Ballydonoghue GAA

Ballydonoghue
Baile Uí Dhonnchú
Founded:1930s
Colours:Green and white
Grounds:Denis Dowling Park, Coolard
Coordinates:52°29′11″N 9°31′10″W / 52.48639°N 9.51944°W / 52.48639; -9.51944
Playing kits
First kit
Second kit

Ballydonoghue GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in north County Kerry, Ireland. It fields Gaelic football teams at underage and adult levels. All teams represent the parish of Ballydonoghue which contains the village of Lisselton.[1] The club's home ground is Denis Dowling Park, Coolard. The club is affiliated to the North Kerry Football Board[2] and is one of six clubs which form the Shannon Rangers divisional side [3] which competes in the Kerry Senior Football Championship.[4] The club was founded during the 1930s following the amalgamation of several smaller teams.[5] Several Ballydonoghue players have played on the Kerry inter-county football team,[6] including three club members who were on the Kerry team that contested the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final at the Polo Grounds in New York.[7]

As of 2024, the club are the current holders of the North Kerry Senior Football Championship[8] and competed in Division 3 of the Kerry County Football League[9] where they missed out on promotion to Division 2, losing the promotion play-off to Keel.[10] The club were runners-up in Division 1A of the North Kerry Football League[11] and also competed in the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship.[12] Ballydonoghue B finished in first place in Division 4 of the Kerry County Developmental League for 2024[13] and also first in Division 3 of the North Kerry League.[14]

At officiating level, the club are represented by referees Brendan Griffin (one of only two Kerry referees on the GAA's national panel of referees[15]) and Eamonn Moran.[16]

  1. ^ "Ballydonoghue GAA - History of the Ballydonoghue GAA Club". sportsmanager.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ "NKFB Clubs-Ballydonoghue". northkerryfootball.com. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Shannon Rangers GAA Clubs" (PDF). kerrycoco.ie. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Kerry Senior County Championship – Group 3". finalwhistle.ie. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Shannon Rangers-History of Ballydonoghue GAA". The Kerryman. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Ballydonoghue players who wore the Kerry jersey". terracetalk.com. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Ballydonoghue / Lisselton". The Kerryman. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ^ "North Kerry SFC Final: Ballydonoghue dig deep to get the job done against St Senans". The Kerryman. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  9. ^ "2024 Credit Union SFL Div 3". kerrygaa.ie. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Sunday local GAA fixtured and results". radiokerry.ie. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  11. ^ "2024 NKL Div 1A". northkerryfootball.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Kerry club championship draws for 2024". The Kerryman. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  13. ^ "2024 Kerry Developmental League Division 4". kerrygaa.ie. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  14. ^ "2024 NKL Division 3". northkerryfootball.com. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Griffin ready for starting whistle". independent.ie. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Media and social media toughest part of refereeing". kerrysportshub.ie. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2024.