UCC is a football and hurling club associated with University College Cork. UCC teams play in the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship as well as the two main third-level competitions namely the Sigerson Cup in football, the Fitzgibbon Cup in hurling and the Ashbourne Cup in camogie. They also compete against inter-county sides in the pre-season McGrath Cup (football) and Waterford Crystal Cup (hurling).[1][2] The piratical skull and crossbones logo on the team shirt, which first appeared on the rugby team of what was then known as Queen’s College Cork (composed mostly of medical students, hence the bones) was appropriated in the mid-1910s by the GAA clubs, and in 1929 by the UCC hockey club.[3][4]

University College Cork G.A.A.
C.L.G. Coláiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh
County:Cork
Nickname:The College
Colours:Red and Black
Grounds:The Mardyke
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All IrelandMunster
champions
Cork
champions
Football:0210
Hurling:002

Notable players edit

Honours edit

CompetitionWinsYears won
Sigerson Cup221913, 1914, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1943, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1965, 1966,1969,1970,1972,1988,1994, 1995, 2011, 2014, 2019
Fitzgibbon Cup421913, 1914, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1937,1939, 1940, 1947, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2019
Ashbourne Cup321919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1951, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1996, 1998[5] 2000,[6] 2000, 2002,[7] 2003,[8]
O'Connor Cup31988, 1990, 2012 [9]
Cork Senior Football Championship101920, 1927, 1928, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1973, 1999, 2011
Cork Senior Hurling Championship21963, 1970
Munster Senior Club Football Championship31970, 1973, 1999
Cork Senior Camogie Championship11936
McGrath Cup0
Waterford Crystal Cup0

References edit

  1. ^ Christmas tips (16 January 2006). "UCC march past Banner to semis - Gaelic Football - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  2. ^ Sonia down under (14 January 2008). "Callanan shines as Tipp ease past UCC - Hurling - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  3. ^ Mahoney, Donny (4 December 2016). "The Brilliant Story Behind The UCC Skull And Crossbones, AKA The Best GAA Jersey Ever". balls.ie. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ^ "The Real Story Behind The Skull And Crossbones". UCC Sport. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ^ 1998 final UCC 1-7 WIT 1-6, report in Irish Examiner Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ 2000 final UCC 2-3 UCD 1-5 in Galway, report on RTÉ online Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ 2002 final UCC 1-11 WIT 1-4 at Ballinlough, Cork, report on RTÉ online
  8. ^ 2003 final UCC 1-10 UCD 0-6 at The Mardyke, report on UCC.ie
  9. ^ "HEC Roll of Honour". ladiesgaelic.ie. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

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