Post Tagged with: "Kerry GAA"

REMEMBER the guy who upstaged Anna Wintour at the Met Gala earlier this week in his Kerry jersey? He was later revealed to be Clayton James, a regular visitor to Dingle over the past 25 years, who bought the shirt last year in Garvey’s. Well Brian O’Connell has posted a […]

  PLAYERS from clubs around the county joined representatives from Garvey’s Supervalu Group, county board officials and Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice for the launch of the senior football championship on Friday night. Taking place in the Tralee Supervalu store, Radio Kerry commentator and Garvey’s employee, Tim Moynihan, spoke to some of […]

A NEW fashion trend is no doubt all set to sweep towards world domination after it made its debut in the 2015 MET Gala in New York last night. With stars such as George Clooney, Beyonce, Rihanna and Cara Delevingne all present at the awards, an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan […]

IT HAS been announced that the 78 year old, Mick O’Dwyer, is coming out of retirement to take on an advisory role with the Louth senior football team. The Independent.ie have reported that Mick O’Dwyer has agreed to assist the Louth management for this year’s championship season. It’s now two […]

  AUSTIN Stacks will begin the defence of the Bishop Moynihan Cup against St Michael’s Foilmore, while Kerins O’Rahilly’s will face Rathmore in the county championship next month. The first round draw for the Garveys Senior Football Championship 2015 was made earlier today and sees some interesting battles ahead. St […]

COLM Cooper made a welcome return to the Kerry team yesterday. He delivered an inch perfect pass to Kieran Donaghy to score a point against Tyrone, but his road to recovery since his cruciate ligament injury last February has been a tough one. Watch this great video by AIB GAA […]

  Tyrone 1-14 Kerry 0-17  Kerry ensured their Division One status after a great tussle with rivals Tyrone in Omagh this afternoon. Kerry were lacklustre in the first half, but came to life in the second period where Colm Cooper made a welcome return to the Kerry side, coming on […]

KERRY and Tyrone renew acquaintances once more this Sunday in a game with survival on the line for both sides. Though for various reasons it lacks the spice of years gone by. The permutations this Sunday are that Kerry need a win away to guarantee survival, but can stay up if […]

  THERE’s a welcome return to the Kerry panel for Colm Cooper from injury and Paul Galvin from retirement as they have been picked to travel to face Tyrone in Omagh this Sunday. There are three changes to the side who lost to Monaghan. Brendan Kealy returns in goal in place […]

THE Kerry team lent its support to a great service last week. The Kerry County Board agreed to endorse Kerry Cancer Support Group/Kerry Cork Health Link Bus as a Charity and posed for a photo (below) with the bus last week. “We are a good fit with the GAA in Kerry because we […]

WORK on Austin Stack Park, which will commence at the end of May, is set to cost between €750,000 to €800,000, according to the Chairman of the Kerry County Board. The development work was approved at a meeting of the county committee last night in Tralee. Speaking to Jerry O’Sullivan […]

IT’S emerged this evening that Austin Stack Park will close at the end of May for upgrading work. A new sand-based pitch will be laid and there will be new floodlighting and other work. The news was revealed at the County Committee meeting tonight at Austin Stack Park. It is expected the work […]

Gavin O’Connor says Kerry are likely to face a more negative style of football from Monaghan this Sunday, but that might be no harm in preparation for later this year… KERRY will once again face northern raiders at home in this league campaign, having dispatched of Donegal with some exciting, open football. Surely Monaghan […]

It’s the weekend so here are four events to check out in town… FRIDAY 1. This Friday at 7pm, CH Tralee in association with Lancôme will be hosting elite make-up artist, Fortunato Benavoli who will  host a master class He’ll also do one-to-one exclusive appointments at CH Tralee, on both Friday and Saturday. […]

  CASTLEGREGORY’S Alan Fitzgerald makes his first start for Kerry in place of the injured Bryan Sheehan in the match against Monaghan in Tralee on Sunday. Having recovered from injury, Legion’s Brian Kelly will go in between the sticks with Brendan Kealy making way. Alan Fitzgerald has impressed in the two previous […]

  U21 Munster Championship Semi Final, Páirc Uí Rinn Cork 1-12 Kerry 1-9 FOR the fifth consecutive year Kerry have been beaten by Cork in the Munster U21 championship. In a tight game, Kerry were only a point behind going into the final ten minutes, but the Leesiders more physical side finished […]

AS if he hasn’t enough accolades! The great Tadhg Kennelly received yet another honour on Wednesday night when he was inducted into the Sydney Swans’ Hall of Fame. In front of a crowd of more than 650 guests at Sydney’s The Star Event Centre, the Listowel man, who won a […]

  THREE players from Tralee clubs will line out for Kerry against Cork in the Munster U21 championship semi-final this Wednesday evening at Pairc Uí Rinn. Kerins O’Rahilly’s players, Cormac Coffey and Jack Savage will start alongside Na Gaeil man, Jack Barry. Austin Stacks players, Greg Horan and Conor Jordan […]

Gavin O’Connor analyses the main talking points from Kerry’s victory over Donegal yesterday, with some great action shots from the game (below)… 1. An awesome display by Johnny Buckley  It can sometimes take a player a few years to grow and really stamp their authority on a game, yesterday was […]

  SO, as we predicted, Kerry won by two points today, but it certainly wasn’t the ‘borefest’ we expected at Austin Stack Park. A crowd of over 6,000 watched an entertaining match  played at championship tempo and containing some great scores in a 2-13 to 2-11 victory for the home […]

Tralee folk! It’s nearly the weekend again and this means that we will be filling your head with ideas as to what you can do. Ready, steady, go… FRIDAY 1. For those of you out there that hold a fondness for fairy tales in your heart, then the new production set […]

  THERE are three changes in personnel and two positional for the Kerry team that will face Donegal this Sunday in round five of the National League. In defence, Peter Crowley, and Killian Young, both come into the half back line with Paul Murphy moving to the corner, Fionn Fitzgerald […]

  BARRY JOHN KEANE regains his place in the side for Kerry’s trip down to Páirc Uí Rinn to face Cork in the 4th round of Allianz National Football League fixtures this Sunday. After being dropped, the Strand Road man scored two points off the bench against Dublin last Sunday. He will […]

There’s talk of Paul Galvin being played  in a half-back role rather than his favoured half-forward position, but Gavin O’Connor says both lines are already rich with talent… IT was in the tunnel after losing to Dublin in the league last year in Croke Park when Paul called time on his career […]

A STATEMENT released on the Kerry GAA website has announced that Paul Galvin has come out of retirement and returned to training with the Kerry senior football panel. Eamonn Fitzmaurice, confirmed the shock return of Paul Galvin in a short and sweet statement on the Kerry GAA website. “Paul Galvin […]

  Kerry 0-15 Dublin 1-10 Kerry picked up another two Allianz National League points today in Killarney, as they beat great rivals Dublin, thanks to a superior second-half performance at Fitzgerald Stadium. The conditions were terrible at times and it was also an ill-tempered affair on occasions, with five yellows, four black […]

It’s time for that wonderful time of the week again, where we suggest all the things that you have to do this weekend…or just things that we think are fun anyway. Here we go again… FRIDAY  1. PARENTS, ever fancied yourself a catwalk model? Or if there are any budding catwalk stars at […]

EIGHT-time All-Ireland senior medal winner, Denis ‘Ogie’ Moran will be the next Kerry legend to feature in the long running TG4 GAA documentary series, Laochra Gael. Ogie’s episode will be aired on March 31 with a repeat viewing on April 5. The new series begins tonight at 8pm with Mayo’s Liam McHale […]

WHAT a fantastic afternoon, evening and night it was in the Ballygarry House Hotel yesterday for the Austin Stacks GAA corporate lunch fundraiser. There was wall to wall GAA legends among the 550 people present who gathered to celebrate the Rock club’s success in 2014. Companies and clubs from all over […]

  DAVID Moran is to captain his county on Sunday against Mayo in the Allianz National Football League opening match. With new captain Kieran Donaghy unavailable due to Austin Stacks’ involvement in the club championship, it’ll be a proud moment for the Kerins O’Rahilly’s man. The team contains just six of […]