Austin Stacks GAA

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Austin Stacks
Aibhistín de Staic
Founded:1917
County: Kerry
Nickname:The Rock, Rockies,
Rock Street, The Stacks
Colours:Black & amber
Grounds:Connolly Park,
Rock Street,
Tralee.
Coordinates: 52°16′13.08″N9°41′46.35″W / 52.2703000°N 9.6962083°W / 52.2703000; -9.6962083
Playing kits
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Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All IrelandMunster
champions
Kerry
champions
Football: 1 2 13
Hurling: - - 4
Ladies' football: 4

Austin Stacks is a hurling and Gaelic football club based in Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland. [1] Founded in 1917, the club has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Ireland. [2]

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History

Origins

Founded in 1917, [3] the club is named after Austin Stack, Irish revolutionary and captain of the All-Ireland winning Kerry Gaelic football team of 1904. They are the only club in Kerry to have won Senior County Championships in both hurling and football, including doubles in 1928 and 1931.

Gaelic football

The club won the 1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. [4]

Notable players with the club have included Joe Barrett, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, John O'Keeffe, Cork's Dinny Long, William Kirby, Kieran Donaghy (who won player of the year after leading Kerry to success in 2006) and [[Daniel Bohane] most recent AI winners include Dylan Casey and Joe O'Connor. The club has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other GAA club in Ireland. [2]

The club's most recent Senior Co. Championship win was in 2021 when they defeated local rivals Kerins O'Rahillys on a score line of Austin Stacks 0-13 Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-10. They contested the 2025 Senior Co. Final but were defeated by Dingle. The club are current U21 Champions winning back to back titles in 2024 and 2025.

Hurling

Austin Stacks have won the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship 4 times. They won the Kerry Junior Hurling Championship in 2012, 2015 and 2016. They now play in the Intermediate Championship. They also won Minor County Championships in 1955, 1967 and 1986.[ citation needed ]

All Ireland Senior medal winners


Roll of honour

Football

Hurling

County championship winning captains

Football

Hurling (Senior)

Hurling (Junior)

Notable players

Notable teams

References

  1. "Club site, football and hurling". Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Juvenile Club Notes 1st September, 2021".
  3. "Not so Dalo: Austin Stacks reject claims of football-only blinkers". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. "Legends of '70s setting the standard for Austin Stacks". Irish Independent. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  5. "Donaghy stars as Stacks crowned Kerry champs". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. "Sticky Stacks extricate themselves from another tight spot". Irish Examiner. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  7. "Hungry Austin Stacks Dethrone Jaded Crokes". Irish Examiner . 28 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  8. "Shane Guthrie's extra-time goal seals win for Austin Stacks". Irish Examiner. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  9. Sheehan, Timmy (15 November 2019). "Stacks gather to remember '69 and '94". Independent News & Media. The Kerryman. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  10. Kissane, Sinead (21 October 2022). "Kerry captain Joe O'Connor admits he's likely to miss out on All-Ireland defence". Irish Independent.
  11. "Kerry's Joe O'Connor set for lengthy absence due to ACL injury". The42.ie. 13 September 2022.
  12. "Kerry captain Joe O'Connor suffers ACL injury and will likely miss 2023 intercounty season". Sky Sports. 14 September 2022.
  13. Crean, Dermot (26 March 2015). "Two Great Kerry Hurlers To Be Remembered In Tournaments This Weekend". traleetoday.ie. Retrieved 9 December 2022.