Austin Stacks GAA


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 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 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 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 now play in the Intermediate Championship. They also won Minor County Championships in 1955, 1967 and 1986.

All Ireland Senior medal winners

  • Ger Power 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
  • Mikey Sheehy 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
  • John O'Keeffe 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
  • Joe Barrett 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932
  • Jackie Ryan 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932
  • Micko Doyle 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937
  • John Joe Purty Landers 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937
  • Tim Roundy Landers 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1941
  • Ger O'Keeffe 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981
  • Kieran Donaghy 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014
  • Denis Rory O'Connell 1924, 1926, 1929
  • Jimmy Gawksie Gorman 1939, 1940, 1941
  • Jimmy Baily 1924, 1926, 1929
  • Daniel Bohan 2006, 2007, 2009
  • Ned Pedlar Sweeney 1929, 1930
  • Tommy Barrett 1930, 1931
  • Dan Ryan 1930, 1931
  • Martin Bracker O'Regan 1931, 1932
  • William Kirby 1997, 2004
  • Bill Landers 1924, 1932
  • Gerry Pluggy Moriarty 1924, 1926
  • Joe O'Connor 2022, 2024
  • Dylan Casey 2022, 2025
  • Tom O'Connor 1929
  • Michael Healy 1932
  • Jo Jo Barrett 1962
  • John L McElligott 1979
  • Pa Laide 1997
  • John Gal Slattery 1926
  • Shane O'Callaghan 2014
  • Fearghal MacNamara 2014
  • Greg Horan 2022
  • Jack O'Shea 2022
  • Armin Heinrich 2025

Roll of honour

FootballAll-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship : 1977Kerry Senior Football Championship : 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1994, 2014, 2021Munster Club Champions : 1976, 2014Senior Club Football Championships : 1979, 2003, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021Kerry Intermediate Football Championship : 2024Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship : 2024Kerry County Football League – Division 1 : 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2025.Kerry County Football League – Division 2 : 2010, 2024.Kerry Under-21 Football Championship : 2002, 2024, 2025.Kerry Minor Football Championship : 1969, 1980Kerry Minor Football League – Division 1 : 1973, 1979, 1994, 2000, 2013, 2017Under-21 Club Football Championship : 2008
HurlingKerry Senior Hurling Championships : 1928, 1929, 1931, Kerry County Hurling League – Division 3 : 2017Kerry Junior Hurling Championship : 2012, 2015, 2016Kerry Minor Hurling Championships : 1955, 1967, 1986

County championship winning captains

Football
Hurling
Hurling

Notable players