St Michael's Gaelic Football Club
# St Michael's Gaelic Football Club

St Michael's Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football club in Cork City, Ireland. The club was formed in 1951 after a discussion in The Leaping Salmon Public House in Blackrock near Cork. At that time some of the Blackrock hurlers played football with different city teams and it was decided to enter a football team from Blackrock, thus keeping the players together. A formal meeting was held and St Michael's Gaelic Football Club was established.

## Current Championship grades

| Hurling (Blackrock) | Current Grade |
| - | - |
| First Team | Premier Senior |
| Second Team | Premier Intermediate |
| Third Team | City Junior A |
| Fourth Team | City Junior B |
| U21 Team | U21 Premier 1 |
| Football (St Michael's) | Current Grade |
| First Team | Senior A |
| Second Team | City Junior A |
| Third Team | City Junior B |
| U21 Team | City U21 A |

## History

St Michael's first match was against Crosshaven, with Jimmy Furlong as captain. The club's first success was in 1956 when St Michael's took their first Cork Junior Football Championship title, and as there was no Intermediate Championship or League the club took the decision to go Senior in 1957. The club failed to win a Senior County Title in 1976, 1977, and 1978, but competed in finals during these years against St Finbarr's and Nemo Rangers, and won two Kelleher Shield Titles. Eventually the decision was made to drop down to Intermediate level.

1964 and 1965 saw the first honours to the younger members of the club with Minor titles in the county championships, and the best result at this level was in 1974 when the club won city and county league and championships.

In 1998, the club won the Cork Intermediate Football Championship, beating St Finbarr's in the final for their second Intermediate title (after their first in 1969), returning the club to the Senior ranks.

St Michael's underage section began in the 1960s, led by Eamonn O'Donoghue with assistance from the chair of this age group, Bernard Hurley.

## Achievements

* Cork Senior Football Championship Runners-Up 1976, 1977, 1978
* Cork Senior A Football Championship Winners 2022 | Runner-Up 2021
* Kelleher Shield (Senior Football League Champions 1976, 1978
* Kelleher Shield Div 3 Champions 2009
* Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship] Runners-Up 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Cork Intermediate Football Championship Winners (2) 1969, 1998
* Cork Junior Football Championship Winners (1) 1956
* Cork Minor Football Championship Winners (7) 1938 (as Blackrock), 1964, 1965, 1974, 2006, 2008 & 2018
* Cork Junior B Inter-Divisional Football Championship Winners (1) 2019
* Cork City Junior Football Championship Winners (4) 1952, 1953, 1956, 1987 Runners-Up 1954, 1955, 1983
* Munster Club Division 2 Championship Winners (1) 2005
* Cork City Under-21 Football Championship Winners (2) 1976, 2006
* Cork Under-21 Football Championship Winners (2) 1976, 2019
* City Minor Premier Football Championship Winners 1974
* City Minor A City Football Championship Winners (3) 1999, 2002, 2009
* Minor A Football League Winners (1) 1999

## Famous players

* Ray Cummins
* Billy Field
