| 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.
Career
Beggs first came to prominence as a Gaelic footballer on the Dublin senior team that lost the 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 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 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
- Galway Senior Football Championship: 1936, 1941
- Skerries Harps
- Galway
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1938
- Connacht Senior Football Championship: 1938, 1940, 1941
- National Football League: 1939-40
- Dublin
- Leinster
- Railway Cup: 1935
- Connacht
- Railway Cup: 1936, 1937
References
- ^ 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
- A 1983 interview with Beggs for the RTÉ show Talk of Times Past, hosted by Brendan O'Reilly