Dingle bounce back with crucial win over Na Gaeil to keep their Club Championship campaign alive

COUNTY SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP A ROUND 2

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John O'Dowd Opinion Kerry hurling final didn’t have to be a classic to produce a classic moment

It doesn’t have to be a classic to produce a classic moment.

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Goal-scorer Colum Harty revels in a ‘sweet one’ as Causeway reclaim the Neilus Flynn

Colum Harty has soldiered away in the colours of Causeway for the bones of 14 years since he made his senior debut back in 2008. He has witnessed some good days, and some bad ones, but through thick and thin, this group of players have stuck together, and rolled with the punches.

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Causeway goal-hero Brandon Barrett a happy man he returned to Kerry this summer

Brandon Barrett and Jason Diggins are best friends. They grew up together, they played together, they came up through the ranks together, they hurled for Causeway and Kerry together. They were like two peas in a pod, such was the strength of their relationship.

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Causeway captain Jason Diggins: ‘We’re bringing Neilus back where he belongs’

Like all of his team-mates at Austin Stack Park on Sunday afternoon, Causeway captain Jason Diggins was absolutely ecstatic. This was a victory against the odds. This was a county championship against the odds. This was Causeway back on top of the pile.

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Ballyduff boss Garry O’Brien: ‘I felt like we never got going’

When the dust had settled on Sunday’s county championship final, and many of his crestfallen players had left the increasingly deserted Ballyduff dressing-room, manager Garry O’Brien was still there. Like everyone in the camp, he had put his heart and soul into trying to bring the Neilus Flynn Cup back in 2022. They had come up just short.

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Victorious Causeway boss Stephen Goggin says his side ‘had the courage not to lose'

Sunday was special for Causeway manager Stephen Goggin.

Liam Kearney drives Spa to first round success against league champions Dingle

SENIOR CLUB FC GROUP 1 ROUND 1

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‘Everyone is captain of this team really’ says Ballyduff skipper Daniel O’Carroll

Like any team that makes its way to the final of any competition, having plenty of leaders within the ranks is absolutely imperative. When the chips are down, when the pressure reaches boiling point, when you have to go into the trenches and fight, you need a steady supply of individuals to step up to the plate.

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Eoin Ross: the Ballyduff star and Kerry’s most improved hurler

There is something hugely inspirational about a player having a look in the mirror, deciding that things weren’t going the way that he wanted, and undergoing a transformation, in mind and in body, to turn his sporting life around.

Ballyduff boss Garry O’Brien gives credit to club’s underage coaches for senior progress

Garry O’Brien has been there, done it, and bought the t-shirt when it comes to winning silverware on the field of play for Ballyduff. Now on the sideline in his role as senior hurling manager, he is more than eager to bring the Neilus Flynn Cup back to the North Kerry parish after a gap of five years.

Premier Junior: Skellig Rangers get campaign off to best possible start against St Senans

Last year’s beaten finalists Skellig Rangers got their County Junior Premier (Group 1) campaign off to the best possible start, with an eight-point victory over St Senan’s in Milltown (3-13 to 1-11).

Junior Club: Knocknagoshel lay down a marker with big win over Kilgarvan

Knocknagoshel have already enjoyed a brilliant campaign, having sealed their promotion to Division 3 of the County League for next season, and they are determined to give a good cut at the county junior championship if the evidence of their first Group 4 outing is anything to go by.

Kerry star David Clifford delivers 1-9 for Fossa on return to club action against Listowel Emmets

COUNTY PJFC GROUP 4 ROUND 1

East Kerry surge in extra-time to see off gutted North Kerry in U21 final

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All-Ireland title would be fitting tribute to the work Sean Walsh and Selina Looney have put into ladies football

Sunday at Croke Park will be a special day for everybody involved in Kerry ladies football. The progress of the Kingdom to an All-Ireland senior final for the first time in ten years is a tremendous achievement for Darragh Long, Declan Quill, all the backroom team, and this bunch of talented players.

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John O'Dowd Opinion Graham O’Sullivan’s performance for Kerry was simply awesome

There were many heroes in green and gold at Croke Park on Sunday. There simply had to be, considering the absolute robustness of the Galway challenge all afternoon. If there had been too many leaks to be fixed, then the Kingdom ship would have sunk long before the final whistle.

Paudie Clifford hails Kerry management team: ‘They’ve given us great belief all year’

If you could choose one word to sum up Paudie Clifford, you would probably pick ‘perseverance.’

East Kerry marginal favourites for Under 21 final with North Kerry

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Chuffed Causeway boss Stephen Goggin: ‘I expected nothing less of them’

Causeway manager Stephen Goggin was a proud man on Saturday afternoon. Six points down halfway through the second half, his charges had fought back supremely to eventually dethrone Kilmoyley in extra-time, and set his side up for a county senior hurling decider against Ballyduff.

Kerry final hero Stephen O’Brien believes squad can do ‘massive things’

As one of the few players in the Kerry squad with an All-Ireland medal already in his back pocket from 2014, Stephen O’Brien is in a great position to assess what the Kingdom managed to achieve at Croke Park on Sunday.

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Graham O’Sullivan revels in ‘unbelievable year’ with Kerry after final masterclass

Most of the talk on everybody’s lips leaving Croke Park on Sunday was about the attacking master classes produced by David Clifford and Shane Walsh. Galway midfielder Cillian McDaid was also being lauded for his four points from play, as was the unexpected figure of Kerry’s number two, Graham O’Sullivan.

Causeway dethrone champions Kilmoyley after extra-time to set up final against Ballyduff

GARVEY’S COUNTY SHC SEMI-FINAL

Dingle retain County League Division 1 title after extra-time win over Dr Crokes

COUNTY SENIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1 PLAY-OFF

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John O'Dowd Opinion Galway will put up difficult hurdles but Kerry will clear the final fence and take title

It will probably amount to nothing more than a hat of crabs when the ball is thrown in by referee Sean Hurson at 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon, but Kerry’s most recent meeting with Galway could certainly influence some of the tactics that are employed by both teams.

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Seamus Moynihan believes Foley-Morley axis is the platform on which Kerry can to build All-Ireland win

Seamus Moynihan, Kerry’s All-Ireland winning captain from 2000 when they beat Galway in the All-Ireland Final, is effusive in his praise of Kingdom defenders Jason Foley and Tadhg Morley, who he believes are the full-back and centre-back combination that have really come to the fore this year to solidify the entire rearguard.

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Pádraic Joyce: the Galway manager’s years in Kerry

This year is the 25th anniversary of IT Tralee’s first Sigerson Cup triumph in 1997. Becoming the first regional technical college at the time to lift the prestigious third level Gaelic football competition, the Kerry side went on to complete a famous hat-trick of titles in the following two seasons.

Kerry selector Diarmuid Murphy says keeper Shane Ryan has shown ‘great nerve’

Even though he had spent several seasons already as part of the management team under Jack O’Connor and then Éamonn Fitzmaurice, Diarmuid Murphy had no hesitation in answering the call, when it came, from O’Connor to join his backroom team again for the 2022 season.

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For ‘bus rider’ Micheál Quirke it is all about driving the Kerry players to success

It didn’t need such a sensational finale to make Micheál Quirke realise the buzz he was getting from being part of the Kerry management team, but when Seán O’Shea’s stunning, long-range free sailed over the crossbar to beat Dublin, the big Strand Road man was as enthused as he would have been in his own playing days.

Ballyduff reach SHC semi-finals after being pushed all the way by battling Abbeydorney

GARVEY’S COUNTY SHC QUARTER-FINAL