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Short
History of Mitchelstown G.A.A.
In
1887 the first G.A.A. club was formed in Mitchelstown under
the name of the Blacthorns. Early in the nineteen hundreds
the name was changed to the Kangaroos. The club did not meet
with much success until it won the Intermediate Football Championship
in 1929. In the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s Mitchelstown
won many North Cork Championships but never succeeded in winning
a County Championship until 1961 when Mitchelstown, by which
name the club was then known, won the County Junior Football
Championship the same year for the first time. Mitchelstown
also won the County Intermediate Football Championship in
1965.
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Photograph
of founder members taken in 1938
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Murphy, Clonlough: Michael Barrett, Ballyarthur: James McGrath,
Mitchelstown: Richard Pigott, Knockagarry: Mark Barrett, Ballyarthur:
Thomas Lyons, Anglesboro: John Bermingham, Caherdrinny: Edmond
Hayes, Gortroe: John Hayes, Thomas street. |
Cork
County Intermediate Champions 1929
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