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Gavin O’Connor on Kerry v Kildare in tomorrow’s All-Ireland Quarter-Final against Kildare at Croke Park… MORE often than not there is sense of a procession about quarter-finals with Kerry involved. The record is pretty good; Kerry have competed in the quarter-final every year since it came in back in 2001 […]

Barry O’Shea played for Kerry in 1998 when the Lilywhites got the better of us, but he reckons Sunday will have an altogether different outcome… BACK in 1998, I was played in an All-Ireland semi-final against Kildare, my cousin Karl and his father Micko, were also involved that day, though on […]

Mike O’Halloran previews the All Ireland Minor B Hurling Championship Quarter-Final in Newbridge on Saturday, between Kerry and Kildare… The Kerry minor hurlers begin their campaign to win The All Ireland B Hurling Championship in Newbridge on Saturday, when they take on Kildare in the quarter-final of this competition. Kerry manager, Ian […]

ON Sunday Kerry will face Kildare for the seventh time in the championship and the first since 2002. The record stands at three wins a piece, four of the games were played in All-Ireland Finals with the sides taking a share of the spoils there also. The glory years of […]

THERE are three changes to the Kerry minor team to face Sligo, from the Munster final winning side a month ago. The minors face the Connaught side in the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Football Championship Quarter Final tie in O’Connor Park Tullamore on Bank Holiday Monday (2pm). John Mark Foley replaces […]

Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-16 John Mitchels 0-6  KERINS O’RAHILLY’S made light work of John Mitchels in this local derby of the Acorn Life U21 County Championship semi-final in Connolly Park on Thursday night. The Blues have booked a final spot against East Kerry and a shot at winning a first U21 County […]

OVER 70 boys and girls are taking part in the Ballymacelligott GAA The Cúl Camp will run up until Friday. “It’s been a great week despite the weather,” said camp co-ordinator Denis Reen. “The numbers are great again this year in Ballymac, it’s a big camp, so the Kerry County […]

LAST weekend, Tomas Ó Sé described Eamonn Fitzmaurice as ‘the master of the remote control’ and that the Kerry boss’s attention to detail when it comes to video analysis is the key to his success as a manager. Kildare are the next side in this year’s championship Fitzmaurice will run his […]

  JAMES O’Donoghue says Colm Cooper, will be back to his best in no time and that the Croke Park venue may well be the catalyst to ignite the Gooch’s season. “The Gooch is The Gooch. You just look forward to getting on the field with him. I am sure the Gooch’s form will […]

AlMOST 100 kids took part in soccer camps in Christy Leahy Park and Mounthawk Park this week. Both camps are up on numbers and it’s no surprise after an incredible season for Kerry that saw Dynamos become the second ever club from the county to compete in the Munster Junior Cup […]

KERRY will make what we hope is the first of three trips to Croke Park this year when they face Kildare in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final this Sunday. The match will throw in at 2pm and is the first game of a double header, with Dublin v Fermanagh playing in […]

DID you know Kerry played Dublin in Wembley Stadium in 1976? Well, footage has appeared online that proves it. British Movietone posted a newsreel to YouTube recently of the momentous match between the two great powers of Gaelic football just as their famous rivalry of the 70s, was taking off. […]

EAMONN Fitzmaurice is happy to report there are no new injury worries for Kerry heading into the All-Ireland SFC Quarter Final against Kildare this Sunday. Speaking at a press conference held in the Medowlands Hotel on Monday, the Kerry boss confirmed that Kieran O’Leary, who ruptured his Achilles tendon in […]

  IT’S been confirmed by the GAA that Kerry will play their All-Ireland Quarter Final against Kildare at 2pm on Sunday in Croke Park. The other quarter-final involving Dublin v Fermanagh will throw-in at 4pm. Meanwhile the Kerry minors will be involved in another double-header, this time in Tullamore the following […]

St Brendans 0-10 Ballyheigue 0-9 AS has happened so often in the past, John Egan, was the hero for St Brendan’s as they just about got over Ballyheigue in a gruelling encounter in  Causeway on Sunday afternoon. With his team trailing by a point and playing against a stiff breeze, […]

Mike O’Halloran reports from Causeway on Kilmoyley’s victory over Crotta O’Neill’s in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC tie on Sunday… Kilmoyley 1-12 Crotta O’Neills 0-10 I WAS not at the double header last Sunday in Causeway, where Kilmoyley and Crotta O’Neills played out a draw in the sunshine. There was no […]

THE annual John Mitchels Juvenile Football Tournament for the under 8s and under 10s was held at in Ballyseedy on Saturday drawing around 350 youngsters to the grounds. This was the 15th year of the tournament which has become one of the most popular in the county. Clubs taking part were John Mitchels, Austin Stacks, […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC clash in Abbeydorney last night… Lixnaw 2-17 Causeway 0-16 AGAIN, the welcome for hurling fans to Abbeydorney on Friday evening was wholesome, with some tweaks to the previous welcome to further improve the excellent experience of last week. The game was played […]

OVER 70 kids who participated in the John Mitchels Summer Camp got a great treat on Thursday morning when Kerry player, Jonathan Lyne, called in for a visit. Lyne was one of Kerry’s best performers last Saturday against Cork and The legion man spoke and played with the kids who were in […]

Our hurling analyst, Mike O’Halloran, on North Kerry hospitality, the Kerry hurling manager and the three games up for decision in the Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship this weekend… WE are off to North Kerry again this weekend to savour more of the wonderful fare that we saw last weekend. […]

THE Kerry Junior Football Team to play Wexford in the All Ireland Junior Football semi final in Dungarvan on Saturday at 2pm has been named. The side, captained by John Mitchels’ Alan O’Donoghue, shows one change from the side that defeated Cork in the provincial final with Listry’s Gary O’Sullivan, introduced […]

JAMES O’DONOGHUE has come out in defence of Kerry over allegations that he and his teammates attempt to sway refereeing decisions during games. Speaking at the GAA All-Ireland series launch in O’Donoghue’s home patch of Legion GAA yesterday, the 2014 Player Of The Year has described articles in the national […]

THOUGH Eamonn Fitzmaurice might not have wanted a replay, it was a great bonus to them. Kerry got two very tough games and learned an awful lot about the squad. The few changes made the difference; Aidan O’Mahony, laid down a few physical markers, he definitely led by example. I […]

COLM COOPER made a timely intervention in Saturday night’s Munster SFC final replay against Cork. It was his quick thinking that led to Paul Geaney’s goal, the decisive score of the match to help Kerry towards the quarters finals and avoidance of a rocky qualifier road. Relegated to the bench for both Cork encounters, […]

  THE Munster Final replay, was arguably the biggest match of the GAA football season so far and it didn’t disappoint lighting up twitter with comments from players, pundits and fans. Here is a selection of some of them best.   Kieran Donaghy lifted the Munster trophy in near darkness in […]

Abbeydorney 1-17 St Brendan’s 2-10 ABBEYDORNEY upset the odds with an awesome second half display to beat fancied St Brendan’s on Sunday afternoon. A period in the second half where Abbeydorney scored 1-6 without reply sealed the Ardfert side’s fate in this Senior Hurling County Championship first round match in […]

Crotta O’Neill’s 1-17 Kilmoyley 1-17 CROTTA O’Neills and Kilmoyley will have to go again in the first round of the County Senior Hurling Championship after extra-time couldn’t separate the sides on Sunday afternoon in Causeway. They’ll now have to do it all over again next Sunday, July 26 at the […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Kilmoyley on Sunday evening for the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship game between Ballyduff and Causeway…  Causeway 2-12 Ballyduff 0-10 Another great welcome awaited the followers of the ancient game when we travelled to one of the most scenic hurling fields in The Kingdom. Again, the folks […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the main talking points from last night’s big game in Killarney, plus loads of action shots from the match below… 1. David Moran a colossus It had been spoken about in the build up, that Kerry had to win midfield if they were stand any chance […]

A FANTASTIC victory for Kerry tonight but it’s a good thing it didn’t go extra-time…we’d have had to get our phones out to light the pitch. The skies and Cork people were the only things gloomy about Fitzgerald Stadium at 8.30pm tonight, as Kieran Donaghy became the first Austin Stacks […]