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Limerick Desmond League

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Number of teams
  
63 (2015–16)

Founded
  
1955

Level on pyramid
  
7–12

Confederation
  
Munster Football Association

Divisions
  
Premier DivisionDivision 1Division 2Division 3Youth Division 1Youth Division 2Under 17 Division 1Under 17 Division 2

The Limerick Desmond League is an association football league featuring amateur, junior, youth and under-17 teams from the part of County Limerick west of the N20. Its top division, the Premier Division, is a seventh level division in the Republic of Ireland football league system. Desmond is a historical name associated with both Limerick and Munster.

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History

The league was founded in January 1955 following a meeting at the Desmond Castle, Newcastle West. It was agreed to call the league – the Desmond League and its founding members included – Killonan F.C., Newcastle West A.F.C., Tralee Dynamos and A.F.C. Askeaton. These four teams contested the first league championship which was won by Killonan. In it early years the league also included teams from County Kerry. In 1966 Joe Wickham initiated reforms that helped modernize the league and by 1969 it featured twenty teams. In 1971 Tralee Dynamos and Killarney Athletic left the Desmond League to become founder members of the Kerry District League.

2015–16 teams

Premier Division

References

Limerick Desmond League Wikipedia


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