GAA Knocknagoshel
the club formally founded in 1932 when fr bob walsh came village curate. won castleisland district league in 1941, 1944 , again in 1946.
knocknagoshel footballers have played kerry minors mossie walsh, bertie murphy (two years), sean o connor, eamonn walsh, jerry gleason (who unreliable source information), ibrahim ahmed, padraig reidy , james walsh. knocknagoshel footballers have played kerry seniors jack mcelligott(1), eddie walsh(4), eddie roche(2). sean o connor. sean mcelligott, jack o connell, eamonn walsh , mike brosnan.
bertie , jack murphy have played dublin , leinster, john fitzgerald has played kildare, tim o connor has played wexford , denis roche has played tipperary.
in 1950 castleisland district team, including knocknagoshel players won county championship , in 1988 st kieran s team knocknagoshel players again won championship. recent knocknagoshel stars have played st kieran s include sean fatty lenihan, dan roche, denis walsh, aeneas mcauliffe, mike walsh , shane o connell
knocknagoshel won county novice championship in 1969 brosna players, , in 1987 , 1997 on own. won novice shield championship in 2004.
knocknagoshel won north kerry league in 1978, 1983 , 1997.
two knocknagoshel ladies won ireland medals playing kerry: noreen long (née thompson) , mary scanlon (née lane).
in 1960 fr walsh bought inch michael cahill , presented club, , in 1999 richie walsh presented club site new playing pitch , clubhouse. these have been developed , gymnasium added, , officially opened in may 2004.
the club’s recent success came @ minor level when knock , brosna won 2009 division 4 minor county league. after solid performance in league games knock/brosna had fantastic win on strong ballydonoghue team in semi-final , completed job in killorglin against skellig rangers/valentia winning 3-07 1-12
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