I know we spent a couple of years going in to Scoil Ăde but were castigated by games development as Abbey were giving out. Yet they did fuck all. Also ghĂ© principal was a parteen man and promoted them over any other club
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how many teams do Abbey field? 1 adult a few juveniles?? both codes?
They havenât fielded an adult team in years.
They might have fielded an U-10 or U-12 team in recent years but they havenât fielded any teams at any older age groups in a long time.
A good example of a GAA club getting off the ground and gaining traction is Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie Club in Kerry
They took their name from a Tralee Parnells GAA club that existed in the early 1900s before it disbanded when the club broke into 3 seperate clubs to cater for the different sections of the town.
When hurling enthusiasts wanted a hurling club in the town circa 10 years ago, it took on the Parnells name. Have juvenile teams at all age groups now , 2 adult teams and will be playing in the Kerry senior hurling championship before too long
Have very good numbers in camogie too
There was a gap in the town for a hurling and camogie club, so close to the north kerry hurling clubs, people from there living in Tralee and from strong hurling counties living in Tralee
Austin Stacks had a good tradition of hurling but let it die to near extinction, it is gone in Stacks now and Parnells have took on the hurling mantle. They could become the Na Piarsiagh of Kerry hurling!
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just looked at their facebook page, not a hive of activity
Latte drinkers?
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I donât think Abbey Sarsfields field any teams at all at any age do they?
Still look for their ticket allocation though, and get them I think
Ardfert/ causeway Kerry head not too far away- hurling country
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aye, all that hurling territory runs in as far as the tralee town boundary on the Ardfert road also on the Abbeydorney road, kilflynn road
hurling in tralee should never have sank as low as it did as it had a tradition there. Hurling was actually stronger in the Austin Stacks club than football in the 1960s and early 1970s until a breakthrough in football came in 1973 after nearly 40 years with county senior title. before that stacks lost 3 senior hurling finals in the late 1960s early 1970s without winning any. Jackie Power of Limerick fame was the manager of that winning stacks football team I think in 1973
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Similarly in Cork our co board leaves down the wreaker sport in the county ( football) by SWA funding compared to the hurlers
Even down to training facilities at one stage
Now after Meath thrashing us
All the chickens come home
â you reap what you sowâ
What level are Parteen at, a fairly average Intermediate team in the Clare Championship?
The whole Shannon Banks/Westbury area strikes me as a wasteland in a lot of ways, falling between various stools.
Middling intermediate, would typically be C at most underage grades over the last 2 decades. They get a handful of meelick lads these days as well as they no longer field underage I believe
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the kerry hurling squads are well looked after by the County Board, could have no quibble in that regard
At club level though, the scheduling of matches is biased towards football, the club football championship and then the county football championship are run on a round robin basis groups of 4. It leaves very little room for hurling and dual players. one of the football competitions should be knock out. The kerry county senior hurling final is on the last Sunday in July 2022!!!. Basically get it played while the Kerry footballers are playing and have it out of the way for a clear run of club football when Kerry exit the football
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Tad unfair
I was talking to a man last night that said Hospital will be Junior B football next year. Incredible for a club that were dual senior within the last 20 years.
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Jesus that is shocking but they seem to be getting it together at underage
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They have a fairly impressive set up underage. The new school has ti he a major benefit to them.
The key will be being competitive at underage for the best part of a decade to get things moving again
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Theyâve turned into a right rabble of a club - for shame.
Nothing stopping any young lad (or gal) from Shannon Banks who wants to play hurling from joining the hurling club thatâs right on their doorstop â donât know how anyone can say they are not being catered to hurling-wise . . . they are closer to Parteen hurling club than anyone from the village or Ardnacrusha and the club field teams in just about every underage bracket.
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