Kilcummin GAA
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Kilcummin is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club from Kilcummin, Killarney
in County Kerry
, Ireland
. The club fields teams in Gaelic football
only, with no hurling played. Together with 12 other football clubs (Cordal, Dr. Crokes, Currow, Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneeveguilla, Rathmore, Legion, Listry, Rathmore, Scartaglin and Spa) they form the East Kerry Division of Kerry GAA.
The East Kerry
board runs its own competitions for clubs within the division. The most important are the O'Donoghue Cup
and the O'Sullivan Cup which are awarded to the winners of the East Kerry Senior Football Championship
and the East Kerry Junior Football Championship
respectively.
once, in 1973.
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club from Kilcummin, Killarney
Killarney
Killarney is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is located north of the MacGillicuddy Reeks, on the northeastern shore of the Lough Lein/Leane which are part of Killarney National Park. The town and its surrounding region are home to St...
in County Kerry
County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. The club fields teams in Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
only, with no hurling played. Together with 12 other football clubs (Cordal, Dr. Crokes, Currow, Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneeveguilla, Rathmore, Legion, Listry, Rathmore, Scartaglin and Spa) they form the East Kerry Division of Kerry GAA.
The East Kerry
East Kerry GAA
The East Kerry Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association caters for Gaelic football and hurling in the East Kerry division of the GAA county of Kerry.The East Kerry Divisional Board is made up of 13 Football Clubs and 1 Hurling Club...
board runs its own competitions for clubs within the division. The most important are the O'Donoghue Cup
East Kerry Senior Football Championship
The East Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for teams affiliated to the East Kerry division. Most adult clubs in the division compete for this cup, even if they are playing at junior or intermediate grades. The competition has been dominated by Dr. Crokes. The...
and the O'Sullivan Cup which are awarded to the winners of the East Kerry Senior Football Championship
East Kerry Senior Football Championship
The East Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for teams affiliated to the East Kerry division. Most adult clubs in the division compete for this cup, even if they are playing at junior or intermediate grades. The competition has been dominated by Dr. Crokes. The...
and the East Kerry Junior Football Championship
East Kerry Junior Football Championship
The East Kerry Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for teams affiliated to the East Kerry division. All 13 clubs in the division are eiligible to compete in this championship, they must compete with their 'B' team...
respectively.
Kerry Senior Football Championship
Kilcummin have never won the competition but managed the reach the final on 3 occasions.- 1903 Tralee MitchelsTralee MitchelsTralee 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 winning Football County Championships in 1896, 1897, 1902,...
beat Kilcummin - 1913 Killarney CrokesDr. CrokesDr Crokes is a Gaelic football club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Famous current players include Colm "Gooch" Cooper and Eoin Brosnan....
beat Kilcummin - 2002 Kerins O'Rahilly'sKerins O'Rahilly'sKerins O'Rahilly's are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Tralee County Kerry, Ireland. 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 County Championship. The club won the County Championship last in...
0-14 beat Kilcummin 0-05
O'Donoghue Cup
Year | Winner | Opponent |
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2008 | Dr. Crokes Dr. Crokes Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Famous current players include Colm "Gooch" Cooper and Eoin Brosnan.... |
Kilcummin |
2006 | Dr. Crokes Dr. Crokes Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Famous current players include Colm "Gooch" Cooper and Eoin Brosnan.... |
Kilcummin |
2005 | Rathmore Rathmore GAA Rathmore is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Rathmore, County Kerry, Ireland. Together with 12 other football clubs they form the East Kerry Division of the GAA county of Kerry.Rathmore offer Hurling as well, but they do not play above intermediate... |
Kilcummin |
2003 | Gneeveguilla Gneeveguilla GAA Gneeveguilla are a Gaelic football team from east County Kerry, Ireland. They play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship, Kerry County Football League - Division 1, East Kerry Senior Football Championship. Ambrose O'Donovan was captain of the Kerry team which won the 1984 Centenary... |
Kilcummin |
1973 | Kilcummin | Glenflesk |
1966 | Spa Spa GAA Spa GAA is a Gaelic football club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.The club gets its name from the Spa Well, a source of water with health giving properties, which is situated on the road side in the town land of Tullig, approximately three miles from Killarney town centre... |
Kilcummin |
1954 | Legion Killarney Legion Killarney Legion are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. The club was founded on a March evening in 1929 when a group of eleven men held a meeting in the then Temperance Hall in High Street, Killarney .-Recent history:In the 2007 Kerry Senior Football... |
Kilcummin |
1925 | Kilcummin |
Kerry Junior Football Championship
Kilcummin have won the Kerry Junior Football ChampionshipKerry Junior Football Championship
The Kerry junior championship is an annual Gaelic football competition played in County Kerry, Ireland by Gaelic Athletic Association clubs affiliated to Kerry GAA. It is a grade below Kerry Intermediate Football Championship and the winners move up to that grade the year after winning it...
once, in 1973.
Famous players
- Mike McCarthy
- Conor Healy
- Breandan Kealy