Kerins O'Rahilly's'

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

club from

Tralee Tralee ( ; , ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the River Lee') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in ...

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. They are based in the Strand Road area of the town. They are in Division 1 of the county league which they won in 2006, and compete in the Intermediate Championship.

History

The club was founded in 1927 and was named for The O'Rahilly, a Kerryman killed in the

Easter Rising The Easter Rising (), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an ind ...

, and

Charlie Kerins Charlie Kerins (; 23 January 1918 – 1 December 1944) was a physical force Irish Republican, and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Kerins was one of six IRA men who were executed by the Irish State between September 1940 and D ...

of the later IRA, executed during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Notable players

* John Dowling 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain. * Jas Murphy 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain. *

Dan Spring Dan Spring (22 July 1910 – 6 September 1988) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry North constituency from 1943 to 1981. He was a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government ...

1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 54th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry won their fourteenth All-Ireland title, putting them level with in the all-time standings. Format Provinci ...

winning captain. * Dan O'Keeffe Seven time

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) () is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County (Gaelic games), County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the ...

winner. Member of GAA Team of the Century and Millennium. * Seán Walsh Seven time

winner and two-time All-Star. * Vinnie Murphy, All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner in 1995 with Dublin. * David Moran Three time

winner and two-time All-Star. * Tommy Walsh Two time

winner and 2008 GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year. * Barry John Keane, Four time

Munster Senior Football Championship The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associatio ...

winner as well as an

winner in

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

. * Jack Savage, All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner in 2022.

Achievements

Kerry Senior Football Championship The Kerry Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 18 ...

Winners (6) 1933, 1939, 1953, 1954, 1957, 2002 *

Munster Senior Club Football Championship The Munster Senior Club Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition for the champion clubs of each county. It has been organised by the ...

Winners (1) 2022 * Kerry Club Football Championship Winners (3) 2009, 2010, 2022 * Kerry County League Div 1: Winners (4) 1985, 1999, 2006, 2013 * Kerry Under-21 Football Championship: Winners (1) 2015 * Kerry Under 21 Club Championship Winners (2) 2013, 2009 * Kerry Minor Football Championship Winners (1) 2006 * Kerry Minor County League Division 1 Winners (3) 1999, 2007, 2008

References

External links

Official Kerins O'Rahilly's GAA Club website
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