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Kerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), or Kerry GAA, is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), 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 Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1888. Gaelic football, Football is the dominant sport in the county, with both the men's and women's teams among the strongest in the country at senior level. The Kerry county football team, county football team was the fourth from the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following Limerick county football team, Limerick, Tipperary county football team, Tipperary and Cork county football team, Cork. Kerry is the most successful in the history of the All-Ireland SFC, topping the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship records and statistics#By county, list of counties for All- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Records And Statistics
This article contains records and statistics related to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, which has run since 1887. General performances Performance by county a. London received a Bye (sports), bye to the final in five seasons. Performance by province Provincial titles Counties Consecutive wins Sextuple * Dublin GAA, Dublin (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) Quadruple * Wexford GAA, Wexford (1915, 1916, 1917, 1918) * Kerry GAA, Kerry (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932) * Kerry GAA, Kerry (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981) Treble * Dublin GAA, Dublin (1897, 1898, 1899) * Dublin GAA, Dublin (1906, 1907, 1908) * Dublin GAA, Dublin (1921, 1922, 1923) * Kerry GAA, Kerry (1939, 1940, 1941) * Galway GAA, Galway (1964, 1965, 1966) * Kerry GAA, Kerry (1984, 1985, 1986) Double * Dublin GAA, Dublin (1891, 1892) * Dublin GAA, Dublin (1901, 1902) * Kerry GAA, Kerry (1903, 1904) * Kerry GAA, Kerry (1913, 1914) * Kildare GAA, Kildare (1927, 1928) * Roscommon GAA, Roscommon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest-tier competition for inter-county hurling in Ireland and has been contested in every year except one since 1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 1887. The final, formerly held in September, then August and now moved to July, is the culmination of a series of games played during July and August, with the winning team receiving the Liam MacCarthy Cup. The All-Ireland Championship has been played on a Single-elimination tournament, straight knockout basis for the majority of its existence, whereby a team's first loss eliminated them from the championship. In more recent years, the qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in 3 feeder competitions; three teams from the L ... [...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 seni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) () is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County (Gaelic games), County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the championship has been contested every year except one since 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 1887. The final is played by the 35th Sunday of the year at Croke Park in Dublin, with the winning team receiving the Sam Maguire Cup. For the majority of its existence, the All-Ireland Championship has been played on a Single-elimination tournament, straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. In more recent years, the qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in 6 feeder competitions; the finalists of the 4 Province (Gaelic games), provincial championships: Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camogie
Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised by the Dublin-based Camogie Association (An Cumann Camógaíochta). The annual All Ireland Camogie Championship has a record attendance of 33,154,2007 All Ireland final reports iIrish Examiner an while average attendances in recent years are in the range of 15,000 to 18,000. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe McDonagh Cup
The Joe McDonagh Cup () is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the second-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by the six county teams ranked 12–17 in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Each year, the champions of the Joe McDonagh Cup are promoted to their Province (Gaelic games)#Provincial championships, provincial championship, and the lowest finishing team is relegated to the Christy Ring Cup. The cup is named in honour of Joe McDonagh, the former president of the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA who died in 2016. The last of the five tiers to be established, the competition was contested for the first time in 2018 Joe McDonagh Cup, 2018. The title has been won by six different counties, two of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Antrim county hurling team, Antrim and Carlow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry County Hurling Team
The Kerry county hurling team represents Kerry in hurling and is governed by Kerry GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competed in the Joe McDonagh Cup since the competition's inception but was relegated to the (3rd tier) Christy Ring Cup in May 2025. They also compete in the National Hurling League. Kerry's home ground is Austin Stack Park, Tralee. The team's manager is John Griffin. The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 1891, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1891 and has never won the National League. History For many years the senior team played in the Junior and Intermediate Championships and had some success. They won All-Ireland titles at Junior level in 1961 and 1972, and won a Munster Championship at junior level in 1956. At Intermediate level they won Munster titles in 1970 and 1973. Kerry have played in just one Munster Minor Hurling Championship Final, in 1938, when they lost to a Cork team that included th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 100th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 18 May and ended on 21 September 1986. Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions. On 21 September, Kerry won the championship following a 2–15 to 1–10 defeat of first-time finalists Tyrone in the All-Ireland final. This was their 30th All-Ireland title and their third championship in succession. Down's Brendan Mason was the championship's top scorer with 3-18. Kerry's Pat Spillane was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Leinster Senior Football Championship Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Ulster Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 98th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1984 and ended on 23 September 1984. Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions. On 23 September 1984, Kerry won the championship following a 0–14 to 1–6 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their 28th All-Ireland title. Dublin's Barney Rock was the championship's top scorer with 5-24. Kerry's Jack O'Shea was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year. Centenary year 1984 was a special year in the annals of Gaelic games as it was the centenary of the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Because of this a series of events celebrating the occasion were planned to take place throughout the year. The festivities were officially launched on 18 March at the Michael Cusack cottage in Carron, County Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 55th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry won their fifteenth title, moving ahead of in the all-time standings. Foot-and-mouth disease There was major disruption to the format of the 1941 championship due to a serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in many parts of Munster and south Leinster. The championship was run on a knockout provincial basis as usual; however, there was a certain amount of tweaking required to cope with the situation. Dublin, for instance, did not contest the All-Ireland semi-final as Leinster champions; they were nominated to play the game and their Leinster final against Carlow GAA, Carlow (which Dublin won) was postponed until November. Munster Championship format change Kerry GAA, Kerry, were a bye team to the Munster final, Cork GAA, Cork a bye team to the Munster semi-final, A Preliminary Round game was contested between Tipperary GAA, Tipperary and Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 53rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were beaten by Mayo in the Connacht final. Kerry were the winners. Format Provincial Championships format changes Leinster Championship format change 2 Preliminary rounds instead of usual 1. Involved were Longford, Carlow, Westmeath & Wicklow of course the winners qualified for a quarterfinal to meet the stronger teams. Munster Championship format change In 1939 Kerry were given a bye to the Munster final, preliminary round was just a lone match between Cork vs Waterford, the winners of the game played in the quarterfinals along with Tipperary, Limerick and Clare, the winners of the game played in a lone Semifinal. The format was previously used in 1933 and was used again in 1941. All Ireland semifinals system The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
