The Beginning.

Following on from the reformation of the Senior Club in 1986, history was made when Asdee set up a Bord Na nOg for the first time. The first people appointed to look after the various teams were: Under 12 - Donie O'Keeffe, John Scully, Mike Rice, Under 14 - Sean Doran, Kevin Mulvihill, Michael O'Connor, Under 16 - Gerard O'Carroll, Tim O' Connor John Gorman for the remainder of 1986. In 1987 the first officers were Donie O'Keeffe, Sec. - John Paul Galvin, Treasurer - John Scully. The club competed in tournaments and several challenge games were played. Then in 1998 the club compete in most North Kerry Board competitions for the first time. John Paul Galvin took over as chairman that was to last a 5 year period, MAry Dee was sec and John Kennedy took over all underage football. While no major honours were achieved we gained great expierience and fulfilled all fixtures. In 1990 the Club took part in all competitions reaching the North Kerry League and Championship semi-finals for the first time at Under 12 level. The Under l2's also made it a first taking part in the County League and were beaten in the final of the Beale tournament. The Under 10's were beaten in the semi-final of the Tarbert tournament by one point. All in all a very satisfactory year for the club. 1991, our Under 10's defeated in the final of the Beale tournament and our Under 13's were just pipped by a star studded Listowel outfit in the Quarter Final.

Páirc Breathnach when our Under 12 footballers took the field against Duagh in a North Kerry League tie, but more importantly for the tremendous success of our Under 14 footballers who became the first underage team from Asdee to win a North Kerry League tie by defeating Moyvane in a thrilling League final played in Clounmacon on Fri. July 20th on a scoreline of 0-10 to 1-3. The historic team and subs were: John Long, Timmy Finucane, Sean "Red" Stack, Ger Lynch, Martin Stack, Sean "Black" Stack, Karl Kissane, Danny Finucane, Pat Joe Long, Gerry Long (0-1), Maurice O'Mahony (0-4), Donal O'Caffoll (0-2) (Capt), Dan Kearney, Kieran O'Hanlon, Matt Hanlon (0-3), Subs: Charles Dalton for Dan Kearney, David O'Connor for Kieran Hanlon, Martin McElligott, Tomás Walsh, Richard Dee, Ronan Galvin, Paudie O'Connor, Declan Scully, Hugh O'Donoghue, Martin Lynch, Kieran McElligott. Team mentors were: Jack Hennessy, John Paul Galvin, Oliver Kearney, Donie Finucane. Our Under 16 team were beaten in the semi-final of both League and Championship. At Under 12 level we were Most unlucky to lose the Tarbert Tournament final to Moyvane,the team who also Pipped us for promotion in the North Kerry League and lost the semi-final of the Beale tournament to the Locals. The curtain finally came down on 1992 when a special function was organised at the Community Centre to honour our under age players who brought so much glory to the Club. Invited guests were Ogie Moran who was then trainer of the Kerry Senior football team who presented the Under 14 team with their medals and Teddy Keane North Kerry Bord na nOg Sec.

New Chairman.

In 1993 long serving Chairman John Paul Galvin stepped down and was replaced by Donie Finucane. Once again the Under 16's reached the North Kerry Leaoue semi-final only to be beaten by Ballydonoghue 1-7 to 0-9 after a replay. The Under 14 team got to the semi-final of the North Kerry Championship who were beaten by Moyvane and were defeated by Beale in the final of the Local tournament. 1994 the Under 16 team lost to Tarbert in the North eh Kerry League semi-final, Under 14 went down to Beale in North Kerry League semi-final. Our first Cross Channel visitors Holloway Gaels of London took on our Under 14's and they served up a most enjoyable friendly game with Asdee victorious in the end. Afterwards the teams and mentors attended a function at the Jessie James Tavern with the highlight of the evening been the presentation of medals to both teams by the legendary Mike Sheehy. In 1996 after all the defeats at under age level at the semi-final stage our Under 12 side gave tremendous displays to capture the North Kerry League title 11-a-side, winning all their games in spectacular fashion and defeating Beale in a great final in Listowel by 1-7 to 2-3. Teams and Subs were: John Doran, Brian Hanlon, Noel Long, Tom Mulvihill, Declan Griffin, Conor Coughlan (Capt), Patrick Boyle, Eoin Kennedy, Mike Breen, Padraig Ruddle, Liam MeElligott. Subs: Tom Falvey, Paul O'Carroll, Liam Galvin, John Rea, Tom Rea, Eoin O'Carroll, Brian Kennedy, Janme Kelly, Stevie O'Carroll, David O'Carroll, Marcus Long, Nial Doran, Jer Costello, Mike Buckley. Once again as in 1992 a special function took place at the Community Centre where the victorious team and subs were presented with their medals by present County Senior football star Dara O'Shea, also in attendance was Maurice Leahy of Kerry hurling fame. Team mentors: Padraig and Kevin Vallelly, John Paul Galvin, Mike Long and Joe Dee were also presented with medals to mark the occasion. The Under 10 side reached the local tournament final losing to Beale. The Club were also honoured when Hugh O'Donoghue and Matthew Hanlon were members of the victorious North Kerry Under 16 team which captured the County Championship. John Kennedy was trainer.

The Future.
There is little doubt that the future of any Club depends almost entirely on the organising of teams at under age level, and the people in charge of Bord Na nOg are often the unsung heroes. With the people already mentioned here are some others who devoted their time to Asdee Bord Na nOg: Michael Mulvihill, Tom Gorman, John Joe O'CarrOll, Patsy Coughlan, Ger Griffin, John P. Walsh, Bill Galvin, Tom O'Sullivan. Ft, Randles, Sean Doran, Eddie Anthony Walshe, Rose Scully, Patrick O'Brien, Moe McEntaggert. The work began in 1986 is an unending task. The young boys will forever want to play Gaelic Football and hopefully the Asdee St. Mary's Club will always have the people to devote their spare time coaching, training and looking after these future men.

Bord na nOg 2006!

The Asdee/Bally Bord na nOg club celebrated in style the winning of the Lee Strand U 12 County League 13 a side at a special function organised by the Club at the Community Centre Asdee on Wednesday night last where a good sized attendance were present.
The evening opened with a Disco before the main event the presentation of medals to those young stars of the future took place, and once local Coiste na Nog Chairman Gerdie O Carroll who was M C for the night appeared on stage one senced the marvelous occasion that was.The Chairman welcomed everybody and was loud in his praises of the wonderful support they received all year and thanked all the parents who attended the games. He went on to say how enjoyable those games were and he wished the club all the best in the future.Gerdie he finished off by thanking the Ladies for the magnificent spread of food which went down well with everybody, especially the kids.
Next to speak were the successful team trainers J P M McElligott and Jackie Walsh who each were loud in their praises of the wonderful commitment given by the panel they too thanked everybody for their support and after a long year it was great to be rewarded in the end.
Then came the moment everybody were waiting for, the medal presentation with special guest Kerry Minor star Eoin Kennedy to do the honours, in fact he was on the last U12 side that were successful at this level. Eoin spoke about the commitment that was needed if they were to progress to the bigger stage but he stated that he had no doubt but that some of these players will play at a higher level. He mentioned about his Croke Park experience and how wonderful it was to run on to the field knowing that the great support from the parish and beyond were shouting him on. Then as each member of the panel came forward to collect their medals there was great excitement and a wonderful sense of pride amongst young and old. When the presentation was completed Siobhain Keane Secretary of Bord Na Nog came forward to make a special presentation to Eoin Kennedy. The evening finished with Group Photograph and the Disco continued.
The Asdee/Bally successful panel were, Sean Keane, Sam Dowd, Dara Dineen, Kieran Kelly, Con Carmody, Niamh Carmody, Micheal Tydings, Mattie O Connor, Dara Keane, John Neville, Daniel Barden, Eoin Tydings, Kieran Gooch O Connor, Jimmy Mahony James O Brien , Padraig O Neill, Thomas Holly, Niall O dowd, Ryan Henery, Kieran O Dowd, Aoife Horgan, Liam Ryan, Tadhg McEllistrim, Asling Kelly, Maurice O Connell, Micheal Holly, Michael Hennessy and Kieran Walsh.

Officers and Trainers
Chairmen Jackie Walsh and Gerdie O Carroll
Secretaries Siobhain Keane and Stephen Mulvihill
Treasurers John Kennedy and Jackie Walsh
Team Trainers J P McElligott and Jackie Walsh
Delegates N K B Kathleen Carmody and Stephen Mulvihill

Well done to all concerned.