Liam Higgins (1945–2006) was an
Irish sportsperson. He played
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
with his local club
Lispole
Lios Póil (anglicized Lispole) is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the Dingle Peninsula, 8 km east of the town of Dingle and 40 km west of Tralee on the N86 National Secondary Route.
Transport
Bus Éireann servi ...
and was a member of the
Kerry
Kerry or Kerri may refer to:
* Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name)
Places
* Kerry, Queensland, Australia
* County Kerry, Ireland
** Kerry Airport, an international airport in County ...
senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1973.
Management
After retiring he managed
Lispole
Lios Póil (anglicized Lispole) is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the Dingle Peninsula, 8 km east of the town of Dingle and 40 km west of Tralee on the N86 National Secondary Route.
Transport
Bus Éireann servi ...
,
West Kerry, he managed the
Kerry
Kerry or Kerri may refer to:
* Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name)
Places
* Kerry, Queensland, Australia
* County Kerry, Ireland
** Kerry Airport, an international airport in County ...
junior team to Munster and All Ireland Championships in 1983. He also trained
Dingle CBS
Dingle CBS (''Meánscoil na mBráithre Críostaí'' in Irish) was a secondary School in the County Kerry town of Dingle. It opened in 1846 by the Christian Brothers. The school closed at the end of the 2006/07 school year.
Notable past pupi ...
to Two All Ireland Championships in 1996 and 2001. During his school days he trained some of the biggest names in
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
including
Darragh
Darragh \d(a)-rra-gh\ is a boys name of Irish origin. The name is derived from the Old Irish word ''daire'' (modern Irish ''doire''), which means ''oak''. Darragh is frequently used in Ireland as a masculine forename, though sometimes occurs as a ...
,
Tomás &
Marc Ó Sé,
Dara Ó Cinnéide,
Tommy Griffin
Tommy Griffin is a former Irish Gaelic football player for Kerry GAA, Kerry and Dingle GAA, An Daingean.
Playing career
Club
At club level Griffin lined out with Dingle GAA. He won Kerry Intermediate Football Championship titles in 1996 ...
&
Diarmuid Murphy to name just a few.
Personal life
He is a brother of former Socialist Party TD and former MEP for the Dublin constituency
Joe Higgins. He taught Business Studies and Accounting in
Dingle CBS
Dingle CBS (''Meánscoil na mBráithre Críostaí'' in Irish) was a secondary School in the County Kerry town of Dingle. It opened in 1846 by the Christian Brothers. The school closed at the end of the 2006/07 school year.
Notable past pupi ...
.
References
1945 births
2006 deaths
Irish schoolteachers
Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers
Lispole Gaelic footballers
Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
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