Killarney Legion

Killarney Legion are a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the town of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. The club was founded on a March evening in 1929 when a group of eleven men held a meeting in the then Temperance Hall in High Street, Killarney (where O'Shea's garage is today).

In the 2007 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Legion reached the 3rd round by beating John Mitchels of Tralee 0-16 to 1-6, then losing to rivals Dr. Crokes 1-16 to 0-9. Legion have just completed work on their new state of the art clubhouse and are now funding for a stand on the railway bank side of the pitch. Legion's U14 team represented Kerry in Feile 2006 in Wicklow. Also U16's have made an impact in the 2007 season with 3 titles. Legion's senior team will be looking for promotion next season to get out of current Division 3.

All-Ireland medal winners from the Legion include:

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Ml. Coffey 1926

DD’Connor 1929-30-31-32

Timmy O’ Leary 1937-39

Ml. Lyne 1937-41

Jackie Lyne 1946-53

Denny Lyne 1946

Donie Murphy 1953

Mixie Palmer 1953-55

Gerald O’ Sullivan 1953-55

J.J. Sheehan 1953-55

Johnny Culloty 1955-59-62-69-70

Diarmuid O’Donoghue 1980-84

Peter O’ Leary 2000

John Cronin 2004

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

Ml. Coffey 1924

Ml. Lyne 1941

Denny Lyne 1941

Teddy Lyne 1941

John Murphy 1941

J.C. Cooper 1949

Mixie Palmer 1949

Tom Spillane 1954

Johnny Culloty 1954

Weeshie Fogarty 1967

Diarmuid O'Donoghue 1983

Padraig Brosnan 1983

Paudie Sheehan 1983

Sean Hegarty 2006 (Captain)

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Denny Murphy 1976

Padraig Brosnan 1976

Peter O’Leary 1990

Sean Hegarty 1998

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Timmy O’Leary 1931-32-33

Ml. Lyne 1933

Johnny Brien 1946

Donie Murphy 1946

J.J. Sheehan 1946

Marcus O’Neill 1950

Tim Kelliher 1963

Padraig Brosnan 1975

Paudie Sheehan 1975

Richard O’Brien 1980

Peter O'Leary 1988

"'All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship(with East Kerry)"'

Ml. Lyne (Faugh) 1971

Noel Power 1971

Weeshie Fogarty 1971

National Football League

D. O’ Connor 1928-29-30

Johnny Culloty 1958-60-61-63-69-71

Peter O’Leary 1997

Diarmuid O'Donoghue 1984

John Cronin 2004

RAILWAY CUP FOOTBALL

D. O’Connor 1931

Jackie Lyne 1946-48-49

Tom Spillane 1949

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

Johnny Culloty 1961

ALL-IRELAND COLLEGES HOGAN CUP

Donie Murphy & J.J. SheahanPat Lucey "with Munster" 1947

Tommy Leahy "with St. Brendan’s" 1969

Denis Doodey, Donal O’ Leary, Damien Counihan, Ted Bowler "with Gormanstown" 1973

UNIVERSITIES SIGERSON CUP

Jackie Lyne U.C.C. 1943

John Trant U.C.G. 1948-50

Donie Murphy U.C.G. 1948

John Keane U.C.C. 1988 (Captain)

Sean Hegarty Tralee IT 1999

Roll of Honour

* East Kerry Senior League Title: 1933,36,43,44,47,50,53.
* Senior Championship O'Donoghue Cup: 1954, 1955, 1967, 1976
* East Kerry Junior League Titles :1932,1934,1946,1954,1974,1976.
* County League Division 1: 1993
* County Club Championship: 1994
* Kerry Senior Football Championship: 1946
* Kerry Intermediate Football Championship: 2005

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* [http://www.legiongaa.com/ Legion Club Website]