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• General Facts
  
• Where is the Club
  
• Famous Players
  
• Team Photos
  

General Facts

Shamrocks Hurling & Football Club was founded in 1898 by John Murphy (farmer), Michael Henry Murphy (teacher)and John Francis McSweeney (coal merchant). The game of hurling was prominent in the area long before the club was formally founded. The very first game recorded was in 1828 on the 17th of December when a team from the Ringaskiddy area played a team drawn from the neighbouring parish of Carrigaline. The team from Ringaskiddy was orgainised by a well known landlord Captain Connor who had served in the British Navy. Capt. Connor was an officer on the English warship which took Napeoleon to exile on Elba.

The Clubs jersey's are green with a white sash and a shamrock emblem. This arrangement has remained unchanged over the years.

In 1904 the club won their first Cork County Championship title when their Hurling team defeated Shanballymore in the final.
In the year of the illfated Irish rebellion of 1916 Shamrocks played in the Cork Senior Hurling Final, only to be beaten by one point by Midleton.
In 1923 Shamrocks won the Cork County Intermediate Football Final when they defeated Doheneys from Dunmanway.

The clubs president is Mr. Jim Russell who was 101 years old in May 98. Jim won a County Hurling medal in 1915 and also played with Cork. He spent forty years in New York where he played hurling with the Cork teams.

Club Officers

President	Jim Russell
Chairman	John Twomey
Vice Chairman	Pat Tuohy
Secretary	Lorcan Aherne
Treasurer	Helen Prout
Development Officer	Paddy O Mahoney
PRO	Patrick Andrews (jnr)
Registrar	Finbarr Flaherty
Groundsman	Jimmy O Neill
South East Board Delegates	Pat O Neill, Tommy Livesey
Hurling Manager	John Collins
Football Manager

Underage Club Officers

Under Age Chairman	Declan O Neill
Vice Chairman	John Burke
Secretary	Paddy Andrews
Treasurer	Gretta Sweeney
South East Board Delegates	Declan O Neill, Paddy Andrews, Pat Tuohy

Where Is The Club?

The Club's catchment area is the parish of Monkstown including the villages of Monkstown, Shanbally, Ringaskiddy, Coolmore and Raffeen. The clubs premises are in the village of Shanbally, 2 kilometres from the Ferryport of Ringaskiddy and approximately 12 kilometres from Cork City and Cork Airport The complex will be named the 'Ted Hanley Memorial Park' later this year.

Famous Players

Adrian O' Driscoll Shamrocks most recent All Ireland Medal winner is Adrian O' Driscoll, who was a member of the Intermediate Hurling Team from Cork that won the County's 101st title in 1997.

Dan Kelleher
In the year of 1919 Cork won the All Ireland Senior Hurling Title and wore the red jersey for the first time. Dan Kelleher, a member of the club, played on this historic occasion.

Gerald Hanley
Gerald Hanley has a unique record in the club as he holds five All Ireland Medals, three as a Cork Minor, one with his Alma Mater, North Monestery and one Junior medal.