Bobby Beggs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Riobeard Ó Beig | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born |
25 February 1911 Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Died |
7 May 1993 (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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- Wolfe Tones
- Galway Senior Football Championship: 1936, 1941
- Skerries Harps
- Galway
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1938
- Connacht Senior Football Championship: 1938, 1940, 1941[7]
- National Football League: 1939-40
- Dublin
- Leinster
- Railway Cup: 1935
- Connacht
- Railway Cup: 1936, 1937
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kerr, Rory (4 July 2020). "Skerries stalwart left a lasting legacy". Fingal Independent. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Kenny, Tom. "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser.
- ^ "Wolfe Tones, county football champions, 1936". Galway Advertiser.
- ^ Kerr, Rory (20 April 2015). "Harps pay fitting tribute to Bobby". Fingal Independent. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Hayes, Liam (2013). Heffo - A Brilliant Mind: A Biography of Kevin Heffernan. p. 52.
- ^ "Dublin-born hotelier heads West to emulate her grandfather who won All-Irelands for two different counties". Irish Independent.
- ^ Corrigan, Eoghan (2009). The History of Gaelic Football: The Definitive History of Gaelic Football from 1873. Gill & Macmillan.
External links[edit]
- A 1983 interview with Beggs for the RTÉ show Talk of Times Past, hosted by Brendan O'Reilly