-Ireland JFC-winning captain (1951)[10]
- Connie Kelly: Munster SFC-winner (1973)[11]
- Dan O'Sullivan: All-Ireland JFC-winning captain (1955)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Canovee". Foireann website. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ↑ "Canovee are champs". Hogan Stand. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ↑ "Championship winners". Muskerry GAA website. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
- ↑ "Junior A FC". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ "End of a long year but Canovee all out to make it memorable". Irish Examiner. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ↑ "Delight for clinical Canovee, heartache for brave Kildorrery". Irish Examiner. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ↑ "Dunlea the Canovee hero". Hogan Stand. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- 1 2 "Canovee's glorious 2008 an example worth following". Echo Live. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ↑ McKay, Jack (26 November 2023). "Canovee crowned JAFC champions after dominant win over Mayfield". Echo Live. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ↑ McKay, Jack. "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
- ↑ "Senior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 20 June 2022.