Sport
The local soccer club, Blarney United FC, has playing facilities close to the village, with both a traditional grass pitch and a FIFA-approved all-weather pitch. The pitches are supported by changing facilities, a meeting room and a hospitality room. The club has more than 300 underage players (boys and girls aged 6 to 16), and also fields a youth team and three adult teams. The senior team competes in the Premier Division of the Munster Senior League.
Blarney also has a GAA club. Blarney GAA are the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Champions of 2009 and are the Cork-County Intermediate Hurling Champions for 2008. Blarney also fields a Camogie team, which was established again in 1999.
Blarney has also seen a resurgence in the sport of cycling with the re-forming of the Blarney Cycling Club.
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