Austin Stacks is a hurling and Gaelic football club based in Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland. Founded in 1917, the club has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Ireland.
History
Origins
Founded in 1917, the club is named after Austin Stack, Irish revolutionary and captain of the All-Ireland winning Kerry Gaelic football team of 1904. They are the only club in Kerry to have won Senior County Championships in both hurling and football, including doubles in 1928 and 1931.
Gaelic football
The club won the 1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Notable players with the club have included Joe Barrett, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, John O'Keeffe, Cork's Dinny Long, William Kirby, Kieran Donaghy (who won player of the year after leading Kerry to success in 2006) and Daniel Bohane. The club has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other GAA club in Ireland.
One year after winning the competition, following a 3-22 to 1-15 loss to Kenmare Shamrock during the 2022 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Austin Stacks were relegated from the Senior Championship for the first time in their history. They were subsequently relegated to division 2 of the county league following a devastating loss to local rivals Kerins O’Rahillys in 2023.
Hurling
Austin Stacks have won the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship 4 times. They won the Kerry Junior Hurling Championship in 2012, 2015 and 2016. They now play in the Intermediate Championship. They also won Minor County Championships in 1955, 1967 and 1986.
All Ireland Senior medal winners
Ger Power (8) 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 (c), 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
Mikey Sheehy (8) 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
John O'Keeffe (7) 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Joe Barrett (6) 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932
Jackie Ryan (6) 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932
Micko Doyle (5) 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937 (c) John Joe Purty Landers (5) 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937 Tim Roundy Landers (5) 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1941 Ger O'Keeffe (4) 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981 Kieran Donaghy (4) 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014 Denis Rory O'Connell (3) 1924, 1926, 1929 Jimmy Gawksie Gorman (3) 1939, 1940, 1941 Jimmy Baily (3) 1924, 1926, 1929 Daniel Bohan (3) 2006, 2007, 2009 Ned Pedlar Sweeney (2) 1929, 1930 Tommy Barrett (2) 1930, 1931 Dan Ryan (2) 1930, 1931 Martin Bracker O'Regan (2) 1931, 1932 William Kirby (2) 1997, 2004 Bill Landers (2) 1924, 1932 Gerry Pluggy Moriarty (2) 1924, 1926 Tom O'Connor (1) 1929 Michael Healy (1) 1932 Jo Jo Barrett (1) 1962 John L McElligott (1) 1979 Pa Laide (1) 1997 John Gal Slattery (1) 1926 Shane O'Callaghan (1) 2014 Fearghal MacNamara (1) 2014 Joe O'Connor (1) 2022 Dylan Casy (1) 2022 Greg Horan (1) 2022 Jack O'Shea (1) 2022
Roll of honour
Kerry Senior Football Championship (13): 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1994, 2014, 2021 Munster Club Champions (2): 1976, 2014 All Ireland Club Champions (1): 1977 Kerry County Football League – Division 1 (11): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, 2011, 2014, 2019 Kerry County Football League – Division 2 (1): 2010 Senior Club Football Championships (5): 1979, 2003, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 Kerry Senior Hurling Championships (3): 1928, 1929, 1931, Kerry County Hurling League – Division 3 (1): 2017 Kerry Junior Hurling Championship (3): 2012, 2015, 2016 Kerry Minor Hurling Championships (3): 1955, 1967, 1986 Kerry Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2002 Kerry Minor Football Championship (2): 1969, 1980 Kerry Minor Football League – Division 1 (6): 1973, 1979, 1994, 2000, 2013, 2017 Under-21 Club Football Championship (1): 2008
County championship winning captains
Football
1928: Joe Barrett
1930: Joe Barrett
1931: Joe Barrett
1932: Joe Barrett
1936: Miko Doyle
1973: Billy Curtin
1975: Joe Joe Barrett
1976: John O'Keeffe
1979: Ger Power
1986: Mike Counihan
1994: Pat Slattery
2014: Barry Shanahan
2021: Dylan Casey
Hurling (Senior)
1928: Joe Barrett
1929: Dan Rayn
1931: Joe Barrett
Hurling (Junior) 2012: Andrew Morrissey 2015: Danny Maguire 2016: Andrew Foley