Feale Rangers GAA

Feale Rangers

Fáinaithe na Féile

County:

Kerry

Colours:

Gold & Blue

Playing kits

Standard colours

Feale Rangers is a North Kerry Divisional Gaelic football team in Kerry. The teams involved are Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Gale Rangers, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane and St. Senans.

History

The first mention of Feale Rangers was in 1956 when a Feale Rangers side represented North Kerry in the Kerry Senior Football Championship after two previous sides, North Kerry and Shannon Rangers joined forces. This newly formed team contested the County Finals in 1959 and 1962 to John Mitchels and the semi-final in 1963, which they lost to eventual winners John Mitchels. This was no bad result versus the great John Mitchels team that won the County Finals 5 times in a row in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963. After this North Kerry again split into two teams: St. Vincent's and Shannon Rangers. Shannon Rangers did well and became county champions in 1964, 1972 and defeating finalists in 1971 and 1974 (to Mid Kerry and Kenmare respectively). St. Vincent's didn't do quite as well and in 1971 were renamed Feale Rangers. Between 1977 and 1985 Feale Rangers contested six senior county finals, winning in 1978 and 1980 and winning Minor Finals in 1983, 1979 and 1978. After that followed a barren period in which they lost the finals of 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1999. In 2007 they won their last senior final. Eleven of the players that lost the 1999 final also played in the 2007 final.

Honours

Kerry Senior Football Championship - 1978, 1980, 2007 Runners-Up 1959, 1962, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1999
Kerry Minor Football Championship - 1978, 1979, 1983 Runners-Up 1971, 1995
Kerry Under-21 Football Championship - 1997, 1998

Notable players

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 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. Kierans

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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