Spa GAA

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Spa GAA

Spá CLG

Founded:

1948

County:

Kerry

Club colours:

Blue and Gold

Grounds:

Tullig, Killarney

Coordinates:

52°04′14.04″N 9°28′00.58″W / 52.0705667°N 9.4668278°WCoordinates: 52°04′14.04″N 9°28′00.58″W / 52.0705667°N 9.4668278°W

Playing kits

Standard colours

Spa GAA is a Gaelic football club based in Tullig, Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.

The club gets its name from the Spa Well, a source of water with 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. It is a thriving club with 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. Recently the Club purchased additional land and another full sized pitch will be ready to play on in mid-2010. 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. We also have a strong tradition in Scór and are the Holders of 5-in-a-row Scór Sinsear Rince Seit.

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.

Achievements

Kerry Intermediate Football Championship Winners 1974, 2009
Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship Winners 2009
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship Runner-Up 2010
East Kerry Senior Football Championship Winners 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1989 Runners-Up 1968, 1970, 1976, 1988

Notable Players

References

External links

Official Spa GAA Club website

Preceded by St. Michael's/Foilmore	Kerry Intermediate Football Champions 2009	Succeeded by Gneeveguilla
Preceded by St. Michael's/Foilmore	Munster Intermediate Club Football Champions 2009	Succeeded by Gneeveguilla

v t e Kerry GAA clubs

Individual club*	Austin Stacks Dingle Dr. Crokes Gneeveguilla Kerins O'Rahilly's Kilcummin Laune Rangers Legion Rathmore St. Michael's/Foilmore Spa

East Kerry	Dr Crokes Firies Fossa Glenflesk Gneeveguilla Kilcummin Legion Listry Rathmore Scartaglin Spa St. Patricks

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

South Kerry	Sneem St. Mary's Cahirciveen 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 Tousist Kilgarvan

St. Kieran's	Ballymacelligot Brosna Knocknagoshel Castleisland Desmonds Cordal Currow Scartaglin

Coiste Trá Lí	Austin Stacks Ballymacelligot Churchill St.Pat's Na Gaeil Kerins O'Rahilly's John Mitchell's

Other divisions	Feale Rangers Kenmare Shannon Rangers St. Brendans St. Kierans

Former clubs	Tralee Mitchels Banna Brick Rangers O'Connells Caherciveen Tralee Celtic Tralee Parnells

*=Competing as individual club in 2010 Senior Football Championship

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