Tarbert are a Gaelic Athletic Association

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 in Tarbert

Tarbert, County Kerry

Tarbert is a town in the north of County Kerry, with woodland to the south and the Shannon estuary to the north. It lies on the N69 coast road that runs along the estuary from Limerick before turning inland at Tarbert towards Listowel, and has two schools Tarbert Primary and Tarbert...

, 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

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. They play in the Kerry Junior Championship, Div 2 County League and Div 1 North Kerry Championship.

History

The club was founded on Sunday 30 July 1899 when Tarbert and Ballylongford began their great rivalry that was to extend well into the twentieth century. Tarbert has a long and proud record in under age competitions which are recorded in great detail in a book which was compiled by Tarbert Bord Na nÓg. This publication which is entitled Tarbert G.A.A. A Century of the Red and Black. Won 2010 North Kerry Championship in an epic replay against Listowel Emmets. Winning by only one point with a goal coming in added time in extra time.

All Ireland Medal Winners

• Senior
  • Jim Wren
  • Tom O Donnell

• Junior
  • Thomas O Donnell
  • Mickie McElligott
  • Mickie Buckley

• Under 21
  • Gerald O Sullivan
  • Tommy Bridgeman
  • Shane Enright

• Minor
  • Gerald O Sullivan
  • Michael Wren
  • Mickie Buckley
  • Denis Dillane
  • Kieran O Connor
  • Fr. Tommy O Hanlon
  • Fintan Scannell
  • Tommy Bridgeman

Roll of honour

• North Kerry Senior Football Championship
  North Kerry Senior Football Championship
  The North Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for GAA clubs affiliated to the North Kerry Division of Kerry. The official name of the competition is The Bernard O'Callaghan Memorial North Kerry Senior Football Championship, in honour of the late Bernie O'Callaghan ...
  
   7: 1942, 1948, 1969, 1973, 1985, 1990, 2010
• Kerry Junior Football Championship
  Kerry 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...
  
  1: 1995

External links

• Official Tarbert GAA Club website