Nemo Rangers GAA

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. ==Notable players==

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 • 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. ==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, 2010, 2017, 2019 • Cork Premier Senior Football Championships: 23 • 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 20152017 2019, 2020, 2022 • Cork Intermediate A Football Championships: 5 • 1928, 1980, 2001, 2002, 2004 • Cork Junior A Football Championships: 1 • 1957 • Cork Under-21 Football Championships: 14 • 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018 • Cork Minor Football Championships: 11 • 1954, 1955, 1957, 1970, 1972, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2005, 2016 • Cork City Junior A Football Championship 10 • 1957, 1967, 1979, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2025 • City (Seandun Division) Under-21 Football Championships • 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 ;Hurling • Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championships: 3 • 1918, 1928, 1971 Runners-up 2005 • Cork Junior A 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 A Hurling Championship 15 • 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 • Runners-up 1989, 1993, 2013, 2014, 2015 ==References==