Ballinascarthy GAA
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| Founded: | 1945 | |
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| County: | Cork | |
| Nickname: | Bal | |
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| Grounds: | Henry Ford Park | |
| Coordinates: | 51°40′08.61″N 8°51′03.15″W / 51.6690583°N 8.8508750°W | |
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Ballinascarthy GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Ballinascarty, Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Carbery Board and the Cork County Board and fields teams in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie.
History
Located in the village of Ballinascarty, about 7 km north of Clonakilty, Ballinascarthy GAA Club was founded on 12 September 1945.[1] The club has spent its entire existence operating in the junior grades. Ballinascarthy was initially solely focussed on Gaelic football before launching a hurling revival within the club in 1961.[2]
Ballinascarthy won the South West JAFC title for the first time in their history in 1978, following a 0–09 to 0–08 win over Carbery Rangers.[3] The club claimed a second such title in 1983. Ballinascarthy won their first South West JAHC title in 1989, before later being beaten by Clyda Rovers in the Cork JAHC final.[4] Three further divisional hurling titles were won in a four-year period between 1997 and 2000.[5] Ballinascarthy contested seven South West JAHC finals between 2017 and 2025, with the club claiming four titles during that period.[6][7]
Honours
- Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (0): (Runner-up 1989)[8]
- Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1): 2013,[9]
- Cork Under-21 B Football Championship (0): (Runners-up 2014)[10]
- Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (1): 2004
- Cork Feile B Football Championship (1): 2014[11]
- Carbery Junior A Football Championship (2): 1978, 1983
- Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship (8): 1989, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025
- South West Cork Junior B Football Championship (1): 1966
- West Cork Junior D Football Championship (1): 2005
- West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (4): 1991, 2004 (as Pedlars Cross), 1999, 2001
- West Cork Under-21 A Hurling Championship (1): 1982
- West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship (6): 1986, 1989, 1993, 1998, 2010, 2013
- West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship (2): 1986, 2014[12]
Notable players
References
- ↑ "Ballinascarthy GAA Club celebrates 75th anniversary". The Southern Star. 9 August 2026. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ↑ "Club history". Ballinascarthy GAA website. 9 August 2026.
- ↑ "Ballinascarthy win first title". Ballinascarthy GAA website. 9 August 2026.
- ↑ "Golden Eighties are remembered". The Southern Star. 9 August 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Ballinascarthy's millennium men back in the spotlight". The Southern Star. 9 August 2026. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ "Ballinascarthy hurlers lift the Flyer Nyhan Cup for the first time since 2000". Echo Live. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ "Ballinascarthy claim Carbery JAHC title at expense of dogged Kilbree". Irish Examiner. 19 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ↑ http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=SST/1989/11/18/24/Ar02404.xml&CollName=SST_1981_2000&DOCID=325095&PageLabelPrint=24&Skin=SST&enter=true&AW=1276091345861&sPublication=SST&sScopeID=All&sSorting=Score%2cdesc&sQuery=ballinascarthy%20hurling%20county%20final%201989&rEntityType=ARTICLE&sSearchInAll=false&RefineQueryView=&StartFrom=5&ViewMode=HTML Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine | Southern Star article on 1989 County Final defeat
- ↑ "Tenacious Bal deserved their victory in U21 final". The Southern Star. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ↑ "Barrs blitz sees off Ballinascarthy". Irish Examiner. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ "Bal crowned Féile champs". The Southern Star. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ "Brilliant Bal crowned champs!". The Southern Star. 30 March 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.