Fr. Mícheál Galvin died at the great age of 91, ten years ago on this day (23rd August 2010), after a life-long service to his priestly vocation and to his Club. He spent 66 consecutive seasons (1944-2010) as President of the Club, a record that we have never seen achieved by … [Read more...]

TOM NAUGHTON: He was one of the Club’s and the County’s great supporters and his recollection of past games was unbelievable. We speak of Tom Naughton (St. Brendan’s Park) who died 25 years ago on this day (12th May 1995). Tom could name teams going back decades with uncanny … [Read more...]

JOHN FITZGERALD: who died at the age of 82 - twenty years ago on this day (7th April 2000) - came from a Rock Street family steeped in Stacks culture. His family shop in the middle of the Rock, widely known as Denna’s (his brother Denis and his sister, Beatrice Daly ran the shop … [Read more...]

There was sorrow and disbelief throughout the county and beyond on Tuesday afternoon when news broke of the sudden death of Timmy Sheehan. Just some fifteen hours before that Timmy was in his usual good form entertaining his colleagues in the Stacks Clubhouse going through all … [Read more...]

SEÁN MURPHY RIP Seán, who was the Club’s oldest member and who celebrated his 98th birthday just over two months ago (14th Dec 2019), passed away peacefully on this Tuesday evening at Tralee Community Hospital.  His good friend, Tadgh McMahon scripted a beautiful piece about … [Read more...]

We Remember FRANK KING (1931-1990). Frank played football and hurling with the Club (1949-1955) and won two SH Co. Championship medals when playing afterwards with Ballyduff. In 1957 he served as Club Vice Chairman and then came back in the early 1970s and presided over a period … [Read more...]

Nanette was a niece of Austin Stack. Her husband was Tommy Barrett – a winner of two All Ireland SF medals with Kerry (1930-1931) and a winner of five SF and three SH Co. Championship medals with The Rock (1928-1936). And her son, Eddie, to this day has been mentor of many teams … [Read more...]

PADDY DRUMMOND (1912-1995). On this day twenty five years ago (13th January 1995) Paddy Drummond, one of the Club’s outstanding players (both codes) and administrators, passed away at the age of 82. He was still a teenager when he won his first Senior Co. Championship … [Read more...]

He is the Club’s oldest member and today (14th Dec, 2019) he celebrates his 98th birthday.  Originally from Carlow, his work in the Department of Agriculture brought Sean to Tralee.  He was introduced to our Club by the late Kevin Barry and became actively involved firstly as a … [Read more...]