This was to prove to be a master stroke as Kanturk won the Cork Intermediate Football Championship final of that year when they defeated C.Y.M.S.

After the advent of the Duhallow GAA Board in 1933, Kanturk's first win was in the Examiner Cup, Junior football league in 1942.

Success at Juvenile, Minor and U21 grades continued over the years to help provide a supply line of talent in both codes.

Junior hurling league wins in 1987 and 1988 gave hope but the long wait for a championship breakthrough came in 2002 when out of the ashes of a poor league campaign, the 33-year famine was ended with a victory in the glorious sunshine at Banteer with victory over Meelin.

A narrow county semi-final defeat to Dromina at Buttevant followed before an invitation to up grade to Intermediate level was taken in 2004.

In 2009 Kanturk won the Duhallow Junior A Football Championship for the first time in 47 years, defeating Rockchapel in the final in Boherbue.

A third Duhallow final appearance in a row in 2011 saw Kanturk renew rivalry with Rockchapel at Rathcoole.

In the 2011 Duhallow Final, a goal from Aidan Walsh midway through the 2nd half set Kanturk on their way to a 1–11 to 1–06 victory.