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.

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.

Notable players

Footballers

Hurlers

Players of other sports

  • Chiedozie Ogbene, whose substitute appearance for the Ireland national [football">Republic of Ireland">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
;HurlingCork Intermediate A Hurling Championships: 3