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2021 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The 2021 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 120th edition of Kerry GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams (8 club teams and 8 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county. The championship usually has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship. This year however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic seen the competition employ a straight knockout format. Format Structure Change 8 club teams and 8 divisional teams (16 in total) will take part in this year's S.F.C. Kenmare District did not field a team for this year's S.F.C. Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Senior Football Championship
The Kerry Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the top Gaelic football teams in the county of Kerry in Ireland. The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months, with the county final currently being played in either Austin Stack Park or FitzGerald Stadium in October. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently uses a double elimination format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games. The Kerry County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The winners of the Kerry county final join the champion clubs of the other five counties to contest the provincial championship. The winning team of the county championship also has the honour of naming the captain of the Kerry senior te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tralee
Tralee ( ; ga, Trá Lí, ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the Lee River') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in County Kerry. The town's population (including suburbs) was 23,691 census, thus making it the eighth largest town, and List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland by population, 14th largest urban settlement, in Ireland. Tralee is well known for the Rose of Tralee (festival), Rose of Tralee International Festival, which has been held annually in August since 1959. History Situated at the confluence of some small rivers and adjacent to marshy ground at the head of Tralee Bay, Tralee is located at the base of an ancient roadway that heads south over the Slieve Mish Mountains. On this old track is located a large boulder sometimes called Scotia's Grave, reputedly the burial place of an Egyptian Pharaoh's daughter. Anglo-Normans founded the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Templenoe
Templenoe () is a civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated four miles from Kenmare, on the N70 road to Sneem, which forms part of the Ring of Kerry. Templenoe is the location of the Ring of Kerry golf club. There is a Gaelic Athletic Association ground, a pier, and a Catholic chapel of ease for the Kenmare parish. Dromore Castle, Dunkerron Castle and Dromquinna House are located in the area. Templenoe GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club. The Gaelic football playing brothers of the County Kerry team, Pat Spillane, Mick Spillane and Tom Spillane, were each born in Templenoe. In the HBO TV series ''Boardwalk Empire ''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and ...'', Templenoe is the birthplace of fictional character Margaret Schroeder née Rohan. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Templenoe GAA
Templenoe GAA (Irish: ''CLG Teampall Nua'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Templenoe in County Kerry, Ireland. The club competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area like Tuosist GAA in the county championship and as an individual club in other competitions. Hurling was by far the stronger of the two codes until the 1920s. However, since then Gaelic football has taken pride of place and hurling is no longer played in the club. The club was founded in 1933 but did not affiliate to the GAA until 1938. History The first club meeting was held in 1933 in the Merino House. Dan O'Reilly became the club's first chairman and P.D.M. O'Sullivan became the first secretary. Joe O'Neill was elected treasurer that day and stayed treasurer until 1966. In 1958 Templenoe merged with another Templenoe club from the Blackwater area, which was founded in 1942. The club played in the 1903 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. In their only outing they suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Kerry GAA
South Kerry is a division of Kerry GAA. The South Kerry consists of club teams. It is primarily known for Gaelic football, though some hurling is also played. The division fields teams in the Kerry Senior Football Championship, Kerry Minor Football Championship, and Kerry Under-21 Football Championship. Member clubs * St Mary's Cahersiveen * Renard * St Michael's/Foilmore * Skellig Rangers * Valentia * Derrynane * Dromid Pearses * Waterville * Sneem The hurling team draws its players form the following 6 clubs: * Tralee Parnells * Kilgarvan * Kenmare * Dr Crokes * St Patrick's * Duagh * Rathmore South Kerry has won 10 Kerry Senior Football Championships, most recently beating Killarney Legion GAA in November 2015. They have never won the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. South Kerry Senior Football Championship The South Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition between clubs affiliated to the South Kerry division. The championship is played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Rangers
Shannon Rangers is a North Kerry Divisional Gaelic football team in County Kerry, Ireland, based around the Shannon Estuary. Member clubs * Asdee * Ballydonoghue * Ballyduff *Ballylongford *Beale *Tarbert History The Shannon Rangers club was formed in 1940. Notable past players include Denis Walsh, Tom Lawlor, Pat Holly and Michael Bambury Achievements * Munster Senior Club Football Championship Winners 1965 * Kerry Senior Football Championship Winners 1942, 1945, 1964, 1972, 1977 Runners-Up 1948, 1953, 1955, 1971, 1974 * Kerry Under-21 Football Championship Runners-Up 1989, 1993 * Kerry Minor Football Championship Winners 1973, 1974, 1991 Runners-Up 1965, 1997 Notable players * Shane Enright * Paudie O'Donoghue * Denis 'Ogie' Moran * Eoin 'Bomber' Liston * Liam O'Flaherty * JD. O'Connor * John Bunyan * Mick Finucane Michael Finucane (1922 – 5 July 2016) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left corner-back and left wing-back for the Kerry senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid Kerry GAA
Mid Kerry is one of the divisions of Kerry Gaelic Athletic Association. It organizes Gaelic football and hurling competitions for the clubs within the division and fields teams in county competitions. The division is based around the town of Killorglin and neighbouring parishes. The division was created in 1947 when Laune Rangers, Castlemaine, Milltown, Tuogh, Glenbeigh and Beaufort broke away from the East Kerry division to create their own competitions. Honours * Kerry Senior Football Championship ** Winners (4) 1967, 1971, 1992, 2008 ** Runners-Up (9) 1965, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1990, 2011, 2014, 2020, 2022 * Kerry Under-21 Football Championship ** Winners (3) 1981, 2000, 2013 ** Runners-Up (2) 2002, 2004 * Kerry Minor Football Championship ** Winners (5) 1960, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003 ** Runners-Up (6) 1962, 2000, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2021 Member clubs * Beaufort * Cromane * Glenbeigh-Glencar * Keel * Laune Rangers * Milltown/Castlemaine Competitions The main competition run by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerins O'Rahilly's GAA
Kerins O'Rahilly's are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Tralee, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. They are based in the Strand Road area of the town. They are in Division 1 of the county league which they won in 2006, and compete in the Kerry Senior Football Championship, County Championship. History The club was founded in 1927 and was named for The O'Rahilly (1875–1916), a Kerryman killed in the Easter Rising, and Charlie Kerins (1918–1944) of the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), later IRA, executed during the Second World War. Notable players Achievements * Kerry Senior Football Championship Winners (6) 1933, 1939, 1953, 1954, 1957, 2002 * Munster Senior Club Football Championship Winners (1) 2022 * Kerry Club Football Championship Winners (3) 2009, 2010, 2022 * Kerry County League Div 1: Winners (4) 1985, 1999, 2006, 2013 * Kerry Under-21 Football Championship: Winners (1) 2015 * Kerry Under 21 Club Championship Winners (2) 2013, 2009 * Kerry Minor F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenmare
Kenmare () is a small town in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the anglicised form of ''Ceann Mara'', meaning "head of the sea", referring to the head of Kenmare Bay. Location Kenmare is located at the head of Kenmare Bay (where it reaches the farthest inland), sometimes called the Kenmare River, where the Roughty River (''An Ruachtach'') flows into the sea, and at the junction of the Iveragh Peninsula and the Beara Peninsula. The traditional Irish name of the bay was ''Inbhear Scéine'' from the Celtic ''inver'', which is recorded in the 11th Century narrative ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'' as the arrival point of the mythological Irish ancestor Partholón. It is also located near the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Mangerton Mountain and Caha Mountains and is a popular hillwalking destination. Nearby towns and villages are Tuosist, Ardgroom, Glengarriff, Kilgarvan, Killarney, Templenoe and Sneem. Kenmare is in the Kerry constituency of Dáil Éireann. History Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenmare Shamrocks GAA
Kenmare GAA (Irish: ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kenmare in County Kerry. The club competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area like Templenoe in the underage county championship and as an individual club in senior competitions including the Kerry county senior football championship. History The Kenmare Athletic Club was founded on 25 September 1888 when they held a meeting with the newly formed GAA. The club was originally named after Daniel O'Connell, a famous Kerry politician. Kenmare played in the inaugural Co. Kerry Championships in Football and Hurling in 1889. The footballers lost that year in the quarter final to eventual champions Laune Rangers. Hurling They played in the 1889 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final as Kerry rep Hurling used to be the dominant game in the Roughty River valley as indicated by the fact that on St. Patrick's Day in 1858 a game of hurling was played between two games called ''Kenmare Guards'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feale Rangers GAA
Feale Rangers is a North Kerry Divisional Gaelic football team in Kerry. The teams involved are Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Gale Rangers, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane and St Senan's. History The first mention of Feale Rangers was in 1956 when a Feale Rangers side represented North Kerry in the Kerry Senior Football Championship after two previous sides, North Kerry and Shannon Rangers joined forces. This newly formed team contested the County Finals in 1959 and 1962 to John Mitchels and the semi-final in 1963, which they lost to eventual winners John Mitchels. This was no bad result versus the great John Mitchels team that won the County Finals 5 times in a row in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963. After this North Kerry again split into two teams: St. Vincent's and Shannon Rangers. Shannon Rangers did well and became county champions in 1964, 1972 and defeating finalists in 1971 and 1974 (to Mid Kerry and Kenmare respectively). St. Vincent's didn't do quite as well and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killarney
Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Castle, Muckross House and Abbey, the Lakes of Killarney, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Purple Mountain, Mangerton Mountain, Paps Mountain, the Gap of Dunloe and Torc Waterfall. Its natural heritage, history and location on the Ring of Kerry make Killarney a popular tourist destination. Killarney won the Best Kept Town award in 2007, in a cross-border competition jointly organised by the Department of the Environment and the Northern Ireland Amenity Council. In 2011, it was named Ireland's tidiest town and the cleanest town in the country by Irish Business Against Litter. History Early history and development Killarney featured prominently in early Irish history, with religious settlements playing an important part of its recorded history. Its fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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