St. Mary's Cahirciveen
Encyclopedia
St Marys are a Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic football
club from town of Cahirciveen
in the south of County Kerry
, Ireland
. They are one of the most successful teams in South Kerry having won South Kerry Senior Football Championship
28 times.
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...
Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
club from town of Cahirciveen
Cahirciveen
Cahersiveen —alternate spellings Cahirsiveen, Cahirciveen or Caherciveen—is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located on the Iveragh Peninsula near Valentia Island. Cahersiveen is connected to the Irish road network by the N70 national secondary route...
in the south of 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,...
. They are one of the most successful teams in South Kerry having won South Kerry Senior Football Championship
South Kerry Senior Football Championship
The South Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition between clubs affiliated to the South Kerry division. When a Divisional team like South Kerry win the Kerry Senior Football Championship, the winners of the Divisional championship chose the Kerry Senior Football team...
28 times.
Honours
- South Kerry Senior Football ChampionshipSouth Kerry Senior Football ChampionshipThe South Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition between clubs affiliated to the South Kerry division. When a Divisional team like South Kerry win the Kerry Senior Football Championship, the winners of the Divisional championship chose the Kerry Senior Football team...
s 28: 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010
- Kerry Intermediate Football ChampionshipKerry Intermediate Football ChampionshipThis is a competition organized by Kerry GAA for clubs that are not good enough to play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. The winners usually play Senior in the years after they win this competition. The winners also represent Kerry in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship....
s 1: 2001
- Kerry County Football League - Division 1Kerry County Football League - Division 1The Kerry County Football League is a Gaelic football competition between all of the club teams in Kerry. The competition is divided into five divisions. All of the teams in each division play against each other once. At the end of the competition the top 2 and bottom 2 teams get promoted and...
1: 2003
- Kerry Junior Football ChampionshipKerry Junior Football ChampionshipThe 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...
1: 2010
- Munster Junior Club Football ChampionshipMunster Junior Club Football ChampionshipMunster Junior Club Football Championship was first played officially in 2003 when Annascaul from Kerry and Carbery Rangers from Cork played each other. An unofficial championship had taken place in the previous year...
1: 2010
- All-Ireland Junior Club Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Junior Club Football ChampionshipThe All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition started up in 2004 to be played by the winners of the Junior Club Championship from each County. Prior to that a number of unofficial competitions were held...
1:2011
Notable players
- Bryan SheehanBryan SheehanBryan Sheehan is an Irish Gaelic footballer with the St. Mary's club, South Kerry divisional side and Kerry county team.-Career:Sheehan was a member of the Kerry squad for the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship from 2001 to 2003, winning the Munster Minor Football Championship on all 3...
- Jack O'SheaJack O'SheaJack O’Shea is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played football at various times with his local clubs St. Mary’s in Kerry and Leixlip in Kildare. He was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1976 until 1992...
- Maurice FitzgeraldMaurice Fitzgerald (footballer)Maurice Fitzgerald is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club St. Mary's and divisional side South Kerry and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county football team from 1988 until 2001...
- Bernard O'ConnorBernard O'ConnorBernard O'Connor is a Gaelic footballer.-Biography:O'Connor was born on March 20, 1979 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland. He is the youngest of five children born to Bernard and Mary O'Connor.-Football career:...
- Pauly O'Donoghue
- Steven Curran
- Pa (Patrick) Connell
- John Alan O'Sullivan
- Niall "Noddy" O'Driscoll
- Austin Constable