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PRO GAA Scene May 19th 2017
Wednesday 17th May, 2017
Garveys Senior Football Championship in full swingWell there was the usual mixed bag when the Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship swung into action last weekend. There were close encounters, a couple of draws, and a few hard luck stories and the good news for the county’s GAA followers is that there is another packed weekend of action coming up.Pride of place last weekend must surely go to Kerins O’Rahillys who got over the trauma of losing to town...
PRO GAA Scene May 10th 2017
Wednesday 10th May, 2017
Kerry GAA Scene May 10th 2017Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship swings into actionFollowing a rather inauspicious prelude to the competition last weekend when St Brendans had an overwhelming 6-24 to 1-8 victory over a hapless Shannon Rangers side in the qualifier game at Austin Stack Park, the Garveys Supervalu Senior football Championship swings into action in earnest this weekend with eight games down for decision spread over Saturday and Sunday. There...
PRO GAA Scene May 3rd 2017
Wednesday 03rd May, 2017
Kerry GAA Scene May 3rd 2017Castleisland Mart Club Championship RoundupThere was another hectic weekend of Club Championship activity in all grades over the weekend with Dr Crokes qualifying for the Senior Final while the semi finalists are now known in the Intermediate, Junior Premier and Junior Championships. Those semi finals will not be played until the Autumn however.Senior Club ChampionshipDr Crokes qualified for their sixth senior Club Championship final in a...
PRO GAA Scene April 26th 2017
Wednesday 26th April, 2017
Kerry GAA Scene Wednesday April 26th 2017Castleisland Mart Senior Club Championships RoundupLast weekend saw a hectic weekend of Club Championship games and the coming Bank Holiday weekend has another host of major games to whet the appetite for the GAA supporter.In the Senior Club Championship, Kenmare, who were many people’s favourites to be involved in a Relegation playoff situation, probably caused the biggest surprise of the weekend when going to Strand...
PRO GAA Scene April 19th 2017
Wednesday 19th April, 2017
Castleisland Mart Club Championship Fixtures are madeFollowing Round 1 last weekend, the coming weekend will also see a big weekend of activity in the Castleisland Mart Club Championships. Fixtures for the various Championships were made by the CCC at their meeting on Monday evening. The majority of games are fixed for the coming weekend but there are games also pencilled in for the May Bank Holiday weekend for various reasons. Extra time applies in all Club Championship...
PRO GAA Scene April 12th 2017
Wednesday 12th April, 2017
Kerry claim 20th Football League TitleAfter an enthralling game of football before 53,840 spectators at Croke Park on Sunday last Kerry senior footballers were crowned Allianz League champions for the 20th time when defeating the 5-in-a-row chasing Dublin fifteen by the slenderest of margins. Just a few short weeks ago, Kerry players and supporters left Austin Stack Park disappointed that they had not brought a fantastic run of League and Championship victories by the...
PRO GAA Scene April 5th 2017
Wednesday 05th April, 2017
Kerry GAA Weekly News Wednesday April 5th 2017Colm Cooper calls time on his illustrious inter-county careerColm Cooper, one of the greatest Kerry players ever to grace the game of Gaelic Football, has decided to call time on his illustrious inter-county career. The Dr Crokes player, who will turn 34 in June, does so just two weeks after winning the one medal that had eluded him for many years – an All Ireland Club Championship medal.Cooper first came to the attention of...
PRO GAA Scene March 29th 2017
Wednesday 29th March, 2017
Kerry GAA Weekly News - Wednesday 29th March 2017 Kerry have to settle for a draw against Cavan in Allianz LeagueKerry senior footballers made the long trip to Breffni Park on Sunday last for the Allianz Football League Round 6 game against Cavan and despite looking good for the two points on offer entering injury time they eventually had to settle for a share of the spoils following two late points from the home side. That lost point will cost Kerry a chance to make it to the final...
PRO GAA Scene March 22nd 2017
Tuesday 21st March, 2017
Kerry and Dublin cannot be separatedKerry and Dublin once again delivered an absorbing encounter in the Allianz League Round 5 game played under lights before a near capacity 11,858 spectators at Tralee’s Austin Stack Park on Saturday evening last. From start to finish Kerry took the game to the visitors and they could be classed as unlucky not to hold out in a Titanic finish. This was certainly a much improved performance from the home side and while I am sure that the...
PRO GAA Scene March 15th 2017
Tuesday 14th March, 2017
Hoping for a Kerry V Dublin Classic in Austin Stack ParkSaturday night’s unique clash of Kerry and Dublin in Round 5 of the Allianz League is likely to be an occasion talked about, one way or the other, for many a day to come – Kerry and Dublin matches usually are! The Dubs certainly have had the upper hand on their Kingdom opponents in the last six years or so and particularly under the stewardship of Jim Gavin and they come to Austin Stack Park hoping to add to their very...
PRO GAA Scene March 8th 2017
Tuesday 07th March, 2017
Kerry claim two valuable Allianz League points against RoscommonKerry senior footballers claimed a morale boosting victory over a plucky Roscommon side in Dr Hyde Park on Sunday last in Round 4 of the Allianz League a victory that puts them mid table on four points out of a possible eight. Following disappointing losses to both Mayo and Monaghan on home soil this victory was certainly welcomed by players, management and supporters alike. Everyone was hurting and...
PRO GAA Scene March 1st 2017
Tuesday 28th February, 2017
Kerry come out second best to Monaghan in Fitzgerald StadiumThe weather was not the only disappointing aspect of last Sunday’s proceedings for Round 3 of the Allianz Football League in Fitzgerald Stadium. Like Mayo before them in Round 2, Monaghan went home with both points after a game where Kerry never played with any degree of conviction. From the start, Monaghan’s possession game had Kerry back pedalling for long periods and when the Kingdom did get their...
PRO GAA Scene February 22nd 2017
Wednesday 22nd February, 2017
Kerry welcome Monaghan to Fitzgerald StadiumKerry senior footballers welcome Monaghan to Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday next for Round 3 of the Allianz Football League. Following their fine away victory over Donegal in round 1, Kerry were brought back to earth by Mayo in round 2 in Tralee, a game that Kerry certainly seemed to be in control of at the interval. The Kerry management will be disappointed that the home side did not impose their authority on the second half...
PRO GAA Scene February 1st 2017
Wednesday 01st February, 2017
Kerry face long trip to Letterkenny to take on DonegalKerry open their Allianz Football League campaign with the long trip to Letterkenny to take on Donegal on Sunday next (2pm). It will be a much changed Kerry side from that which did duty against the same opposition in Austin Stack Park in the first week of March last year. Foe a start, those two outstanding defenders, Marc Ó Sé and Aidan O’Mahony have called a halt to their intercounty careers while the...
PRO GAA Scene January 25th 2017
Wednesday 25th January, 2017
Aidan O’Mahony bids adieu to the intercounty sceneAnother link in the chain of the Kerry teams that contested six All Irelands on the trot and nine in all, is gone as Aidan O’Mahony, an ever present on those teams, called a halt to his intercounty footballing career on Monday last. The teak tough Rathmore defender bowed out having played 70 championship games for his county and a whopping 155 appearances in all when League games are taken into consideration. He...
PRO GAA Scene January 18th 2017
Wednesday 18th January, 2017
Kerry GAA Club Forum takes centre stage this weekendThe Kerry GAA Club Forum takes centre stage this weekend at the Rose Hotel Tralee. There is little doubt that the Club structure is the most important unit within the GAA – without the Clubs there would be no players and consequently no GAA. Therefore, it goes without saying that it is vitally important that the views of the people running these clubs are aired and that cognisance is taken of their views and...
PRO GAA Scene January 11th 2017
Wednesday 11th January, 2017
Kerry Footballers get new season off to a flying startKerry, who fielded a side drawn entirely from their Under 21 squad and managed by Jack O’Connor and the Under 21 management team had little difficulty in disposing of a weakened Tipperary fifteen in the opening round of the McGrath cup before a surprisingly large attendance of over 1,500 people at Tralee’s Austin Stack Park on Sunday last. Jack will be happy with this display ahead of the Under 21 championship...
PRO GAA Scene January 4th 2017
Wednesday 04th January, 2017
New Intercounty football season gets underway with McGrath CupThe 2017 intercounty season gets underway on Sunday next when Kerry play Tipperary in Round 1 of the McGrath Cup in Tralee’s Austin Stack Park at 2pm. While this is a senior fixture, Kerry will be represented on this occasion by a team drawn from the Under 21 panel who are training for the Munster Under 21 championship that commences on March 8th with a home game against Clare. Jack O’Connor and his...
PRO GAA Scene December 21st 2016
Wednesday 21st December, 2016
Kerry GAA Scene 21st DecemberMunster Council present grants totalling €61,000 to Kerry ClubsDevelopment grants totalling €61,000 were presented to twelve Kerry Clubs and two schools by the Chairman of the Munster GAA Council Jerry O’Sullivan prior to the Annual Convention at the Rose Hotel on Wednesday last. Throughout Munster grants totalling €1 million supporting development projects in 129 clubs and 5 schools were awarded.The Council...
PRO GAA Scene December 14th 2016
Wednesday 14th December, 2016
Kerry GAA News 14th December 2016New chairman takes over at Kerry GAA Annual Convention on this Wednesday eveningThe Annual Convention of Kerry GAA takes place on this Wednesday evening in the Rose Hotel Tralee with a starting time of 7:30 and the meeting will herald a change at the top of Kerry GAA when Brosna native Tim Murphy takes over the position of chairman from the outgoing Patrick O’Sullivan whose five year term in the chair will come to an end due to the five year...
PRO GAA Scene December 7th 2016
Wednesday 07th December, 2016
Kerry GAA News 7th December 2016County Convention is just a week awayThe annual convention of Kerry GAA will take place in the Rose Hotel on Wednesday evening next December 14th commencing at 7:30pm.Tim Murphy of Brosna will be rubber stamped as the new Chairman being the only nominee when nominations closed. He will replace the outgoing Chairman, Patrick O'Sullivan whose 5 year term in the chair comes to an end at Convention. Eamonn Whelan will take over the role of...
PRO GAA Scene 30th November 2016
Wednesday 30th November, 2016
Glowing Tributes paid to outgoing chairman at County Committee meetingMonday night’s County Committee meeting was significant for the fact that it was the final county board meeting of the year and it also marked the final county board meeting to be chaired by Patrick O’Sullivan who has been an officer of the board since 1998, the past five years as chairman. Glowing tributes were paid to the Dr Crokes man by delegates and fellow officers alike for his...
PRO GAA Scene 23rd November 2016
Wednesday 23rd November, 2016
Kerry GAA Gala Night was a night to rememberThe Kerry GAA gala presentation night at the INEC on Saturday last to honour the seven Kerry Teams who won senior All Irelands between 1997 and 2014 was billed as a night to remember and the occasion certainly lived up to the billing. In all there were 87 medal winners and 25 management team members in tin that period and a surprisingly high percentage of those made it to the Killarney venue. Master of ceremonies, Marty Morrissey...
PRO GAA Scene 16th November 2016
Wednesday 16th November, 2016
Kerry GAA Gala Celebration will be a night to rememberSaturday night promises to be the highlight of the GAA social scene for many a year and a night to remember when Kerry’s seven All Ireland senior football winning sides from 1997 to 2014 will be honoured at Killarney’s INEC at a function jointly hosted by Kerry County Board and their ever present sponsors, Kerry Group. Needless to say, many comparisons will be made between these heroes and those from other...
PRO GAA Scene 9th November 2016
Wednesday 09th November, 2016
Kerry GAA Scene Wednesday 9th November 2016Fossa are County Junior Football ChampionsFossa made no mistake at the second time of asking at Tralee’s Austin Stack Park on Sunday when winning the Co. Junior Football Championship title for the first time (2-12 to 1-8). In a game that never rose to the exciting heights of the drawn encounter between the sides, goals at vital stages of both halves ensured that the Con Brosnan Cup went east. Fossa, considered unlucky not to...
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