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Killarney Legion
An Léigúin, Cill Airne
Founded:1929
County:Kerry
Colours:Green & White
Grounds:Dereen, Killarney
Coordinates:52°04′24.53″N 9°30′26.88″W / 52.0734806°N 9.5074667°W / 52.0734806; -9.5074667
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster
champions		 Kerry
champions
Football: - - 1

Killarney Legion are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. The club was founded on a March evening in 1929[1] when a group of eleven men held a meeting in the then Temperance Hall in High Street, Killarney.

History

In the Kerry Senior Football Championship, Legion reached the 3rd round by beating John Mitchels of Tralee 0-16 to 1-6, then losing to rivals Dr. Crokes 1-16 to 0-9. Legion now have a new state of the art clubhouse and have just commenced the development of a stand aligning the southern side of the main pitch. The stature of the juvenile section of the club is at an all-time high at present. Legion's U14 team represented Kerry in the Feile competition of 2006 held in Wicklow and again in 2009 held in Kildare. Also the minor teams (U18) have reached three county finals in a row since 2007, winning two. The club won the Under 21 Club Championship in 2011 and 2012. Legion's senior team was relegated to Division 2 for the 2014 season, but won that straight away. Killarney Legion GAA came so close to winning the County Championship 2015 after beating Mid Kerry, Feale Rangers, Kerins O' Rahillys and Rathmore. Legion met South Kerry in the County Final but lost in extra time of a replay.[citation needed]

As of October 2020, the club acquired a new floodlighting system, and upgraded the gym.[2]

The Killarney Legion clubhouse

Notable players

Notable players include:

All-Ireland medal winners from the Legion include:

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

(with East Kerry)

National Football League

Railway Cup Football

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Colleges Hogan Cup

Universities Sigerson Cup

Roll of honour

References

  1. ^ "Killarney Legion GAA – Killarney Legion GAA". Archived from the original on 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Future looking very bright for Killarney Legion". Killarney Today. 6 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. ^ "South Kerry land the killer punch". Irish Examiner. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Rampant Crokes show no mercy". Irish Examiner. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Rathmore retain cup as Legion's wait continues". Irish Examiner. 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

External links

Kerry GAA clubs
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