In 1993 a group of parents got together to discuss the organising of activities for the young people of the area , particularly the young girls as it was felt that at least the boys had access to the traditional games of hurling and football. Initially it was decided to set up a branch of the Community Games organisation but later this evolved into a Ladies football and camogie club.
On the 7th of May 1993 the club held its inaugural meeting and there were fifty members present. The first set of jerseys for the girls were purchased with the aid of funds contributed by local businesses.
In 1994 the Club became affiliated to the respective county boards and teams were entered for U12 and U16 Football and U12 and U14 camogie. In Football the U12’s won 3 games and in doing so won their section.
In 1995 the club entered teams for U12, U14 and U16 in both camogie and football but alas there were very little joy in the field of play.
1996 brought about better luck and increased membership. The U14 and U16 contested the respective County finals. For the U 14’s it was a local derby as they met Glanworth. The game was played in nearby Ballyhooley before a capacity crowd and it was heartbreaking for the girls to see Glanworth take the title by a single point. The U16’s has a very long season as they travelled to Redmonds pitch in Cork to play Beara. Unfortunately luck was not with them on the day and a one point defeat left them shattered. There and then these girls set their targets on 1997 which turned out to be a memorable year for the club. Indeed if any male club managed to accomplish in any one year what these brave troops, they would be inundated with media and press coverage. In Football the U12’s and U14‘s the county B finals and the U16’s won the county A final. In Camogie the U12’s qualified for the county quarter final where they lost to Rockbán. The U 16 camogie team also qualified for the county quarter final and were it not for their commitment to football for the month of September who knows but a league victory might also have been achieved. They were in further hard luck when it came to the championship as they had to play Killeagh 2 days after the replay of the football from which they did not have a chance of recovering physically.
In 2001 the club fielded a Junior B team for the first time and defeated Liscarroll in the county final of the football championship. In 2002 it was the turn of the camogie team to bring glory to the club. The u14’s were the first to bring a county camogie title to the parish on the 29th of June 2002. In the same season the U18 camogie team brought County honours and in 2003 the U16 camogie team were successful in the league and are about to play the championship semi-final shortly as are the U12 camogie team.
2003 has been a good year generally from a football point of view. The U14’s reached the B semi-final when they lost to strong Dromtarriff side. The U21’s lost the county semi-final to Mournabbey by a point and the junior team lost the div 2 league final to Gabriel Rangers. The same pair now vie for championship honours to bring their year to a close.
Niamh Hickey , Fiona Healy and Annie O‘Callaghan played with the cork junior team this year. Valerie McCormack also donned the red and white with the Cork minor camogie team in 2002 , she also played with Loreto camogie team that won the all Ireland in 2002.Another club player Orlaith Murphy was on the cork U14 football team in 2001 and 2002 that won Munster and all-Ireland titles. She kept goal for the Cork U16 team this year and won a Munster title. She was also on the cork minor football panel which beat Mayo in the 2003 All-Ireland final.
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