A new hurling club has been formed in West Cork.

St. Patrick's, which is an amalgamation of Ilen Rovers, O'Donovan Rossa, Kilmacabea and Tadhg MacCarthaigh, will field teams from U14 up to U21 level, with each of the four clubs still retaining their U8, U10 and U12 teams.

Speaking to the Southern Star, St. Patrick's chairman John O'Driscoll said the new club's long-term goal is to compete in the junior championship.

"The amalgamation now covers us up along to and including U21 level. O'Donovan Rossa have always had a junior team but having said that, they'd be only struggling at junior level," he explained.

"If there wasn't an amalgamation, the odds are that all four clubs would lose the few fellas who want to play hurling. This is a means of keeping them all together, and hopefully they will progress up along the way, and we'd be looking towards the future, maybe onto junior level - that would be the intention long-term.

"We'd envisage that maybe happening in time." Tweet

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