GAA

AROUND 190 Rockies gathered at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night for the annual Austin Stacks GAA Club social. Despite not having as good a year as 2014 (that would be near impossible!), there was a lot of silverware on show from the various teams in all codes. The […]

THE stars of Kerry hurling will be honoured at a special event in Ardfert next weekend. The Kerry Hurling All Stars on Saturday, February 6 in The Abbey Tavern, Ardfert, with a pre-awards reception at 7.30pm. Special guest is Sean Kelly MEP while Andrew Morrissey of Radio Kerry – a huge hurling enthusiast – will […]

Gavin O’Connor looks forward to the Kerry v Dublin Allianz National Football League clash this evening… LAST year’s league win over Dublin as All-Ireland champions may have given the impression Kerry had turned the tide on a poor record against the Dubs. 70 odd minutes in September reinforced the often […]

THIS year’s Allianz National Football League has thrown up four away fixtures for the Kingdom. That means the travelling Kerry support will clock up some serious mileage. 2,576km to be exact and 30 hours on the road in total. Continued below… It’s a good job petrol and diesel prices are […]

  JUST eight of Kerry’s 2015 All-Ireland Final side are named in the starting 15 for Kerry’s Allianz National League opener against Dublin in Croke Park this Saturday at 7pm. Three Kerins O’Rahilly’s men feature in the team that will look to get one back on Dublin after the disappointment […]

WITH the opening match of the Allianz National League against Dublin in Croke Park now only days away, Kerry GAA, has unveiled new training gear the football and hurling teams will wear throughout the league campaign. Standing out from previous years, Kerry have gone for a luminous green as the most […]

THE draws for the Castleisland Mart Club Championship took place last night at the County Committee meeting held in Austin Stack Park. Recent championship clashes would suggest Kerins O’Rahilly’s would have preferred to avoid Legion. The Killarney side have knocked O’Rahilly’s out of the 2015 Senior Championship and the two […]

FOR the first time in over a decade three Tralee clubs will compete in Division 1 of the Credit Union Senior Football County League. John Mitchels will join defending champions Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahilly’s in the top flight throwing up a couple of more town derby days. Once again, […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Brosna to see John Mitchels grab an injury-time winner in the Division 1 Promotion Playoff Final Replay against Spa… John Mitchels 1-11 Spa 0-13 JOHN MITCHELS ended 13 years outside of Division 1 by overcoming Spa in a thrilling finale in Brosna on Sunday. It looked as […]

KERRY GAA stars from all codes were honoured at the Kerry GAA Supporters Club social in the Ballygarry House Hotel on Saturday night. A crowd of around 200 loyal GAA supporters reviewed the year gone by and speculated on Kerry’s chances for 2016 in the company of the football and hurling All-Stars. […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kerry’s outing against Waterford in the Munster Senior Hurling League match played in Killarney yesterday afternoon, with photos by Gavin O’Connor… Kerry 0-8   Waterford 0-17 Kerry hurlers played their last game in the Munster Senior Hurling League where they came up short against a Waterford team that included […]

John Mitchels v Spa, Senior County League Division 1 Promotion Playoff Final Replay, Sunday 2pm. Venue TBC MITCHELS and SPA will get another go at promotion to Division 1 after a passionate encounter in Brosna last week. Sunday’s match got the blood pumping for a few different reasons. Before the exciting […]

KERRY will go to Croke Park next Saturday for their Allianz National League opener and the GAA are offering a deal that runs throughout the football and hurling campaigns that will save you a few bob. Tickets at the gate cost €15, but if you buy online, by midnight on […]

RECENTLY retired from football, Declan O’Sullivan will, like so many greats of the game, get the ‘Laochra Gael’ treatment on TG4. The show is the third of the series and will air at 5.55pm on Sunday, March 6. The long running GAA documentary series looks at the careers of legends of […]

AS part of long term plans to upgrade all facilities at Tralee’s Austin Stack Park, the second phase of renovations have commenced at the grounds over the last week or so according to the Kerry GAA website. The second phase of development involves the following… • The levelling and concreting […]

THERE has been a change of date for Kerry’s next Munster Hurling League match with Kerry to play Waterford in Fitzgerald Stadium this coming Saturday at 2pm, rather than Sunday. This will be Kerry’s final match in the competition which has been a baptism of fire for Ciaran Carey and his charges. […]

Gavin O’Connor was at the Senior County League Division 1 Promotion Playoff Final in Brosna yesterday… John Mitchels 1-15 Spa 1-15 TWO unanswered points well into stoppage time in extra time by Spa, means both sides will have to go again for a place in this year’s Division 1 of […]

THE Kerry team to face Tipperary on Sunday will see David Moran and Tommy Walsh pair up in midfield with their club mate Barry John Keane in the forward line. Killian Young will captain the side which features eleven of the match day squad for last year’s All Ireland Final in […]

John Mitchels v Spa, County League Division 1 Promotion Playoff Final, Sunday 1:30pm, Venue TBC  THE Mitchels can make a huge leap forward on Sunday when they take on Spa, aiming for a place in the County League Division 1 for the first time in 12 years. They upset the odds last weekend – […]

A CAR left abandoned on Rock Street, for what locals say is seven months, will be towed away by the end of the week. The car was brought to the attention of Radio Kerry’s, ‘Kerry Today’ programme who contacted Kerry County Council about it. The marooned-coloured Volvo has been parked outside the […]

THE Kerry team to play Clare in the Munster Senior Hurling League tonight in Sixmilebridge at 7:30pm, has been named. Kilmoyley’s Daniel Collins, will once again captain Kerry as they face Davy Fitzgerald’s, Clare, in the side’s third match of the competition. Though Kerry have lost their opening two games […]

THE inaugural Kerry GAA Gala Fundraising Dinner will be held at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel, Dublin, on Friday, January 29. This black-tie event, with a table for ten costing €2,000, will take place on the eve of the opening game in the Allianz Football League in which Dublin and Kerry will […]

A T-SHIRT has popped up online that might get blood boiling Leeside and could be the perfect item to adorn yourself with on the walk up to Fitzgerald Stadium on Munster Final Day. The amusing shirt proclaims that “On the 8th day God created Kerry people because even Cork people need […]

PAT SPILLANE, is calling for an end to how the Kerry senior captain is selected, but says he would start Bryan Sheehan on the team due to his skill and kicking ability. Speaking on 2FM’s ‘Game On’ programme last night, the eight-time All-Ireland medal winner said giving the captaincy to someone […]

  FIVE time All-Ireland winner, Bryan Sheehan, has been nominated as the Kerry captain for 2016. The county champions, South Kerry, have nominated the St Mary’s man and this will be ratified at the next meeting of the Kerry county board. Sheehan previously captained Kerry in 2010. In 2005 he made his championship debut, since […]

Mike O’Halloran went to Mallow on Sunday to see Kerry take on Cork in the Munster Senior League match. He was impressed with Kerry’s effort… Cork 1-20 Kerry 0-18 For the second week in a row Kerry hurlers put 18 points on the score board, but again they came up […]

THE Munster Senior Hurling League clash between Kerry and Cork has been switched to Mallow, Sunday at 2pm. The game was due to be played as the first part of a double header with the Kerry footballers in Fitzgerald Stadium. Kerry v Clare in the McGrath Cup will still go […]

THIS Sunday John Mitchels will enter into a four team playoff for promotion to Division 1, if successful it will mark a return to the top flight for the first time in 12 years. It won’t be easy however, first they must get over Senior County Championship semi-finalist, Rathmore, in […]

STEPHEN Stack will remain in charge of Austin Stacks for another year at least. There had been some speculation about whether the Listowel man would stay on for a fourth year in charge of the Rock, but The Kerryman confirmed in a story today that the 1997 All-Ireland winner is […]

A TIPPERARY man, currently making his way through Kerry, may lay claim to being the most prolific point scorer in GAA this year when he’s finished the ‘Kick For Kolkata’ charity initiative which will reach every parish in Ireland. (Video of points at Kerins O’Rahillys, Austin Stacks and John Mitchels below) Over the […]