Ballyheigue GAA is a hurling and Gaelic football club in the Ballyheigue area of north County Kerry, Ireland. The club competes at all levels of hurling at county and North Kerry and also plays some underage football as well as competing in the county junior football league and the county novice football shield.
History
The club was founded in 1892. The field, which is named after John Joe O'Sullivan, was purchased in the 1950s. Club rooms were later built in 1974. A new ball alley, dressing rooms and a meeting room were opened in 2006. The Ballyheigue GAA have won the County Senior County Championship five times: in 1946, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000.
Honours Hurling Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1946, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000 Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1975 Kerry Junior Hurling Championship (3): 2018, 2019, 2020 Kerry Under-21 hurling championship (6): 1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Kerry Minor Hurling Championship (3): 1960, 1982, 1992 County Senior Hurling League (Div 1) (3): 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011 County Minor Hurling League (Div 1) (1): 1991 North Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1946, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2007 North Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 1969, 1975 North Kerry Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1926 North Kerry Under-21 Hurling Championship (5): 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995 North Kerry Minor Championship (3): 1991, 1994, 1996 North Kerry Senior Hurling League (5): 1991, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007 North Kerry Intermediate Hurling League (1): 2007
Football Kerry Novice Football Championship (1): 1991 Junior County Football League (Div. 4) (1): 2003
Notable players
Michael ‘Boxer’ Slattery John Healy Brendan O'Sullivan
References
External links Official Ballyheigue GAA website (archived 2007)