South Kerry GAA
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South Kerry are a Gaelic football
and Hurling
Divisional Team in County Kerry
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The South Kerry Football Team draws its players from eight Club teams in the Division.
These are:
The Hurling Team draws its players form the following 6 clubs:
South Kerry has won 8 Kerry Senior Football Championships, most recently completing a three in a row when beating Dr. Crokes
in November 2006. They have never won the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship.
is a Gaelic football competition between clubs affiliated to the South Kerry division. The championship is played every year, beginning in October and finishing in December.
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
and Hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
Divisional Team in 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...
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The South Kerry Football Team draws its players from eight Club teams in the Division.
These are:
- St. Mary's CahirciveenSt. Mary's CahirciveenSt Marys are a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football club from town of Cahirciveen in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. They are one of the most successful teams in South Kerry having won South Kerry Senior Football Championship 28 times.-Honours:...
- RenardRenard GAAReenard is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from the Kerry, Ireland townland of Reenard. The club competes in Gaelic football competitions organized by the Kerry county board and the South Kerry divisional board...
- St. Michael's/FoilmoreSt. Michael's/FoilmoreSt. Michael's/Foilmore is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from South Kerry in County Kerry, Ireland.-Roll of honour:*All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship 2009*Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship 2008...
- Skellig RangersSkellig RangersSkellig Rangers are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from South County Kerry. They play in Kerry Intermediate Football Championship, Kerry County League as well as the South Kerry Senior Football Championship and South Kerry Leagues.Honors...
- ValentiaValentia Young Islanders GAAValentia Young Islanders are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Valentia Island, South County Kerry, Ireland. They play in Division 5 of the county league and in the Kerry Junior Football Championship.-History:...
- Dromid PearsesDromid PearsesDromid Pearses is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Dromid Parish, South Kerry in County Kerry.South Kerry are a Gaelic football Divisional Team in County Kerry....
- WatervilleWaterville GAAWaterville GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football club in Waterville, south County Kerry, Ireland. Former Kerry player & manager Mick O'Dwyer is from the club....
- Sneem/Derrynane
- Colaiste Na SceilgeColaiste Na SceilgeColaiste na Sceilge is situated in Cahersiveen, County Kerry. It is a co-educational Community College with an enrolment of 550 students and it grew out of the amalgamation in 1999 of St John Bosco Secondary School, Scoil Uí Chonaill and Waterville Vocational School. Coláiste na Sceilge is...
Secondary School team in South Kerry
The Hurling Team draws its players form the following 6 clubs:
- Austin StacksAustin StacksAustin Stacks is a hurling and Gaelic football club based in Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland. It has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other GAA club in Ireland...
- KilgarvanKilgarvan GAAKilgarvan is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kerry, Ireland. They play in the Intermediate Hurling Championship and Division 1 county league. Kilgarvan play football in Division 5 of the county league and in the Kenmare District Board championship and County Novice...
- KenmareKenmare GAAKenmare GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kenmare in County Kerry.The club competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area like Templenoe GAA in the county championship and as an individual club in other competitions.-History:The Kenmare Athletic Club was...
- Dr. CrokesDr. CrokesDr Crokes is a Gaelic football club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Famous current players include Colm "Gooch" Cooper and Eoin Brosnan....
- Laune RangersLaune RangersLaune Rangers is a Gaelic football and Hurling club based in Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland. The club is affiliated to Kerry GAA. Rangers won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1996.-History:...
- St. Patricks
South Kerry has won 8 Kerry Senior Football Championships, most recently completing a three in a row when beating Dr. Crokes
Dr. Crokes
Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Famous current players include Colm "Gooch" Cooper and Eoin Brosnan....
in November 2006. They have never won the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship.
South Kerry Senior Football Championship
The South Kerry Senior Football ChampionshipSouth Kerry Senior Football Championship
The South Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition between clubs affiliated to the South Kerry division. When a Divisional team like South Kerry win the Kerry Senior Football Championship, the winners of the Divisional championship chose the Kerry Senior Football team...
is a Gaelic football competition between clubs affiliated to the South Kerry division. The championship is played every year, beginning in October and finishing in December.
Roll of honour
- Senior County Championship 9 - 1955, 1956, 1958, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
- U21 County Championship 10 - 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 2010
- Minor Football ChampionshipKerry Minor Football ChampionshipThe Kerry Minor Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition organized by the Kerry GAA county board. All players need to be under the age of 18. The teams competing are either GAA clubs or divisional teams, who pick from a selection of different clubs within their district.-Roll of honour:...
9 - 1963, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
Notable players
- Maurice FitzgeraldMaurice Fitzgerald (footballer)Maurice Fitzgerald is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club St. Mary's and divisional side South Kerry and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county football team from 1988 until 2001...
- Mick O'DwyerMick O'DwyerMick O'Dwyer , is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played Gaelic football with his local club Waterville and was a member of the Kerry senior team from 1956 until 1974...
- Mick O'Connell
- Jack O'SheaJack O'SheaJack O’Shea is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played 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 inter-county team from 1976 until 1992...
- John EganJohn Egan (footballer)John Egan is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Sneem, his divisional side South Kerry and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1975 until 1984.He also played hurling with neighbouring club Kenmare.Born in Tahilla , County Kerry, Egan...