The club, one of the few senior teams from the Avondhu division in the northern part of the county, also competes in various other championships in all grades within Cork.

Newtownshandrum triumphed on their first attempt in a county final, albeit in controversial circumstances as a late Erin's Own goal was disallowed.

Despite the county final victory, Newtownshandrum failed to make any impact in the subsequent Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship.

After a quiet outing in the Munster final Ciaran Herlihy made amends by scoring ten points of Newtown's tally of 0–17 and single-handedly beat the Antirm men who only recorded 1–6.

It was yet another historic day[tone] for the north Cork parish as the ultimate prize of an All-Ireland club title was annexed.

[6] 2009: the Cork team of the decade At the start of the 2009 county championship, few pundits gave Newtownshandrum a chance of claiming back the Seán Óg Murphy Cup.

[citation needed] After some convincing victories, the north Cork club reached their sixth county final of the decade.

The final score of 3–22 to 1–12 was a surprise as the 10,000 spectators at Páirc Uí Chaoimh saw the tiny club battle back to the big-time.