Compiled by Tommy Naughton
Club AGM
Club AGM Sunday 14th December 2025 at 12pm
This year’s Club AGM will be held in our clubhouse on Sunday 14th December 2025 at 12pm.
See details of the outgoing Executive Committee (excluding Nominees and Co-Options) below.
Nominations are invited for all positions on the incoming Executive Committee. The nominator must seek the permission of the person they wish to nominate.
Nominations and Motions for discussion should be emailed to:
Secretary.austinstacks.kerry@gaa.ie to be received on or before 5pm on Sunday 7th December 2025.
Nominations & motions received after this time shall be deemed to be invalid.
Yours sincerely,
Catríona Ní Riain
Rúnaí
Cumann Aibhistin de Staic.
2025 Outgoing Executive Committee:
Chairperson: Eamonn O’Reilly
Vice Chairperson: Billy Ryle (not seeking re – election)
Club Secretary: Catherine Ryan
Assistant Secretary: Mary Fitzmaurice
Treasurer: Mary Hurley
Assistant Treasurer: Anne Heaslip
PRO/Communications Officer: Tommy Naughton (not seeking re – election)
Registrar: Bernie Mannix (not seeking re – election)
Assistant Registrar: Colm Mangan
County Board Delegate: Eddie Barrett
County Board Delegate: Jim Naughton (not seeking re – election)
Tralee Town Board Delegate: Jimmy Browne
Club Development Officer & Healthy Club Officer: Mike Casey
LGFA Representative: Melissa Maguire
Coaching Officer: Tim Mc Mahon
Children’s Officer: Dr. Orlaith Griffin
Player’s Representative: Vacant
Officer for Irish Language & Culture: Carmel O’Neill
Notice of Motions must be submitted by the due date (i.e. 5pm on Sunday 7th December 2025).
Motions not notified in this fashion may not be taken from the floor on the day of the AGM.
PRO THANKS
It has been another busy and rewarding year on the PRO front, which has now officially been renamed “Communications Officer” by Croke Park. I would like to take this opportunity to thank to everyone who has offered help, support, and encouragement to me over the past two years while I was in the role of Club PRO. The teamwork, dedication, and community spirit shown by all involved continue to make the club’s communications one of the best in the country.
Policy Document Recommends The Amalgamation Of The Two Austin Stacks Clubs
The launch of the policy document “A FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATION,” which was researched and written by Billy Ryle, Club Vice-Chairman took place at the Austin Stacks Club, Connolly Park on Tuesday night, 18th November. Billy presented a copy of the document, which has taken the best part of a year to research, organize and write, to Éamonn O’Reilly, Chairman of Austin Stacks Hurling & Football Club and Melissa Maguire, Chairperson of Austin Stacks LGFA Club. Copies of the document were distributed at the launch.
“A FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATION” makes a strong recommendation that Austin Stacks Ladies Gaelic Football Association Club and Austin Stacks Hurling and Football Club should consider a complete and equal amalgamation early in 2026. The document states that while the integration of The Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) and the Camogie Association (CA) into the GAA will not be official until 2027, a preparatory run-in period of one year will be hugely beneficial for a seamless integration of the two Austin Stacks Clubs in 2027. The document recommends that a joint meeting of the members of both clubs should be held as early as possible in 2026. A formal motion should then be proposed that the two clubs would fully amalgamate for 2026 in preparation for full integration in 2027.
The document is advisory only and is not binding on either club. Billy said that club members should take time to study the recommendations and strategies that are set out in the document as change is coming fast down the tracks and only clubs that prepare for change will be ready to meet it head-on when it arrives in 2027.
Billy added that it had been a privilege and a pleasure to prepare the framework for integration of the two clubs and that he was very grateful for the manner in which club members engaged with the various stages of the project. The document, “A Framework for Integration,” will hopefully help to consolidate Austin Stacks GAA Club as a dominant force in the new GAA, when the Camogie Association and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) cease to exist and integrate into the GAA in 2027.
The complete document is available on the following link by CLICKING HERE
Pictured at the launch of the policy document, “A Framework for Integration”, at Austin Stacks Club, Connolly Park on Tuesday night were:
Front L/R
Billy Ryle (Author & Austin Stacks Vice-Chairman), Melissa Maguire (Chairperson Austin Stacks LGFA), Éamonn O’Reilly (Austin Stacks Chairman) & Colm Mangan (Austin Stacks Executive member)
Back L/R Gemma O Connell (Austin Stacks LGFA), Carmel Quilter O’Neill (Austin Stack Executive member), Mike Casey (Austin Stacks Executive member) and Catherine Ryan (Austin Stacks Secretary)
Austin Stacks GAA Club App
The Austin Stacks GAA Club App is now live and ready for you to Download .
Keep up to date with everything you need to know going forward by getting our new club app.
Just follow these simple steps to get going ,
Step 1, Download the Free “Clubforce Connect” App or scan the QR Code below.
Step 2. Log In or Register for your New Free Account
Step 3. Go to Club Section at top of Home Page , click blue icon to proceed .
Step 4. Click Discover where you can search for Austin Stacks .
Step 5. Click Follow , Job Done .
Club Lotto (Mon 8th December 2025)
The numbers drawn were were 07-08-15-29 The jackpot of €3050 was not won. The five €20 Winners were Michael Godley c/o Club, Breda Barry c/o Club, Andrew Doyle c/o Carmel Quilter O’Neill, Tom Healy c/o Richard Healy, Maurice McNamara c/o Club. Next draw is on Monday December 8th at 7.30pm and the jackpot will be €3100. Continued thanks to the following businesses for selling our Lotto tickets on a weekly basis – Kevin Barry’s Shop, Commanes Bookshop (PC Books), O’Flynns Interiors, Hussey’s, Princes St., The Burger Shack, Monavalley and Kirby’s Brogue Inn. And continued thanks to everyone who purchase tickets week-in, week-out.
Club Gear
Check out some of Club Gear from O’Neills by Clicking HERE
Club Cards
Our card sessions continue in the Clubhouse on Mondays and Thursdays with the starting time of 9pm sharp.
Club Bar:
Keep up to date with all the live sport we have to offer on our Bar’s social media pages by CLICKING HERE. Opening times this week for the Club Bar are as follows, Monday 7-00pm, Tuesday 7-00pm, Wednesday 7-00pm, Thursday 7-00pm, Friday 7-00pm, Saturday 7-00pm, Sunday 12-00pm.
Sympathy:
Sincere Sympathy is offered to the families of the following who died recently,
Janice Lee Barton, Tralee, Kerry.
Martin Duggan, Mountain Close, Balloonagh Estate and formerly Mitchels Court, Tralee, Co. Kerry.
John Harty (Jack) of Árd na Lí, Oakpark, Tralee and formerly Dungegan, Ballinskelligs Co. Kerry.
Philomena O’Mahony of Shanakill and Tralee Community Nursing Unit, Tralee, Co. Kerry.
John Crowley, Clounalour, Tralee, Kerry.
Bill Clifford, Ashgrove, Tralee, Kerry / Cork City, Cork.
Valerijs Malovs, Oakpark Demense, Tralee, Kerry.