Tralee IT GAA was the GAA team in the

Institute of Technology, Tralee The Institute of Technology, Tralee (IT Tralee; ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Thrá Lí) was an institute of technology, located in Tralee, Ireland. It was established in 1977 as the Regional Technical College, Tralee. In January 2021, itse ...

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. They played Gaelic football, hurling,

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and camogie. On 1 January 2021, Tralee IT (now known as MTU Kerry) merged with Cork IT to become

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Gaelic football

The football club competes in the

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. ...

and Higher Education Leagues as well as the

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. The Ladies football team play in the O'Connor Cup and Higher Education Leagues.

History

IT Tralee (formerly known as Tralee RTC (Regional Technical College) made a mark on the college GAA scene in 1997 when it became the first RTC to win the Sigerson Cup. It was only Tralee's second outing in this competition. However, the college created further history by winning the Sigerson three times in successive seasons to become the only RTC/Institute of Technology to do so in the competition's history. The Ladies football team also won the O'Connor Cup back to back in 1998 and 1999.

Winning Sigerson Cup captains

* Éamon Ferris 1997 * Michael Cloherty 1998 *

Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is an association football coach and former Gaelic footballer, coach and manager, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as both player and manager with the Donegal county team. Having gu ...

1999

Notable footballers

Colm Cooper Colm "the Gooch" Cooper (born 3 June 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned fifteen years from 2002 to 2017. Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Cooper was born ...

* Michael Donnellan *

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Pádraic Joyce Pádraic Joyce (born 1 April 1977) is a Gaelic football manager and former player who played as a forward. He has been manager of the senior Galway county team since 2019. Joyce won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship twice with Ga ...

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Seamus Moynihan Séamus Moynihan is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Shronedarraugh, a townland halfway between Barraduff and Glenflesk, County Kerry. He has played football for St Brendan's College, Glenflesk, East Kerry, University College Cork, I ...

Colm Parkinson Colm "Wooly" Parkinson (born 1978 in Meelick, Portlaoise) is a retired Irish Gaelic footballer, and journalist. Playing career Club Parkinson was a decorated underage player with Portlaoise, winning county titles at every underage grade before ...

* Mike Frank Russell

Hurling

The Hurling club play in the

Ryan Cup The Ryan Cup is the tier 2 hurling championship for third level colleges, the Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, coll ...

and Higher Education Leagues and the

Waterford Crystal Cup The Waterford Crystal Cup was an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 2006 to 2015 for the top inter-county teams and third-level institutes and universities in the province of Munste ...

History

IT Tralee won the

in 1997, 2007, 2011. The camogie team won the Purcell Shield in 1997.

Honours

Notable hurlers

* James O'Brien * Eoin Ryan * Nicky Quaid * John Carroll * Kevin Tucker * John Healy * Seamus Prendergast * John Reddan * Niall Gilligan * Alan Markham

Camogie

The camogie team play in the Purcell Shield.

Interesting facts

*ITT Senior Football team win first

in 1997 and go on to win 3 in a row. *ITT Ladies Football team win first O'Connor Cup in 1998 and go on to win 2 in a row. *ITT Senior Hurling team win first Ryan Cup in 1997. *ITT Camogie team win first Purcell Shield in 1997. *ITT win debut

game beating inter-county opposition

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away in 2005. Score 2-08 to 0-09. *ITT Senior Hurling team win their second Ryan Cup in 2007 ten years after first winning it. *ITT's Deirdre O' Reilly wins an All Ireland medal as well as an All Star award for her achievements with the

Cork senior ladies' football team The Cork county ladies' football team represents Cork GAA in ladies' Gaelic football. The team competes in inter-county competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship an ...

. *ITT Fresher Football team win 2 in a row All Ireland league titles in 2007 and 2008. *ITT Senior Hurling team compete in

Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered ...

for first time in 1998. *Eoin Ryan becomes the first ITT hurler to make the

All Star team. *ITT Senior Football and Hurling teams entering into Intercounty Competitions (

). *ITT opened a new Gaa Pitch in 07/08.

References

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