Dohenys GAA

Dohenys is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, fielding Gaelic football and hurling teams in the town of Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland. It won its only Cork Senior Club Football Championship in 1897. Other titles won include 2 Cork Intermediate Football Championships in 1972 and 1995, and 3 Cork Junior Football Championships in 1935, 1966, and 1993. In 2007, the club won its first ever county hurling championship when it won the Cork Junior B Hurling Championship. The club is part of the Carbery division of Cork. The Sam Maguire Cup which is presented to the All-Ireland winning football team each year is named after Dunmanway's most famous son, Sam Maguire who is buried in St. Mary's Graveyard. History Dohenys GAA club was founded in 1886. The first chairman of the club was a local national school teacher, John McCarthy. The club attended the first meeting of the Cork County Board and became the first affiliated club in west Cork. The official name adopted by the club was the Michael Doheny Football Club after the Tipperary Young Irelander, Michael Doheny, who spent a short time in Dunmanway when on 'the run' in 1847. In 1897, the club won the Cork Senior Football Championship by defeating Wolf Tones of Kanturk in the final. This team won its way through Munster Senior Football Championship but was defeated by Kickhams of Dublin in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final at Jones’ Road, a game played in February 1899. Although no further senior title has been won the club has won Cork Intermediate Football Championship titles in 1972 and 1995, and Cork Junior Football Championship titles in 1935, 1966 and 1993. Many Carbery titles at all levels, in both football and hurling, have also been won. Honours Cork Senior Football Championship Winners (1) 1897 Runners-Up 1898, 1903, 1975, 2006 Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners (2) 1972, 1995 Runners-Up 1923, 1936, 1938, 1969 Cork Junior Football Championship Winners (3) 1935, 1966, 1993 Runners-Up 1898, 1959, 1965 Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2006 Runners-Up 1996 Cork Premier 2 Minor Football Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners (1) 2010 Cork Minor A Football Championship Runners-Up 1999 Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (1): 2001 (as Sam Maguires) West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Winners (4) 1958, 1959, 1963, 2013 Runners-Up 1936, 1937, 1938, 1960, 1974, 1975, 2010, 2011, 2012 West Cork Junior A Football Championship (12): 1927, 1931, 1935, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1993 Runners-Up 1928, 1930, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1963, 1970, 1990 West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1996, 1998 Runners-Up 1953, 1984, 2004 West Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners (1) 2015 West Cork Junior C Football Championship Winners (5) 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987 Runners-Up 1984, 1985, 1988, 1998 West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship Runners-Up 1994 West Cork Junior D Football Championship Winners (1) 1998 Runners-Up 2005, 2014 West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners (1) 1956 West Cork Minor A Football Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners (6) 1942, 1944, 1978, 1998, 1999, 2003 Runners-Up 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1989 West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship (as Sam Maguires) Winners (5) 1990, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2009 Runners-Up 1982, 1985, 2006, 2014 West Cork Minor C Hurling Championship (as Sam Maguires) Runners-Up 2001 West Cork Under-21 Football Championship Winners (5) 1969, 1970, 1971, 2000, 2017 Runners-Up 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2019 West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1995, 2008 Runners-Up 1991, 1996, 2009, 2011 West Cork Under-21 C Hurling Championship Runners-Up 2002, 2003 Notable players Liam Grainger Darren Sweetnam Éamonn Young Jim Young Michael O’Donavan Mark Farr References External links Official website