In the early days the club played in the grounds of the Castle Estate. They later moved to The Square before relocating to “no man’s land” in the mid twenties. This ground was situated in the area now occupied by the residential estates of The Groves and Castle Close. It was apparently a magnificent venue which the club attempted to acquire and develop but a dispute arose over a title which severely complicated matters and forced the club to reconsider it’s position and to eventually vacate the grounds in 1933. then moved to “The Level” a field on an elevated site overlooking Blarney Village and remained there until the fifties. In 1957 negotiations were entered into with a local landowner concerning the purchase of the present grounds. Agreement was eventually reached and on December lOth, 1957 an initial deposit of £25 was paid to Mr.Murphy thus securing the club it’s own home and a permanent base for the first time in it’s history.

At the third meeting of the GAA held in Hayes Hotel Thurles on January 17th, 1885. The rules for hurling, football and athletics were formulated and adopted and it is held locally that the first game of hurling under the new rules was played in Blarney Square.

On May 3rd. 1885 the first open athletics meeting in the country under GAA rules was held in the grounds of Blarney Estate and was a resounding success.

At the first GAA congress held in Hayes Hotel Thurles on October 31st, the Blarney club was represented by Eugene Cotter and Con Buckley.

A meeting of all affiliated clubs was held in Cork on December 19th, 1885 for the purpose of forming a committee to administer the affairs of the Association in the county and at which the Blarney club delegate Eugene Cotter was elected a member of the first Cork County Board.