Post Tagged with: "Kerry hurling"

AFTER the footballers received a beating last night from the Rebels in Páirc Uí Rinn, it’s the turn of the Kerry hurlers to face to Cork tonight. Kerry have home advantage this evening in Round 1 of the 2023 Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League.  The game takes place at 7pm […]

A DISAPPOINTING day once again for the Kerry hurlers as they were beaten for the third year in a row in the Joe McDonagh Cup final. A sunny Croke Park was the venue for a thrilling final but, despite a late goal, Kerry couldn’t catch Antrim and went down by […]

THE big day has arrived for the Kerry senior hurling team. They play Antrim in the Joe McDonagh Cup final at 4.30pm in Croke Park. Having lost the last two finals they’ll be hoping its third time lucky this evening. The match will be screened live on RTE 2 with coverage […]

KERRY Airport Ireland has chartered a flight to bring the county’s senior hurling team, management and officials home from Dublin after Saturday’s Joe McDonagh Cup Final in Croke Park. The squad were unable to secure affordable accommodation in Dublin and as a result were being forced to travel down by […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the Allianz Hurling League Division 2A game in Carlow where Kerry emerged victorious… Kerry 0-20 Carlow 0-13 A very impressive win by Kerry given the tragic events prior to the game, my thoughts are with the family. Kerry went into a two point lead within two […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on a disappointing opening Division 2A league game for Kerry away to Westmeath on Sunday… Westmeath 3-15 Kerry 1-15 A disappointing opening game for Kerry going down to Westmeath by six points. Ciaran Boyle opened the scoring for the home side with a wind assisted point after […]

IT’s not just the Kerry footballers in action in the green and gold this weekend. The Kerry senior hurlers will play Westmeath in the opening round of this year’s Allianz Hurling League Division 2A on Sunday at 12:30pm in TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar. The team captained by Shane Conway is […]

THE Kerry Hurling News Team of the championship 2021 and All-Stars were announced yesterday. Sponsored by Garvey’s SuperValu and following submissions from eight hurling experts, organiser of the awards, Radio Kerry commentator Mike O’Halloran, announced the winners. Young Player of the championship was Nathan Guerin of Ballyheigue, while Player of the Championship […]

THE Kerry Hurling News All Star Nominations for 2021, sponsored by Garvey’s SuperValu, have been announced. Following submissions from eight hurling experts, organiser of the awards, Radio Kerry commentator Mike O’Halloran has published the list of nominees for the awards which will take place over Zoom in the next few […]

Kerry GAA have announce that Stephen Molumphy will be proposed as the new Kerry Senior Hurling Manager for a two year period (2022/2023) to the County Committee for ratification later this month. Molumphy’s selectors / coaches include Pat Bennett and Shane Briggs respectively, and in a statement issued this afternoon, Kerry […]

KERRY face Down in Austin Stack Park tomorrow in Round 1 of the Joe McDonagh Cup. The game takes place at 12.30pm in Austin Stack Park and the team, captained by Paudie O’Connor, is as follows: 1 (GK) John B O’Halloran 2. James O’Connor 3. Evan Murphy 4. Eric Leen 5. Conor O’Keeffe 6. […]

AFTER their impressive win over Wicklow last weekend, the Kerry hurlers are away to Carlow in Round 5 of the Allianz Hurling League, Roinn 2A, on Sunday. The game has a 1pm throw-in at Netwatch Cullen Park and the team is as follows: 1 (GK) Darren Delaney 2. Flor McCarthy 3. Evan Murphy 4. Sean […]

Mike O’Halloran previews the Joe McDonagh Cup Final next Sunday where the Kerry hurlers hope to overcome Antrim in Croke Park on All-Ireland Final Day… A momentous day for Kerry next Sunday as they take to the big stage in the final of the Joe McDonagh Cup. The setting is the […]

THE Kerry team to play Antrim in the Allianz Hurling League Div.2A Final in Tullamore on Sunday at 1.30pm is as follows 1. Martin Stackpoole (Lixnaw) 2. James O’Connor (Abbeydorney) 3. Bryan Murphy (Causeway) 4. Tomas O’Connor (Crotta O’Neills) 5. Conor O’Keeffe (Lixnaw) 6. Jason Diggins (Causeway) 7. Fionan Mackessy (St Brendans) 8. Brendan O’Leary (Abbeydorney) 9. Shane Nolan (Crotta O’Neills) 10. Shane Conway (Lixnaw) 11. Michael O’Leary (Abbeydorney) 12; Michael Leane (Ballyheigue) 13. John Buckley (Lixnaw) 14. Mickey Boyle (Ballyduff) 15. Brandon […]

Mike O’Halloran saw Ballyduff become Kerry Minor Hurling champions after  they defeated Ballyheigue… Ballyduff 1-13 Ballyheigue1-09 Ballyheigue had the perfect start when Felim O’Sullivan struck for goal. Tomas Gaynor added point on four minutes before Kevin Goulding put Ballyduff on the board with a point from play, two minutes later […]

Mike O’Halloran on yesterday’s Kerry SHC semi-finals at Austin Stack Park… Kilmoyley 1-20 Abbeydorney 1-12 Kilmoyley are through to the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Hurling final. Abbeydorney started well and after ten minutes they led by a point four points to three, then came a kicked goal from the excellent Maurice […]

Mike O’Halloran saw Causeway scrape past Crotta O’Neills in a Kerry SHC quarter-final game played in appalling conditions at Austin Stack Park… Causeway 0-14 Crotta 0-13 How Crotta must regret their wasteful use of the long ball where they presented their inside forwards with little chance of winning the ball. […]

Mike O’Halloran watched a thrilling Kerry SHC encounter at Austin Stack Park yesterday… Abbeydorney 1-18 Lixnaw 0-19 I spoke to an Abbeydorney man before the game, a certain Mr Donovan, and he said “this is going to be the upset of the weekend and Jack Sheehan is going to be […]

Mike O’Halloran saw Kilmoyley beat the neighbours in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship… Kilmoyley 0-15 St Brendans 0-12 On Friday evening I said you can’t bate the youth, but last night it was a case of “the old dog for the hard road”, well less of the old I guess […]

Mike O’Halloran was at Austin Stack Park to see Ballyduff advance in the opening round of the Kerry SHC on Friday evening… Ballyduff  1-20 Ballyheigue 0-15 There’s a saying in north Kerry, “you can’t bate the youth”, well the youth of Ballyheigue and Ballyduff really showed their elders how to […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Causeway overcome St Brendan’s in the North Kerry Championship yesterday…. St Brendan’s 0-17 Causeway 3-16 “There’s no stopping Causeway.” That was one man’s comment at the end of the North Kerry Championship game where Causeway overcame St Brendan’s. Causeway look good and are playing with the confidence […]

Mike O’Halloran watched St Brendan’s overcome the home side Ballyduff in the North Kerry Hurling Championship earlier today… Ballyduff 1-17 St Brendan’s 1-26 Played in brilliant sunshine in the home of hurling, St Brendan’s were full value for their nine point win. St Brendan’s looked the better from the very […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on the North Kerry Championship game played in Causeway last night between Causeway and Lixnaw… Causeway 0-15 Lixnaw 0-14 Let me start by saying that I was very apprehensive about attending any games or being in crowds during the Covid, I have taken the threat of infection very […]

IT’S been a good week for Lixnaw’s Shane Conway. He helped UCC to a Fitzgibbon Cup victory last Wednesday, starred for Kerry on Saturday and now has been voted GAA.ie Hurler of the Week. The Kerry star earned 5, 016 votes on the Official GAA Instagram page with Clare’s Tony Kelly second […]

THE Kerry hurling team to play Mayo in Round 1 of the Allianz Hurling League, Division 2A, tomorrow, Saturday, January 25, at 2pm in Elvery’s MacHale Park, Castlebar is as follows: 1. (GK) Martin Stackpoole,  Leac Sna 2. Sean Weir, Na Niallaigh Crotta 3. Bryan Murphy, An Tochar 4. Eric Leen, Naomh Breandanaigh 5. Tomas O’Connor, Na Niallaigh […]

Mike O’Halloran on Kerry’s defeat to Waterford this afternoon in the Munster Hurling League tie at Austin Stack Park in Tralee… Kerry 1-10 Waterford 4-23 A 22 point demolition of Kerry by a Waterford team in transition showed to gulf in class between the top tier teams and the likes […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on the Kerry Junior Hurling Final at John Mitchels GAA Grounds on Saturday… Ballyheigue 3-07 St Pats East Kerry 1-12 Ballyheigue are the Kerry Junior Hurling County Champions for 2019 they overcame St Pats in the final played in John Mitchels GAA grounds on Saturday. Ballyheigue led […]

Mike O’Halloran on the Acorn Life Under 21 Kerry Under 21 Hurling Final between Kenmare/Kilgarvan/Dr Crokes and Lixnaw… Kenmare/Kilgarvan/Dr Crokes 2-16 Lixnaw 1-14 A well deserved win for the K/K/DrC outfit today in Tralee when they completely out-played, out-muscled and out-thought Lixnaw from start to finish. K/K/Drc were ahead after […]

By Risteárd Ó Fuaráin Clanmaurice made the long trip to Newport GAA in Tipperary on Saturday to face St. Joseph’s Doora-Barefield of Clare with the Kerry Girls seeking to win the Munster Junior Club title for the third year in a row. On a perfect day for camogie, Clanmaurice started […]

IT’S been a long time coming, but Causeway fulfilled their potential on Sunday to become Kerry Senior Hurling Champions for the first time since 1998. They beat Lixnaw by 2-13 to 1-13 in front of 2,618 hurling fans in Austin Stack Park, sparking celebrations not seen in the venue for […]