South Kerry is a division of
Kerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), or Kerry GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry, and for the Kerry county teams.
The Kerry branch of the G ...
. The South Kerry consists of club teams. It is primarily known for
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 ...
, though some
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 ...
is also played. The division fields teams in the
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 ...
, Kerry Minor Football Championship, and Kerry Under-21 Football Championship.
Member clubs
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St Mary's Cahersiveen
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Renard
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St Michael's/Foilmore
St Michael's/Foilmore is a Gaelic Athletic Association football club from South Kerry in County Kerry, Ireland.
Roll of honour
* All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship (1) 2009
* Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship: (1 ...
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Skellig Rangers
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Valentia
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Derrynane
Derrynane, officially Darrynane (), is a small village in the civil parish of Kilcrohane in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located on the Iveragh peninsula, just off the N70 national primary road near Caherdaniel on the shores of Derrynane Bay.
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Dromid Pearses
Dromid Pearses is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Dromid Parish, South Kerry in County Kerry, Ireland.
History
Dromid Pearses was founded in 1946 by Sean Hard Curran.
They have a football field at Inchanatina, Mastergeehy with dress ...
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Waterville
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Sneem
Sneem () is a village situated on the Iveragh Peninsula (part of the Ring of Kerry), in County Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland. It lies on the estuary of the River Sneem. National route N70 runs through the town. While the 2016 census recor ...
The hurling team draws its players form the following 6 clubs:
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Tralee Parnells
Tralee Parnells are a hurling club from the town of Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland.
Original club
The original Parnells won 2 Kerry Senior Hurling Championships in 1918 and 1919. All Ireland winning football captain and one of Kerry's great ...
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Kilgarvan
Kilgarvan () is a small village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the Roughty River which flows into Kenmare Bay. By car, the village is a ten-minute trip from Kenmare, and thirty minutes from Killarney.
History
Kilgarva ...
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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 ...
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Dr Crokes
Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Notable players include Colm Cooper.
Founded in 1886, the club's successes include the capture of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship i ...
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St Patrick's
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Duagh
Duagh () is a village in County Kerry, Ireland, located approximately 9 km southeast of Listowel and 7 km northwest of Abbeyfeale on the R555 regional road.
Duagh is a dormitory village for Listowel and Abbeyfeale and a local serv ...
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Rathmore
South Kerry has won 10
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 ...
s, most recently beating
Killarney Legion GAA
Killarney Legion are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. The club was founded on a March evening in 1929 when a group of eleven men held a meeting in the then Temperance Hall in High Street, Killarney.
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in November 2015. They have never won the
Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
The Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the to ...
.
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 every year. Dromid Pearses were the champions of 2019.
St Mary's is the most successful club, with 34 titles won in its history.
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*Fionan Clifford - Waterville
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Killian Young
Killian Young (born 4 January 1987 in Tralee) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Renard GAA, contests the County Championship with divisional side South Kerry, and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-coun ...
- Renard
*Robert Wharton - Renard
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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).
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- St Mary’s
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*Paul O'Donoghue - St Mary's Cahirciveern
*Matthew O'Sullivan - St Michael's/Foilmore
*Daniel Daly - St Mary’s
Current management team
:''As of March 2021'':
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Manager
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Management includes the activities o ...
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Seán O'Sullivan
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Selector
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s: Ronan Hussey, Denis (Shine) O'Sullivan
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Strength and conditioning coach
A strength and conditioning coach (also known as an S&C coach) is a physical performance professional who uses exercise prescription to improve the performance of competitive athletes or athletic teams. This is achieved through the combination of ...
: Alan Duggan
Notable players
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John Egan (Gaelic footballer), John Egan
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Maurice Fitzgerald
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Ger Lynch
Ger Lynch (born 10 December 1958) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a wing back at senior level for the Kerry county team.
Lynch made his first appearance for the team during the 1982 championship and became a regular player ...
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Mick O'Dwyer
Michael O'Dwyer (born 9 June 1936) is an Irish retired Gaelic football manager and former player. He most famously managed the senior Kerry county team between 1974 and 1989, during which time he became the county's longest-serving manager an ...
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Mick O'Connell
Michael O'Connell (born 4 January 1937) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. Throughout his 25-year club career, he played for Valentia Young Islanders GAA, Young Islanders, winning seven South Kerry Championship titles during a golden age fo ...
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Ger O'Driscoll
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Jack O'Shea
Jack O'Shea (born 19 November 1957 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football at various times with his local clubs St Mary's in Kerry and Leixlip in Kildare. He was a member of the Kerry senior foo ...
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Declan O'Sullivan
Declan O'Sullivan (born 18 December 1983) is an Irish former sportsperson. He last played Gaelic football with his local club Dromid Pearses, his divisional side South Kerry and at senior level for the Kery county team between 2003 and his re ...
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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).
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Killian Young
Killian Young (born 4 January 1987 in Tralee) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Renard GAA, contests the County Championship with divisional side South Kerry, and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-coun ...
Honours
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Senior County Championship (10): 1955, 1956, 1958, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009,
2015
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* Kerry Under 21 Football Championship (12): 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2016
* Kerry Minor Football Championship (9): 1963, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
References
External links
South Kerry WebsiteDerrynane Club WebsiteWaterville Club WebsiteValentia Young Islanders ClubSt. Mary's Cahirciveen WebsiteRenard Club WebsiteDromid Pearses Club WebsiteKerry GAA site
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Divisional boards of Kerry GAA
Gaelic games clubs in County Kerry