Club History

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    County board records tell us that Dromina played Kanturk in the 1890 championship. In 1896 Charleville were drawn against Dromina. In 1919 Dromina qualified for the Division 2 county hurling final but gave a walkover to Fairhill - the match was fixed for Cork and suitable transport was not available. It is also known that Dromina won the North Cork JAHC in 1927 - the club colours at the time were red & white. The club went out of existence in 1929.

   The present club was founded in late 1953 and adopted blue and gold as the club colours. Its first championship game was against Buttevant in March 1954. North Cork JBHC finals against Kildorrery in 1957 and Castletownroche in 1966 were contested unsuccessfully. 

    In the 1970s the '73 championship final was lost to Araglin but Dromina won the league final the same year vs Milford and retained it in '74 vs Ballygiblin.

    1978 saw the arrival of the North Cork JBHC when Dromina defeated Ballyclough in Ballyhea.

    The 1980s saw Dromina unsuccessfully contest North Cork JAHC finals vs Milford in '81, vs Fermoy in '87 and vs Kildorrery in '88. However Dromina were league champions for both '87 and '88 defeating Clyda Rovers in both finals. In 1985 Dromina won the North Cork U21BHC - the same title was won again in 1992.

    From 1966 to 1984 a very successful Juvenile Club was in existence under the name of St Bernards (Dromina / Newtown) and many underage titles were won including the County U14 hurling title in 1978 - Gerard Buckley captained the side.

    In 1990/91 Dromina and Liscarroll joined forces at minor level and won the North Cork MBHC both years.