GAA

Mike O’Halloran was in Limerick on Sunday for the Kerry senior hurling team’s first outing of the year… Limerick 2-23 Kerry 0-18 The Kerry hurlers began their 2016 season with a trip to the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick on Sunday, to play in round one of Munster Senior League. Kerry came […]

YESTERDAY we brought you some of the stand-out photos we took at Kerry GAA games during the year with our own cameras. Here’s the second part, featuring memorable moments of action, joy and heartbreak.            

THROUGHOUT 2015, we brought our cameras to Kerry games around the country and to see how Tralee teams fared in various competitions. We took loads of photos and here, in no particular order, is a selection of some which stood out (we’ll have more tomorrow)…  

THE hurt after an All-Ireland defeat ripples long into the winter, even more so when it comes against your greatest rival. The ‘double double’ was scuppered by a deserving Dublin, but that crushing loss should not banish all memories of 2015 from the memory bank. There was controversy, craic and an […]

CHRISTMAS shoppers got a chance to personalise their festive gifts on Saturday as Kerry legend Tomás Ó Sé held a signing event in O’Mahony’s. A large crowd showed up at the Tralee book shop to see the Gaeltacht man who happily posed for photos and signed what are sure to be valued Christmas […]

  KERINS O’Rahilly’s senior football team has a new management team tonight. Earlier this evening, Morgan Nix and Micheál Quirke were named the new bosses whose task is to try to bring a first senior championship title in 14 years to the club. They take over from Barry O’Shea who had […]

NA GAEIL is getting set to celebrate Christmas in style with a huge hamper worth over €500 up for grabs in a raffle at their bingo night next Monday. The hamper worth €500 contains a huge range of Christmas food, drink, Lidl, Peter Marks, Boots and meat vouchers and the draw for it will […]

KERRY legend Declan O’Sullivan has announced he will no longer be playing football. After undergoing knee surgery this morning the three-time All-Star made the announcement on Twitter, stating “After my op this morning sadly my football journey is over”. The five time All-Ireland winner hung up his boots with Kerry […]

Gavin O’Connor reports on the Senior Football County Championship Relegation Play-off game at Lewis Road, Killarney, on Sunday… Austin Stacks 2-10 (16) Laune Rangers 1-6 (9) IN the end, it was a comfortable seven point victory for Austin Stacks that guarantees them senior football in 2016, but the final score […]

AUSTIN Stacks will play in the county senior championship next year after a 2-10 to 1-6 win over Laune Rangers in Lewis Road, Killarney this afternoon. It’s a sad day for Laune Rangers, a club which jointly holds the most county championship title wins (12) with the Rock side, as […]

A MEDAL presentation for Na Gaeil GAA club’s under 8 and 10 boys was held at the clubhouse on Friday. The medals were presented by Andrew Barry, Na Gaeil’s two time All Ireland minor medal winner. The presentation was at the end of a year which started with indoor training in January […]

THE year ends on a high note for David Moran who has been named as Munster Player of The Year for his performances for Kerry in the Munster championship this year. The O’Rahilly’s man starred in Kerry’s Munster Final Replay against Cork. Under torrential rain, Moran stood out, conducting the orchestra […]

IN the depths of winter and the championship far behind us, some people just can’t let things lie and get on with it. According to Tyrone GAA county secretary Dominic McCaughey – who was writing in his annual report – in this year’s All-Ireland semi-final referee, Maurice Deegan, denied Tyrone a second […]

KERRY star, Colm Cooper, is to have a minor operation on his shoulder next week. The Dr Crokes man will have the procedure in Santry and it is hoped he will be back on the playing fields in January, at the earliest. He is the latest in a long line of Kerry players […]

THE Austin Stacks juveniles enjoyed an awards ceremony last Sunday. The club’s juvenile chairman, Tim McMahon, addressed the large gathering of Under 6, 8 and 10 boys at the event in the clubhouse. He praised the young footballers, their parents and mentors for their great dedication and hard work during the ’15 season. […]

County League Division 1 Final Play-off Austin Stacks 1-12 Killarney Legion 0-7 AUSTIN STACKS will defend their league title after they won their Division 1 play-off against Legion in Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday. An impressive final ten minutes which saw Stacks score 1-4 without reply sets up a repeat of the 2014 […]

TEN Kerry GAA stars in total have been picked to represent Munster Football and Hurling team’s in the GAA Interprovincial Championship 2015 over the weekend. Aidan O’Mahony is captain of the Munster footballers who will face Leinster in Newry tomorrow. Shane Nolan, will be the sole Kerry representative on the hurling panel […]

JAMES O’Donoghue will go for surgery on a troublesome shoulder which will put him out of Kerry’s entire league campaign. The star forward, dislocated his shoulder while playing for Legion in the County Final replay against South Kerry two weeks ago. This will be O’Donoghue’s second shoulder surgery in just […]

PLANS of the new Kerry Sports Academy look pretty impressive, as the artist’s impression of the completed building reveals. Today, Joan Burton visited IT Tralee with Deputy Arthur Spring, to take a look at the site of the new development which received €7 million of capital funding from the government. The €15 million centre […]

IT looks like Kerry Senior Hurling Championship games could be played again in North Kerry. In 2015, due to the unavailability of Austin Stack Park because of redevelopment work, all rounds of the senior championship were played in the heartland of Kerry hurling. The Secretary of County Committee, Peter Twiss, has said […]

BARRY O’Shea’s time as manager of the Kerins O’Rahilly’s senior football team has come to end after two years in charge. At the club’s AGM last Friday night, Chairman Frank O’Connor, thanked Barry and wished him all the best for the future. He said that a committee will work to find his […]

Kerry Schools U16 1/2 – Dunloe Cup Final Intermediate School Killorglin 2-8 Tralee CBS 1-8 Tralee CBS came unstuck in the Dunloe Cup decider played in atrocious conditions in Annascaul on Wednesday. Killorglin were deserved winners thanks to powerful surge after half time in which they scored 1-5 without reply to […]

FORMER Austin Stacks player, Liam Kearns, has been appointed as the new Tipperary senior team football manager. He will take over the reins from Peter Creedon in the Premier county that has been building a promising side over the last few years spurred by underage success. Kearns was in charge […]

AUSTIN Stacks will have bit of a wait before they meet Laune Rangers in the final round 3 relegation play-off match, to decide who keeps their senior status. The match, at a time and venue to be decided, takes place on Sunday, December 13, so it’ll be nearly three weeks […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Killarney for the Senior Football County Championship Relegation Play-off Round 2, while Adrienne McLoughlin took some action photos… Austin Stacks 0-15 St Micheals Foilmore 1-2 AUSTIN Stacks senior status is safe for another week as they cruised past St Michael’s/Foilmore by nine points in Killarney yesterday. […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Austin Stacks v St Michaels/Foilmore, SFC Relegation Play-off Round 2 match in Lewis Road, Killarney, Saturday 2pm… ONE week shy of a year since Austin Stacks claimed Munster honours, Austin Stacks are faced once again with relegation after their deserved defeat to Milltown/Castlemaine in Round 1 of […]

THE venue and time for the Austin Stacks v St Michael’s Foilmore game on Saturday has been changed. It will now take place at Lewis Road in Killarney at 2pm and not 2.30pm in Killorglin as previously scheduled. The losers of this game will be relegated, while the winners will play the victors of […]

THIS year may not have been the greatest for Kerry GAA, but despite not securing Sam, the hurlers did what the footballers couldn’t by beating all that lay in front of them. Sportsfile, have once again collected some of the best GAA photos of the year in their annual  ‘A Season of Sundays’ book which […]

WINTERS are colder and longer in Kerry when Sam hasn’t be claimed in September. This unwelcome occurrence brings with it a time of introspection among Kerry football people and Colm Cooper is no different. The Gooch, coming back from injury, admits he was slow to get moving, but was happy with […]

KERINS O’Rahilly’s clubman, Paul Hayes, will referee this Sunday’s Super Valu Senior Football Championship Final replay between Killarney Legion and South Kerry. With the drawn match finishing in controversial circumstances, Hayes, a native of Cork,  will no doubt be hoping things go smoother on club football’s big day in the county. The match will throw […]