Post Tagged with: "Kerry GAA"

Donnachdh Walsh, scores a point against Tyrone in this year's semi-final. Photo by Dermot Crean.

Only One Kerry Player Named On Ireland International Rules Team

November 11, 2015 at 1:19 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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Kerry GAA Greats Say Farewell To Leo

Kerry GAA Greats Say Farewell To Leo

November 9, 2015 at 12:36 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY GAA greats were among those who attended the funeral of Leo Griffin on Saturday afternoon at St John’s Church. Leo died on Friday afternoon and there have been tributes paid to the popular former bagman for the great Kerry team  of the 1970s and 80s from all quarters. Among […]

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REPORT/PHOTOS: O’Rahillys Out Of Danger With Assured Victory Over Rangers

REPORT/PHOTOS: O’Rahillys Out Of Danger With Assured Victory Over Rangers

November 8, 2015 at 11:08 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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PHOTOS: Blues Are Safe, Stacks Down But Not Out

PHOTOS: Blues Are Safe, Stacks Down But Not Out

November 7, 2015 at 4:54 pm Comments are Disabled

THE reigning Munster Club Champions are in a real fight for survival now, after they lost their relegation play-off game in Castleisland today. But their arch-rivals across town, Kerins O’Rahillys have secured their senior status after a victory in their game. Stacks went down by 2-6 to 2-9 to Milltown/Castlemaine […]

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Donnchadh Gets His All-Star Along With Three Other Kerry Footballers

Donnchadh Gets His All-Star Along With Three Other Kerry Footballers

November 6, 2015 at 7:57 pm Comments are Disabled

AT last, he got it! Kerry’s unsung hero of the past number of years, Donnchadh Walsh, finally got an All-Star tonight on an occasion where three other Kerry footballers won awards. Goalkeeper Brendan Kealy was rewarded for his star shot-stopping efforts all year, corner-back Shane Enright’s solid performances were worthy […]

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Kerry ‘Golden Years’ Team Bagman, Leo Griffin, Dies

Kerry ‘Golden Years’ Team Bagman, Leo Griffin, Dies

November 6, 2015 at 7:21 pm Comments are Disabled

THE death has occurred of well-known Kerry GAA figure, Leo Griffin, today. Leo, who grew up in the Mitchels area, was a familiar face around town, but came to be known nationally when he accompanied the Kerry team of the 1970s and 80s during the glory years as their bagman. […]

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The Man Who Made This Catch Will Be A Selector For Kerry Minors Next Year

The Man Who Made This Catch Will Be A Selector For Kerry Minors Next Year

November 3, 2015 at 11:48 am Comments are Disabled

  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, […]

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Kerry’s ‘Golden Years’ Bagman Leo Griffin Passes Away

Kerry’s ‘Golden Years’ Bagman Leo Griffin Passes Away

November 1, 2015 at 11:01 pm Comments are Disabled

THE death has occurred of well-known Kerry GAA figure, Leo Griffin, today. Leo, who grew up in the Mitchels area, was a familiar face around town, but came to be known nationally when he accompanied the Kerry team of the 1970s and 80s during the glory years as their bagman. […]

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Former Kerry Player Going For Dublin County Medal This Weekend

Former Kerry Player Going For Dublin County Medal This Weekend

October 29, 2015 at 10:21 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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PHOTOS: Tomás Ó Sé Is Having A Busy Weekend As He Signs Book In Easons

PHOTOS: Tomás Ó Sé Is Having A Busy Weekend As He Signs Book In Easons

October 25, 2015 at 10:48 am Comments are Disabled

WELL Tomás Ó Sé is having a busy weekend. The five-time All-Ireland medal winner was over in the Kerry GAA store in Killarney at 11am on Saturday morning, where he signed hundreds of copies of his autobiography, ‘The White Heat’. Fans queued patiently for the former Gaeltacht player, whose book has been […]

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Kerry GAA Received A Lot Of Money In London Over The Weekend

Kerry GAA Received A Lot Of Money In London Over The Weekend

October 21, 2015 at 5:08 pm Comments are Disabled

  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 […]

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Kerry Footballers To Face Clare Or Limerick In First Championship Game Of 2016

Kerry Footballers To Face Clare Or Limerick In First Championship Game Of 2016

October 15, 2015 at 8:40 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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James O’Donoghue Could Be Out For Six Months If He Opts For Surgery

James O’Donoghue Could Be Out For Six Months If He Opts For Surgery

October 14, 2015 at 12:38 pm Comments are Disabled

AT the moment, James O’Donoghue is focussing on Legion, but he could miss the entire league campaign with Kerry if he elects to go for a second surgery on his troublesome shoulder. The decision to go under the knife all depends on how long his championship season lasts with Legion. That could […]

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Former Kerry Star Joins Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s Backroom Team

Former Kerry Star Joins Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s Backroom Team

October 12, 2015 at 7:43 pm Comments are Disabled

FORMER Kerry All-Ireland winner, Liam Hassett, has joined the Kerry senior team set-up as a selector. The news comes as Eamonn Fitzmaurice announced his backroom team, where Padraig Corcoran is named as the new Trainer/Selector. The Dingle club man trained the Kerry minor team in 2010 and 2011 as a member of Pat […]

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PREVIEW: Momentum May Be The Catalyst For Battle-Hardened Kerins O’Rahilly’s Win

PREVIEW: Momentum May Be The Catalyst For Battle-Hardened Kerins O’Rahilly’s Win

October 9, 2015 at 4:41 pm Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor previews the Super Valu Kerry SFC quarter-final clash between Kerins O’Rahilly’s and Killarney Legion at Fitzgerald Stadium, Saturday 4:30pm… WE’RE down to the last eight in this year’s county championship and battle-scarred Kerins O’Rahillys will be on a high after last week’s 17 points trouncing of East Kerry, which caught everyone by surprise. Their […]

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Five Talking Points From The Weekend’s County Championship Action

Five Talking Points From The Weekend’s County Championship Action

October 6, 2015 at 12:35 pm Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor has five things we learned about the county championship action at the weekend… 1. Kerins O’Rahillys are the form team Strand Road have catapulted themselves into contention for a first county title in 15 years, shooting the lights out two weeks in a row. The side have scored a combined total of […]

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Barry John Keane, on the ball in Kerins O'Rahilly's victory against East Kerry in last years Senior Football County Championship. Photo by Dermot Crean.

What Odds On The Blues Winning The Championship? Here’s The Betting…

October 5, 2015 at 4:23 pm Comments are Disabled

WITH the business end of the Kerry Senior Football Championship fast approaching, those who fancy a flutter will be interested in the betting on who will be crowned champions. Unsurprisingly, Dr Crokes, at 11/8, are favourites after their one point victory against last year’s champions Austin Stacks yesterday. South Kerry, […]

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Kerry minor football winners Michéal Reidy and Jack Savage, with Kerry All-Ireland Minor B Hurling winner Tomas O'Connor. Photo by Gvain O'Connor.

PHOTOS: All-Ireland Silverware Returns To The Green CBS Once More

October 3, 2015 at 10:09 am Comments are Disabled

CBS THE GREEN is no stranger to hosting All-Ireland winning receptions and although Sam didn’t pay a visit, pupils of the school did Kerry proud by winning the All-Ireland Minor Football and Minor B Hurling recently. Jack Morgan and Michéal Reidy were on hand to parade the Tommy Markham cup to […]

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Andrew Barry and Jack Morgan with some of the Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn junior pupils. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS: Kerry Minor Heroes Return With Cup To Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn

October 2, 2015 at 10:58 am Comments are Disabled

TO bring back the Tommy Markham Cup to your old school once is a great honour, to do it twice is something special. It’s an achievement that former Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn students, Andrew Barry and Jack Morgan, can now lay claim to. It’s made even more special that they are only […]

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David Moran Among The Eight Kerry Nominations For All-Stars

David Moran Among The Eight Kerry Nominations For All-Stars

October 1, 2015 at 10:41 am Comments are Disabled

  KERRY’S midfield pairing of David Moran and Anthony Maher are two of eight Kerry nominations for the GAA GPA All-Stars this year announced this morning. The other Kerry players nominated are goalkeeper Brendan Kealy, backs Shane Enright, Jonathan Lyne and forwards Donnchadh Walsh, Paul Geaney and James O’Donoghue. No Kerry player has been nominated for […]

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Kerry's 2015 All-Ireland winning minor team line out for threir first game in the championship against Clare. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

The New Kerry Minor Manager Has Been Announced

September 28, 2015 at 10:15 pm Comments are Disabled

  KILLARNEY LEGION senior manager, Peter Keane, has been announced as the new manager of the Kerry minor football team. The announcement was made at a meeting of County Committee in Austin Stack Park tonight. Keane who has brought Legion on leaps and bounds in recent years will take over from […]

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PHOTOS: Kerry Teams Welcomed Home In Tralee

PHOTOS: Kerry Teams Welcomed Home In Tralee

September 22, 2015 at 12:24 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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Time For Heroes, Time For Victory

Time For Heroes, Time For Victory

September 20, 2015 at 9:10 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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Barry O’Shea: Touch Of Class Upfront May Swing It Kerry’s Way

Barry O’Shea: Touch Of Class Upfront May Swing It Kerry’s Way

September 19, 2015 at 10:11 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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Tralee Man Poised To Win €10,000 If Kerry Lift Sam

Tralee Man Poised To Win €10,000 If Kerry Lift Sam

September 18, 2015 at 6:36 pm Comments are Disabled

  A TRALEE man finds himself poised to win a small fortune if the final piece of this long-term bet comes to fruition over the weekend. Ballybeggan’s David Culloty placed the the €100 bet close to 10 months ago and is now just under 48 hours away from finding if he will […]

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PHOTOS: More Businesses Go Green And Gold Ahead Of Final

PHOTOS: More Businesses Go Green And Gold Ahead Of Final

September 18, 2015 at 10:56 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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Geaney To Start In Place Of Captain Donaghy For The Final

Geaney To Start In Place Of Captain Donaghy For The Final

September 17, 2015 at 8:51 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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PHOTOS: Green And Gold Galore As Local Businesses Show Their Support Ahead Of The Final

PHOTOS: Green And Gold Galore As Local Businesses Show Their Support Ahead Of The Final

September 17, 2015 at 10:46 am Comments are Disabled

THERE is a great sense of excitement all around the town as the day of the All Ireland Final clash with Dublin approaches with local businesses keen to show their support to the team ahead of the match. TraleeToday.ie were out and about yesterday afternoon capturing a selection of the […]

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VIDEO: Hear Tralee Band Rouge’s Catchy Song ‘The Gooch & His Boots’

VIDEO: Hear Tralee Band Rouge’s Catchy Song ‘The Gooch & His Boots’

September 17, 2015 at 10:00 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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VIDEO: St John’s Parochial School Pupils Tell Kerry To ‘Fight For The Sam’

VIDEO: St John’s Parochial School Pupils Tell Kerry To ‘Fight For The Sam’

September 16, 2015 at 10:04 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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