GAA

AFTER an illustrious career, Kerry defender Marc Ó’Sé has announced his retirement from inter-county football. The 36-year-old confirmed the news today, to former teammate Dara Ó Cinnéide on his Raidio na Gaeltachta show and in a statement released this afternoon. The winner of five All-Ireland titles, Ó Sé made played 176 times […]

A FOLLOW-UP to the wildly popular ‘Kerry’s Golden Years’ will be launched at a Gala Dinner next month to honour the teams of the 1997 to 2014. The fundraising evening and dinner, to be held in the INEC Killarney on Saturday November 19, will be jointly hosted by Kerry GAA […]

KERRY GAA chairman, Pat O’Sullivan, has proposed Sean Walsh to contest the Presidency of the GAA in 2017. The Moyvane man was nominated for the position at last night’s County Committee meeting in Austin Stack Park. The former Kerry and Munster Council Chairman was unsuccessful last time out when Cavan’s Aogán Ó Fearghail was […]

IT looks like one of Kerry’s most promising young stars is very, very, interested in a career playing in the AFL. Mark O’Connor has made his intentions clear to AFL.com saying, “I do want to pursue an AFL career. It’s definitely something I want to do”. The two-time All-Ireland minor champion was down-under taking […]

FIFTEEN hurlers were honoured for their performances in the Senior Hurling Championship at the Kerry Hurling All-Stars in McElligott’s, Abbeydorney on Saturday night. (photos below) The not-for-profit event, organised by Mike O’Halloran and Timmy Sheehan, is to honour the hurlers who participate in the County Senior Hurling Championship for their dedication to the […]

FITZGERALD Stadium in Killarney will be the venue for the two county finals next Sunday. The Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship Final between Dr Crokes and Kenmare District has been fixed for the venue on Sunday next October 16 at 3:30pm. It will be preceded by the Castleisland Mart Junior Premier Football […]

FOUR Kerry players have received GAA/GPA All-Star nominations this morning. Shane Enright, Killian Young, Paul Murphy and Paul Geaney – who is the only Kerry nominee without an All-Star – are up for honours to be announced at a special banquet in Dublin’s Convention Centre on Friday, November 4. Dublin and […]

THE club may have had a disappointing Sunday after the footballers were knocked out of the senior championship, but Austin Stacks had a trophy to celebrate at the weekend. The hurlers retained their Junior Hurling Co. Championship title on a scoreline of 4-8 to 3-5 over Duagh at the John Mitchels Complex on Saturday afternoon. […]

Gavin O’Connor watched on as the second Tralee side in as many days were dumped out of the championship at Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday… Kenmare District 0-15 Austin Stacks 0-12 KENMARE DISTRICT seized the initiative in the final quarter to secure a three point win and knock Austin Stacks out […]

Gavin O’Connor watched Kerins O’Rahillys bow out of the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC at Austin Stack Park this afternoon… Dr Crokes 1-16 Kerins O’Rahillys 0-14 A CLASSY and composed Crokes dumped a battling Kerins O’Rahillys out of the Senior Football County Championship at the quarter-final stage on Saturday. Though O’Rahillys […]

Gavin O’Connor looks forward to the Austin Stacks v Kenmare District Senior Football County Championship quarter-final, Fitzgerald Stadium, Sunday 3:30pm… AFTER securing a club championship crown already this year, Austin Stacks will begin a quest for an extraordinary double on Sunday. And they are well capable of doing it. Stephen […]

GREEN and gold and great excitement filled the halls of Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn for the arrival of past pupils and All-Ireland minor champions with Kerry, Diarmuid O’Connor and Ryan O’Neill. For Diarmuid, there was a chance to view a poem he wrote a number of years ago which hints at future […]

A LEGENDARY Tralee footballer’s medal collection has been sold for €40,000 at auction yesterday. Kerry and Austin Stacks footballer, Joe Barrett’s GAA medal collection went under the hammer at an auction in the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel with a guide price of between €30,000 and €40,000. It is not known who bought the […]

CBS THE GREEN student, Daire Keane, is the latest Ballymacelligott handball player to win a prestigious competition. Last weekend he captured the U16 Munster Handball 60x3o Championship in Cullen, Co Cork. On his way to clinching the title. Daire fought off the best that Munster could throw at him. In […]

IT was a great day for Kilmoyley on Saturday when they defeated fellow Kerry kingpins Ballyduff in the Senior Hurling County Final. Kilmoyley claimed a record-equalling 24 titles and it was up to captain Aidan McCabe to lift the Neilus Flynn in front his teammates and the delighted people of Kilmoyley. We […]

It may have been close, but in the end the champions prevailed and Kilmoyley won the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship for 2016 deservedly says Mike O’Halloran… Kilmoyley 1-18 Ballyduff 2-13 Kilmoyley has now joined Ballyduff in winning 24 Kerry hurling Championship titles after overcoming Ballyduff in an entertaining game played in mixed conditions […]

TWO-TIME All-Ireland winning manager of the Kerry Juniors, Stephen Wallace, will not be seeking another year in charge. It has been announced that Wallace will take over as manager of the IT Tralee GAA side and hope to end a nine year run without a win in the Sigerson Cup for the college. […]

  KERINS O’Rahillys and Dr Crokes Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship quarter final on Saturday, October 1, has been brought forward to 1.30pm in light of the replayed All-Ireland final. It also means the second game on the double-bill in Austin Stack Park between South Kerry and Dingle will throw in […]

KERRY minors completed a fantastic three in a row in Croke Park this afternoon beating Galway 3-7 to 0-9 and displaying again how the future is so bright for Kerry football. A nervy first half by both sides – where Kerry only managed four scores – was followed by a […]

THE Kerry minor football team to play Galway in the Electric Ireland All Ireland Minor Football Final at Croke Park on Sunday next (1:15) shows one change from the side that defeated Kildare in the semi final; Brian Friel, originally named on the semi-final side, but who cried off with […]

A MAYO man, living in Tralee, who is just one of two remaining players from their All-Ireland winning team 65 years ago, said he will die happy if his native county wins on Sunday. Paddy Prendergast is still hale and hearty and living in Tralee and he has assessed Mayo’s chances in the 2016 […]

ONE of Kerry’s rising talents could be set for a move away from Gaelic Football to Australian Rules. According to media reports this morning, 2015 Kerry minor captain, Mark O’Connor, will travel for a two week stay in Melbourne in October where he will be courted by AFL clubs. The […]

KERRY will host a glamour tie in Division 1B of the Allianz National Hurling League when Joe Canning’s Galway come to town next March. In a very difficult division, the draw has thrown up three home matches for Ciaran Carey and his side who will travel to his boss’s native […]

KERRY will begin their 2017 Division 1 Allianz National Football League campaign on the road in Donegal and can look forward to a St Patricks weekend clash at home against champions Dublin. Last year’s beaten finalists will play four games at home and three away next year, the home games coming against […]

THERE will be a night at the dogs at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in aid of Recovery Haven Cancer Support House Kerry on Saturday, October 29. This event promises a great night of racing combined with a Best Dressed Lady and Gent competition as well as lots for the kiddies Best […]

Paddy White reports on the Randles Bros Nissan Junior A Championship Final between Austin Stacks and Kilcummin on Friday night (photos by Adrienne McLoughlin)… Austin Stacks 3-17 Kilcummin 2-15 (AET) Austin Stacks started the stronger with 1-3, the goal coming soccer-style from Marina Barry Walsh and 3 points from her daughter Caoimhe as […]

HURLING fans will be hoping for more of the same in less than two weeks time when Kilmoyley and Ballyduff go at it again. It’ll be a late afternoon throw-in on for the replay of the Garvey’s SuperValu County Senior Hurling Championship Final which will take place on Saturday, September 24 in Austin […]

AUSTIN STACKS manager Stephen Stack was very impressed with the composure and physicality of his side in their victory over Dr Crokes in the Castleisland Mart Senior Club Championship Final on Saturday in Fitzgerald Stadium. “I’m just really proud of the lads I thought they battled and battled and they […]

AS is customary during the half-time break on county final day, the Jubilee team of 25 years ago was honoured. This year it was the turn of the Ballyduff hurlers of 1991 who beat Kenmare in the final by 0-11 to 0-7. The huge Ballyduff contingent present especially showed their appreciation of […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Crotta O’Neills emerge victorious over Lixnaw in the Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin Kerry County Minor Final yesterday in Austin Stack Park… Crotta O Neills 0-11 Lixnaw 0-9 AT half-time, those of us in the commentary box were giving Lixnaw the nod to come out as the winners of […]