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BEFORE you know it, the Allianz  National League will be upon us again and today the dates, times and venues were announced for Kerry’s games. It includes two football games down for Austin Stack Park on Sunday afternoons, but that will depend on the redevelopment of the stadium. Donegal are due […]

THERE was a great turnout from the Na Gaeil GAA Club faithful on Friday night for their Race Night. A major fundraiser for the club, there was a lively atmosphere with super prizes to be won including a best dressed man and woman competition. Great craic then and lots of money raised […]

AS is the norm with footballers of Paul Galvin’s vintage, the question of retirement from inter-county football was posed to him last night on Newstalk’s ‘Off The Ball’ programme. The 35 year-old-paused for a moment and gave a carefully worded answer. “I haven’t spoken to Eamonn, I’d have to talk […]

KERRY now know when they’ll play their first All-Ireland senior hurling championship matches in 12 years. Ciarán Carey’s, charges will first play Carlow in the Leinster Championship preliminary round on Sunday, May 1. The second match will take place six days later, against Westmeath on Saturday, May 7. Both of […]

DONNCHADH WALSH is the sole Kerry representative in the Ireland International Rules squad that will face Australia at Croke Park on November 21. The Cromane man is one of nine of this year’s All-Stars picked in Joe Kernan’s 23 man squad, captained by Bernard Brogan. This is the first time Walsh has been […]

ONE of the more interesting scenes in RTE’s ‘All Ireland Final Day’ documentary shown last night were the exchanges between Kerry v Dublin referee, David Coldrick and the players. The programme provided an entertaining insight into the build-up to All-Ireland final day with interviews with Kerry coach Cian O’Neill and Radio […]

AUSTIN STACKS will face St Micheals/Foilmore in a relegation playoff in Killorglin on Saturday, November 21 at 2pm. The other relegation playoff will be Laune Rangers v Ardfert, to be played in Ballymacelligott, also on Saturday November 21. The Rock will have to first get over the south Kerry side, then beat the […]

Dunloe Cup Semi Final Tralee CBS 2-15 (21) Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 1-17 (20) CBS THE GREEN triumphed after extra time against Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne of Dingle last Friday. It wasn’t looking good for The Green with three minutes of normal time remaining as they found themselves five points down. Mikey […]

Mike O’Halloran watched a great game at the  Acorn Life U21 Hurling Championship in Lerrig on Saturday… Causeway/Ballyduff 2-17 Abbeydorney/Ballyheigue 3-8 The final of The Acorn Life U21 Hurling Championship resulted in a win for the Causeway/Ballyduff outfit when they overcame Abbeydorney/Ballyheigue in Lerrig on Sunday. This was a great […]

Gavin O’Connor on Austin Stacks defeat in the Senior Football County Championship Relegation Playoff yesterday… Milltown/Castlemaine 2-9 Austin Stacks 2-6 A YEAR and a week on from winning the county championship, Austin Stacks are in jeopardy of losing their senior status after they lost to Milltown/Castlemaine in the first match of a […]

Gavin O’Connor on Kerins O’Rahillys survival after the Senior Football County Championship Relegation Playoff on Saturday… Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-12 Laune Rangers 0-9 KERINS O’RAHILLYS can rest easy after they secured their senior status next year beating Laune Rangers by six points in their relegation play-off played in Castleisland. Jack Savage’s 46th minute […]

Gavin O’Connor on Kerins O’Rahilly’s v Laune Rangers, in the  Senior Football County Championship Relegation Playoff at Castleisland 2:30pm TWO of the county’s most storied clubs will fight it out for their championship survival and for Kerins O’Rahilly it will be for a second year in a row. Last year, […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Austin Stacks v Milltown/Castlemaine, Senior Football County Championship Relegation Play-off match in Castleisland on Saturday at 1pm THE 2014 champions will feel very hard done by that a year on instead of fighting for a Munster crown they’re fighting for their championship survival. It hardly seems […]

  IT is one of the greatest photos of a Kerryman in Croke Park and it sometimes gets falsely attributed to the wrong man. The catch was made by Tommy Griffin in the 2006 All-Ireland Final against Mayo and often gets mistaken for the handiwork of his West Kerry neighbour, […]

THE draw has been made for the County Senior Football Championship Relegation Playoffs and sees Tralee sides facing Mid Kerry sides. Austin Stacks will face Milltown/Castlemaine while Kerins O’Rahilly’s go up against Laune Rangers in Castleisland this Saturday, November 7, with Stacks going first at 1pm and O’Rahilly’s at 2:30pm. In the championship this […]

Austin Stacks 5-12 Finuge/St. Senans 3-10 This North Kerry Intermediate Shield final was a closely contested affair, with Austin Stacks leading at half time by three points, 3-6 to 3-3. Finuge/St. Senans piled on the pressure in the second half, but Austin Stacks ladies rose to the challenge and finished […]

THE hurling championship may be over in Kerry, but an Abbeydorney native will still be fighting for county honours this weekend. Former Kerry star, Darragh O’Connell, who transferred from Abbeydorney to Cuala at the beginning of the year will be aiming to win a first county title in 21 years for […]

Town Championship Final  Austin Stacks 1-9  Kerins O’Rahilly’s 0-9 AUSTIN STACKS overcame old foe Kerins O’Rahilly’s in the Town Championship final played Ballymacelligott on Sunday afternoon, to claim back to back victories in the competition. Shane O’Callaghan’s goal after three minutes was  the first score in the match and was […]

TRALEE Parnells held an Awards Night for Under 10 and older players and parents, at Kerins O’Rahillys on Friday. Kerry hurling team captain, John Griffin and Kerry Camogie captain, Michelle Costello, were both special guests on and shared their words of wisdom and encouragement with the players attending. Both Michelle […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kilmoyley’s exit at the Munster Club Intermediate Hurling Championship Quarter Final in Sixmilebridge yesterday… Wolfe Tones 4-12 Kilmoyley 2-6 “A bad day at the office most Kilmoyley folk will want to forget about,” is how an avid Kilmoyley supporter described their exit from the Munster Club […]

  Gavin O’Connor looks at the Austin Stacks v Kerins O’Rahillys Senior Town Board Championship Final, Ballymacelligott, Sunday 2pm THOUGH both sides have exited the county championship, their seasons are not quite over yet. Still, no matter the time or place, Tralee’s big derby is always worth winning for either […]

WITH his tenure as Kerry captain now over, Kieran Donaghy is facing into a winter away from Kerry football and going back to the sport closest to his heart. Along with hosting a juvenile basketball camp (see details below), the former football player of the year will be returning to […]

  KERRY GAA received a cheque for around €330,000 at a function in London at the weekend, according to the London-based newspaper, Irish World. The paper reports that a £243,000 cheque was given to Kerry GAA at the Kerry Association of London annual dinner dance in Cricklewood. With the exchange rate, that […]

IN the latest nugget to come out of Tomás Ó Sé’s new autobiography, ‘The White Heat’, the former Gaeltacht clubman tells of the time Kerry and Cork players came to blows in a rebel held pub. The story gets all the more interesting when you add in Mick Galwey and […]

Mike O’Halloran on Lixnaw’s minors, the new Kerry coach, a great read and Stacks’ county final win… IT was a busy week for hurling this weekend. I was in Kilmoyley on Saturday to see Lixnaw complete a double in county minor hurling championship with a very impressive win over St […]

  FORMER Limerick hurling player, Ciaran Carey is set to be ratified as the new Kerry Senior Hurling Manager at the next meeting of the County Committee on November 2. The Patrickswell clubman had a distinguished 15 year playing career with Limerick. He was a key member of the Treaty county’s team […]

  Mike O’Halloran on the Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin County Minor Hurling Championship Final on Saturday… THERE was a comprehensive win for Lixnaw over St Brendan’s Ardfert in the minor county hurling final in Kilmoyley on Saturday on a scoreline of 3-19 points to 1-10. Lixnaw led at halftime by seven points […]

WITH around 500 people attending and fantastic entertainment, Causeway really was the place to be on Saturday night for the Kerry Hurlers’ Strictly Come Dancing fundraiser. The event was held in a specially erected marquee at McHales Stretford End Bar, with the aim of  raising cash to send the Kerry […]

FOUR Kerry hurlers have been included in the Irish senior and Under 21 squads for the first tests of the Hurling/Shinty International Series involving Ireland and Scotland. Shane Nolan of Crotta O’Neills and Causeway’s Bryan Murphy have made the senior panel, while Murphy’s clubmate Keith Carmody and Ballyheigue’s Philip Lucid […]

IT might only be October, but Kerry’s hurling and football teams were in the draw for Championship 2016 tonight and it looks likely that it’ll be a Kerry v Cork Munster final in Killarney again. For the Kerry footballers, it’s a date with either Clare or Limerick in the semi-final while Cork […]