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  Mike O’Halloran inspects the pitch ahead of Sunday’s Kerry SHC county final in Abbeydorney and he’s really impressed. Also see the parking plan for the final below… As preparation for work with Radio Kerry for the Garveys SuperValu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship, I have visited the pitch in Abbeydorney […]

St Brendan’s and Kilmoyley do battle this Sunday in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC final. Here’s the Kilmoyley squad who hope to take the title… SEANIE MURNANE.    AGE 28. TOM MURNANE. AGE. 30 Continued below… SEAN MAUNSELL (CAPTAIN).   AGE 31 FLOR MCCARTHY.  AGE 21 TOMMY MAUNSELL.  AGE 23. […]

Mike O’Halloran assesses both teams’ chances ahead of this Sunday’s Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC final in Abbeydorney… Abbeydorney will host the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Final on Sunday, the second time the final will be held outside of Austin Stacks Park. St Brendan’s won that other final in 1990 […]

Mike O’Halloran spoke to the captains of St Brendan’s and Kilmoyley, who face each other in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC final this Sunday in Abbeydorney, about the upcoming decider… I spoke to both captains in The Brogue Inn recently over beautiful scones and tea about the upcoming match on Sunday. Both […]

FANS welcomed back the two Kerry teams to Tralee last night with mixed emotions on stage as the minors revelled in their success and the seniors reflected on what might have been. The teams were paraded down Denny Street in an open top bus, eventually taking the stage outside the Ashe Memorial Hall […]

SO how are you this morning? I’ve woken up with a constrictor knot in my stomach that won’t unravel until around 5pm this afternoon. Whether it’s replaced by joy and relief, or despair, is irrelevant. It matters that ‘the knot’ is there. I am, after all, from Kerry. Don’t worry, this article isn’t going […]

  IT’S easily one of the most anticipated sports books of the year and the man behind it will be in Tralee next month to sign copies of it for fans. Tomás Ó Sé has been entertaining and informing people with his weekly Irish Independent column and as a panellist […]

FRIDAY was ‘Jersey Day’ in many schools all over town and the excitement was palpable among the children as Sunday looms large. We paid a visit to a few of the schools and found pupils eagerly looking forward to the clash with Dublin in Croke Park with all predicting a […]

Former Kerry star, Barry O’Shea, says Kerry’s class up front could be enough to bring home title No.38… ONE of the main talking points all week has been if Kerry get on top of Stephen Cluxton’s kick-outs it will go a long way in winning the match. But people have to remember the […]

Gavin O’Connor says it will be close, but Kerry’s belief, guile and taking the right options at crucial times, can prevail on Sunday… IT’s getting very close now isn’t it? In a lot of ways it’s the build up to an All-Ireland Final that can be the most enjoyable, despite the […]

IF you hadn’t already guessed it, there’s a bit of a match coming up this weekend in Croke Park. Local businesses have been out and about putting the last touches on their displays as they show their support for the Kerry team, with excitement and hype surrounding the final clash […]

KERRY and Dublin encounters have thrown up so many memorable moments over the years. While the ‘city slickers’ versus the ‘country bumpkins’ stereotype has existed for over 100 years, the real rivalry kicked off in earnest in the 1970s and the golden age for both counties. But what were the moments that […]

THERE was incredible excitement at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Thursday morning when two past pupils paid a visit to the school. The two in question were Kerry minors Andrew Barry and Jack Morgan who were there to draw the winners in the school’s fundraising draw for All-Ireland tickets. The pupils […]

IT’S hard to know how much of a masterstroke Jack O’Connor has pulled by reversing the fortunes of the Kerry minors, who went 20 years with nothing to now being 60 minutes away from back to back titles. Jack is a shrewd man and some would say he took it on […]

TWO Tralee men will start in the Kerry minor team to face Tipperary on Sunday in Croke Park. Andrew Barry of Na Gaeil and Jack Morgan of Austin Stacks retain their places for the decider, hoping to win their second consecutive minor All-Ireland medals. This time Andrew Barry will play […]

SO now we know. The Kerry senior team has been named for Sunday and Kieran Donaghy will have to settle for a place on the bench with Paul Geaney coming in at full forward for the decider against Dublin. Elsewhere, Fionn Fitzgerald and Aidan O’Mahony come into the full back line […]

  THROUGHOUT the year, they walk among us, but in the lead up to an All-Ireland final against Dublin, the presence of those neighbours who’ve swapped City life for the Kingdom is more keenly felt. Marcus Howlett, is well known to the running fraternity in Tralee, having set up the […]

IN the annals of Kerry football only one other club has contributed more men to senior cause than Kerins O’Rahilly’s. Town rivals, John Mitchels, with 48 players, are the only team that have provided more players for Kerry in the history of inter-county football. Kerins O’Rahilly’s supplied 47 and Austin Stacks at 46 make […]

TRALEE band Rouge, featuring Paudie Hobbert, have recorded quite a catchy song ahead of the upcoming All-Ireland Final clash with Dublin. Entitled ‘The Gooch & His Boots’, it tells the tale of Kerry’s trip through this year’s championship where they beat Tipperary Cork, Kildare and Tyrone along the way. There are a […]

  Dunloe Cup Round 2, John Mitchels Pitch CBS The Green  2-12 Mercy Mounthawk  3-7 (Photos and report from CBS The Green) MICHAEL Kelliher scored eight points as CBS beat Mercy Mounthawk in the second round of the Dunloe Cup on Tuesday at the John Mitchels grounds. This result means that […]

  Adrienne McLoughlin reports on the Lee Strand Austin Stacks Under 13 tournament held on Saturday and Sunday at Connolly Park… THE annual Lee Strand Austin Stacks Under 13 tournament was another huge success over the weekend. Three trophies were up for grabs with 16 teams taking part in this year’s competition. […]

THREE bona fide legends of Kerry football met up on a couch in Waterville to discuss games gone by and this Sunday’s Kerry v Dublin, final. Along with the football talk, Mick O’Dwyer, Maurice Fitzgerald and Darragh, attempt to out-rogue each other and talk Dublin up a bit at times, […]

YOU can nearly, always count on a Darragh O’Se article in The Irish Times, to give you at least one decent chuckle. This week, while lamenting the sadness of an All-Ireland Final loss around the county he uses the sight of a lonely flag in Glenbeigh to humorous to effect, […]

AND the songs keep on coming… With just days to go until the All-Ireland final, schoolchildren from all over Tralee have been wearing the green and gold and singing their support for the Kerry team. The kids at St John’s Parochial School have made a great video to the tune of […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at three key areas where Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s tactical guile will prove invaluable if Kerry are to win title No.38… ONE of the main buzzwords you’ll hear in the run up to the All-Ireland Final is ‘versatility’. Eamonn Fitzmaurice has shown this in spades so far in his […]

WITH skills like this, you’d definitely know that this young man has some Kerry blood in him! Daniel Dennehy is a 3x Irish freestyle champion who was raised in Dublin, but who spent three years living here in Kerry with his Kingdom-born father. With the All-Ireland Final now fast approaching, […]

DON’T forget that tonight, Irish TV will broadcast a special show on the All-Ireland Football Final from the Fels Point Hotel at 8pm. ‘Mad For Sam’ will showcase the wonderful passion for football here in the county with a host of legendary past players, including Ogie Moran, giving their insights and analysis ahead […]

TWO working days was all it took for the business community in Tralee to achieve their target contribution figure within the overall one million euro fund to develop Austin Stack Park Tralee. A five year All-Ireland Final ticket-scheme, costing €1,000 a year for five years, was created to encourage businesses in […]

CBS THE GREEN showed off its colour and the strong links with the Kerry teams aiming for ‘Double, Double’ glory in the All-Ireland Senior and Minor finals, on Monday morning. Between the two finals, The GreeN will have a teacher and eight past and present pupils involved in Croke Park. Story […]

ONE Kerry man is certainly getting into the swing of things in the build up to the upcoming All Ireland Final after he penned quite a catchy ‘tune’ about what he predicts will happen in our showdown with the ‘mighty dubs’. Killorglin’s James Flynn recently put pen to paper on […]