Beale GAA
| Beal CLG | ||
| Founded: | 1972 | |
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| County: | Kerry | |
| Colours: | Green, red and black | |
| Grounds: | Stack Park[1] | |
| Coordinates: | 52°30′20″N 9°40′18″W / 52.50556°N 9.67167°W | |
| Playing kits | ||
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Beale GAA (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Biaille) is a Gaelic football club based in the town of Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland. Founded in 1972,[2] the club fields teams in competitions organised by the North Kerry Football Board.[3] Beale won the North Kerry Senior Football Championship in 2014.[4][5] Sand in our Boots, a book published in October 2016 and recording the history of Beale GAA club, won the GAA's 2016 MacNamee Award for 'best GAA club publication'.[6][7][8]
Honours
[edit]- North Kerry Senior Football Championship (8): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2014[5][2]
- Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1984
- Kerry Novice Football Championship (2): 1977,[9] 2005[10]
Notable players
[edit]Former or current inter-county players who have played for the Beale senior team include:
- Eoin 'Bomber' Liston[11] Seven time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Four time All-Star winner.
- Denis 'Ogie' Moran[12] Eight time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain.
References
[edit]- ^ "Beale GAA Club". kerryppn.ie. Kerry Public Participation Network. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Sports Clubs - Beale GAA Club". ballybunion.ie. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Club Notes - Beale". northkerryfootball.com. North Kerry Football Board. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Beale goes out on 'the Biddy' to greet the Spring in BallyB". The Kerryman. Independent News & Media. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Hungry Beale end 25-year famine". Irish Examiner. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "New book out on Beale GAA". The Kerryman. Independent News & Media. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "2016 MacNamee Awards winners announced". gaa.ie. Gaelic Athletic Association. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Two Kerry Winners In GAA's McNamee Awards". traleetoday.ie. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "1977 Co. NFC Final". launerangers.ie. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Tuosist persist but Beale resist". Irish Independent. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Eoin Liston: 'People need people'". gaa.ie. GAA. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
giving back to the community has been incredibly important for Liston since he retired from playing with Kerry and his club Beale
- ^ "Ogie delight as Beale get back on top 25 years later". The Kerryman. Independent News & Media. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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