Shannon Rangers is a North Kerry Divisional

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team in

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, Ireland, based around the

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. Founded in 1940, the team compete in the

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, which they have won on 5 occasions. They also won the inaugural

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in 1964.

Member clubs

The team is selected from the following clubs: * Colours_of_Kilkenny

Asdee *

Ballydonoghue * Colours_of_Limerick

Ballyduff * Colours_of_Cavan

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History

The Shannon Rangers club was formed in 1940, when a number of clubs (Ballybunion, Ballydonoghue, Ballylongford, Craughdarrig and Tarbert) decided to form their own team and break away from the then North Kerry divisional side to compete separately in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. In their first year in the

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they reached the semi-finals, and lost to eventual winners

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. The following year they reached the semi-finals again but lost to John Mitchels after a replay.

In 1942 Rangers won the County Championship for the first time when they defeated John Mitchels 2–4 to 1–3 in the final. They reached the final again in 1945 and were victorious again, defeating

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1–7 to 5pts after a replay. Over the following decade they would lose three finals before winning again in 1964. In 1948 they lost to Dingle, in 1953 they lost to

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and in 1955 they lost to South Kerry. The following year Shannon Rangers didn't enter the Championship as

Feale Rangers Feale Rangers is a North Kerry Divisional Gaelic football team in Kerry. The teams involved are Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Gale Rangers, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane and St Senan's. History The first mention of Feale Rangers was in 1956 when a ...

represented all of North Kerry. It wasn't until 1964, when

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and

broke away from Feale Rangers to form St. Vincents that the remaining clubs reformed Shannon Rangers to enter the Championship.

The new Shannon Rangers were immediately successful, as after beating Castleisland (District) in the quarter-final, South Kerry in the semi-final they then defeated East Kerry 1–10 to 1–5 in the final of the 1964 Kerry Senior Football Championship to win their third title. This victory meant that Rangers would now go on to represent

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in the inaugural Munster Senior Club Football Championship. In the

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quarter-final they defeated Ballysteen of

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5–9 to 4pts and then beat

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by 2–11 to 5pts in the semi-final. In the final, played at Limerick's

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they defeated

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2–7 to 4pts. The Shannon Rangers team on the day was: Alan Kennelly (

), Tom O'Sullivan (

Finuge Finuge () is a village near Listowel in County Kerry, Ireland. Finuge is a traditional Irish crossroads village with a shop, a pub, Teach Siamsa and a G.A.A. pitch. Sheehan's Thatched House located at Finuge Cross is regarded as one of the old ...

Paudie O'Donoghue Paudie O'Donoghue (1944–2008) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Ballylongford and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1964 until 1974. Club O'Donoghue played his club football wi ...

(Ballylongford), Mike Joe Quinlan ( Ballyduff), John Mulvihill ( Clounmacon), John McCarthy (Ballylongford), Michael Mulvihill ( Ballydonoghue), Jer D. O'Connor (Ballydonoghue), Mick Walsh (Ballylongford), Brian McCarthy (Ballylongford), Tony Barrett (Ballyduff), Teddy O'Sullivan (Ballyduff), Éamonn O’Donoghue (Ballylongford), Ritchard Carey (Finuge), Billy Doran (

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).

Shannon Rangers' next appearance in the Kerry Senior Football Championship final was in

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when they lost to Mid Kerry after a replay, but returned to the final the following year against the same opposition and won by 2–08 to 1–07. Their next final appearance was in

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when they lost to

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. Rangers reached the semi-finals of the county championship in 1975 and again in 1976.

In 1976 Tarbert left Shannon Rangers to join Feale Rangers, with Ballydonoghue doing likewise in 1977. Despite losing these clubs, Rangers reached the final for the tenth time in

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with players from just Ballylongford and

. They played neighbours Feale Rangers in the final and won the match (their fifth title) by 10pts to 6. The following year they would meet Feale Rangers again, this time losing at the semi-final stage. In each of the next five Championships (1979 - 1983) they would reach the semi-finals again, losing on each occasion. Since 1983, Rangers' only semi-final appearance came in

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which they lost to Mid Kerry.

Minors

At minor level Shannon Rangers have won the Kerry Minor Football Championship on three occasions; 1973, 1974 and 1991.

Honours

Winners: 1964 *

Winners: 1942, 1945, 1964, 1972, 1977
Runners-Up: 1948, 1953, 1955, 1971, 1974 * Kerry Under-21 Football Championship Runners-Up: 1989, 1993 * Kerry Minor Football Championship Winners: 1973, 1974, 1991
Runners-Up: 1965, 1997

Notable players

* Johnny Bunyan * Gus Cremin *

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Shane Enright Shane Enright (born 12 June 1988 in Tralee) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for his local club Tarbert and, formerly, for the Kerry county team from 2011 to 2020. He played for the Kerry minor team in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, he won a ...

* Mick Finucane *

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* Paddy Kelly *

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* Eoin 'Bomber' Liston * Denis 'Ogie' Moran * Jer D. O'Connor * Éamonn O’Donoghue *

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* Colin O'Mahony * Johnny Walsh

Divisional competitions

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

References

{{Kerry GAA clubs , state=expanded Gaelic football clubs in County Kerry