Post Tagged with: "Kerry hurling"

TRALEE is set to host two big Saturday night games in the Allianz National Football League according to a provisional list of fixtures released today. The fixtures are not finalised but have been distributed as part of a consultation process to counties. It sees Kerry footballers play four home league […]

LIXNAW and Kilmoyley battled it out yesterday in the county senior hurling final and it was a tense affair. Deep into injury-time Kilmoyley were two points down but were awarded a penalty. However, the penalty was saved and the referee immediately blew his whistle for full-time before a Kilmoyley player […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on today’s Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship Final at Austin Stack Park… Lixnaw 1-16 Kilmoyley 2-11 IT was heartache for Kilmoyley as a saved penalty by Martin Stackpoole denied them victory with the final puck of the game. Well according to the referee it was the […]

Mike O’Halloran gives his verdict on the biggest day in Kerry hurling this Sunday at 3.15pm in Austin Stack Park… Kilmoyley take on Lixnaw on Sunday in the Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry senior hurling final. Kilmoyley just got passed Ballyduff in the semi-final and have been building steadily under the influence of […]

Mike O’Halloran watched the two Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC semi-finals in Austin Stack Park… Lixnaw 1-17 Causeway 0-15 Lixnaw overcame a highly fancied Causeway team by five points in a game where Lixnaw backs were in no mood top allow the inside line any room or any time on the […]

IAN Brick has decided to step down as Kerry Under 21 hurling manager and selector with the senior team. The Kilmoyley clubman had worked with this squad since Under 14 level, winning 2 All-Ireland Minor titles along the way and leaves a squad with excellent talent and potential, many of […]

Mike O’Halloran previews the two Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship semi-finals next Sunday in Austin Stack Park… LIXNAW V CAUSEWAY The opening game will be between Lixnaw and Causeway and this promises to be an intriguing encounter as both teams had a rehearsal earlier in the competition where Causeway […]

Mike O’Halloran saw Kerry win the Bord Gais Energy GAA Hurling U21B Championship Final yesterday… Kerry 2-20 Derry 0-11 In this final played in Nowlan Park Kilkenny on a carpet like surface, Kerry completely outplayed a Derry side that flattered to decieve early on as they drew level with Kerry […]

Lixnaw beat St Brendan’s yesterday to reach the semi-finals of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC. Mike O’Halloran reports… Lixnaw 0-21 St Brendan’s 2-12 A runaway victory seemed to be St Brendans fate 17 minutes into this game as they led 1-7 to 0-3, but four points in a row from […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Kilmoyley come back to reach the semi-final of the Kerry SHC last night at Austin Stack Park… Kilmoyley 1-15 Crotta O’Neills 2-11 More heartbreak for Crotta O’Neills as the fail to progress to the semifinal of The Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry County Hurling Championship. Crotta looked odds on […]

Kerry Under 21 Hurlers defeated Sligo to reach the final of Bord Gais Energy Under 21 B All Ireland Hurling against Derry in two weeks time. Mike O’Halloran was there… Kerry 4-26 Sligo 0-08 The scoreboard read 4.25 but the referee confirmed the score as 4-26. A comprehensive victory for the […]

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 […]