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| Founded: | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||
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| County: | Kerry | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Rock, Rockies, Rock Street, The Stacks | ||||||||||||||||
| Colours: | Black & amber | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Connolly Park, Rock Street, Tralee. | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°16′13.08″N9°41′46.35″W / 52.2703000°N 9.6962083°W /52.2703000; -9.6962083 | ||||||||||||||||
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Austin Stacks is ahurling andGaelic football club based inTralee in County Kerry, Ireland.[1] Founded in 1917, the club has moreAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals andGAA All-Stars than any otherGaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Ireland.[2]
Founded in 1917,[3] the club is named afterAustin Stack, Irish revolutionary and captain of theAll-Ireland winning KerryGaelic football 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.
The club won the1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.[4]
Notable players with the club have includedJoe Barrett,Mikey Sheehy,Ger Power,John O'Keeffe, Cork'sDinny Long,William Kirby,Kieran Donaghy (who won player of the year after leadingKerry to success in 2006) andDaniel Bohane.[citation needed] The club has moreAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals andGAA All-Stars than any other GAA club in Ireland.[2]
One year after winning the competition, following a 3–22 to 1–15 loss to Kenmare Shamrock during the2022 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.[5]
Austin Stacks have won theKerry Senior Hurling Championship 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.[citation needed]
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