Austin Stacks is a

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

and

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club based in

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in County Kerry, Ireland. Founded in 1917, the club has more

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medals and GAA All-Stars than any other

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(GAA) club in Ireland.

History

Origins

Founded in 1917, the club is named after Austin Stack, Irish revolutionary and captain of the All-Ireland winning Kerry

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. 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. The club has more

medals and GAA All-Stars than any other GAA club in Ireland. One year after winning the competition, following a 3–22 to 1–15 loss to Kenmare Shamrock during the 2022 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Austin Stacks were relegated from the Senior Championship for the first time in their history. They were subsequently relegated to division 2 of the county league following a devastating loss to local rivals Kerins O’Rahillys in 2023.

Hurling

Austin Stacks have won the

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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.

All Ireland Senior medal winners

* Ger Power (8) 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 (c), 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986 * Mikey Sheehy (8) 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986 * John O'Keeffe (7) 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 * Joe Barrett (6) 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 * Jackie Ryan (6) 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 * Micko Doyle (5) 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937 (c) * John Joe Purty Landers (5) 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937 * Tim Roundy Landers (5) 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1941 * Ger O'Keeffe (4) 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981 * Kieran Donaghy (4) 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014 * Denis Rory O'Connell (3) 1924, 1926, 1929 * Jimmy Gawksie Gorman (3) 1939, 1940, 1941 * Jimmy Baily (3) 1924, 1926, 1929 * Daniel Bohan (3) 2006, 2007, 2009 * Ned Pedlar Sweeney (2) 1929, 1930 * Tommy Barrett (2) 1930, 1931 * Dan Ryan (2) 1930, 1931 * Martin Bracker O'Regan (2) 1931, 1932 * William Kirby (2) 1997, 2004 * Bill Landers (2) 1924, 1932 * Gerry Pluggy Moriarty (2) 1924, 1926 * Tom O'Connor (1) 1929 * Michael Healy (1) 1932 * Jo Jo Barrett (1) 1962 * John L McElligott (1) 1979 * Pa Laide (1) 1997 * John Gal Slattery (1) 1926 * Shane O'Callaghan (1) 2014 * Fearghal MacNamara (1) 2014 * Joe O'Connor (1) 2022 * Dylan Casy (1) 2022 * Greg Horan (1) 2022 * Jack O'Shea (1) 2022

Roll of honour

Football * All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (1): 1977 *

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(13): 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1994,

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* Munster Club Champions (2): 1976, 2014 * Senior Club Football Championships (6): 1979, 2003, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 * Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2024 * Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1): 2024 * Kerry County Football League – Division 1 (11): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, 2011, 2014, 2019 * Kerry County Football League – Division 2 (1): 2010 * Kerry Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2002 * Kerry Minor Football Championship (2): 1969, 1980 * Kerry Minor Football League – Division 1 (6): 1973, 1979, 1994, 2000, 2013, 2017 * Under-21 Club Football Championship (1): 2008 Hurling *

s (3): 1928, 1929, 1931, * Kerry County Hurling League – Division 3 (1): 2017 * Kerry Junior Hurling Championship (3): 2012, 2015, 2016 * Kerry Minor Hurling Championships (3): 1955, 1967, 1986

County championship winning captains

Football *1928: Joe Barrett *1930: Joe Barrett *1931: Joe Barrett *1932: Joe Barrett *1936: Miko Doyle *1973: Billy Curtin *1975: Joe Joe Barrett *1976: John O'Keeffe *1979: Ger Power *1986: Mike Counihan *1994: Pat Slattery *2014: Barry Shanahan *2021: Dylan Casey Hurling (Senior) *1928: Joe Barrett *1929: Dan Rayn *1931: Joe Barrett Hurling (Junior) *2012: Andrew Morrissey *2015: Danny Maguire *2016: Andrew Foley

Notable players

* Joe Barrett Six time

winner. 1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain. Winning captain of four County SFC and two SHC titles. * Miko Doyle Five time

winner. 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. * Jackie Ryan Five time

winner. * John Joe ''Purty'' Landers Five time

winner. All-Time All Star Award 1985 * Tim ''Roundy'' Landers Five time

winner. All-Time All Star Award 1985. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. * John O'Keeffe Seven time

winner. Five time All-Star winner. Texaco Footballer of the Year 1975. 1977 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winning captain. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. * Ger Power Eight time

winner. Six time All-Star winnier. 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. * Mikey Sheehy Eight time

winner. Seven time All-Star winnier. Texaco Footballer of the Year 1979. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. * Kieran Donaghy Four time

winner. Three time All-Star winnier. Texaco Footballer of the Year 2006, GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year 2006. * Billy Sheehan, played for both Kerry and Laois senior football teams. He played with Laois inter-county team for a total of eleven years from 2004 to 2015. He was manager of the Laois county team from 2021 until 2023. * Ger O'Keeffe Three

winner. * William Kirby Two time

winner. * Pa Laide 1997 All-Star winner. * Dinny Long

winner with Cork. Two time All-Star winner. * Joe O'Connor, 2022 All-Ireland SFC-winning captain *Dylan Casey, 2021 Kerry Senior County Championship winning captain. He made he senior county championship debut for Kerry in 2022. * Liam Kearns Intercounty manager with

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, Laois, Tipperary and Offaly. * Gary Scollard 1976 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship winner.

Notable teams

References

External links

Official Austin Stacks GAA Club website
{{Kerry GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Kerry Gaelic football clubs in County Kerry Hurling clubs in County Kerry Sport in Tralee