Midleton Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Midleton in County Cork, Ireland. The club plays in the Imokilly division of Cork GAA.

Midleton
Mainistir na Corann
Founded:1885
County:Cork
Nickname:Magpies
Colours:Black and white
Grounds:Midleton
Coordinates:51°55′13″N 8°10′33″W / 51.92028°N 8.17583°W / 51.92028; -8.17583
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster
champions
Cork
champions
Hurling: 1 2 8

History

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The concept of a Gaelic Athletic Association was first mooted in 1883 when a sub-committee of the Irish Republican Brotherhood was formed with the ideal of creating a National Athletic body. Midleton man, P.N Fitzgerald, was one of the committee members who eventually set up the Gaelic Athletic Association.[citation needed]

The club was formally affiliated to the association, when at the third meeting of the fledgling organisation, held in Thurles on 17 January 1885. The club was formally registered as Midleton Football club. The club had some success in the early years and in 1890 brought the first senior football All Ireland title to Cork under the captaincy of Jim Power. In the same year, the Cork hurlers, under the Aghabullogue banner also brought the hurling title to the Leeside. Exactly 100 years later, their modern-day counterparts repeated the double, winning the two All Ireland senior titles in the one year. Two Midleton players, Kevin Hennessy and Ger FitzGerald, were involved in guiding the hurlers to their victory in 1990. The club purchased its present location from Lord Midleton in 1958 and has repeatedly upgraded its facilities.[citation needed] In 1975, the club's pavilion was opened.

After the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was won in 1978, the club went from "strength to strength" culminating in winning the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship title in 1987.[citation needed] Along the way, every county hurling title was won. The club also won three other Cork Senior Hurling Championship titles in 1986, 1987 and 1991.[citation needed]

By winning the title in 1983, the club were rewarded with the captaincy of the Cork team for 1984, the centenary year of the GAA. In that year, the club became only the second club in the history of the GAA to provide All Ireland winning senior captains in both hurling and football when John Fenton captained Cork to All Ireland victory over Offaly in Thurles. There were five other Midleton players on the Cork panel that year with Joe Desmond being chairman of the selection committee.

In 2013, Midleton won their first Cork Senior title in 22 years after a 2–15 to 2–13 win against Sarsfields, with Conor Lehane scoring 2-10 of his club's total.[1][2]

This was followed by a number of years of increasing success at underage level, including a minor championship in 2018 and a Feile title in U15 hurling in 2021.[citation needed] 2021 also saw Midleton win their 8th county senior hurling championship when they defeated Glen Rovers 0–24 to 1–18.[citation needed]

Hurling

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Honours

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Notable hurlers

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This is a list of notable hurlers who have played for Midleton. Generally, this includes players who have played for the Cork senior hurling team.

Player Era Club titles
All-Ireland Munster County
John Fenton 1970s–1990s 1988 1983, 1987 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991
Ger FitzGerald 1980s–1990s 1988 1983, 1987 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991
Paddy FitzGerald 1950s–1960s
Pat Hartnett 1980s–1990s 1988 1983, 1987 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991
Denis Mulcahy 1970s–1990s 1988 1983, 1987 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991
Mickey O'Connell 1990s–2000s
Colm O'Neill 1980s–1990s 1988 1983, 1987 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991
Conor Lehane 2010s 2013, 2021
Luke O'Farrell 2010s 2013, 2021
Paul Haughney 2010s 2013, 2021
Cormac Beausang 2010s 2021

Teams

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Gaelic football

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Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Conor Lehane savours Cork hurling title win as Midleton end 22-year drought". RTÉ Sport. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Lehane's tour de force drives Midleton to end 22-year wait". Irish Independent. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Roll Of Honour - Junior A Hurling Winners". eastcorkgaa.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Roll Of Honour - Junior A Football Winners". eastcorkgaa.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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