Lixnaw GAA
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Lixnaw are a Gaelic Athletic Association
hurling
club in north County Kerry
, Ireland
. They play in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. The club is primarily concerned with the game of hurling but many of their players play football with Finuge
. They have won 7 Kerry Senior Hurling Championships.They have won 7 Kerry minor hurling championships and 4 U21 championships. Alan Bonn was the captain of the minor team that won the 2007 minor b hurling championship.
Steve Grady (Co-founder of The North Kerry Hurling Board),
John McElligott,
Jack Kennedy (Co-founder of Ladies Walk Club),
Moss Fitzmaurice,
Christy Ring (guest appearance),
Eugie Stack,
Jimmy Hogan,
Richie McElligott (nominated for Irish Independant GAA Team of the Century in 1984),
Topper McElligott,
Moss Lyons,
Johnny Conway,
Sean Flaherty,
John Griffin (Shinty International v Scotland)
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
club in north County Kerry
County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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. They play in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. The club is primarily concerned with the game of hurling but many of their players play football with Finuge
Finuge GAA
Finuge is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Finuge, County Kerry, Ireland. They currently compete in the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship. They also form part of the Feale Rangers divisional team that play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. Many of the players also play...
. They have won 7 Kerry Senior Hurling Championships.They have won 7 Kerry minor hurling championships and 4 U21 championships. Alan Bonn was the captain of the minor team that won the 2007 minor b hurling championship.
Roll of honour
- County Senior Hurling Championship 7: 1934, 1954, 1983, 1985, 19991999 Kerry Senior Hurling ChampionshipRound 1Abbeydorney 7-18 Austin Stacks 0-02 St. Patricks East Kerry 1-09 Kenmare 1-09 Lixnaw 2-09 Kilmoyley 2-06 Round 1 ReplayKenmare 2-17 St. Patricks East Kerry 1-09 Quarter-finalsCrotta O'Neill's 3-11 Ballyheigue 3-08...
, 20052005 Kerry Senior Hurling ChampionshipThe following teams received byes into the Qtr-Finals:Kilmoyley , Ballyduff, Ballyheigue, Causeway & St. BrendansRound 1Lixnaw 4-19 Kenmare District 1-06Abbeydorney 1-08 Crotta O'Neill's 0-09Round 2...
, 2007
County Championship Winning Captains
- 1934: Joe McCarthy
- 1954: Jim Hogan
- 1983: Moss McKenna
- 1985: Moss Allen
- 1999: Trevor McKenna
- 2005: Fergus Fitzmaurice
- 2007: Patrick Dowling
Famous players
Maurice Fitzmaurice,Steve Grady (Co-founder of The North Kerry Hurling Board),
John McElligott,
Jack Kennedy (Co-founder of Ladies Walk Club),
Moss Fitzmaurice,
Christy Ring (guest appearance),
Eugie Stack,
Jimmy Hogan,
Richie McElligott (nominated for Irish Independant GAA Team of the Century in 1984),
Topper McElligott,
Moss Lyons,
Johnny Conway,
Sean Flaherty,
John Griffin (Shinty International v Scotland)