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YOU can’t beat Munster final day in Killarney…especially when it’s Kerry against Cork! With over 30,000 people converging on town for the occasion, it created a very special atmosphere with great colour splashed in the stands and terraces of Fitzgerald Stadium. The weather gods were kind too and when rain […]

THE Munster Final is a glorious occasion for fans of Kerry and Cork fans and – let’s not be coy here – there’s a lot of socialising and carousing to be done before and after the game. So if you’re heading over to Killarney tonight or tomorrow, you could do […]

AS has been the case over the past number of years, the Munster SFC final in Killarney between Kerry and Cork will have a 2pm throw-in on July 2. This means the minor final between Kerry and Clare will start at noon, so football fans will need to get on […]

Gavin O’Connor says the build-up to tomorrow’s Munster Final between Kerry and Tipperary has been flat and it’s difficult to see where the fizz will come from on the field of play… IT’S hard to remember a more flat build-up for a Munster Final. In the midst of Euro 2016 action, […]

  THE Kerry Senior Football Team to play Tipperary in the Munster Senior Football Final at Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday is unchanged from the side that started against Clare in the semi final. In the subs, Aidan O’Mahony returns after suspension and James O’Donoghue returns to the match day squad […]

  THE Munster Final replay, was arguably the biggest match of the GAA football season so far and it didn’t disappoint lighting up twitter with comments from players, pundits and fans. Here is a selection of some of them best.   Kieran Donaghy lifted the Munster trophy in near darkness in […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the main talking points from last night’s big game in Killarney, plus loads of action shots from the match below… 1. David Moran a colossus It had been spoken about in the build up, that Kerry had to win midfield if they were stand any chance […]

THE weather may have been a disaster and the less said about the traffic after the better, but we won and we’re off to Croker in a few weeks. Kerry fans turned up in their thousands again for the replay in Killarney and we walked through the town centre to […]

A FANTASTIC victory for Kerry tonight but it’s a good thing it didn’t go extra-time…we’d have had to get our phones out to light the pitch. The skies and Cork people were the only things gloomy about Fitzgerald Stadium at 8.30pm tonight, as Kieran Donaghy became the first Austin Stacks […]

THE heat has been turned up on Kerry v Cork Munster SFC replay tomorrow evening by a former Cork footballer, who has accused Kerry players, particularly Kieran Donaghy, of ‘Plámás’ to influence officials. Writing in the Irish Examiner, Conor McCarthy describes Kerry players as ‘genetically cute’ and goes on to list […]

Former Kerry star, Barry O’Shea, says Kerry will be better prepared for the Munster Final replay on Saturday, but need to be more aggressive and tougher this time out… Everybody I spoke to during the week about this replay was picking a different team. If you spoke to ten people, all […]

THERE have been a number of changes to the Kerry team for the Munster final replay against Cork on Saturday, most notably that Kerins O’Rahilly’s Barry John Keane loses his place on the starting 15. There are four changes in all from the side that faced Cork on July 5, while it’s also […]

IF you’re heading to the Kerry v Cork match in Killarney on Saturday, don’t use the Franciscan Friary as a toilet. This is the fairly basic request from Fr Padraig Breheny of the order, who wrote to Cllr Danny Healy Rae to tell him that ten men were caught short while […]

  EAMONN Fitzmaurice has reported a clean bill health for the Kerry panel for the Munster Final replay against Cork this Saturday evening. “We are good on the injury front,” said Fitzmaurice in a report on sports website The42.ie. “We have a few knocks, but we would be hopeful again that everyone would be […]

RTE have announced that they will televise live the Munster Final replay between Kerry and Cork on July 18. It was feared because of the 7pm throw-in, it would lead to a clash with Sky Sports airing of a round 3 qualifier match. RTE and Sky had previously made an agreement […]

Former Kerry player, Barry O’Shea, says the home side were lucky on a Sunday to remember in Killarney…  KERRY were lucky, it was a bad call by the referee, but we’ll take it. The penalty has been highlighted, but if you look back over the game, Padraig Hughes gave Cork some very […]

DUE to a clash of matches, there is a chance Saturday week’s Munster Final replay between Kerry and Cork in Killarney may not be televised. The Munster Council have announced a throw-in of 7pm, which is the same time Sky Sports are scheduled to show one of the Round 3B […]

THERE was incredible support for Kerry yesterday in Killarney. They easily outnumbered the Cork supporters in the 35,000 crowd and roared their hearts out as Fionn Fitzgerald sent over an equaliser to secure a replay on Saturday week in Fitzgerald Stadium. We were there for the game and captured the […]

EVERY Kerry GAA fan is still buzzing after yesterday’s thrilling Munster Final in Killarney. The whole country was transfixed as Fionn Fitzgerald knocked over the equaliser to set up a replay in less than two weeks time. Here’s how people watching the game reacted on Twitter… Before the game… Our […]

Kerry 2-15 Cork 3-12 BACK again in two weeks then, but only just! Fionn Fitzgerald proved the hero with an incredible equaliser to rescue a Kerry team who will be relieved to get out of jail after a rusty performance. Cork looked utterly dejected at the final whistle and  no […]

Gavin O’Connor looks forward to the Munster Final on Sunday between Kerry and Cork… THE last time Cork came to Killarney and beat Kerry in their own backyard, Take That were at number one, Gerry Adams was controversially granted a Visa in the US and Stan Collymore broke the then […]

  LIVES were nearly lost one year on the way to the Munster Final with Páidí Ó Sé behind the wheel according his nephew in his column in the Irish Independent today. One of the highlights of Darragh and Tomás Ó Sé’s recent articles in the national press has been the odd yarn […]

IT’S well documented that Cork haven’t beaten Kerry in Killarney in 20 years but – barring odd the one or two – all those games have been tight. With the history between the teams, there has been very few hammerings. Most of the games have been tough battles, but more […]

Gavin O’Connor says we all love Munster Final day against the Rebels in Killarney. Here’s why… 1. The Almost Guaranteed Sunshine As sure as the Gooch breaking rebel hearts, the sun will be out on Munster Final day. Anything other than the glorious weather is a strange anomaly, like El […]

SOME Kerry season ticket holders have been left dissatisfied with the seats they have been allocated for this Sunday’s Munster SFC Final in Killarney. Many of the fans, who are seen as the most loyal Kerry supporters, have been left with tickets on the fringes of the main stand in Fitzgerald […]

DAVID Moran returns in midfield, Colm Cooper won’t start, but James O’Donoghue does, as the Kerry team to face Cork on Sunday was announced tonight. There are five changes to the team that faced Tipperary back in June in the semi-final. Stephen O’Brien and Donnchadh Walsh get the start ahead of […]

  TRAVELLING by train could be a pretty cheap option for Tralee folk going to the Munster Final in Killarney between Kerry and Cork this Sunday. Irish Rail, are offering a price of less than €10 return from Tralee when you book online. They have also laid on additional services especially for the […]

  EAMONN FITZMAURICE  is taking nothing for granted ahead Kerry’s Munster Final clash against Cork on Sunday week. The Kerry boss has stated he does not go along with the views expressed by Tomas Ó Sé, said recently in an interview that the Rebels were “rudderless from management down”. “I would imagine […]

FANS hoping to soak up the pre-match atmosphere in Killarney for the Munster finals will have an early start on Sunday week. Kerry will play Cork in the senior final on Sunday July 5 at 2pm in Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney, so fans won’t have much time to enjoy the craic in the […]

THE Munster Club final between Austin Stacks and The Nire has been switched to Pairc Ui Chaoimh, it has been announced on the Munster GAA Website. The game was originally scheduled to take place at Pairc Ui Rinn. This should not upset travel arrangements all too much as the grounds are […]