Ardfert GAA
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Ardfert are a Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 team in north County Kerry
County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. They are one of two clubs in Ardfert
Ardfert
Ardfert is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only 8 km from Tralee.-Origin:...

, St. Brendan's, Ardfert
St. Brendan's, Ardfert
St. Brendan's is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club in the Ardfert area of north County Kerry, Ireland. St. Brendans play in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship...

 being the local hurling club. They play in the County Senior Football Championship and Div 1 County League.

By winning the Kerry Junior Football Championship
Kerry Junior Football Championship
The Kerry junior championship is an annual Gaelic football competition played in County Kerry, Ireland by Gaelic Athletic Association clubs affiliated to Kerry GAA. It is a grade below Kerry Intermediate Football Championship and the winners move up to that grade the year after winning it...

 in 2005 by beating Cordal 3-11 to 3-07 they were promoted to the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
This is a competition organized by Kerry GAA for clubs that are not good enough to play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. The winners usually play Senior in the years after they win this competition. The winners also represent Kerry in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship....

 and represented Kerry
County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

 in the Munster Junior Club Football Championship
Munster Junior Club Football Championship
Munster Junior Club Football Championship was first played officially in 2003 when Annascaul from Kerry and Carbery Rangers from Cork played each other. An unofficial championship had taken place in the previous year...

 and in that final they beat Erin's Own
Erin's Own GAA (Cork)
Erin's Own GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Glounthaune in east County Cork, Ireland. The club is made up of players from Little Island, Knockraha, Brooklodge and Glounthaune areas of the parish...

 1-08 to 0-10 and represented Munster
Munster
Munster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...

 in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition started up in 2004 to be played by the winners of the Junior Club Championship from each County. Prior to that a number of unofficial competitions were held...

. On February 19, 2006, they won this championship in Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...

 by beating Loughrea
Loughrea
Loughrea is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains.The town expanded in recent years as it increasingly becomes a commuter town for the city of Galway.- Name :...

 1-07 to 0-09.

In 2006 they won the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
This is a competition organized by Kerry GAA for clubs that are not good enough to play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. The winners usually play Senior in the years after they win this competition. The winners also represent Kerry in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship....

 beating Annascaul
Annascaul GAA
Annascaul GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club that plays Gaelic football and is based in Annascaul, County Kerry, Ireland. They play in Division 1 of the Senior Football League and in the County Intermediate Football Championship. Annascaul is formed by three communities- Annascaul, Inch...

 and represented Kerry at the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship
Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship
The Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition played between the Intermediate Championship winner from each county in Munster...

 where they defeated Corofin
Corofin
Corofin is a village on the River Fergus in northern County Clare in Ireland, situated north from the county town of Ennis at the crossroads of the R470 and R476 regional roads...

 of Clare
Clare GAA
The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Clare GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare. The county board is also responsible for the Clare inter-county teams....

 1-06 to 1-04. They then went on to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition started up in 2003 to be played by the winners of the Intermediate Club Championship from each County. The 2010 final was contested by Spa of Kerry and Cookstown Fr...

 final winning that as well 1-04 to 0-05 by defeating Eoghan Rua of Derry
Derry GAA
The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Derry GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in the GAA county of Derry, which covers virtually the same territory as the former administrative county of Londonderry...

. They know play in the Kerry Senior Club Football Championship
Kerry Senior Club Football Championship
-Top winners:-1880s:* 1887 Laune Rangers beat Killarney Crokes* 1888 Laune Rangers* 1889 Laune Rangers beat Killarney Crokes-1890s:* 1890 Laune Rangers beat Killarney Crokes* 1891 Ballymacelligott* 1892 Laune Rangers beat Killarney Crokes...

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County Intermediate Football Championship
Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
This is a competition organized by Kerry GAA for clubs that are not good enough to play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. The winners usually play Senior in the years after they win this competition. The winners also represent Kerry in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship....

Ardfert have won one Intermediate Football Championship in 2006
Year Winner Opponent
2006 Ardfert
Ardfert GAA
Ardfert are a Gaelic football team in north County Kerry, Ireland. They are one of two clubs in Ardfert, St. Brendan's, Ardfert being the local hurling club...

Annascaul
Annascaul GAA
Annascaul GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club that plays Gaelic football and is based in Annascaul, County Kerry, Ireland. They play in Division 1 of the Senior Football League and in the County Intermediate Football Championship. Annascaul is formed by three communities- Annascaul, Inch...


Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship
Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship
The Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition played between the Intermediate Championship winner from each county in Munster...

Ardfert have won one Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship
Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship
The Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition played between the Intermediate Championship winner from each county in Munster...

Year Winner Opponent
2006 Ardfert
Ardfert GAA
Ardfert are a Gaelic football team in north County Kerry, Ireland. They are one of two clubs in Ardfert, St. Brendan's, Ardfert being the local hurling club...

Corofin

All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition started up in 2003 to be played by the winners of the Intermediate Club Championship from each County. The 2010 final was contested by Spa of Kerry and Cookstown Fr...

Ardfert have won one All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition started up in 2003 to be played by the winners of the Intermediate Club Championship from each County. The 2010 final was contested by Spa of Kerry and Cookstown Fr...

Year Winner Opponent
2007 Ardfert
Ardfert GAA
Ardfert are a Gaelic football team in north County Kerry, Ireland. They are one of two clubs in Ardfert, St. Brendan's, Ardfert being the local hurling club...

Eoghan Rua

County Junior Football Championship
Kerry Junior Football Championship
The Kerry junior championship is an annual Gaelic football competition played in County Kerry, Ireland by Gaelic Athletic Association clubs affiliated to Kerry GAA. It is a grade below Kerry Intermediate Football Championship and the winners move up to that grade the year after winning it...

Ardfert have 3 County Junior Championships.
Year Winner Opponent
2005 Ardfert
Ardfert GAA
Ardfert are a Gaelic football team in north County Kerry, Ireland. They are one of two clubs in Ardfert, St. Brendan's, Ardfert being the local hurling club...

Cordal
1987 Ardfert
Ardfert GAA
Ardfert are a Gaelic football team in north County Kerry, Ireland. They are one of two clubs in Ardfert, St. Brendan's, Ardfert being the local hurling club...

1982 Ardfert
Ardfert GAA
Ardfert are a Gaelic football team in north County Kerry, Ireland. They are one of two clubs in Ardfert, St. Brendan's, Ardfert being the local hurling club...


Munster Junior Club Football Championship
Munster Junior Club Football Championship
Munster Junior Club Football Championship was first played officially in 2003 when Annascaul from Kerry and Carbery Rangers from Cork played each other. An unofficial championship had taken place in the previous year...

Ardfert have one Munster Junior Club Football Championship
Munster Junior Club Football Championship
Munster Junior Club Football Championship was first played officially in 2003 when Annascaul from Kerry and Carbery Rangers from Cork played each other. An unofficial championship had taken place in the previous year...

Year Winner Opponent
2005 Ardfert
Ardfert GAA
Ardfert are a Gaelic football team in north County Kerry, Ireland. They are one of two clubs in Ardfert, St. Brendan's, Ardfert being the local hurling club...

Erin's Own
Erin's Own GAA (Cork)
Erin's Own GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Glounthaune in east County Cork, Ireland. The club is made up of players from Little Island, Knockraha, Brooklodge and Glounthaune areas of the parish...


All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition started up in 2004 to be played by the winners of the Junior Club Championship from each County. Prior to that a number of unofficial competitions were held...

Ardfert have one All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition started up in 2004 to be played by the winners of the Junior Club Championship from each County. Prior to that a number of unofficial competitions were held...

Year Winner Opponent
2006 Ardfert
Ardfert GAA
Ardfert are a Gaelic football team in north County Kerry, Ireland. They are one of two clubs in Ardfert, St. Brendan's, Ardfert being the local hurling club...

Loughrea

Kerry County Football League

Ardfert have won Kerry County Football League - Division 5 North in 2003, Kerry County Football League - Division 3 in 2004, Kerry County Football League - Division 3 in 2005 and Kerry County Football League - Division 2 in 2006 and were promoted to Kerry County Football League - Division 1
Kerry County Football League - Division 1
The Kerry County Football League is a Gaelic football competition between all of the club teams in Kerry. The competition is divided into five divisions. All of the teams in each division play against each other once. At the end of the competition the top 2 and bottom 2 teams get promoted and...

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  • In 2007 Ardfert were playing in Division 1 and came 7th.
  • In 2007 Ardfert were playing in Division 1 and came 3rd.
  • In 2006 Ardfert were playing in Division 2, came 2nd and were promoted to Division 1.
  • In 2005 Ardfert were playing in Division 3, came 1st and were promoted to Division 2.
  • In 2004 Ardfert were playing in Division 4, came 2nd and were promoted to Division 3.
  • In 2003 Ardfert were playing in Division 5 North, came 1st and were promoted to division 4. In the Division 5 final they beat the Division 5 South champions Scartaglin 4-10 to 2-04.
  • In 2002 Srdfert were playing in Division 5 and came 5th.
  • In 2001 Ardfert were playing in Division 5 and came 10th.
  • In 2000 Ardfert were playing in Division 4, came 11th and were relegated to Division 5.
  • In 1999 Ardfert were playing in Division 3, came 10th and were relegated to Division 4.
  • In 1998 Ardfert were playing in Division 4, came 2nd and were promoted to Division 3.
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