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Kerry Minor Hurling Championship
The Kerry Minor Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin Kerry County Minor Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the top Under 17 (previously Under 18) hurling teams in the county of Kerry in Ireland. The first championship was held in 1947 and was won by a North Kerry selection comprising players from the Crotta O'Neill's, Lixnaw and Ballyduff clubs. The series of games are played during the summer months, with the county final usually being played in Austin Stack Park Austin Stack Park is a GAA stadium in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. It is one of the stadiums used by Kerry GAA's Gaelic football team and the stadium of the hurling team. The ground was named after Austin Stack, an Irish revolutionary an .... A number of championships were awarded by the Co. Board following an objection, often due to the presence of an over-age or i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurling
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie ('), which shares a common Gaelic root. The objective of the game is for players to use an ash wood stick called a hurley (in Irish a ', pronounced or ) to hit a small ball called a ' between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for three points. The ' can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapped with an open hand (the hand pass), for short-range passing. A player who wants to carry the ball for more than four steps has to bounce or balance the ' on the end of the stick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbeydorney GAA
Abbeydorney GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish hurling club from North County Kerry near Tralee, Ireland. History Abbeydorney are one of the oldest clubs in Kerry. The club was founded in 1885. They have won Senior County Championships in 1893, 1895, 1913, 1974. The official opening of the Abbeydorney GAA Club sportsfield took place on 15 May 1977 were Kerry played Galway in Hurling and Austin Stacks played Caltra in Football. In 2009 the club hosted the first Hurling game in Kerry to be played under lights in a North Kerry League game with Ballyheigue. Championships won * Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (4) 1893, 1895, 1913, 1974 * Kerry County Senior Hurling League Division 1 (2) 2022, 2023 * Kerry Minor Hurling Championship (7) 1954, 1956, 1957, 1971, 1999, 2008, 2018 * Kerry Under-21 hurling championship (1) with Crotta O'Neill's Crotta O'Neill's are a hurling club in the Kilflynn area of County Kerry, Ireland. The club is named after Mauri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tralee Parnells
Tralee Parnells are a hurling club from the town of Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland. Original club The original Parnells won 2 Kerry Senior Hurling Championships in 1918 and 1919. All Ireland winning football captain and one of Kerry's greatest players John Joe Sheehy played with the club. The club appeared in their first final in 1911 when they lost to fellow Tralee side Tralee Mitchels 5–03 to 1-02. They won their first title in 1918 overcoming Kilgarvan 1–10 to 4-00, they were to face the same opposition in 1919 but received a walkover. They made the semi-final in 1920 and were to play Kenmare but the championship was abandoned. The championship was abandoned for much of the 1920s and by the time it resumed Tralee had three new clubs in the shape of Rock Street, Strand Road and Boherbee. Parnells last played in the 1924 championship when they beat Ballyduff in the only game played 6–03 to 1-02. Modern club The original club disbanded in the 1920s but in 2012 the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilgarvan GAA
Kilgarvan is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kerry, Ireland. They play in the Intermediate Hurling Championship and Division 2 county league. Kilgarvan play football in Division 5 of the county league and in the Kenmare District Board championship and County Novice Championship. History The club was founded in 1889. It was one of the five founding clubs of competitive hurling in Kerry. In 1889 Kilgarvan was one of five clubs who competed in the first Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. Kilgarvan won three Kerry Senior Hurling Championship in 1953, 1956 and 1958. In 2007 Kilgarvan became the first Kerry club to win a Munster Hurling club game when they beat Caherline from Limerick in the Quarter-final of the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship on a scoreline of 2-11 to 2-09. Later they were then beaten by Moyle Rovers 2-17 to 4-05 in the semi-final. In 2008 made more history by becoming the first Kerry club to make it to a Munster Final when they made the Munst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenmare Shamrocks GAA
Kenmare GAA (Irish: ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kenmare in County Kerry. The club competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area like Templenoe in the underage county championship and as an individual club in senior competitions including the Kerry county senior football championship. History The Kenmare Athletic Club was founded on 25 September 1888 when they held a meeting with the newly formed GAA. The club was originally named after Daniel O'Connell, a famous Kerry politician. Kenmare played in the inaugural Co. Kerry Championships in Football and Hurling in 1889. The footballers lost that year in the quarter final to eventual champions Laune Rangers. Hurling They played in the 1889 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final as Kerry rep Hurling used to be the dominant game in the Roughty River valley as indicated by the fact that on St. Patrick's Day in 1858 a game of hurling was played between two games called ''Kenmare Guards'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Stacks GAA
Austin Stacks is a hurling and Gaelic football club based in Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland. Founded in 1917, the club has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Ireland. History Origins Founded in 1917, the club is named after Austin Stack, Irish revolutionary and captain of the All-Ireland winning Kerry Gaelic football team of 1904. They are the only club in Kerry to have won Senior County Championships in both hurling and football, including doubles in 1928 and 1931. Gaelic football The club won the 1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Notable players with the club have included Joe Barrett, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, John O'Keeffe, Cork's Dinny Long, William Kirby, Kieran Donaghy (who won player of the year after leading Kerry to success in 2006) and Daniel Bohane. The club has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crotta O'Neill's
Crotta O'Neill's are a hurling club in the Kilflynn area of County Kerry, Ireland. The club is named after Maurice O'Neill, an Irish Republican. They play in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. The club is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. Their pitch is located in Dromakee. History The Club have played in 19 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship finals winning 10, including a three in a row from 1943 to 1945 and a two in a row in 1950 and 1951. The most successful time for the club came between 1939 and 1951 when the club won 8 of their 10 County Championships. Jimmy Flaherty was captain for 5 for the wins in 1939, 1944, 1945, 1947 and 1950. Following their win in 1968 the club did not go on to win another Kerry Senior Hurling Championship for 55 years, losing 7 finals. This drought was eventually ended in 2023 when they beat Lixnaw in the 2023 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship final, beating them by a score of 0–15 to 1–09 Roll of Honour * Kerry Senior Hurl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenmare GAA
Kenmare GAA (Irish: ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kenmare in County Kerry. The club competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area like Templenoe in the underage county championship and as an individual club in senior competitions including the Kerry county senior football championship. History The Kenmare Athletic Club was founded on 25 September 1888 when they held a meeting with the newly formed GAA. The club was originally named after Daniel O'Connell, a famous Kerry politician. Kenmare played in the inaugural Co. Kerry Championships in Football and Hurling in 1889. The footballers lost that year in the quarter final to eventual champions Laune Rangers. Hurling They played in the 1889 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final as Kerry rep Hurling used to be the dominant game in the Roughty River valley as indicated by the fact that on St. Patrick's Day in 1858 a game of hurling was played between two games called ''Kenmare Guards'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Causeway GAA
Causeway GAA is a hurling team in Ireland. Honours * Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (9): 1932, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1998, 2019, 2022 * Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2021 * Kerry Junior Hurling Championship (1): 2021 * Kerry Minor Hurling Championship (2) 1968, 1977 * Kerry Under-21 hurling championship (4) 1979, 2014. 2015, 2017 * North Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (3) 1988, 2003, 2010 County Championship Winning captains *1932: Neilus Flynn *1979: Roger Hussey *1980: Roy Dineen *1981: Maurice Leahy *1982: Gerald O'Grady *1987: Anthony O'Connor *1998: Maurice O'Carroll *2019: Muiris Delaney *2022: Jason Diggins Notable players *Maurice Leahy *Keith Carmody *John Mike Dooley *Neilus Flynn *David Clifford *Paudie Clifford *Colm Cooper Colm "the Gooch" Cooper (born 3 June 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned fifteen years from 2002 to 2017. Born in Killar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyheigue GAA
Ballyheigue GAA is a hurling and gaelic football club in north County Kerry, Ireland. The club competes at all levels of hurling at county and North Kerry and also plays some underage football as well as competing in the county junior football league and the county novice football shield. History The club was founded in 1892. The field, which is named after John Joe O'Sullivan, was purchased in the 1950s. Club rooms were later built in 1974. A new ball alley, dressing rooms and a meeting room were opened in 2006. Willie Leen is president of the club and a trustee of the club grounds since the grounds were first acquired; He put his farm up as collateral in the Bank in order to secure a loan to buy the field. The club dressing rooms are named after the late Paddy Casey who was club chairman at the time of construction. Ballyheigue GAA have won the County Senior County Championship five times: in 1946, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000. Championships won Hurling * Kerry Senior Hurling Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killarney GAA
GAA Killarney are a former Football and Hurling Divisional Team in County Kerry, Ireland and composed of players from the Dr Crokes and Legion clubs. They have won 2 Kerry Senior Football Championships in 1949 and 1983 and 1 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship in 1969 and were beaten in the final in 1951. Honours * Kerry Senior Football Championship: (2) 1949, 1983 * Kerry Senior Hurling Championship: (1) 1969 * Kerry Minor Hurling Championship The Kerry Minor Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin Kerry County Minor Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associatio ...: (3) 1950, 1951, 1952 References Gaelic games clubs in County Kerry Gaelic football clubs in County Kerry {{Kerry-GAA-club-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
