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List Of Kerry Senior Gaelic Football Team Captains
This article chronologically lists players who have captained the senior Kerry county football team in the Munster Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. If a player captained Kerry in multiple games in a year but that captaincy was broken by an absence from the starting line up, then there will be separate entries for that player for that year. The list is confined to players who started games as captain, it does not list players that were nominated as county captain but did not command a starting place. Unlike other counties the captain is chosen from the club that has won the Kerry Senior Football Championship. Players indicated in bold are All-Ireland winning captains. 2022: Joe O'Connor Seán O'Shea 2021: Paul Murphy 2020: David Clifford 2019: Gavin White 2018: Shane Murphy 2017: Fionn Fitzgerald and Johnny Buckley List of captains References {{Kerry county football team Captains Kerry Kerry or Kerri may refer to: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (Gaelic Games)
A captain of a Gaelic games team, sometimes known as a ''skipper'', is a player who, during the course of a match as well as before and after it, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of his teammates. Tradition means that some teams rotate the captaincy annually, though others may adopt a permanent captain. As well as being an onfield leader, a captain takes the coin toss and raises the trophy when this is the game's prize. Responsibilities The captain leads the team out onto the pitch. Before the start of a match, a coin toss between captains of the opposing teams is used to determine which end of the ground each team will kick to. Ahead of the All-Ireland final, the captain is the first member of the team to shake the hand of dignitaries who may be attending the game, for example the president of the GAA or the president of Ireland. He then proceeds along the red carpet and introduces the other players on his team to the president(s), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colm Cooper
Colm "the Gooch" Cooper (born 3 June 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned fifteen years from 2002 to 2017. Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Cooper was born into a strong Gaelic football family. His father, Mike Cooper, had a strong involvement with the Dr Crokes club, serving as a minor and junior selector. Colm's nephew Mark was a part of the 2018 All Ireland winning Kerry Minor team, a competition he himself never won. Cooper played competitive Gaelic football as a student at St Brendan's College; however, his tenure coincided with a downturn in fortunes for the college. He first appeared for the Dr. Crokes club at underage levels, before making his debut with the senior team in 2000. An All-Ireland medal winners with the club in 2017, Cooper has also won five Munster medals and six county senior championship medals. Cooper made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Ghaeltacht GAA
An Ghaeltacht is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kerry. The club competes in the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship. It also competes in the West Kerry Football Championship, Division 1 of the Kerry County League and the annual All Ireland Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta. Honours * Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta: (3) 1999, 2017, 2019 * Munster Senior Club Football Championship: (1) 2003 * Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship: (1) 2017 * Kerry Senior Football Championship: (2) 2001, 2003 * Kerry Senior Club Football Championship: (3) 2001, 2002, 2005 * Kerry Intermediate Football Championship: (3) 1933, 1998, 2017 * Kerry Junior Football Championship: (2) 1976, 1993 * Kerry Novice Football Championship: (1) 1992 * Kerry U21 Football Championship: (1) 2014 * Kerry County Senior League Division 1: (1) 2007 *Kerry County Senior League Division 2: (1) 1988 *Kerry County Senior League Division 3: (1) 1986 *Kerry County Senior Development League: (2) 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Ó Sé
Marc Ó Sé (born 25 April 1980) is an Irish sportsman. A teacher by profession, he works in the CBS in Tralee Co. Kerry, he played Gaelic football for the Kerry county football team, Kerry county team from 2002 until 2016 and played with his local club team An Ghaeltacht GAA, An Ghaeltacht until 2018. He has played right across the back line for Kerry. His older brothers, Darragh Ó Sé, Darragh and Tomás Ó Sé, Tomás, also represented Kerry. Playing career Early years: 2002–2005 In his rookie season of 2002, Ó Sé impressed throughout the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in a Kerry team under the management of his uncle Páidí Ó Sé, Páidí. In the final of that year he marked Diarmuid Marsden of Armagh GAA, Armagh. Marc was given a torrid time as Kerry let what looked like a certain win with 25 mins to go slip and lost by a single point, 1-12 to 0-14. In 2003, Kerry reached the All-Ireland semi-final, but again suffered disappointment. After a terribly below ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cromane GAA
Réalt na Mara, Cromane, is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from the fishing village of Cromane, eight miles west of Killorglin in County Kerry, Ireland. Cromane play football in maroon and white colours. The club fields teams from under-8 to senior level. The club's name is derived from the village's church, also called Réalt na Mara (Star of the Sea in English). The local national school also carries the same name. There was a club in Cromane in the mid-1950s. Indeed, in 1954, Pat O'Shea played for the Kerry minors as a Cromane player. Players Since 1983 – when the current club was reformed – players such as 2015 GAA Football All-Star Donnchadh Walsh, Sean O'Sullivan, Patie Casey (1987 Kerry minor), Seán Walsh, and Deavan O'Flaherty have worn the green and gold of Kerry. In May 2019 Kieran O'Sullivan became the latest Cromane club man to play Kerry minor football when he lined out against Cork in Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork city. Kieran continued to line out at corner-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnchadh Walsh
Donnchadh Walsh (born 3 July 1984) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He is a midfielder and forward and plays for his local Cromane club, the Mid Kerry divisional side and, formerly, at senior level for the Kerry county team, which he played for from 2003 to 2018. Playing career Minor Walsh was described as a 'star' and a 'teen sensation' for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. He won the Munster Minor Football Championship with Kerry in 2001 and 2002. Under 21 He later moved on to the Kerry Under 21 team. He first played during the 2003 Munster championship, coming on as a sub during wins over Limerick and Tipperary. Inter-county Early years He was first selected for the senior squad in 2003. Despite his status as a highly promising player, Walsh did not make the breakthrough to All-Ireland Senior Football Championship football with Kerry until 2008. However, he was being tipped to feature for the Kerry seniors following an excellent 2007 season in the Kerry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2009 All-Ireland Football Final was the 122nd event of its kind. Played between Cork and Kerry on 20 September 2009 in Croke Park, Dublin, it was the last football match of the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kerry won by a score of 0–16 to 1–09. It was their 36th All-Ireland SFC title, reaffirming their status as Gaelic football's most successful county. In playing for the winning team, Tadhg Kennelly became the first person to ever hold AFL Premiership and All-Ireland winning medals in the sports of Australian rules football and Gaelic football—he previously won the biggest prize in Australian rules with Sydney Swans in 2005. Kennelly's former coach Paul Roos and some of his former Sydney teammates attended the game. The game was also attended by international guests of the Global Irish Economic Forum which was taking place in Dublin on the same weekend. The game was televised nationally by RTÉ2, online by RTÉ.ie and internationally by RTÉ Radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenbeigh-Glencar GAA
Glenbeigh/Glencar G.A.A Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from the small village of Glenbeigh, near Killorglin in County Kerry. History There are no records of a GAA club in Glenbeigh or Glencar before a mention in 1940 but it is known that football was played in both areas down through the years, and matches took place regularly between teams in different regions of the parish and also with outside opposition. Before the Mid Kerry Board was founded in 1947,Glenbeigh was attached to the East Kerry Board. Glenbeigh won the East Kerry Junior Championship in 1943. Glenbeigh joined the East Kerry board in 1949. Glenbeigh won the Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship of 1956 when they defeated Keel in the final. That year they also won the Laune Rangers Cup. In 1956 the Glenbeigh Minor team also won the Mid Kerry title. Glenbeigh lost the 1957 Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship final versus Milltown, but defeated the same team in that year's Laune Rangers Cup final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darran O'Sullivan
Darran O'Sullivan (born 3 May 1986 in London, England) is a Gaelic footballer. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Glenbeigh-Glencar, his divisional side Mid Kerry and at senior level for the Kerry county team from 2005 until 2018. O'Sullivan captained Kerry to the All-Ireland title in 2009. Playing career Club While still in London, O'Sullivan began his under-age football career with Tír Chonaill Gaels. After moving to Kerry in the late 1990s he immediately joined the local Glenbeigh-Glencar club, while he has also lined out with the Mid Kerry divisional side. In 2004, he was the star player when Glenbeigh-Glencar defeated Churchill by 2–05 to 1–06 to take the county novice football championship. With Mid-Kerry, O'Sullivan lined out in the final of the county senior championship in 2008. Kerins O'Rahilly's provided the opposition on that occasion, however, the game ended in a draw. The replay was also an exciting affair with Kerins O'Rahilly's heading for vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2009
The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the inter-county Gaelic football tournament played between 31 counties of Ireland, London GAA, London and New York GAA, New York. The draw for the 2009 championship took place on 9 October 2008. The tournament began on 10 May 2009. The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final took place on 20 September 2009, contested by Cork GAA, Cork and Kerry GAA, Kerry. This was the year Tadhg Kennelly made history by becoming the first person to ever hold AFL Premiership and All-Ireland winning medals in the sports of Australian rules football and Gaelic football—he previously won the biggest prize in Australian rules with Sydney Swans in 2005. Structure *Four knockout (single elimination format) provincial championships are played. London GAA, London and New York GAA, New York compete in Connacht. The 4 provincial champions advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. *The 16 teams eliminated before reaching a provincial s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Sheehan
Bryan Sheehan (born 25 August 1985) is an Irish Gaelic footballer with the St Mary's club in Cahirciveen, South Kerry divisional side and, formerly, the Kerry county team. He won five All-Ireland SFC medals (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014). Career Club At club level Sheehan lined out with both St Mary's Cahersiveen and South Kerry. Enjoying much success with both. His first major success with St. Mary's was winning a Kerry County Football League - Division 1 title in 2003. He would have to wait until 2010 before he got his next success at county level as the club won the Kerry Junior Football Championship. He later added a Munster Junior Club Football Championship after a win over Limerick side Bruree in the final. He later lined out in Croke Park in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship final. He picked up a winners medal after a win over Cavan side Swanlinbar on a 3-13 to 1-05 scoreline. He was part of the Kerry squad for the 2001 to 2003 All-Ireland Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2010
The 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 124th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, played between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland plus London and New York. The draw for the championship took place on 22 October 2009. The championship began on 2 May 2010 and concluded with the All-Ireland final at Croke Park on 19 September 2010. Cork defeated Down by 0-16 to 0-15 to win their seventh All-Ireland senior title, and their first since 1990. The 2010 championship was unusual in that all four provincial champions (Kerry, Meath, Roscommon and Tyrone) were knocked out in the All-Ireland quarter-finals, and all four provincial runners-up (Limerick, Louth, Sligo and Monaghan) were eliminated in the fourth and final round of the All-Ireland qualifiers. Kerry and Sligo were defeated by Down, Meath and Monaghan by Kildare, Roscommon and Limerick by Cork, and Tyrone and Louth by Dublin. Cork then defeated Dublin in the first All-Ireland s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
