Bobby Beggs

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 Dublin Junior Football Championship: 1943 National Football League: 1939-40

Dublin All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1942 Leinster Senior Football Championship: 1934, 1942

Leinster Railway Cup: 1935

Connacht Railway Cup: 1936, 1937