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The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (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 football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams. The Kerry branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1888.

Gaelic football

History

Kerry are the most successful team in Gaelic football. They have won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship on 33 occasions. The county holds a number of distinctive records in football championship history. Kerry has played in more All-Ireland finals than any other team - 51 in all as of 2005. Although Wexford has the honour of being the first team to win the coveted four-in-a-row, Kerry has the honour of winning four consecutive titles on two occasions (1929-1932 and 1978-1981).

The Kerry team of the 1970s and 1980s is considered one of 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. 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 snatched victory away from the Kingdom.

Notable individuals

Honours

  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 33
    • 1903, 1904, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2004

  • All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championships: 9
    • 1964, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998

  • All-Ireland Minor Football Championships: 11
    • 1931, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1994

  • All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 13
    • 1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994

  • National Football Leagues: 18
    • 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2004, 2006

  • Munster Senior Football Championships: 71
    • 1892, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005

  • Munster Under 21 Football Championships: 24
    • 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002

  • Munster Minor Football Championships: 39
    • 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,2006

  • Munster Junior Football Championships: 37
    • 1913, 1914, 1915, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006

  • Railway Cup Football: 2
    • 1927(all Kerry players), 1931(all Kerry players)

Hurling

In the 1993 Munster championship, John Meyler's Kerry team defeated Waterford hurlers by 4-13 to 3-13. It was reward for years of progress which included a draw with Kilkenny in the League, and Kerry followed it up in 1995 with their most famous ever League victory, over newly crowned All Ireland champions Clare. Kerry's first All-Ireland 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. After the game the rules were changed to allow selected county teams in the Championship.

Honours

  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships: 1
    • 1891

  • All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championships: None

  • All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championships: None

  • All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships: 2
    • 1961, 1972

  • National Hurling Leagues: None

  • Munster Senior Hurling Championships: 1
    • 1891

  • Munster Under 21 Hurling Championships: None

  • Munster Minor Hurling Championships: None

  • Munster Junior Hurling Championships: 1
    • 1956

Stadia

Club Titles

External links

Gaelic Sport Governing Bodies | Sport in Kerry

 

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