GAA

TODAY the GAA announced an exciting proposal to restructure the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (see below). The proposal is looking to get rid of the quarter-finals and replace them with two round robin groups of four. Every team will play each other once and the top two […]

THE Kerry Junior team to face Mayo in the All-Ireland Final on Saturday in Croke Park (2pm) has been named. There are three changes in personnel from the side that defeated Lancashire in the semi-final. Patrick Clifford, who was introduced in the semi final, comes into the half back line in place […]

IT must be pretty handy for Kerry footballers when preparing for a big match in Croke Park to know a legend with sage advice is only a phone-call away. Darragh Ó Sé gives an account of one such phone-call he had with Maurice Fitzgerald days before he entered the fray at […]

IN fairness, Darran O’Sullivan is up against it. The Kerry forward scored a cracking goal and was in fine form again for Kerry on Sunday, bagging 1-2 from play in Kerry’s 2-16 to 0-10 victory over Clare in Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final. His performance has earned him a nomination for a […]

CHAMPIONS Kilmoyley will do battle with parish neighbours St Brendans in a repeat of last year’s county final on Sunday week. The draw for the semi-finals of the Garveys Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship was made on Radio Kerry today and resulted in the pairing as well as Abbeydorney taking on Ballyduff […]

THE Kerry juniors will play on the biggest stage of all next Saturday in their All Ireland Junior Final. The game has been fixed as the curtain-raiser to the All-Ireland Senior Quarter-Finals at Croke Park on Saturday with a 2pm throw-in time. Stephen Wallace’s charges will be hoping to get […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Austin Stack Park yesterday to see the Kerry minors beat Kildare in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland B Championship quarter final… Kerry 2-20 Kildare 2-10 A blitz in the second half saw the Kerry minor hurlers overcome Kildare in The Electric Ireland All-Ireland B Championship quarter final. Kerry […]

Gavin O’Connor says there’ll be no shock this Sunday against Clare as Kerry players will be out to impress the boss…  THIS week the Kerry footballing public has gone through one of the most lacklustre build-ups to a match in Croke Park in recent memory. For players, the focus will be on […]

THE Kerry Senior Football Team to play Clare in the All Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter Final in Croke Park on Sunday at 2pm shows three changes in personnel from the side that defeated Tipperary in the Munster Final. It’s an all Tralee midfield as David Moran starts instead of […]

THE Kerry Minor Football Team to play Derry in the Electric Ireland All Ireland Minor Football Quarter Final at Croke Park on Sunday next (12 noon) is unchanged from the side that defeated Cork in the Munster Final. Tralee area clubs will be represented by Micheál Reidy from Ballymac at corner […]

SINCE the quarter-finals began in 2001 Kerry have appeared every year, winning 13 out of 15 encounters. In that time there was a few close shaves, more damp squibs than you would care to remember and also a handful blistering performance where the men in green and gold shot the […]

THERE are double the amount of kids attending the Ballymacelligott GAA Cúl Camp this year compared to 2015. Around 140 young people between the ages of 6 and 14 are taking part in the camp, which runs until Friday. Last year that figure was around the 70 mark. The camp […]

COLM Cooper, Johnny Buckley and Mikey Geaney have all been ruled out of the Kerry v Clare All-Ireland SFC quarter-final in Croke Park this Sunday. There is good news however, as Peter Crowley will return to the match day panel after he was ruled out of the Munster Final because […]

THE first county league meeting of Austin Stacks and John Mitchels in 13 years ended with one point win for The Rock in Ballyseedy by 1-9 to 0-11. The wind played a significant factor in the game with Austin Stacks benefiting from the gusts in the first half. Shane O’Callaghan […]

Mike O’Halloran says champions Kilmoyley did enough to overcome Lixnaw in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC quarter-final in Austin Stack Park yesterday… Kilmoyley 1-19 Lixnaw 1-16 My preview said that Lixnaw would win if Daniel Collins didn’t play, well he did and his goal was the difference at the end. […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Ballyduff net a volley of early goals which Causeway could never recover from in the Garveys Supervaly Kerry SHC quarter-final in Austin Stack Park yesterday… Ballyduff 5-16 Causeway 1-15 The Boyles brothers blitzed Causeway and brought the boys from Ballyduff into the semi-final yesterday. In my preview of […]

JOHN Mitchels GAA club hosted their annual Juvenile Football Tournament for the U-8 and U-10 age groups on Saturday and it was another enormous success. Held at the club grounds in Ballyseedy, this was the 16th year of the tournament which has become one of the most popular in the county. Continued below… Around 400 children […]

OVER 70 kids participated in the John Mitchels Summer Camp this week. The camp was mainly centred around Gaelic football but kids also took part in other activities, such as basketball and dodgeball. The state of the art facilities in Ballyseedy allowed organisers to be creative with activities and they […]

IF YOU’RE in need of a shoulder to cry on, it seems Eamonn is your man. Waterford hurling manager, Derek McGrath, received a supportive phone call from the Kerry boss after the Deise lost by 21 points to Tipperary two weeks ago in the Munster Final. “I got a lovely call […]

Mike O’Halloran on the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC Quarter-Final to take place on Sunday at Austin Stack Park (3.30pm)…  Kilmoyley take on Lixnaw in the second game of the double-header in Tralee. The champions were defeated by a resurgent Abbeydorney in round two. Most folk expected Kilmoyley to win that one, […]

THE Kerry Juniors have an unusual assignment this Saturday when they go cross-channel to Manchester to face Lancashire in the All-Ireland JFC semi Final. Kerry progressed to this stage after defeating Cork and claiming a third Munster crown in-a-row last month in Austin Stack Park last month. Traleetoday.ie caught up […]

Mike O’Halloran previews the Garveys Supervalu Kerry County Hurling Championship Quarter Final between Causeway take on Ballyduff at Austin Stack Park on Sunday (1.45pm)… Next Sunday sees both quarter finals of championship take place in Austin Stack Park Tralee where first Causeway will attempt to overcome their fellow parishioners Ballyduff. When Causeway and Ballyduff […]

FOUR Tralee area players will start the All Ireland Junior Football Semi Final in Manchester on Saturday where Kerry face Lancashire. Na Gaeil’s Andrew Barry, Austin Stacks Michael O’Donnell, Laurence Bastible of John Mitchels and St Pats Kieran Hurley make the first 15. Stephen Wallace’s team shows three changes in personnel from the side that defeated Cork […]

AFTER missing the Munster Final against Tipperary, Peter Crowley, gave a frank explanation of how he got that broken nose that kept him out. “It was like a scene out of Braveheart,” said the Killorglin man at the launch of the All-Ireland Series in Dublin on Tuesday. “Johnny Buckley has […]

KERRY minors and seniors will play their All-Ireland Quarter-Finals on Sunday, July 31, it was confirmed yesterday by the GAA. The minors’ duel with Derry will kick-off the day’s action in Croke Park at 12 noon with the seniors throw-in time yet to be decided. Kerry will face Clare, Derry […]

A FORMER Dublin manager says Kerry haven’t a hope of winning the All-Ireland senior football final this year as they “don’t have the legs”. Tommy Carr, was speaking to journalist Jackie Cahill in the Irish Examiner where he said Tyrone are the only side capable of stopping Dublin from retaining their […]

HORANS Healthstores has been unveiled as the official Healthfood Partners of the Kerry GAA for the next three years. Among those present at the launch of the partnership on Monday evening at the Rose Hotel Tralee were Dan Horan, Sandra Breen, Deirdre Murphy and Mary McElligott from Horans Healthstores with […]

AUSTIN Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys will know their opposition for the quarter finals of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC on Saturday afternoon. The quarter final draw will be made live on Radio Kerry at 2:30pm with the eight remaining teams going into the hat. The winners from last weekend’s Round […]

STAND OUT performances by young Kerins O’Rahillys players in the Senior County Championship have earned them a call up for Kerry sides. After impressing for O’Rahillys and the Kerry U21s this year, Jack Savage has been called into the Kerry senior training panel as they prepare for an All-Ireland quarter […]

THE memory of a former Austin Stacks player was to the fore on Saturday for the Trevor Barrett Memorial Hurling Tournament. Despite the late withdrawal of the Laochra Og team from Cork and the shortage of some players on the Dr. Crokes and Causeway teams due to other commitments, the […]