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Mike O’Halloran on the opening fixture of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship between Lixnaw and Ballyheigue in Abbeydorney on Friday night… Lixnaw 0-17 Ballyheigue 0-15 Surely, Abbeydorney must be the sporting and cultural capital of Kerry. The village has a long tradition in the organisation of drama, music […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at this evening’s match between Kerry and Cork and says Kerry’s regular midfield pairing will be the key to victory… SPEAKING in the aftermath of the drawn match, Eamonn Fitzmaurice said “it doesn’t take a genius to know we didn’t have a great day on the line”. […]

THE heat has been turned up on Kerry v Cork Munster SFC replay tomorrow evening by a former Cork footballer, who has accused Kerry players, particularly Kieran Donaghy, of ‘Plámás’ to influence officials. Writing in the Irish Examiner, Conor McCarthy describes Kerry players as ‘genetically cute’ and goes on to list […]

Former Kerry star, Barry O’Shea, says Kerry will be better prepared for the Munster Final replay on Saturday, but need to be more aggressive and tougher this time out… Everybody I spoke to during the week about this replay was picking a different team. If you spoke to ten people, all […]

THERE have been a number of changes to the Kerry team for the Munster final replay against Cork on Saturday, most notably that Kerins O’Rahilly’s Barry John Keane loses his place on the starting 15. There are four changes in all from the side that faced Cork on July 5, while it’s also […]

John Mitchels 0-16 Austin Stacks 0-13 AN incredible late rally by John Mitchels, where they score six unanswered points, was enough to knock Austin Stacks out of the Acorn Life U21 Championship. The victory has booked the Mitchels a place in the semi-final of the competition where Kerins O’Rahilly’s now await. […]

U14 TEAMS from Kerry, Dublin and Limerick will contest the Oaklands Daybreak Rose Cup Boys Football Tournament during the 2015 Rose of Tralee International Festival. Now in its seventh year, this competition is a prestigious event on the GAA Juvenile calendar in Ireland and it will be organised by Coiste […]

KERRY has been involved in five replays with Cork since 2002 and before that you would have to go back to 1987, when Billy Morgan and Co. effectively brought an end to the ‘Golden Years’ generation of Kerry football. Despite Kerry’s perceived good record in replays, since the turn of the […]

Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, looks at the feast of Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship hurling action on the way this Sunday… Crotta O’Neill’s v Kilmoyley, Causeway 1.30pm Kilmoyley are riding high at the top of the County Hurling League and are seeking to get over the hurdle posed […]

  THOUGH the gates of Fitzgerald Stadium are shut to outsiders and interlopers, there are whispers emanating from the Kerry camp that Eamonn Fitzmaurice, may ring the changes for Saturday’s Munster SFC final replay against Cork. The Kerry boss has made it known that his side under performed on the […]

THIS should be good. Kerry legend Tomás Ó Sé will release an autobiography on his life in football due out before the end of the year, according to a tweet from sports writer Kieran Cunningham last night (see below). The five time All-Ireland winner will follow in the footsteps of his […]

Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, previews the opening match in the Garveys Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship, which gets underway this weekend… Friday Lixnaw v Ballyheigue, Tom Healy Park, Abbeydorney, 7pm Abbeydorney is one of the five North Kerry venues to be selected to host the hurling championship games during the […]

  EAMONN Fitzmaurice has reported a clean bill health for the Kerry panel for the Munster Final replay against Cork this Saturday evening. “We are good on the injury front,” said Fitzmaurice in a report on sports website The42.ie. “We have a few knocks, but we would be hopeful again that everyone would be […]

KERRY will either face the winners of Fermanagh or Westmeath in the All-Ireland quarter-final, if they win the replayed Munster Final on Saturday. Lose and it’s a meeting with Kildare a week later on July 25. Confirmation of venues and times for these fixtures will be confirmed by the CCCC later this […]

THIS week, Kerins O’Rahillys stars in the making  took part in the club’s GAA Cúl Camp. In total, 41 boys and girls took part in the camp which ran from Monday to Friday. “We’re up on numbers on last year which is great.” said camp co-ordinator, Giles O’Grady. Three coaches have been teaching […]

  WHILE most of the attention will be focussed on the footballers of Kerry on Saturday week, for much of north Kerry it’ll be hurling that takes centre stage. The dates and times for the opening round of the Garveys Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship were finalised yesterday and sees champions Lixnaw kicking […]

THIS week the GAA’s Cúl Camp came to Connolly Park this week bringing with it a Kerry star. Overall 110 boys and girls will be taking part in the camp which ran  all the way through to Friday. “It’s been a very big camp with a massive interest in football,” said camp […]

EOIN LISTON reckons Tommy Walsh could be the man to tip the balance in Kerry’s favour around midfield for the Munster Final replay against Cork on Saturday week. In the drawn match, Cork’s Alan O’Connor, gave a man-of-the-match display which had him dubbed the Nikolai Valuev of GAA. Continued below… […]

RTE have announced that they will televise live the Munster Final replay between Kerry and Cork on July 18. It was feared because of the 7pm throw-in, it would lead to a clash with Sky Sports airing of a round 3 qualifier match. RTE and Sky had previously made an agreement […]

Former Kerry player, Barry O’Shea, says the home side were lucky on a Sunday to remember in Killarney…  KERRY were lucky, it was a bad call by the referee, but we’ll take it. The penalty has been highlighted, but if you look back over the game, Padraig Hughes gave Cork some very […]

THE Munster Council have announced that there will be a reduction in ticket prices for the Kerry v Cork Munster Final replay in Killarney on July 18 at 7pm. Both terrace and stand tickets have been reduced by €5, meaning a terrace ticket is now €20 and a stand €30. […]

DUE to a clash of matches, there is a chance Saturday week’s Munster Final replay between Kerry and Cork in Killarney may not be televised. The Munster Council have announced a throw-in of 7pm, which is the same time Sky Sports are scheduled to show one of the Round 3B […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the big talking points from the Munster Final between Kerry and Cork yesterday… 1. Fitz got it wrong When the team was announced on Thursday night, there was a few selections that raised eyebrows. Not starting Kerry’s two best midfielders stands out now as the one […]

EVERY Kerry GAA fan is still buzzing after yesterday’s thrilling Munster Final in Killarney. The whole country was transfixed as Fionn Fitzgerald knocked over the equaliser to set up a replay in less than two weeks time. Here’s how people watching the game reacted on Twitter… Before the game… Our […]

Gavin O’Connor looks forward to the Munster Final on Sunday between Kerry and Cork… THE last time Cork came to Killarney and beat Kerry in their own backyard, Take That were at number one, Gerry Adams was controversially granted a Visa in the US and Stan Collymore broke the then […]

TWO Tralee players have been named in the Kerry starting line-up for the Munster GAA Minor Football Championship Final against Tipperary on Sunday (throw-in 12 noon). Andrew Barry of Na Gaeil comes  in for the injured John Mark Foley at midfield while Jack Morgan of Austin Stacks retains his place […]

  LIVES were nearly lost one year on the way to the Munster Final with Páidí Ó Sé behind the wheel according his nephew in his column in the Irish Independent today. One of the highlights of Darragh and Tomás Ó Sé’s recent articles in the national press has been the odd yarn […]

IT’S well documented that Cork haven’t beaten Kerry in Killarney in 20 years but – barring odd the one or two – all those games have been tight. With the history between the teams, there has been very few hammerings. Most of the games have been tough battles, but more […]

Gavin O’Connor says we all love Munster Final day against the Rebels in Killarney. Here’s why… 1. The Almost Guaranteed Sunshine As sure as the Gooch breaking rebel hearts, the sun will be out on Munster Final day. Anything other than the glorious weather is a strange anomaly, like El […]

SOME Kerry season ticket holders have been left dissatisfied with the seats they have been allocated for this Sunday’s Munster SFC Final in Killarney. Many of the fans, who are seen as the most loyal Kerry supporters, have been left with tickets on the fringes of the main stand in Fitzgerald […]