Austin Stacks is a hurling and Gaelic football club based in Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland. Founded in 1917, the club has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Ireland.
History Origins Founded in 1917, the club is named after Austin Stack, Irish revolutionary and captain of the All-Ireland winning Kerry Gaelic football team of 1904. They are the only club in Kerry to have won Senior County Championships in both hurling and football, including doubles in 1928 and 1931.
Gaelic football The club won the 1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Notable players with the club have included Joe Barrett, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, John O'Keeffe, Cork's Dinny Long, William Kirby, Kieran Donaghy (who won player of the year after leading Kerry to success in 2006) and Daniel Bohane most recent AI winners include Dylan Casey and Joe O'Connor. The club has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other GAA club in Ireland.
The club's most recent Senior Co. Championship win was in 2021 when they defeated local rivals Kerins O'Rahillys on a score line of Austin Stacks 0-13 Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-10. They contested the 2025 Senior Co. Final but were defeated by Dingle. The club are current U21 Champions winning back to back titles in 2024 and 2025.
Hurling Austin Stacks have won the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship 4 times. They won the Kerry Junior Hurling Championship in 2012, 2015 and 2016. They no longer play hurling in the club. They also won Minor County Championships in 1955, 1967 and 1986.
All Ireland Senior medal winners
Ger Power (8) 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 (c), 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986 Mikey Sheehy (8) 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986 John O'Keeffe (7) 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 Joe Barrett (6) 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 Jackie Ryan (6) 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 Micko Doyle (5) 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937 (c) John Joe Purty Landers (5) 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937 Tim Roundy Landers (5) 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1941 Ger O'Keeffe (4) 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981 Kieran Donaghy (4) 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014 Denis Rory O'Connell (3) 1924, 1926, 1929 Jimmy Gawksie Gorman (3) 1939, 1940, 1941 Jimmy Baily (3) 1924, 1926, 1929 Daniel Bohan (3) 2006, 2007, 2009 Ned Pedlar Sweeney (2) 1929, 1930 Tommy Barrett (2) 1930, 1931 Dan Ryan (2) 1930, 1931 Martin Bracker O'Regan (2) 1931, 1932 William Kirby (2) 1997, 2004 Bill Landers (2) 1924, 1932 Gerry Pluggy Moriarty (2) 1924, 1926 Joe O'Connor (2) 2022, 2024 Dylan Casey (2) 2022, 2025 Tom O'Connor (1) 1929 Michael Healy (1) 1932 Jo Jo Barrett (1) 1962 John L McElligott (1) 1979 Pa Laide (1) 1997 John Gal Slattery (1) 1926 Shane O'Callaghan (1) 2014 Fearghal MacNamara (1) 2014 Greg Horan (1) 2022 Jack O'Shea (1) 2022 Armin Heinrich (1) 2025
Roll of honour
Football
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (1): 1977 Kerry Senior Football Championship (13): 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1994, 2014, 2021 Munster Club Champions (2): 1976, 2014 Senior Club Football Championships (6): 1979, 2003, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2024 Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1): 2024 Kerry County Football League – Division 1 (11): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2025. Kerry County Football League – Division 2 (1): 2010, 2024. Kerry Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2002, 2024, 2025. Kerry Minor Football Championship (2): 1969, 1980 Kerry Minor Football League – Division 1 (6): 1973, 1979, 1994, 2000, 2013, 2017 Under-21 Club Football Championship (1): 2008 Hurling Kerry Senior Hurling Championships (3): 1928, 1929, 1931, Kerry County Hurling League – Division 3 (1): 2017 Kerry Junior Hurling Championship (3): 2012, 2015, 2016 Kerry Minor Hurling Championships (3): 1955, 1967, 1986
County championship winning captains
Football
1928: Joe Barrett 1930: Joe Barrett 1931: Joe Barrett 1932: Joe Barrett 1936: Miko Doyle 1973: Billy Curtin 1975: Joe Joe Barrett 1976: John O'Keeffe 1979: Ger Power 1986: Mike Counihan 1994: Pat Slattery 2014: Barry Shanahan 2021: Dylan Casey
Hurling (Senior)
1928: Joe Barrett 1929: Dan Rayn 1931: Joe Barrett
Hurling (Junior) 2012: Andrew Morrissey 2015: Danny Maguire 2016: Andrew Foley
Notable players Joe Barrett Six time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. 1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain. Winning captain of four County SFC and two SHC titles. Miko Doyle Five time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. Jackie Ryan Five time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. John Joe Purty Landers Five time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. All-Time All Star Award 1985 Tim Roundy Landers Five time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. All-Time All Star Award 1985. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. John O'Keeffe Seven time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Five time All-Star winner. Texaco Footballer of the Year 1975. 1977 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winning captain. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. Ger Power Eight time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Six time All-Star winnier. 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. Mikey Sheehy Eight time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Seven time All-Star winnier. Texaco Footballer of the Year 1979. Kerry Football Team of the Millennium member. Kieran Donaghy Four time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Three time All-Star winnier. Texaco Footballer of the Year 2006, GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year 2006. Billy Sheehan, played for both Kerry and Laois senior football teams. He played with Laois inter-county team for a total of eleven years from 2004 to 2015. He was manager of the Laois county team from 2021 until 2023. Ger O'Keeffe Three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. William Kirby Two time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Pa Laide 1997 All-Star winner. Dinny Long All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner with Cork. Two time All-Star winner. Joe O'Connor, 2022 All-Ireland SFC-winning captain Dylan Casey, 2021 Kerry Senior County Championship winning captain. He made he senior county championship debut for Kerry in 2022. Liam Kearns Intercounty manager with Limerick, Laois, Tipperary and Offaly. Gary Scollard1976 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship winner.
Notable teams
References
External links Official Austin Stacks GAA Club website