Ballyduff G.A.A. is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ...

club in Ballyduff, Co Kerry,

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. The club fields both Hurling and Gaelic football teams. The club won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final in 1891.

History

All Ireland Champions

Ballyduff won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1891. They beat

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side

Crossabeg Crossabeg or Crosabeg () is a small village in County Wexford, Ireland, just north of Wexford town. It contains The Forge Storytelling House, Foley's Pub, St Patrick, St Brigid and St Killian's Catholic church with adjoining cemetery and a prim ...

2-04 to 1-05 in the final. They beat

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's Treaty Stone in the Munster Final by 1-02 to 1-01. The team was trained by James McDonnell. This is the only time that the title was won by a Kerry team.

All-Ireland Winning Team

John Mahony John Mahony (1 January 1864 – 31 December 1943) was an Republic of Ireland, Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at with his local club Ballyduff GAA Club, Ballyduff and with the Kerry GAA, Kerry senior inter-county team in the 1890s. Ma ...

, (Ballyduff) (Capt.); Maurice Fitzmaurice; (Ahabeg) Maurice Kelly, (Ahabeg) John Murphy, (Ahabeg) Jack O'Sullivan, (Ballyduff) Paddy Carr O'Carroll, (Ballyduff) Pat Wynne, (Ballyduff) Jim McDonnell, (Ballyduff) Michael O'Sullivan, (Ballyduff) James Crowley, (Ballyduff) Frank Crowley, (Ballyduff) Pat O'Rourke, ( Kilmoyley) Thade Eugene McCarthy, ( Kilmoyley) Thade Donal McCarthy, (

Ardfert Ardfert () is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only from Tralee. The population of the village was 749 at the 2 ...

) Michael McCarthy, (

) Michael Riordan, (

) Richard Kissane, (Ballyduff) Pat Quane, ( Kilmoyley) Jackeen Quane, ( Kilmoyley) Michael Kirby, ( Kilmoyley) Tom Dunne, (Ballyduff). Subs: J Murphy, (Dromartin) Pat Flanagan, (Ballyduff) Willie O'Connell, (Ballinorig) James Pierce, (Rahela) was unable to travel. Ballyduff have won the County Senior Championship more times than any other team winning 25 times the last in 2017 when they beat Lixnaw in a reply on a scoreline of 4:13-1:19 in the final.

The Boys From Ballyduff

This song was written by P.J. Sheehy on the occasion of the Ballyduff/Crossabeg All-Ireland Hurling final in 1891. Patrick Sheehy was grandfather of Sean Sheehy who won championship medals with Ballyduff in 1972 and 1973, and great-grandfather of Tomas O'Sullivan who won championship medals with Ballyduff in 1988 and 1989. Just a mile or thereabouts, From the lordly Shannon mouth, There's a spot to which none other I'd compare; It's a village, not a town, Though her sons have gained renown, For the Boys from Ballyduff are always there.

Roll of honour

Hurling

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1: ** 1891 * Munster Senior Hurling Championship 1: ** 1891 *

Kerry Senior Hurling Championship The Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the t ...

25: ** 1891, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 *

Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship The Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

Runners-up ** 2011, 2012 *

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 Associat ...

10: ** 1972, 1973, 1975, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2020, 2021 * Kerry Under-21 hurling championship 4: ** 2000, 2001, 2010, 2013 * North Kerry Senior Hurling Championships 14: ** 1966, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2017

Football

North Kerry Senior Football Championship The North Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for GAA clubs affiliated to the North Kerry Division of Kerry. The official name of the competition is The Bernard O'Callaghan Memorial North Kerry Senior Football Ch ...

3: ** 1994, 2005, 2006 * Kerry Junior Football Championship 1: ** 2019

Notable players

* Mikey Boyle * Pádraig Boyle * Paud Costelloe *

Jack Goulding Jack Goulding (born 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner-forward at senior level for the Kerry county team. Born in Ballyduff, County Kerry, Goulding first played competitive hurling at Causeway Comprehensive School. He sim ...

References

External links

Official Ballyduff Gaa Club website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ballyduff G.A.A. (Kerry) Gaelic games clubs in County Kerry Gaelic football clubs in County Kerry Hurling clubs in County Kerry