2024 Membership:
Membership for 2024 is now due. Please pay online through the club website austinstacks.ie or through foireann.com. Any queries please contact Bernie on 086 0767415.
Tralee/St Brendans Senior Football League:
Austin Stacks 1-10 Na Gaeil 0-4
Report by Tim ‘Tiger’ Slattery
Played in heavy underfoot conditions with both wind and rain to contend with on Monday morning,Stacks opened the scoring after six minutes with a Cian Purcell point,then Darragh O’Brien with two pointed frees midway through the half made it a three point game.
Na Gaeil had their first point in the 19th minute and four minutes later had another point to make it a one point game,Shane O’Callaghan and Darragh O’Brien with a point each increased Stacks lead to three points.
Barry Shanahan with a lovely left legged point and a Darragh O’Brien free just on half time made it 7pts to 2pts in favour of Stacks.
Donagh McKivergan with a pointed free early in the second half and a Darragh O’Brien goal in the 40th minute made it 1-8 to 0-2.
Darragh O’Brien had another Stacks point only for Na Gaeil to hit back with 2 points in a minute.
Cillian Litchfield finished the scoring for Stacks with five minutes left in the match.
Austin Stacks Team: Ben Quilter,Luke Chester,Jack O’Shea,Niall Fitzmaurice,Luke Casey,Adam Curran,Eoghan Carroll,Michael O’Donnell,Barry Shanahan (0-1),Donagh McKivergan (0-1f),Jack Morgan,Conor Horan,Cian Purcell (0-1),Shane O’Callaghan (0-1),Darragh O’Brien (1-5,3f).
Subs; Joey Nagle for Michael O’Donnell,David Mannix for Cian Purcell,Cillian Litchfield (0-1) for Conor Horan,Joe Reidy for Donagh McKivergan,Cian Dillane for Luke Casey.
Referee Gary Kissane Kerins O’Rahillys
2024 County League Div 2:
The County League starts this weekend with our Senior Mens A team travelling to Fossa on Saturday with a 5pm throw in time.
2024 County League Div 5A:
Our Mens Senior B team will start their County League campaign on Saturday with a game at home against Kilgarvan with a 5pm throw-in.
Development League
Our opening fixture in the Development League last Saturday against Waterville was postponed due to an unplayable pitch. We await confirmation of our next fixture which will be posted here on our club website once confirmed.
2024 Intermediate Club Championship:
Austin Stacks have been drawn in Group A alongside Glenbeigh-Glencar, An Ghaeltacht & John Mitchels for the 2024 Intermediate Club Championship. The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarter Final stage.
St Patrick’s Day:
Thank you to all the Boys and Girls from the Juvenile Academies who marched in the St Patrick’s Day Parade. It was great to see so much Black and Amber on Denny St. Thanks to the Mentors and Parents for accompanying them. View our wondeful picture gallery HERE .
Mercy Mounthawk:
Our sympathies to the Mercy Mounthawk senior footballers who were unfortunate v Omagh CBS in the All-Ireland Final of the Hogan Cup competition i bPáirc an Chrócaigh last Saturday. It just wasn’t their day! However, they played wonderful football, they graced GAA headquarters as outstanding ambassadors of Kerry football, they played sportingly and they gave of their ‘almighty best’ go dtí séideach deireanach fheadóg an réiteora! They gave their followers a great season of exciting college football, they defeated other good college teams (including their near rivals, clubmates and good friends, the boys of The Green CBS….probably the 3rd best team in the country!!), they won Corn Uí Mhuirí, they won many admirers, made lifelong friendships, gained invaluable experience and…and they shortened our winter! The dark cloud will lift and life will go on for these young men! Tá anam agus spiorad iontu seo! Mar a dúirt imreoir amháin tar éis an chluiche: ‘táim croíbhriste anocht ach tá BRÓD orm!’ We are so proud of our 10 Rock boys and their teammates. Laochra na Carraige 2024: Mícheál Tansley, Séamus Ó Bradáin, Pádraig Ó hAllmharáin, Seán Ó Murchú, Ben Ó Murchú, Dónal Ó Ciarba, Pádraig Ó Laighin, Noah Townsend, Stiofán Mac Conbhuí agus Bobby Ó Broin.Bheadh buachaillí Chnoc an tSeabhaic molta dá mbeimis inár dtost!
Wedding Bells:
Congratulations to our Senior Player Fiachna Mangan and Katie O’Mahony, who got married last Saturday.
The Tommy Tiernan Show:
On last Saturday nights Tommy Tiernan Show his first guest was the one and only Kieran Donaghy. For anyone who missed it, the interview can be viewed HERE .
Club Cards:
Our card sessions continue in the Clubhouse on Mondays and Thursdays with the starting time of 9 pm sharp.
CLUB LOTTO:
This week’s (18th March ) Jackpot worth €3000 was not won. The numbers drawn were 05,09,19,23. The €20 winners were Conor Falvey, c/o The Club, Mike O’Donnell, c/o The Club, John Dowling , c/o Carmel O’Neill, Aoife O’Connell, c/o The Burger Shack, Doc Connolly, c/o Carmel O’Neill.
Next Week’s Jackpot will be worth €3050.
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 COLOURS:
Check out some of our new Club Merchandise from O’Neills. Find links HERE ,the Links will be open until Sunday 31stMarch. Individual orders will be grouped and sent in bulk to the club. Also see www.oneills.com for more club gear.
KERRY SENIORS:
Sympathies to the Kerry senior hurlers v Laois i bPáirc Uí Mhórdhaon Saturday last. (ii) Bhí bua maith ag peileadóirí Chiarraí v Ros Comáin i bPáirc de hÍde ar an Domhnach seo caite. Well done, Joe, Dylan, Armin and Joey. Aslo a huge congratulations to Joe O’Connor on making the GAA.ie team of the week.
Kerry host Galway in Round 7 of the 2024 Allianz Football League Division 1 on Sunday 24th March in Killarney with a 1-45pm throw in time. The gaame will be shown live in our club bar.
Club Bar:
We have plenty of live sport this weekend to keep you entertained with the highlights being our Mens Senior B team starting their County League campaign on Saturday in Connolly Park at 5pm against Kilgarvan while on Sunday its Kerry Vs Galway(1-45pm) in the last round of matches in the National Football League. Keep up to date with all the live sport we have to offer Right Here . Opening times this week for the Club Bar are as follows,
Sympathy:
Sincere Sympathy is offered to the families of the following who died recently,
Anne Fitzgerald Ballyvelly (Mother-in-Law of Coaching officer Tim McMahon and Grandmother of Senior Player Jordan Kissane and Juvenile players Rocco & Coby) Eileen O’Shea(nee O’Leary) Ballybreanugh, Betty Roddy (nee Sugrue) Caherslee, Sally O’Callaghan (nee Baily) Gallowsfield, Mary McNamee Gallowsfield, Elizabeth Thornton (nee Cronin) Connolly Pk ( Wife of John Mother of Marian Mother-in-Law of Michael Clifford and Grandmother of Garry and Tara current member of Bar Staff).
