Memories of Castlehaven’s 1994 Cork SFC county final win over arch rivals O’Donovan Rossa are still fresh in the participants’ minds.

Earlier this year, clubs agreed that the teams who reached this year’s senior hurling and football championship quarter-finals (excluding divisions) would be guaranteed premier senior status for 2020

Clonakilty are through to the last eight in the Cork SFC thanks to 1-point victory over West Cork rivals O’Donovan Rossa in Castlehaven this afternoon.

The West Cork derby meeting of Carbery Rangers and Castlehaven is the stand-out tie in the second round of the Cork SFC following the draws at tonight’s county board meeting at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

County champions St Finbarr’s consolidated top spot in the Rochestown Park Hotel Division 1 football league following another impressive display.

The Cork footballers will enjoy a seven-week run-in to their Munster SFC semi-final on June 3.

Easter Rising leader Thomas Ashe was described yesterday as “a man ahead of his time” by two young pupils from the school where he once taught.

Glen Rovers’ quest for a third Cork SHC title in a row will begin against Bride Rovers in the 2017 preliminary round.

Following Kilshannig’s unprecedented triumph across three grades — Rebel Óg ‘A’ Minor champions, U16 Premier 2 county champions and U16 A hurling league and championship winners — the club’s next objective is to match powerhouse sides at all levels, says minor football coach Anthony Brennan.

Barrow Rangers (Kilkenny) 2-14 Shanballymore (Cork) 1-15: Kilkenny’s Barrow Rangers advanced to the All-Ireland JBHC final after defeatomg Cork champions Shanballymore in Killeedy yesterday.

Cork U21 FC

Gabriel Doherty offers a personal reflection on the commemorative events marking the centenary of O’Donovan Rossa’s funeral

Cork County Board favours the possible introduction of “a second competition” for weaker counties in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after their participation at provincial level has come to an end.

The GAA community in Castlehaven and Cork has been left shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Michael Burns, a member of the 1989 All-Ireland SFC-winning panel.

Eoghan Cormican examines the contenders for this year’s Cork SFC, which kicks off this weekend at several venues.

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert has proclaimed himself delighted with the decision of veteran midfielder Alan O’Connor to return to the panel.

Cork League roundup

Cork football champions Ballincollig open the defence of their first title with a repeat of their opening fixture in this year’s competition.

Former Cork football stars Tony and Don Davis will watch their sons on opposite sides tomorrow as Douglas battle O’Donovan Rossa.

Cork county senior football champions Castlehaven’s quest for a three-in-a-row will face a stiff challenge, after they were drawn against Carbery Rangers in last night’s fourth-round draw.

Mitchelstown have received a boost with the news that former Cork manager Billy Morgan could be involved with their intermediate team in 2014.

Following the six Cork county championship games at the weekend, the fourth-round ties and relegation play-offs are now decided in all but the SHC and IFC grades.

Cork defender Lorcan McLoughlin is hoping “common sense” prevails and Pat Horgan is cleared to face Kilkenny in the All-Ireland hurling quarter-final on Sunday week.

Thousands flocked to Derry for the weekend’s Féile Peile na nÓg — the national festival of U14’s Gaelic Football for both girls and boys.

While O’Donovan Rossa captain Pat Gilmore is in his late 30s, this is just his fifth county SFC campaign with the club.

If there was an 11th commandment which forbid us from coveting our neighbouring county, then I would be a serial sinner every time I visited Healy Park.

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Cork senior football champions Castlehaven will meet Division 1 league winners Nemo Rangers in the opening round of the 2013 championship.

Recognition for Tipperary on the double, and gongs also for Cork and Clare as Munster GAA this week begins the roll-out of its annual end-of-season awards.

They may have grown accustomed to journeying the backdoor route in the Cork SFC in recent seasons but Ballincollig passed their opening assignment of this year’s championship in powerful fashion at Dunmanway on Saturday night.

Cork boss John Cleary has made two changes from the team that defeated Clare in the semi-final for tonight’s Munster U21FC final.

CASTLEHAVEN defender David Limrick is aiming to put his injury nightmare behind him and grab his first Cork senior football medal in Páirc Uí Chaoimh next Sunday.

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REIGNING Cork senior football champions Nemo Rangers will begin the defence of their title on May 7 with a first round tie against Ballincollig in Ovens.

INNISCARRA isn’t so much a place as a feeling and, lately, that feeling has been jubilant. The parish, eight kilometres or so from Cork city is home to about 7,000 souls but, right now 33 of them are the ones who really matter.

THE draw for the 2011 Cork senior football championship, which pairs champions Nemo Rangers with Ballincollig, threw up two interesting west Cork derbies, featuring Ilen Rovers and Carbery Rangers, and O’Donovan Rossa against Clonakilty.

IT was a debut that tumbled off a dream script. Time was slipping away on Cork’s All-Ireland minor football dream at the start of August with Armagh having taken a firm grip on their quarter-final.

GLEN ROVERS and Bride Rovers are set to appeal the heavy fines imposed by the Cork County Board following the brawl involving the two clubs in their second-round clash in the Cork senior hurling championship last month.

GALWAY footballers received a huge boost with news the knee injury Michael Meehan sustained against Kerry on Sunday is not as serious as first feared.