Carbery GAA History

This website, westcorkgaa2, is the second in a series about the GAA in West Cork. The first website, westcorkgaa, deals with the history of Gaelic games in West Cork from pre-GAA times to 1926, when the South-West GAA Board was set up. It is divided into three books, "On the Shoulders of Giants, Parts 1, 2, and 3." 

This second website deals with the junior A football and hurling championships in Carbery. As we have already published books on part of those championships, this website continues that story in two different books. 

"Clash of the Ash" told the story of the "Flyer Nyhan Cup" junior A hurling finals from 1961 when the cup was presented, to 2008. "Clash of the Ash, Part 2" on this website tells the full story of the junior A hurling championship from 1925, when the South Cork Board, which became the South-West Cork Board in 1926, was set up, to 1960. In Part 2 we again reproduce the accounts of all the finals exactly as they appeared in the Southern Star. 

Also published in book form was "The Quest for the Little Norah," which told the story of the junior A football championship from 1949, when the "Little Norah" Cup was presented, to 1997, when the cup was withdrawn and replaced by the "Michael McCarthy Cup." The second book on this website, "Early Days" tells the story of the SW junior A football championship from 1925 to 1948. 

        We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who provided information of any kind for this website and special míle buíochas to the Southern Star newspaper for use of their extensive files. Without the Southern Star much of the history of the GAA in West Cork would have been lost. 

      Míle buíochas, also, to anybody who provided photographs. GAA photographs for the years 1925 to 1960 are fairly scarce and we would always appreciate more to include on the website.  

      Compiling the history of the GAA in West Cork is an ongoing task, with more websites planned. Inevitably, there will be mistakes and if you can rectify any, we would be delighted to hear from you. We have tried to keep the website as readable as possible but the facts and figures are important from a historical point of view and it is also important that the names of the players who played in the  finals are recorded for posterity. Without the players there wouldn't be a story to tell. 

      To all those who created the GAA history of West Cork, players, mentors, club officers, Board officers, referees, umpires, linesmen, club workers, GAA families and supporters, we say Míle Buíochas. 

      Lastly, to the various  reporters who wrote the match reports we owe a great debt. These books are a tribute to you all. 

      Enjoy the read.

       SLÁN GO FÓILL

Tom Lyons

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