Ballyheigue GAA is a

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club in north

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. 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 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 to ...

5: 1946, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000 *

Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by mid-tier Kerry GAA clubs. Kilgarvan are the title holders (2022). Extra-time can be used to determine the winners of games. Honours The winners play in t ...

Winner (1): 1975 * Kerry Junior Hurling Championship Winner (3): 2018, 2019, 2020 * Kerry Under-21 hurling championship Winner (6): 1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 *

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 ...

Winner (3): 1960, 1982, 1992 * County Senior Hurling League (Div.1) 3: 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011 * County Minor Hurling League (Div 1) Winner (1): 1991 * North Kerry Senior Hurling Championship Winner (5): 1946, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2007 * North Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship 2: 1969, 1975 * North Kerry Junior Hurling Championship Winner (1): 1926 * North Kerry Under-21 Hurling Championship 5: 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995 * North Kerry Minor Championship 3: 1991, 1994, 1996 * North Kerry Senior Hurling League Winners (5): 1991, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007 * North Kerry Intermediate Hurling League Winner (1): 2007

Football

* Kerry Novice Football Championship Winner (1): 1991 *Junior County Football League (Div. 4) Winner (1): 2003

Notable players

Michael ‘Boxer’ Slattery Michael "Boxer" Slattery is a hurler from County Kerry in Ireland. He has played with Ballyheigue and the Kerry senior team. Club career Slattery has won 3 County Senior Championships with Ballyheigue in 1996,1997 and 2000 when he was capta ...

* John Healy * Brendan O'Sullivan *

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* Dougal 'The Bull' Donovan

References

External links

Official Ballyheigue GAA website
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