Legion GAA Club

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Our Club Crest is based on the traditional symbol of the G.A.A., The Celtic Cross.

The panels to the left and right denote the year of the foundation of the Club, 1929. The panel at the top bears a football to represent the football played in the club. In the bottom panel a sliotar is shown to represent the hurling within the Club.

Each panel is held in place by a circle divided into four parts, this shows the name of our Club. Killamey Legion G.A.A. Club. The left and right panels are joined together by three blue lozenges, which represent the jewel in
Killamey's crown. Our Upper Middle an d Lower lakes.
Immediately above these is shown the doorway to the oratory on Innisfallen Island, which dates back to beyond the year 1200A.D. It was on this island
the famous Annals of Innisfallen were written from A.D. 1090 to A.D.1300. This doorway is done in the Hiberno-Romanesque style. Underneath are shown sprigs and fruits of the Arbutus tree or Strawberry tree, 'Arbutus unedo'.

The Arbutus tree was introduced to Killamey from the Mediterranean and is to be found nowhere else in Ireland or the British Isles.

The name Arbutus is synonymous with Killarney and is often seen to figure in the name of businesses. There is a company trading in Killarney for nearly one hundred years, which uses 'Arbutus' as its trade name. The Arbutus hotel in College St. is a long established and flourishing place of trade.

The Celtic Cross is a suitable symbol for our Club as many members have won in all grades many gold crosses as All-Ireland winners. Not only in football but in hurling also.

This Crest was designed in 1992/93 and completed in 1994 by Feargal and Jim O'Carroll.

Throughout the years the Club has competed with great success in the cultural side of the GAA in Scór na nÓg and Scór Sinsear. Winning many East Kerry and County Scír titles. At one time the Club was known as the 'Scourge of East Kerry', by the opposing clubs.
In 1986 a scór quiz team of Seamus Eager, Thomas Ryan and James Looney coached by Pat Healy went on to claim the supreme accolade.

At Bord na nÓg level the club regularly fields teams from U/11 to U/16 in all divisional and county competitions. It is fair to say that our 'Saturday morning stars of the future' for six to ten year olds is the envy of many.

Players who have come through this coaching and training and gone all the way to All-Ireland glory are: Diarmuid O'Donoghue, Peter O'Leary, John Cronin, Padraig Brosnan, Richard O'Brien, Denny Murphy and Sean Hegarty.

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