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Gaelic football club in County Kerry, Ireland

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Spa GAA

Spá CLG

Founded:

1948

County:

Kerry

Colours:

Blue and Gold

Grounds:

Tullig, Killarney

Coordinates:

52°04′14.04″N 9°28′00.58″W / 52.0705667°N 9.4668278°W / 52.0705667; -9.4668278

Playing kits

Standard colours

Spa GAA is a Gaelic football club based in Tullig, Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Founded in 1948, the club gets its name from a spa well in the townland of Tullig close to Killarney. The club won the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship in 2009.

History

The club gets its name from the Spa Well, a source of water with reputed health giving properties, which is situated on the road side in the townland of Tullig, approximately three miles from Killarney town centre. The well was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, when the people of Killarney often took the mineral-rich water as a cure for various ailments.

Spa GAA Club was founded in 1948, and has since grown to have over 500 members. The club's colours are blue and gold. The catchment area of the club is Killarney Parish. The club's facilities are located in Tullig, 1.5 km east of Park Road Roundabout, Killarney. Indoor facilities consist of a 600 sq.m. sports hall which is used for indoor football, hurling, basketball, athletics and volleyball. An adjoining building of 800 sq.m. has four dressing rooms, plus a gym, first aid room, kitchen, dance studio and meeting rooms.

Several players from Spa have worn county colours at senior level. Among them are Donie O'Sullivan, Michael Gleeson, Paudie O'Mahony, Pat Casey, Tim Regan, Michael McAuliffe, James Cahill, Niall O'Mahony and Michael O'Donoghue.

The club caters for boys and girls from u8 to u18 and the adult section has teams at Senior, Junior and U21.

The club won promotion to Division 1 of the Senior County League in November 2008, and are second only to Dr. Crokes in terms of O'Donoghue Cup wins. In 2009, Spa won their second County Intermediate championship and subsequently won the Munster Intermediate championship before losing the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship final to Cookstown following a "controversial" penalty. They were relegated back to the intermediate grade the following year. They followed that with county final losses at intermediate grade in 2012, 2014 and 2015 to Finuge GAA (replay), Ardfert GAA and St. Mary's respectively. After the three final losses, the club eventually won the 2020 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship to regain their senior status, beating Beaufort in the final 4-18 to 1-19. Following the promotion, Spa are one of only 8 senior football teams in Kerry.

Achievements

Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (3): 1974, 2009, 2020 (runners-Up 2012, 2014,2015)
Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1): 2009
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship (0): (Runner-Up 2010)
East Kerry Senior Football Championship (10): 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1989

Notable players

References

^ "Munster Club Championships 2009 to 2019 - Club Championships 2009". munster.gaa.ie. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
"Spa". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "Hughes penalty fires Cookstown to glory". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
"Griffin stars as Ardfert shock Spa". Irish Examiner. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

External links

Official Spa GAA Club website

Preceded bySt. Michael's/Foilmore	Kerry Intermediate Football Championship 2009	Succeeded byGneeveguilla
Preceded bySt. Michael's/Foilmore	Munster Intermediate Club Football Champions 2009	Succeeded byGneeveguilla

v t e Kerry GAA clubs
Individual club*	Austin Stacks Dingle Dr Crokes Kenmare Shamrocks Kerins O'Rahilly's Kilcummin Legion Templenoe
East Kerry	Dr Crokes Firies Fossa Glenflesk Gneeveguilla Kilcummin Legion Listry Rathmore Scartaglin Spa St Patrick's
Mid Kerry	Beaufort Cromane Glenbeigh-Glencar Keel Laune Rangers Milltown/Castlemaine
North Kerry	Ballyduff Beale Ballydonoghue Ballylongford Duagh Finuge Clounmacon Listowel Emmets Moyvane St Senan's Tarbert Knockanure
South Kerry	Sneem St Mary's Reenard St Michael's/Foilmore Skellig Rangers Valentia Dromid Pearses Waterville Derrynane
West Kerry	Lispole Castlegregory Annascaul Dingle An Ghaeltacht
St Brendan's	Churchill Ardfert St Pat's, Blennerville Na Gaeil, Tralee John Mitchell's
Kenmare District	Templenoe Kenmare Shamrocks Tuosist Kilgarvan
St Kieran's	Ballymacelligott Brosna Knocknagoshel Castleisland Desmonds Cordal Currow Scartaglin
Tralee District	Austin Stacks Ballymacelligott Churchill St Pat's Na Gaeil Kerins O'Rahilly's John Mitchell's Tralee Parnells
Other divisions	Feale Rangers Kenmare Shannon Rangers St Brendan's St Kieran's
Former clubs	Tralee Mitchels Banna Brick Rangers O'Connells Caherciveen Tralee Celtic
=Competing as individual club in 2010 Senior Football Championship*

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