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Beale

Beal CLG
Founded:	1972
County:	Kerry
Colours:	Green, red and black
Grounds:	Stack Park
Coordinates:	52°30′20″N 9°40′18″W / 52.50556°N 9.67167°W / 52.50556; -9.67167
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Beale GAA (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Biaille) is a Gaelic football club based in the town of Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland. Founded in 1972, the club fields teams in competitions organised by the North Kerry Football Board. Beale won the North Kerry Senior Football Championship in 2014. Sand in our Boots, a book published in October 2016 and recording the history of Beale GAA club, won the GAA's 2016 MacNamee Award for 'best GAA club publication'.

Honours

• North Kerry Senior Football Championship (8): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2014
• Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1984
• Kerry Novice Football Championship (2): 1977, 2005

Notable players

Former or current inter-county players who have played for the Beale senior team include:

• Eoin 'Bomber' Liston Seven time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. Four time All-Star winner.
• Denis 'Ogie' Moran Eight time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner. 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning captain.

References

1. "Beale GAA Club". kerryppn.ie. Kerry Public Participation Network. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
2. ^ "Sports Clubs - Beale GAA Club". ballybunion.ie. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
3. "Club Notes - Beale". northkerryfootball.com. North Kerry Football Board. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
4. "Beale goes out on 'the Biddy' to greet the Spring in BallyB". The Kerryman. Independent News & Media. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
5. ^ "Hungry Beale end 25-year famine". Irish Examiner. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
6. "New book out on Beale GAA". The Kerryman. Independent News & Media. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
7. "2016 MacNamee Awards winners announced". gaa.ie. Gaelic Athletic Association. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
8. "Two Kerry Winners In GAA's McNamee Awards". traleetoday.ie. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
9. "1977 Co. NFC Final". launerangers.ie. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
10. "Tuosist persist but Beale resist". Irish Independent. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
11. "Eoin Liston: 'People need people'". gaa.ie. GAA. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021. giving back to the community has been incredibly important for Liston since he retired from playing with Kerry and his club Beale
12. "Ogie delight as Beale get back on top 25 years later". The Kerryman. Independent News & Media. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

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