Bobby Beggs

Bobby Beggs
Personal information
Irish name Riobeard Ó Beig
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre-back
Born (1911-02-25)25 February 1911
Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland
Died 7 May 1993(1993-05-07) (aged 82)
Beaumont, Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Fisherman
Club(s)
Years Club
 Skerries Harps
Wolfe Tones
Club titles
Galway titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1934; 1942
1935-1941
 Dublin
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 3
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 2
NFL 1

Robert Beggs (25 February 1911 – 7 May 1993) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Skerries Harps and Wolfe Tones and at inter-county level with the Dublin and Galway senior football teams.[1]

Career

Beggs first came to prominence as a Gaelic footballer on the Dublin senior team that lost the 1934 All-Ireland final to Galway.[2] A short time after this defeat, he took up employment in Galway and transferred his football allegiance. Beggs's seven seasons with the Galway senior team yielded a National League title, three Connacht Championship medals and All-Ireland success after a defeat of Kerry in the 1938 final. He also enjoyed club success with the Wolfe Tones club[3] and won two County Championship titles. After returning to Dublin, Beggs once again lined out with his native county and claimed a second All-Ireland winners' medal in 1942 at the expense of his former team.[4][5] He also secured Railway Cup medals with both Leinster and Connacht.

Personal life and death

Born in Skerries, County Dublin, Beggs spent his entire adult life working as a fisherman in his hometown and later in Claddagh, County Galway after moving for work before returning to Skerries.[6] His Galway-born son, Brian Beggs, won an All-Ireland Minor Championship title with Dublin in 1958. Beggs died in Beaumont Hospital on 7 May 1993 after suffering a stroke.

Honours

Wolfe Tones
Skerries Harps
Galway
Dublin
Leinster
Connacht

References

  1. ^ a b Kerr, Rory (4 July 2020). "Skerries stalwart left a lasting legacy". Fingal Independent. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ Kenny, Tom. "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser.
  3. ^ "Wolfe Tones, county football champions, 1936". Galway Advertiser.
  4. ^ Kerr, Rory (20 April 2015). "Harps pay fitting tribute to Bobby". Fingal Independent. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ^ Hayes, Liam (2013). Heffo - A Brilliant Mind: A Biography of Kevin Heffernan. p. 52.
  6. ^ "Dublin-born hotelier heads West to emulate her grandfather who won All-Irelands for two different counties". Irish Independent.
  7. ^ Corrigan, Eoghan (2009). The History of Gaelic Football: The Definitive History of Gaelic Football from 1873. Gill & Macmillan.