Carrigeen GAA is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

(GAA) club situated in

Carrigeen Carrigeen () is a village to the south-east of Mooncoin in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Carrigeen is situated on a hillock within the River Suir, Suir Valley. Within the village is St. Kevin's Church (in the Catholic parish of ...

in the far south of

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. The club was established in 1954 and its home grounds are at Asper Park. Carrigeen play in black and amber stripes.

History

Founded in 1954, Carrigeen is (together with

Mooncoin GAA Mooncoin GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Kilkenny County Board and fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. History Located in the town of Mooncoin, a ...

) one of two clubs within the parish of Mooncoin. The club grounds at Asper Park were officially opened in 1991 by

Paddy Buggy Paddy Buggy (15 March 1929 – 15 May 2013) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Slieverue and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1949 until 1960. Buggy later served as the 27th president of th ...

of Slieverue, former president of the GAA. Speaking at the opening

Nickey Brennan Nicholas "Nickey" Brennan (born 3 December 1953) is an Irish former hurler, manager and Gaelic games administrator. He played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. More recently, he served as the 35th president o ...

, then president elect of the GAA, said: As of 2008, the club was reportedly planning to spend €500,000 developing its grounds, with the National Lottery putting up €200,000, Kilkenny County Council €100,000, and the club raising the remaining €200,000. As of 2019, Carrigeen was playing hurling in the Junior C grade.

People

Bob O'Keeffe Robert O'Keeffe (16 August 1880 – 1949) was an Irish hurler who played for the Laois senior team. O'Keeffe was a regular member of the starting fifteen during the 1914 and 1915 championship campaigns. During that time he won one All-Irelan ...

, after whom the trophy awarded for the

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hur ...

is named, was a native of Glengrant

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

, near Carrigeen in Mooncoin parish. O'Keeffe held several roles within GAA councils and was president of the association from 1935 to 1938. After his death, the GAA donated a trophy in his memory—the Bob O'Keeffe Memorial Cup. The hurler depicted on the top of the cup is

barefoot Being barefoot is the state of not wearing any footwear. There are health benefits and some risks associated with going barefoot. Shoes, while they offer protection, can limit the flexibility, strength, and mobility of the foot and can lead ...

—as O'Keeffe originally played in that manner.

Honours

* Kilkenny Junior 'B' Hurling League: (1) 2015 * Southern Kilkenny Junior 'B' Hurling League: (1) 2015

References

{{Kilkenny GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Kilkenny Hurling clubs in County Kilkenny