Tralee Parnells are a hurling club from the town of

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Original club

The original Parnells won 2

Kerry Senior Hurling Championship The Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the t ...

s in 1918 and 1919. All Ireland winning football captain and one of Kerry's greatest players John Joe Sheehy played with the club. The club appeared in their first final in 1911 when they lost to fellow Tralee side

Tralee Mitchels Tralee Mitchels were a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland before the formation of the three Tralee clubs namely John Mitchels, Austin Stacks and Kerins O'Rahilly's. They were one of the top teams in the county ...

5–03 to 1-02. They won their first title in 1918 overcoming

Kilgarvan Kilgarvan () is a small village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the Roughty River which flows into Kenmare Bay. By car, the village is a ten-minute trip from Kenmare, and thirty minutes from Killarney. History Kilgarva ...

1–10 to 4-00, they were to face the same opposition in 1919 but received a walkover. They made the semi-final in 1920 and were to play Kenmare but the championship was abandoned. The championship was abandoned for much of the 1920s and by the time it resumed

had three new clubs in the shape of Rock Street, Strand Road and Boherbee. Parnells last played in the 1924 championship when they beat Ballyduff in the only game played 6–03 to 1-02.

Modern club

The original club disbanded in the 1920s but in 2012 the club was reformed to promote underage hurling in

. For the first number of years the club had teams up to Under 16 level. The club joined with other North Kerry clubs at minor level such as Ballyheigue and Abbeydorney, in 2017 along with Abbeydorney they made it to the Kerry MHC final but lost out to

Crotta O'Neill's Crotta O'Neill's are a hurling club in the Kilflynn area of County Kerry, Ireland. The club is named after Maurice O'Neill, an Irish Republican. They play in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. The club is primarily concerned with the ga ...

. In 2018 the club fielded their first stand alone minor team and had a famous win over

. In 2019 100 years on from winning the 1919 county SHC the club returned to adult hurling with the announcement of an Under 21 and Intermediate team with plans to field an adult

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team. In the clubs first season they qualified for the

Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by mid-tier Kerry GAA clubs. Kilgarvan are the title holders (2022). Extra-time can be used to determine the winners of games. Honours The winners play in ...

semi-final where they lot to

. In 2020 the club went a step more and qualified for the final, but lost out to

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. In 2021 the club represented

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in the

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. They suffered a heavy loss to Tipperary champions

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. 2022 was another notable year for the underage section of the club. They won the Kerry

Féile na nGael Féile na nGael (; Irish for "Festival of the Gaels") is an annual tournament comprising the sports of hurling, camogie and handball organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Its stated aim is to bond communities, forge friendships, provid ...

Div 1 title, before later adding the

Div 3 title. The club has a growing membership, with well over 240 boys and girls as of 2018.

Achievements

(2) 1918, 1919 *

(1) 2023 * Kerry County Senior Hurling League Division 2 (1) 2023 * North Kerry Under 21 Hurling Championship (1) 2021 *

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(1) 2022 Underage * Kerry

Div 1 winners (1) 2022 *

Div 3 winners (1) 2022

References

Former Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Kerry Gaelic games clubs in County Kerry Hurling clubs in County Kerry 1890s establishments in Ireland {{Kerry-GAA-club-stub