Bobby Beggs


Robert Beggs was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Skerries Harps and Wolfe [Tones GAA (Galway)|Wolfe Tones] and at inter-county level with the Dublin [senior football team|Dublin] and Galway senior football teams.

Career

Beggs first came to prominence as a Gaelic footballer on the Dublin senior team that lost the 1934 [All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|1934 All-Ireland final] to Galway. 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 [Football League (Ireland)|National League] title, three Connacht [Senior Football Championship|Connacht Championship] medals and All-Ireland success after a defeat of Kerry in the 1938 All-Ireland Senior [Football Championship Final|1938 final]. He also enjoyed club success with the Wolfe Tones club 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. 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. 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