Fossa GAA is a

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club located in Fossa,

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. The club is concerned with the game of

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. It is a member of the

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board.

History

Located four miles west of

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, Fossa GAA Club was founded on 11 January 1970. The club leased a field from the nearby

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firm in 1972 and the following year fielded its first senior team in the East Kerry League and Championship and in Division 4 of the County League. Fossa won their first championship in 2016, winning the Kerry Junior Championship. Fossa won the Kerry Premier Junior title in 2022, beating Listry in the final after extra-time. They went on to claim the Munster Junior title after wins over Castlemahon in the semi-final and Kilmurry in the final. On 15 January 2023, Fossa faced Stewartstown Harps at

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in the

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final. Fossa won by 0–19 to 1–13 in a bad-tempered game which featured six red cards. In Fossa's first year in the Kerry Intermediate Championship in 2023, they reached the final after a penalty shoot-out win over

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. Fossa lost the final by a point to Milltown/Castlemaine

Honours

* All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2022–23 * Munster Junior Club Football Championship (1):

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Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship The Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Kerry Petroleum County Premier Junior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Kerry PJFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry Coun ...

(1): 2022 *

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(1): 2016

Notable players

* David Clifford * Paudie Clifford

References

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