Lixnaw GAA

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Lixnaw Hurling Club
Cumann Iomána Leac Snámha
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Founded:1888
County: Kerry
Colours:Green and Gold
Grounds:Hermitage Park
Coordinates: 52°24′11.55″N9°38′07.05″W / 52.4032083°N 9.6352917°W / 52.4032083; -9.6352917
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Lixnaw Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the north of County Kerry, Ireland. They primarily play in competitions organised by the Kerry County Board of the GAA, such as the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship, and also in competitions organised by the North Kerry Hurling Board. The club is principally concerned with the game of hurling but many of their players also play gaelic football, many with Finuge. The club has won 9 Kerry Senior Hurling Championships, 10 Kerry Minor Hurling Championships and 5 Kerry Under-21 Hurling Championships.

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History

While the history of hurling in Lixnaw long precedes the founding of the GAA, the club was officially founded in 1888. As reported in the Kerry Sentinel newspaper on Saturday, 17 November 1888, the new club was designated Erin's Hope - Lixnaw and Irremore Branch. [1] The first president was John Trant with Michael Ryan as vice-president. William O'Halloran and John J. Quilter were honorary secretaries with Denis Daly as treasurer. The first club captain was Thomas McCarthy with John Brosnan as vice-captain.

During the following year the separation of the sporting codes became evident with hurling being principally played in Lixnaw and football in Irremore. The hurling club in Lixnaw went by the moniker "Sir Charles Russell" for a time, in honour of an Irish statesman and supporter of Irish Home Rule and the Irish Land League. [2] The naming of clubs and teams in such a fashion being commonplace at the time. The division of the Lixnaw and Irremore elements of the branch took place at this time and the latter competed with some success in the Kerry Football Championship. The Irremore area continues as a source of players for both Finuge and St. Senan's Gaelic football clubs. While football was also played in Lixnaw at this time, the predominance of hurling was increasingly evident.

When neighbouring Ballyduff, representing Kerry, successfully contested the 1891 All-Ireland hurling final, [3] [4] they included players from Kilmoyley and Ardfert and three men from Ahabeg in Lixnaw, Maurice Fitzmaurice, Maurice Kelly and John Murphy.

Club Grounds

In 1965, the club acquired its club grounds at Coolruane in Lixnaw. The grounds had been part of the Earl of Kerry desmesne in a previous era and contained the enclosed apple orchard. Located adjacent to the River Brick, the grounds also included a ruined structure known locally as the Hermitage. The grounds were developed over the years with the official opening of Páirc na Díthreibhe - Hermitage Park taking place on the 30th May 1982.

Roll of honour

Kerry County Board

North Kerry Hurling Board

County Senior Championship Winning Captains

Famous players

Maurice Fitzmaurice, Steve Grady (Co-founder of The North Kerry Hurling Board), [16] John McElligott, Jack Kennedy (Co-founder of Ladies Walk Club), Moss Fitzmaurice, Christy Ring (guest appearance), Eugie Stack, Jimmy Hogan, Richie McElligott (nominated for Sunday Independent GAA Team of the Century in 1984 and in whose honour the All-Ireland U20B hurling championship trophy is named), Topper McElligott, Moss Lyons, Johnny Conway, Sean Flaherty, Paul Galvin, Eamonn Fitzmaurice, Ricky Heffernan, John "Tweek" Griffin, James Flaherty, Michael Conway, Shane Conway

Notable External Managers

Aside from the team management, coaching and training functions provided to Lixnaw hurling teams since its establishment by members of the club itself, there have also been a number of managers from outside the club who have been influential, particularly since the start of the 21st century. The following former Limerick, Cork and Tipperary players have had management and training roles with the club's senior team in particular.

Colours and crest

The club has worn a green and gold jersey from the earliest records available. The traditional pattern worn is green with a gold hoop.

The use of an alternate kit to address a clash of colours has only occurred since 2003, when it was used for the first time in the Kerry Senior Championship final. [17] As is generally the case with all GAA clubs, its use is not agreed to lightly given the strong affiliation between club and colours. The alternate or change kit used by many clubs is a variation or inverse of the normal kit or will use a neutral white jersey. Atypically, Lixnaw have adopted the use of a distinctive blue jersey, which mirrors the alternate kit (based on the Munster GAA colours) used by the Kerry team over many decades. While the green and gold jersey is synonymous with Lixnaw, the blue alternate has been associated with a number of memorable successes on the field of play.

The club's crest was designed in 2001 and consists of an image of the Hermitage in Lixnaw with a representation of the nearby river Brick and a salmon on a shield and circlet bearing the name of the club, celtic knotwork and crossed hurleys.

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References

  1. ↑ "Gaelic Athletic Association". The Kerry Sentinel. 17 November 1888.
  2. ↑ McElligott, Richard. Forging a kingdom : the GAA in Kerry, 1884-1934. ISBN   9781848891777. OCLC   871687386.
  3. ↑ "Ballyduff (Kerry) v. Crossabeg (Wexford)". The Cork Examiner. 1 March 1892.
  4. ↑ "The Hurling Championship of Ireland". The Kerry Weekly Reporter. 5 March 1892.
  5. ↑ O'Shea, Pat (1998). Face the Ball - Records of the Kerry County Senior Championships 1889-1998. Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland: Coiste Chontae Chiarraí C.L.G. pp. 110–111.
  6. ↑ "Lixnaw Are New Senior Hurling Champions". The Kerryman. 23 October 1954.
  7. ↑ "Lixnaw Bridge The Gap". The Irish Press. 12 September 1983.
  8. ↑ "Flaherty the star of LIxnaw victory". The Cork Examiner. 9 September 1985.
  9. ↑ "Lixnaw strike late for victory". The Examiner. 11 October 1999.
  10. ↑ "Lixnaw capture SHC title - HoganStand". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Lixnaw take the title in surprise win". Irish Independent . 8 October 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  12. ↑ "Jekyll and Hyde Lixnaw finally deliver eighth title - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "Lixnaw worthy winners of a ninth county championship - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "PHOTOS: Lixnaw Celebrates U21 County Final Victory Over St Brendan's - traleetoday.ie". traleetoday.ie. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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  16. ↑ O'Connor, Tommy (2015). North Kerry - A Hurling History. Co. Kerry, Ireland: Bord Iomána Ciarraí Thuaidh. p. 7. ISBN   9780951573631.
  17. ↑ Barry, John (9 October 2003). "One, twice...three times a winner!". The Kerryman.
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