Liam Higgins was an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 sportsperson. He played Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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 with his local club Lispole and was a member of the Kerry

Kerry GAA

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 senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1973.
After retiring he managed Lispole, West Kerry

West Kerry GAA

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, he managed the Kerry

Kerry GAA

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 junior team to Munster and All Ireland Championships in 1983. He also trained Dingle CBS

Dingle CBS

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 to Two All Ireland Championships in 1996 and 2001. During his school days he trained some of the biggest names in Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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 including Darragh

Darragh Ó Sé

Darragh Ó Sé is a former Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2009. Ó Sé has made more championship appearances than any other player in the history of the game...

, Tomás

Tomás Ó Sé

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 & Marc Ó Sé

Marc Ó Sé

Marc Ó Sé is an Irish sportsman. A teacher by profession, he plays Gaelic football for the Kerry county team and the local An Ghaeltacht club. His older brothers Darragh and Tomás also represent Kerry.- 2002 :...

, Dara Ó Cinnéide

Dara Ó Cinnéide

Dara Ó Cinnéide is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1995 until 2005. Ó Cinnéide captained Kerry to the All-Ireland title in 2004.-Biography:Dara Ó Cinnéide was born near Dingle,...

, Tommy Griffin

Tommy Griffin

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 & Diarmuid Murphy

Diarmuid Murphy

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 to name just a few. He is a brother of Socialist Party TD and a former MEP for the Dublin constituency Joe Higgins

Joe Higgins

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. He taught Business Studies and Accounting in Dingle CBS

Dingle CBS

Dingle CBS was a Secondary School in Dingle town in County Kerry. It opened in 1846 by the Christian Brothers...

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