Kildorrery GAA

Kildorrery GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association based in the parish of Kildorrery, Cork, Ireland. The club fields teams in competitions organized by the Cork GAA county board and the Avondhu GAA divisional board. The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football.

The club was founded in 1949, when the previous clubs in the parish were merged into one. The club had its origins in the Oldcastletown club which was predominantly a Hurling Club. In 1943, Oldcastletown won the North Cork and Cork Junior Hurling Championship titles, defeating Glen Rovers in the County final. The following two years they were runners-up in the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship when they were beaten by Lough Rovers and the 31st Battalion. It wasn’t until 1967 that football was taken seriously in the club. That year, Kildorrery won the North Cork U21 Football Championship. The big breakthrough didn’t come until 1978 when the Junior footballers won the North Cork and Cork Junior Football Championship titles for the first time in the clubs history. The following year they reached the Cork Intermediate Football Championship final but lost to Adrigole in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

In 1981 their persistence paid off and became Intermediate Football champions when they defeated Glanmire in the final played in Fermoy. They also won back to back U21 North Cork Football titles in 1981 and 1982. In their first year at Senior level in 1982, Kildorrery defeated Bishopstown in the first round but lost narrowly to St Nicholas in the next round. The following season they went under to a star-studded St. Finbarrs side. The club re-graded to the Intermediate ranks the following year and in 1986 dropped down to the Junior ranks as Hurling again came to the fore for a few years. Kildorrery won the North Cork football title in 1990 and again in 1994 when the former Cork Senior Hurling manager, Denis Walsh lined out at midfield and played a starring role in the North Cork final.

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