Mid Kerry is one of the divisions of Kerry Gaelic Athletic Association. It organizes

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

and

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

competitions for the clubs within the division and fields teams in county competitions. The division is based around the town of

Killorglin Killorglin () is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. As of the 2016 CSO census, the town's population was 2,199. Killorglin is on the Ring of Kerry tourist route, and annual events include the August Puck Fair festival, which starts with the crown ...

and neighbouring parishes. The division was created in 1947 when

Laune Rangers Laune Rangers is a Gaelic football and Hurling club based in town of Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland. The club is affiliated to Kerry GAA. Rangers won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1996. History The club was formed in ...

, Castlemaine, Milltown, Tuogh, Glenbeigh and Beaufort broke away from the East Kerry division to create their own competitions.

Honours

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 188 ...

** Winners (4) 1967, 1971, 1992, 2008 ** Runners-Up (9) 1965, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1990, 2011,

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, 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 Cromane () is a village located in County Kerry, Ireland. It is west of Killorglin town and a similar distance to the village of Glenbeigh when travelling south-west. Location Cromane is located in the centre of Kerry with views of the Dingl ...

Glenbeigh-Glencar Glenbeigh/Glencar G.A.A Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from the small village of Glenbeigh, near Killorglin in Kerry GAA, County Kerry. History There are no records of a GAA club in Glenbeigh or Glencar before a mention in 1940 bu ...

* Keel *

* Milltown/Castlemaine

Competitions

The main competition run by the division is the

Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship The Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for GAA clubs affiliated to the Mid Kerry Division of Kerry. Roll of honour * The 1956 final was abandoned and awarded to Glenbeigh-Glencar. See also *East Kerry ...

Notable players

* Peter Crowley *

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 fo ...

Darren 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 ...

Dan Doona Dan Doona is a Gaelic footballer from Beaufort, County Kerry. He currently is a member for the New York county team and has been captain of the team since 2010. He played for Kerry at all levels winning Munster Minor Football Championship m ...

Pat Griffin Patrick Griffin (1944 – 29 October 2019) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Glenbeigh-Glencar and Clonakilty in County Cork and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1963 until 1974. ...

* Brendan Lynch *

Paudie Lynch Paudie Lynch (born 1952 in Beaufort, County Kerry) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Beaufort Beaufort may refer to: People and titles * Beaufort (surname) * House of Beaufort, English nobility * Duke of Beaufort (England), ...

* Aidan O'Shea * Seán O'Sullivan * Tom Prendergast

References

External sources

Divisional boards of Kerry GAA Gaelic games clubs in County Kerry {{Kerry-GAA-club-stub