St Finbarr's National Hurling & Football Club

Not to be confused with St Finbarr's Gaelic Football Club.

St Finbarr's
Cumann Náisiúnta Fionnbarra Naofa
Founded:1876
County:Cork
Nickname:The Barrs
Colours:Royal Blue and Gold
Grounds:Neenan Park, Togher, Cork
Coordinates:51°52′38.8″N 8°29′50.8″W / 51.877444°N 8.497444°W / 51.877444; -8.497444
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster
champions		 Cork
champions
Football: 3 5 10
Hurling: 2 4 26
Camogie: - - 2

St Finbarr's National Hurling & Football Club[1][2] or St Finbarr's Hurling and Football Club[3] is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Togher area of Cork city, County Cork, Ireland.

St Finbarr's, who play in royal blue and gold jerseys, are the only club in Ireland to win All-Ireland club championships in both hurling and football. The club has won Cork County Senior Championships in every decade except the first decade of the 21st century. This record was almost upheld in 2009 when the club reached the final in the Cork County Senior Football Championship, only to lose out by a point to Clonakilty.

Between 1980 and 1982, the club won three Cork County Hurling Championships in a row. This feat had not been repeated until Imokilly did so between 2017 and Vincent’s

Hurling

Honours

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Notable hurlers

This is a list of notable hurlers who have played for 'the Barrs', including players who have had success with the club, or played for the Cork senior hurling team.

Player Era Club titles
All-Ireland Munster County
Jimmy Barry-Murphy 1970s-1980s 1975, 1978 1965, 1974, 1977, 1980 1974, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988
Denis Burns 1970s-1980s 1975, 1978 1974, 1977, 1980 1974, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982
Seán Condon 1940s 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947
Ger Cunningham 1980s-1990s 1980 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1993
Peter Doolan 1960s 1965 1965, 1968
Mick Kennefick 1940s 1942, 1943
Tony Maher 1960-1980s 1975, 1978 1965, 1974, 1977, 1980 1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980
Charlie McCarthy 1960s-1980s 1975, 1978 1965, 1974, 1977, 1980 1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980
Gerald McCarthy 1960s-1970s 1975, 1978 1974, 1977 1965, 1968, 1974, 1977
Denis Murphy 1960s 1965 1965, 1968

Notable Teams

Managers

Manager Years
— 1876–2010s?
John Cremin 2013-2015
Tim Finn 2015-2017
Ronan Curran[5] 2017-2019
Aidan Fitzpatrick[6] 2019–2020
John Cremin 2020
Ronan Curran[5] 2020–2021
Ger Cunningham 2021–present

Football

Honours

Notable footballers

Managers

Manager Years
— 1876 – 2000s?
Tony Leahy 2008 - 2010

Bill O'Connell 2011-2012

Ray Keane 2016 - 2018
Paul O'Keeffe[8][9] 2019 – present

See also

References

  1. ^ "St Finbarr's National Hurling & Football Club".
  2. ^ "Britain's most famous vicar is GAA's newest member after watching Normal People". Hogan Stand. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Death notice of Christy Ryan". 9 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Barr's hold off Nemo in thrilling finish to complete junior double". Irish Examiner. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Ronan Curran reappointed St Finbarr's manager". Irish Examiner. 15 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Club hurling news: St Finbarr's, Mallow and Charleville appoint new managers". EchoLIVE.ie. 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Murphy settles it for Barr's". The Irish Examiner. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  8. ^ "'In March I was seeing a good few cases, I was very pessimistic about GAA this year': As a GP and Cork club football manager, Paul O'Keeffe is well placed to assess the changed nature of the 2020 GAA season". The42.ie. 27 July 2020.
  9. ^ "St Finbarr's want semi-final pushed back after tough win over Newcestown". Irish Examiner. 30 September 2020.