Overview

The club was formed in 1899 and entered the Duhallow Football Championship when it was founded in 1933. Lyre won their first Duhallow Junior Football Championship in 2010 defeating rivals Kanturk in the final. They also defeated Cullen in the 2013 final.

Hurling

Lyre never fielded a hurling team as the club goes under the name of Banteer for hurling. The club has won 8 Duhallow Hurling Championships.

List of JAFC Finals

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2019	Boherbue	3-07	Lyre	0-10
2015[5]	Knocknagree	1-12, 1-12	Lyre	1–12, 0-04
2013[6]	Lyre	0-13	Cullen	2-05
2010	Lyre	1-09	Kanturk	0-09

Facilities

Banteer Community Sportsfield and complex is a community owned facility in Banteer. The local GAA club, soccer club and athletics club use these facilities. The complex has a park area, 2 pitches, 2 sets of dressing rooms, several walks around the pond and pitches, a children's playgrounds, a ball wall, a museum/exhibition area with a shop and there is accessibility offered by Banteer railway station.

It is the first community-owned, full size, multi-use astro-turf pitch in Munster.

Main pitch

The original main pitch is usually used for club matches. There is a small stand which can hold up to 200 people and a clubhouse which is under the stand that's adjacent to the pitch. The clubhouse includes 4 changing rooms with showers, an equipment room and a kitchen.

The main pitch often hosts the Duhallow Championship matches and finals, most recently the 2021 hurling final. The pitch is also subject to a lot of high-profile matches in the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship, most recently hosting Blackrock and Charleville in 2021.

Astro pitch

In 2020, the first phase of an ambitious €1.5million project to develop a suite of world-class sporting facilities in the village of Banteer was completed. In February 2020, the Banteer Community Sportsfield Project was awarded a grant under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. With this grant an astro-turf pitch was built over an existing secondary pitch at the sports complex which was usually used for training. The new Astro is still used for training and hosts some matches.

The facility is available year-round for use by a range of different sports clubs across Cork county, west Limerick and east Kerry. The pitch is lined out for soccer and a lot of soccer clubs in Duhallow use this facility as well as the local soccer club in Banteer.

This will incorporate a new spectator stand, changing rooms/showers, and a tea room and a community museum.

Museum/exhibition area

A museum/exhibition area for sports memorabilia will be built also for people who are interested in viewing old articles, photos, videos outlining the historic achievements of over a 100 years of Banteer Sports.

Kanturk

Lyre won their first Duhallow Junior A Football Championship against Kanturk in 2010. Historically, there were many clashes in the division between these neighbors but in recent seasons Kanturk have climbed the football grades. They most recently met in the 2022 Duhallow Junior Football Championship.

2021

2022

County

• Cork Junior B Football Championship
  • Runners-Up (1): 2000
• Cork U15 C Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 2022

Duhallow

• Duhallow Junior A Football Championship
  • Winners (2): 2010, 2013^[7]
  • Runners-Up (2): 2015, 2019
• Duhallow Under 21 A Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 2010
• Duhallow Junior B Football League
  • Winners (2): 1999, 2010
• Duhallow Co Qualifier Championship
  • Winners (5): 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Duhallow Junior B Football Championship
  • Winners (2): 2004, 2006
  • Runners-Up (2): 1970, 2005
• Duhallow Minor B Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1999, 2006
• Duhallow Minor B Football League
  • Winners (1): 1999
• Duhallow Junior A Football League
  • Runners-Up (1): 2016
• North Cork U15 C Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 2022