Reenard (or Renard as it is also spelled) is a

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club from the

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townland of

Reenard Reenard ( ga, an Rinn Aird) is a townland in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located in north central Iveragh Peninsula on the southwest coast of Ireland opposite Valentia Island about 5 miles west of Cahersiveen. Reenard is connected to the Irish ...

. The club competes in

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competitions organized by the

county board and the South Kerry divisional board. Together with nine other clubs they supply players to the South Kerry Divisional team.

History

The first mention of Reenard was when Pat McGillicuddy of Reenard won the first

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in 1887 with

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which was then the name of football team of St. Patrick's College of Education in Drumcondra. McGillicuddy returned to County Kerry to take up principalship of the National School in the nearby townland of Knockeens in 1890 and immediately set about organising Gaelic football in the locality. Reenard contested the 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905 South Kerry Championship and were affiliated to the South Kerry Board in 1904. In 1925 the South Kerry League commenced seeing Reenard compete along with other South Kerry teams. In 1942 playing as "Con Keatings" they won their first title, the Iveragh Junior Championship, by defeating Waterville on a score 1-4 to 1-1. In 1944 the club was renamed Reenard after the townland. Reenard's first success at senior level came in their first South Kerry Senior Football Championship final in 1948 when they defeated Derrynane by 1-9 to 2-5. Due to emigration and economic deprivation the club was forced to amalgamate with the Foilmore club in the 1960s and 70's. Ned O'Neill, from Reenard Point, was the first South Kerryman to win an All-Ireland medal when

beat

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in the 1903

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(the final was played in 1905 due to circumstances). On Sunday 29 July 1984 Reenard's official ground, Pairc Ui Dhonnchu, was opened. It was named after Tomas O'Donnchu, the first President of Reenard GAA. The president at that time, Brian Mac Mathuna, opened the ground and to mark the occasion Reenard played a game versus

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Honours

Senior

* Iveragh Junior Championship (As Con Keatings) - 1942 * South Kerry Senior Football Championship (5) 1948, 1951, 1953, 1974, 1989 * South Kerry Special League - 1966, 1980 * South Kerry Senior League - 1968, 1975, 1980 * Kerry Novice A Football Championship (3) 1984, 1989, 2001 * Kerry County Senior Football League Division 5 - 2004, 2015 * Kerryman Centenary Sevens Shield - 2004 * County Senior Football League Division 4 - 2005 * Cahill Cup - 2005 * South Kerry Junior Football Championship (1) 2006 * County Junior Football League Division 6 Champions - 2013

Minor

* South Kerry Minor Football Championship - 1967, 1979, 1982, 1996, 1997, 2012 * South Kerry Minor Football League Division 2 - 1987, 1988 * County Minor Football League Division 5 - 1988 * County Minor Football League Division 6 - 1998, 2002 * South Kerry Minor B Football Championship - 2000, 2003, 2007 * Kerry Minor Football League Division 5A -2004, 2005 * South Kerry Minor Football League Division 1 - 2010, 2012

U-16

* South Kerry A Football Championship - 2000,2012.2017 * South Kerry Football League-2017

U-14

* County League Division 8 - 2004 * South Kerry A Championship - 2004,2010,2012,2017 * Kerry Football League Division 6 - 2017 * Kerry Football League Division 5 - 2018

U-12

* South Kerry B Football Championship - 1996, 1999 * South Kerry A Football Championship - 1998, 2000 * County Football League Regroup C -2004 * County Football League Group K - 2005

South Kerry Senior Football Championship

They have won the South Kerry Senior Football Championship 5 times (once together with Foilmore).

Honours as part of South Kerry

* Senior County Championship: 8 - 1955, 1956, 1958, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006 * Kerry Under 21 Football Championship: 9 - 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 * Kerry Minor Football Championship: 9 - 1963, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005

Notable players

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Kerry intercounty player Senior All Ireland Medal Winner 2006 & 2007 & 2014 * Eoin O Neill Kerry intercounty player & London intercounty player U21 All Ireland medal winner 2008 * The O'Mahony brothers, James, John & Jerry, distinguished themselves with Reenard, Kerry and later with

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* Mossie Kelly, John Daly, Robbie and J.J. Wharton all played with the

. * Brian Sugrue Kerry intercounty player Munster Minor Champions 2013, 2014. All Ireland Minor 2014 All Ireland Junior Medal Winner 2015 * Robert Wharton Kerry intercounty player Munster Minor Champions 2013, 2014 All Ireland Minor 2014 All Ireland Junior Medal Winner 2016 * Michael O Leary Kerry intercounty player Munster Minor Champions 2017, All Ireland Minor 2017

External links

Official ReenardGAA Club website

Reenard on GAA info
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