# Ballincollig GAA

Ballincollig GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in the town of Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated with the Cork GAA board and it fields Gaelic football and hurling teams in Muskerry divisional competitions. As of 2010, the club was participating in the Cork Senior Football Championship and the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship.

## History

The GAA itself was founded in 1884 and the first Cork County Board was formed in 1886 with 21 teams from across the county. While Ballincollig were in this initial 21, it was not until 1887 that the first record of entry into the championship from a team from Carrigrohane, with a late submission. With a lot of upheaval in the early days of the board, there were rival boards formed and in 1891 the club entered a team under the name of Ballincollig Gladstonians. Ballincollig recorded its first significant victory in 1895, defeating the Barrs in the Bride Valley Tournament.
In 1903, the club as well as the town fell into decline with the closure of the Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills. In 1919, the club adopted green and white as its club colours. It wasn't until 1927 that the club introduced a football team at any level. 1939 saw Ballincollig win the Intermediate Hurling Championship. Subsequently regraded to senior status, in 1942, the club was the first team in nine years to defeat Glen Rovers in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship.
Between 1941 and 1943, the club came close to winning a Cork Senior Hurling title. In 1943, a free almost 9 minutes into added time cost the club victory over St Finbarr's. After being outclassed in the previous two finals by Glen Rovers and St Finbarr's, Ballincollig had delivered their greatest ever senior display, only to be held to a draw in controversial circumstances. They were defeated in the replay.
In 2009, the club won their first ever Cork Under-21 Football Championship. The reigning county champions St Finbarr's were dethroned. Despite hitting 18 wides, Ballincollig won on a 0-11 to 0-09 scoreline.
In 2011, Ballincollig won its first ever top grade Minor Football County Championship by defeating Douglas after a replay and added time in the Cork Institute of Technology sports complex. The Intermediate hurlers also won the Liam Breathnach Cup, the Senior footballers winning the Tadhg Crowley Cup and Junior footballers winning a Mid Cork Championship in the same year.

## Honours

* Cork Senior Football Championship Winners (1) 2014, Runners-Up 2016
* Cork Senior Hurling Championship Runners-Up 1941, 1942, 1943
* Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (8) 1912, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1967, 1999, 2018 Runners-Up 1940, 1995
* Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners (1) 1994 Runners-Up 1988, 1991, 1993
* Cork Junior Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1927, 1963 Runners-Up 1987, 1990
* Cork Junior Football Championship Winners (3) 1933, 1940, 1981 Runners-Up 1930
* Cork Minor Hurling Championship Runners-Up 1991, 1993
* Cork Premier 2 Minor Hurling Championship Winners 2012
* Cork Minor Football Championship Winners (2) 2011,2024 Runners-Up 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006
* Cork Minor A Hurling Championship Winners (1) 2003
* Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship Winners (1) 1996 Runners-Up 1995
* Cork Under-21 Football Championship Winners (1) 2009 Runners-Up 1996, 2010, 2014
* Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1927, 1932, 1963, 1987, 1990 Runners-Up 1942, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1986, 1991, 1994, 2003
* Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship Winners (12) 1927, 1930, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1977, 1981 Runners-Up 1929,1935, 1945, 1948, 1965, 1975, 1980
* Cork Senior Camogie Championship Runner-Up 2013
* Cork Senior B Camogie championship (1) 2009

## Notable players

* Danny Miskella (Cork Minor Footballer) 2024.
* Willie "Long Puck" Murphy Five time All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner. 1948 Railway Cup winning captain.
* John Miskella 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. All-Star winner.
* Paddy "Hitler" Healy Three time All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner. 1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner.
* Paddy Kelly 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner.
* Dan Murphy 1997-98 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship winning captain.
* Noel Galvin - Cork Senior Football
* Colin Harris Former Kerry Senior hurling captain.
* Podsie O'Mahony