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Mike O’Halloran saw the two Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship at Austin Stack Park yesterday… Causeway 2-15 Lixnaw 0-12 I commented recently that Causeway were putting up a lot of points on the scoreboard in the county league but did not get many goals. They used the county league […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Austin Stack Park yesterday for the two Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship ties… Kilmoyley 3-18 Ballyheigue 1-9 Ballyheigue bowed out of the Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry County Hurling Championship on Saturday evening but nor without putting it up to their neighbours. Great credit must be given to […]

The action in The Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry hurling Championship begins again this weekend with four games taking place over Saturday and Sunday in Austin Stack Park. Mike O’Halloran previews the ties… Ballyheigue v Kilmoyley (Saturday 5.15pm) Ballyheigue who lost to Crotta O’Neills in the first round open proceedings on Saturday […]

Mike O’Halloran saw Crotta and Causeway advance at Sunday’s Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC opening rounds at Austin Stack Park on Sunday…  Crotta O’Neills 1-15 Ballyheigue 1-9 A six point win for Crotta over a Ballyheigue team that is in the process of rebuilding and played with one player less than […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the two Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry Hurling Championship opening games in Austin Stack Park last night… Lixnaw 0-16 Kilmoyley 1-12 The championship began on Saturday evening in Austin Stack Park, in the opening game Kilmoyley fell to last years finalists Lixnaw by a point. Colin Sheehy got Lixnaw […]

Mike O’Halloran previews the four Garvey’s SuperValu Hurling Championship games taking place this weekend in Austin Stack Park… Kilmoyley v Lixnaw — Saturday, 5.30pm Kilmoyley are managed by one of the greatest forwards ever to play the game of hurling Shane Brick. Fergus Fitzmaurice and Mark foley are attempting to […]

Mike O’Halloran watched the Under 17 Bank of Ireland Celtic Challenge match between Kerry and North Cork on Wednesday night in Crotta O’Neills pitch… Kerry 4-17 Cork North 2-10 Played in brilliant sunshine in the beautiful sod of Crotta O’Neills new pitch in Dromakee, Kerry led from start to finish […]

Mike O’Halloran says Kerry have a massive task ahead of them after losing to Westmeath on Sunday in Austin Stack Park… Kerry 0-15 Westmeath 2-12 Kerry lost out to Westmeath by three points in round three of the Joe McDonagh Cup in a closely fought contest in Austin Stack Park […]

Mike O’Halloran looks at Kerry’s upcoming challenge against Westmeath this Sunday in Round 3 of the Joe McDonagh Cup at Austin Stack Park at 3pm… Westmeath and Kerry are no strangers to each other in various competitions over the last number of years, such that the names of Westmeath players […]

Mike O’Halloran on Kerry’s win against Laois in the Joe McDonagh Cup in Austin Stack Park in Tralee on Sunday… Kerry 3-20 Laois 0-19 Three goals in the first half set Kerry on their way to their first win in the Joe McDonagh Cup,. The first goal came from Jack […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the Joe McDonagh Cup game in Carlow where Kerry were defeated on Sunday… Carlow 0-21 Kerry 0-18 THE final score in the Joe McDonagh Cup game between Kerry and Carlow played in Carlow reads Carlow 0-21 Kerry 0-18 a three point loss for Kerry. It is […]

Mike O’Halloran on the Kerry County Hurling League Division 1 clash in Ballyduff on Wednesday night… Ballyduff 0-8 Causeway 0-19 Causeway overcame the county champions in this game played in Ballyduff’s home patch on Wednesday evening. The game was hardly a classic, but Causeway were worthy of their win in […]

Mike O’Halloran on the county hurling league clash between Crotta O’Neills and Lixnaw at the weekend… Crotta O’Neills 4-13 Lixnaw 0-10 Shane Conway had a point for Lixnaw after thirty seconds, but that was good as it got for a depleted Lixnaw as three and a half minutes later Shane […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on the County Senior Hurling League Division One match between Causeway and St Brendan’s…  Causeway 0-19 St Brendan’s 3-9 Concession of frees and an inability of St Brendan’s to win any clean possession beyond midfield allowed Causeway to go home with the the points from this lively […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Crotta beat Ballyheigue in the County Hurling League tie… Crotta O’Neills 2-17 Ballyheigue 0-13 Brendan O’Mahony brought his Ballyheigue team to his old stomping ground in Dromakee, but it was a Crotta team that contained his son that came away with the two points. The game was […]

Mike O’Halloran on the Kerry County Senior Hurling League round one game between Abbeydorney and Ballyduff played in Abbeydorney on Friday… Abbeydorney 3-12 Ballyduff 2-8 The county champions went down to Abbeydorney in a keenly contested game. Both teams were short a few regulars but perhaps Ballyduff more so than Abbeydorney. […]

Mike O’Halloran on the Division 1 County Hurling League match between Kilmoyley and Lixnaw last night… Kilmoyley 1-14 Lixnaw 0-15 Kilmoyley had a two point win over Lixnaw played in John Mitchel’s pitch in Tralee under lights on Thursday night. Jordan Brick and Maurice O’Connor had Kilmoyley ahead before John […]

Mike O’Halloran previews the Allianz National League Division 2A game between Westmeath v Kerry on Sunday in Mullingar… KERRY head to Mullingar on Sunday to take on Westmeath in a winner takes all game that will see the winner progress to the final of the competition. Westmeath are unbeaten so […]

Mike O’Halloran on Kerry’s convincing win against Meath in Tralee in their Allianz National League 2A game today… Kerry 3-19 Meath 1-9 I WROTE in a preview of this game that Kerry should not Meath for granted and on this display today they didn’. Kerry, playing into a strong cold […]

Mike O’Halloran says Kerry will probably need to win by a good margin against Meath if they want to keep their Division 2A title hopes alive… THE big news from the Kerry hurling camp is the omission of Shane Nolan from the starting fifteen for the crunch game against Meath […]

IT’S set to be a very busy Sunday afternoon in Tralee with Kerry playing in two first Allianz National League games at Austin Stack Park. With the hurlers and footballers both in action, a bumper crowd is expected at the venue, so with this in mind the GAA is creating […]

Mike O’Halloran previews Sunday’s clash between Kerry and Kildare in the Allianz National Hurling League Division 2A clash in Newbridge at 2pm… The Kerry hurling team for Sunday contains a number of changes from the loss to Carlow. Jordan Conway does not make the starting team sheet and neither does […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kerry’s defeat against Carlow in Tralee this afternoon in their Allianz Hurling League Division 2A encounter… Kerry 1-11 Carlow 1-18 A disappointing day for the Kerry hurlers today in Austin Stack Park when they went down by seven points to Carlow. Kerry did struggle in the […]

Mike O’Halloran looks at the Kerry side to face Carlow on Sunday in Austin Stack Park… THE Kerry hurling team to face Carlow shows one change from the starting fifteen last Sunday in London. Shane Conway returns from a hand injury, to replace Paddy Kelly who was injured last Sunday. […]

Mike O’Halloran reports from London on Kerry’s victory over London in the Allianz National League 2A game this afternoon… The final score read Kerry 2-30 points to 1-13 and the score really reflects the manner of the win with Kerry totally dominating from the 15th minute when Jordan Conway blasted […]

Mike O’Halloran looks at the Kerry Senior Hurling Team to play London in Round 1 of the Allianz Hurling League Division 2A on Sunday in McGovern Park, Ruislip… A BIG day out awaits the Kerry Hurlers on Sunday in London when they take their first steps on the road back […]

A big win for the Kerry hurlers in Tralee today in the Munster Hurling League reported on by Mike O’Halloran… Kerry 1-23 Cork 1-13 A well deserved win for the Kerry hurlers over Cork, the margin was ten points but it could easily have been sixteen points as Kerry had […]

By Mike O’Halloran THE Kerry Team to play Cork on Sunday at 2.00 pm in Tralee has been announced. Martin Stackpoole of Lixnaw, who I presume is the number one shot stopper for the season ahead, returns between the sticks. Niall O’Mahony and fellow Abbeydorney clubman James O’Connor are at […]

Mike O’Halloran was in the Gaelic Grounds to see Kerry take on Limerick today in the  Munster Senior Hurling League… Limerick 3-19 Kerry 1-15 Another great second half display by Kerry hurlers of this Munster Hurling League game played in freezing conditions in the Gaelic Grounds. It did not look […]

Mike O’Halloran looks at how Kerry will line out in their Munster Senior Hurling League tie tomorrow against Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds… There are a number of changes from the side that challenged Clare last week, both personnel and positional. Kerry were defeated in that game but the scoreline […]