It has been primarily a hurling club throughout its history, though it did play in the Cork Junior Football Championship final in 1926.

From the beginning, especially in the 1920s, the club had some successes in the South-West division, winning 6 titles in a row and again in 1930, 1938, 1940, 1941 and 1942.

[citation needed] In 1978, after a lapse of 36 years, the club won the Flyer Nyhan Cup or the South-West Junior Hurling Championship.

The club were beaten by Kinsale in the subsequent Cork Junior Hurling Championship.

[citation needed] In 1984, Kilbrittain reached the final of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship only to be defeated by Midleton.