Fossa GAA is a

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

club located in Fossa,

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. The club is concerned with the game of

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. It is a member of the

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board.

History

Located four miles west of

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, Fossa GAA Club was founded on 11 January 1970. The club leased a field from the nearby

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firm in 1972 and the following year fielded its first senior team in the East Kerry League and Championship and in Division 4 of the County League. Fossa won their first championship in 2016, winning the Kerry Junior Championship. Fossa won the Kerry Premier Junior title in 2022, beating Listry in the final after extra-time. They went on to claim the Munster Junior title after wins over Castlemahon in the semi-final and Kilmurry in the final. On 15 January 2023, Fossa faced Stewartstown Harps at

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in the

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final. Fossa won by 0–19 to 1–13 in a bad-tempered game which featured six red cards. In Fossa's first year in the Kerry Intermediate Championship in 2023, they reached the final after a penalty shoot-out win over Austin Stacks. Fossa lost the final by a point to Milltown/Castlemaine

Honours

All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition which began in 2002 and is played by the junior club champions of each county. Prior to that a number of unofficial competitions were held. The winners of each cou ...

(1) **

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Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship The Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Kerry Petroleum County Premier Junior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Kerry PJFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry Count ...

(1) ** 2022 *

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(1) ** 2016

Notable players

David Clifford David Clifford (Irish: ''Daithí Ó Clúmháin'') (born 22 January 1999) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a corner-forward or full-forward at club level for Fossa and East Kerry and for the Kerry county team. He is regarded as one ...

** GAA/GPA All-Star (5): 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 **

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(2): 2022, 2023 **

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(1): 2018 *

Paudie Clifford Paudie Clifford (Irish: ''Pádraig Ó Clúmháin'') is an Irish Gaelic footballer. As of 2023, he is centre back and captain of Fossa, half forward for regional side East Kerry and at senior level for the Kerry county team. He is the brothe ...

** GAA/GPA All-Star (3): 2021, 2022, 2023 ** 2023 All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship: Winning captain

References

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