Nemo Rangers GAA

Nemo Rangers Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ballinlough, Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Seandún Board and fields teams in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie.

Nemo Rangers

Raonaithe Nemo
Founded:	1922
County:	Cork
Nickname:	Nemo
Colours:
Grounds:	Trabeg GAA Grounds
Coordinates:	51°52′32.04″N 8°27′04.14″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster champions Cork champions Football: 7 17 23

History

Nemo Rangers Hurling & Football Club was founded in 1922 following the amalgamation of two Cork clubs – Nemo and Rangers. Within six years the new club made their mark by winning the county Intermediate Hurling and Football Championships in 1928, a feat that has never been equalled. Since then Nemo have become notable as a football club, having won seven All-Ireland club football titles. Nemo have established close links with nearby secondary school, Coláiste Chríost Rí.

The origin of the name "Nemo Rangers" originates in the North Monastery school in Cork, where pupils formed a GAA team at a time when the school principal discouraged Gaelic games in favour of rugby. A lay teacher at the school, Seamus Ó hAodha, supported the students' efforts and proposed the name "Nemo" as a way to preserve the initials "NM" associated with the school. Latin was part of the school curriculum, and "nemo" is the Latin word for "nobody". It is widely believed that the use of this term referenced the unofficial or discouraged nature of the team within the school context. At the same time, there existed a separate club named Rangers. In 1922, due to falling numbers caused by emigration and the imprisonment of players during the Irish War of Independence, the two clubs amalgamated. The new club adopted the name Nemo Rangers, combining both elements.^[1][2]

Notable players

Footballers See also: Category:Nemo Rangers Gaelic footballers Billy Morgan Dinny Allen Frank Cogan Jimmy Barrett Brian Murphy James Masters Colin Corkery Jimmy Kerrigan Tony Nation Mickey Niblock Derek Kavanagh Joe Kavanagh Martin Cronin Steven O'Brien Shea Fahy Ephie Fitzgerald

Hurlers See also: Category:Nemo Rangers hurlers Brian Murphy

Players of other sports

• Chiedozie Ogbene, whose substitute appearance for the Republic of Ireland national football team against Hungary in June 2021 made him the first African-born player to represent Ireland at senior level in that sport. He scored 1–2 in an under-21 final for Nemo Rangers in 2015.^[3]

Honours

Football All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championships: 7 1973, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1994, 2003 Munster Senior Club Football Championships: 17 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007,[4] 2010, 2017, 2019 Cork Senior Football Championships: 23 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006,[5] 2007,[6] 2008,[7] 2010,[8] 2015[9][10]2017[11] 2019, 2020, 2022 Cork Intermediate Football Championships: 5 1928, 1980, 2001, 2002, 2004 Cork Junior Football Championships: 1 1957 Cork Under-21 Football Championships: 14 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012,[12] 2014,[13] 2018 Cork Minor Football Championships: 11 1954, 1955, 1957, 1970, 1972, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2005, 2016 Cork City Junior Football Championship 9 1957, 1967, 1979, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2007 City (Seandun Division) Under-21 Football Championships 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014[14]

Hurling Cork Intermediate Hurling Championships: 3 1918, 1928, 1971 Runners-up 2005 Cork Junior Hurling Championships: 2 2000, 2023 Cork Minor Hurling Championships: 2 1955, 1970 Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championships: 0 Runner-up 2012 Cork City Junior Hurling Championship 11 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2009 Runners-up 1989, 1993, 2013[15]