Hurling in the area pre-dates the founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Thurles in 1884; when the Cork County Board was inaugurated in 1886, 21 clubs attended including Ryecourt GAA.

[citation needed] In the late 1920s, Cloughduv joined up with BrideValley to form Éire Óg and this led to victory in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship final of 1928.

[citation needed] In 1970, the club won the Cork Junior Hurling Championship title, beating Courcey Rovers in the Final.

Having originally started out in Ryecourt, the club in 1967 opened a new playing field to the Western side of the village, Fr O’Driscoll Park.

This was home to the club until 2006, when Cloughduv returned to Ryecourt to a development which has three full size playing pitches (2 with floodlight).