Killavullen GAA

Killavullen

Founded:	1888
County:	Cork
Colours:	Blue & White
Coordinates:	52°08′55″N 8°30′45″W / 52.148727°N 8.51238°WCoordinates: 52°08′55″N 8°30′45″W / 52.148727°N 8.51238°W
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Killavullen GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the parish of Killavullen, 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.

History

Killavullen GAA club is one of the oldest official clubs in North Cork, with the club being founded on the 15th of February 1888 under the auspices of the then newly formed Gaelic Athletic Association, and with the exception of a North Cork Junior hurling championship that they annexed in 1929, the club toiled away without much success. However they had a proud tradition of promoting Gaelic games, and the club is grateful to neighbouring clubs, particularly Shanballymore for inviting them to participate in hurling tournaments which sometimes brought success, but more importantly provided competitive games in preparation of championship fixtures. The prize for winning such tournaments was often the "Cut" of a suit, or gold watches, which in poorer times, were great incentives to do well. Persistence paid off and in 1962, the club contested the final of the Avondhu Novice hurling Championship, and won out this competition in 1968. In between, with the immense help of Johnny Beechinor, a native of Newmarket, who had come to settle in the parish Killavullen made a break through in Football in 1963, which was the clubs first football title, and went out to further glory in 1979, when they were crowned North Cork Junior (B) Hurling League Champions.

Achievements

• Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship Runners-Up 2007
• Cork Junior Football Championship Winners 2000 Runners-Up 1998
• Cork Junior B Football Championship Runners-Up 1993
• Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Runners-Up 2006
• Cork Minor B Hurling Championship Winners 1994
• North Cork Junior Football Championship Winners 1998, 1999, 2000
• North Cork Junior Hurling Championship Runners-Up 1929
• North Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners 1981, 2012

References

• Killavullen GAA Club website