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For more details of Kerry GAA see Kerry Senior Football Championship or Kerry Senior Club Hurling Championship.
| Kerry GAA | |||||||||||||||||
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| Irish: | Ciarraí | ||||||||||||||||
| Province: | Munster | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s): | The Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||
| County colours: | Green and Gold | ||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s): | FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney Austin Stack Park, Tralee | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominant sport: | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL: | Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL: | Division 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Championship: | Christy Ring Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies\' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Camogie: | O\'Duffy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
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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, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry. The county board is also responsible for the Kerry inter-county teams.
The Kerry branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1888.
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Kerry are the most successful team in Gaelic football. They have won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship on 35 occasions and the National Football League 18 times, both of which are far more than any other county. The county holds a number of distinctive records in football championship history. Kerry has played in more All-Ireland finals than any other team - 55 in all as of 16 September 2007 winning more than half of them which is another record.[1]
The Kerry team of the 1970s and 1980s is considered one of the greatest of all time and its manager the greatest of all time. Of the 20 All-Ireland finals held during those two decades, Kerry participated in 12, with victory coming on 9 occasions. During this time most other All-Ireland finals were won by Dublin and this resulted in a huge but friendly between the two counties, although since the 1980s Kerry has become much stronger and Dublin has not. In 1982 Kerry came within one minute of winning an unprecedented fifth All-Ireland title in a row. However a late goal by Offaly\'s Séamus Darby which caused controversy as many claim Darby pushed the Kerry defender in the back before this, gave the title to Offaly. This goal was voted third in a poll to find the Top 20 GAA Moments.
Towards the end of the 1980s Kerry went into decline and failed to appear in an All-Ireland final for 11 years having last appeared in 1986 and not again until 1997. This however, very much marked the beginning of another golden era for Kerry. Of the last 11 all Ireland\'s, Kerry have contested 7 and won 5. Many have spoke of teams like Armagh and Tyrone, who have both beaten Kerry in recent finals, as becoming successors to Kerry\'s reign but Kerry have come back time and again and are the current 2007 champions. Kerry put away the Demon of Northern Teams by beating Armagh in the 2006 championship comprehensively. Kerry became the first team since Cork to win back to back All Ireland\'s in the 2007 championship by demolishing their Munster rivals by a scoreline of 3-13 to 1-09 and have now won half of the All Ireland\'s played in the last decade.
(Note that the Railway Cup is contested by provincial sides - these are years in which the Munster team onsisted entirely of Kerry players).
Kerry\'s first All-Ireland championship win was in hurling. Only club teams were allowed in 1891, so Kilmoyley club, a team from North Kerry, disbanded and joined up with Ballyduff so their joint team could win the All-Ireland. This remains Kerry\'s only hurling title. After the game the rules were changed to allow selected county teams in the Championship.
Kerry\'s only notable achievement in modern times occurred in the 1993 Munster championship when John Meyler\'s Kerry team shocked Waterford hurlers by a score of 4-13 to 3-13. It was reward for years of progress which included a draw with Kilkenny in the League. Kerry followed it up in 1995 with their most famous ever League victory, a win over newly crowned All-Ireland champions Clare.
B 2006
List of Kerry All-Ireland Football Finals
| Gaelic Athletic Association National Leagues | |
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| National Football League | |
| Division 1 | Donegal • Derry • Galway • Kerry • Kildare • Laois • Mayo • Tyrone |
| Division 2 | Armagh • Cavan • Cork • Dublin • Meath • Monaghan • Roscommon • Westmeath |
| Division 3 | Down • Fermanagh • Limerick • Leitrim • Longford • Louth • Sligo • Wexford |
| Division 4 | Antrim • Carlow • Clare • London • Offaly • Tipperary • Waterford • Wicklow |
| National Hurling League | |
| Division 1 | 1A Clare • Cork • Down • Offaly • Waterford • Wexford1B Antrim • Dublin • Galway • Kilkenny • Limerick • Tipperary |
| Division 2 | 2A Armagh • Carlow • Derry • Laois • Meath • Wicklow2B Kerry • Kildare • London • Mayo • Westmeath |
| Division 3 | 3A Donegal • Leitrim • Louth • Monaghan • Sligo3B Cavan • Fermanagh • Roscommon • Longford • Tyrone |
| Connacht • Leinster • Munster • Ulster • Third level | |
| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Christy Ring Cup (2008) |
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Armagh | Carlow | Down | Derry | Kerry | Kildare | London | Mayo | Meath | Roscommon | Wicklow | Westmeath Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) |
| Kerry Senior Football Team |
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1 D. Murphy |
2 M. Ó Sé |
3 M. McCarthy |
4 T. O\'Sullivan |
5 T. Ó Sé |
6 S. Moynihan |
7 A. O\'Mahony |
8 D. Ó Sé |
9 T. Griffin |
10 S. O\'Sullivan |
11 D. O\'Sullivan (Captain) |
12 P. Galvin |
13 C. Cooper |
14 K. Donaghy |
15 MF. Russell |
Subs: 16 Kieran Cremin, 17 Eoin Brosnan, 18 Darren O\'Sullivan, 19 Eamonn Fitzmaurice, 20 Bryan Sheehan, 21 Mossie Lyons, 22 Brendan Guiney, 23 Ronan O\'Connor, 24 Padraig Reidy, 25 Paul O\'Connor, 26 Killian Young, 27 Ronan Hussey, 28 Kieran O\'Leary, 29 Aodán MacGearailt, 30 Adrian O\'Connell.
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| Kerry Gaelic Athletic Association Affiliated Clubs | |
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| Individual club* | An Ghaeltacht • Austin Stacks • Ardfert • Dingle • Dr. Crokes • John Mitchels • Kilcummin • Kerins O\'Rahilly\'s • Laune Rangers • Legion • Milltown/Castlemaine • Rathmore |
| East Kerry | Cordal • Dr. Crokes • Currow • Firies • Fossa • Glenflesk • Gneeveguilla • Kilcummin • Legion • Listry • Rathmore • Scartaglin • Spa |
| Mid Kerry | Beaufort • Churchill • Cromane • Glenbeigh-Glencar • Keel • Laune Rangers • Milltown/Castlemaine |
| North Kerry | Ballyduff • Beale • Brosna • Castleisland Desmonds • Ballydonoghue • Ballylongford • Duagh • Finuge • Knocknagoshel • Listowel Emmets • Moyvane • St. Senan\'s • Tarbert |
| South Kerry | Sneem • St. Marys Cahirciveen • Renard • St. Michael\'s/Foilmore • Skellig Rangers • Valentia • Dromid Pearses • Waterville • Derrynane • |
| West Kerry | Lispole • Castlegregary • Annascaul • Dingle • An Ghaeltacht |
| Other divisions | Feale Rangers • Kenmare • Shannon Rangers • St. Brendans • St. Kierans |
| Former clubs | Tralee Mitchels |
*=Competed as individual club in 2007 Kerry Senior Football Championship
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