Killarney

<h3>Plans to mark Dr Crokes GAA Club&rsquo;s 135th anniversary on Tuesday night this week were put on hold due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns.</h3>
<p>The club was founded in Fair Hill, Killarney on November 2, 1886. It is one of the oldest GAA clubs in the country, founded just two years after the GAA in Thurles in 1884.</p>
<p> &ldquo;The past two years have been very challenging for the whole country due to COVID restrictions and club activities have not still been back to full capacity,&#8221; Matt O&rsquo;Neill, chairman of Dr Crokes, said.</p>
<p> Founding members were Jack Crowe, Paddy Crowe, Con Courtney, Denny Courtney, Jim Gallagher, Jim Gallivan, Mick Gleeson, Con Guerin, Dan Guerin, Jack Kissane, Martin Kissane, John Langford, Mike Looney, Jim McGuinness, Michael Moriarty, Maurice Moynihan, Jim O&rsquo;Leary, Michael O&rsquo;Sullivan and Bob Roberts.</p>
<p> &#8220;Plans to celebrate the 135th birthday of Dr Crokes GAA on Tuesday of this week had to be put on hold, but the occasion will be celebrated when HSE guidelines are issued and it is safe for normal activities to be resumed. Dr Crokes faced many challenges in its fascinating 135 year journey, but it survived evictions, the Land Dispute, the Spanish Flu, the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, the bitter Civil War, two World Wars, the TB and Polio scourges and now the COVID-19 pandemic.&rdquo;</p>


Dr Crokes 135th anniversary celebration on hold

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