Meelin GAA

Meelin GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Meelin, Cork, Ireland which forms part of the parish of Rockchapel and Meelin. The club is affiliated to the Duhallow division of Cork GAA. The club has both a hurling and a Gaelic football teams. Up to recently the club did not have any Gaelic football team with the area represented in football by Knockscovane GAA Club which took part in Duhallow division football competitions until its amalgamation with Meelin GAA club. Meelin juvenile footballers play with St. Peter's which is an amalgamation of Meelin, Freemount and Rockchapel clubs at juvenile level. Meelin won the 2009 Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship after a barren spell of 13 years, they followed this up with back to back titles in 2010, defeating Kilbrin. This was the start of the club's incredible journey that took them to the All-Ireland Junior Final in Croke Park. Meelin won the final on a scorline of 0-12 to 1-5 over John Locke's of Kilkenny.

History

Meelin

Meelin (Irish: An Mhaoilinn) is a village in northern County Cork, barony of Duhallow, Ireland. The village is near the border with County Limerick and County Kerry.

At 251 metres (823 ft) above sea level, Meelin is the highest village in Ireland, although Glencullen in County Dublin also claims to be the highest at about 251.5 metres (825 ft).

History

Fulacht fiadh's are found in Meelin and around the Duhallow area. There is also a 4,000-year-old burial mound in the village.

In the early 20th century quarries were set up in the village and employed over 100 people. But in the 1920s quarrying started to slow down and by 1964 it had stopped altogether. In 1963, English geologist William Morton carried out a survey of the limestone area around the village and assumed there might be oil deep in the rocks. After three oil companies drilled over 5,000 feet into the rocks, no oil or gas was found.

Churches

The Church of Saint Joseph was built in 1837, Meelin is part of the Clonfert parish. In 1871 a Bell for the Church was brought to the village by John Murphy. It was built over the gallery in a bell tower and remained there until 1970 when repairs were carried out on the Church.