Kenmare GAA (District Team)
Kenmare| County: |
Kerry |
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Blue and yellow |
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| Senior Club Championships |
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All Ireland |
Munster
champions |
Kerry
champions |
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Kenmare is a Gaelic Athletic Association District Team from County Kerry.[1]
The team competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area in the county championships.[2]
Most matches are played in Templenoe nowadays but some are played at Father Breen Park, Kenmare.
The Kenmare District is the smallest such district in Kerry.
The 4 clubs are:
Kerry Senior Football Championship
They have won the Bishop Moynihan Cup[3] two times; in 1974 and 1987.
In 2008 they were drawn against West Kerry GAA and won that game 1-9 to 1-13 in Castlegregory.
Finnegan Cup
The 4 clubs in the Kenmare District play for the Finnegan Cup[4] in the Kenmare district board championship.
The Kenmare District is the smallest such district in Kerry.
The 4 clubs are:
Roll of honour
Kerry Minor Football Championship
They've been in one Kerry Minor Football Championship final; in 1959 when they were beaten by West Kerry.
Kerry Under 21 Football Championship
They were in 2 Kerry Under 21 Football Championship finals and won it once.
Famous players
- Pat Spillane
- Tom Spillane
- Mick Spillane
- Paul O'Connor
- Alan O'Sullivan
- Phil O'Sullivan Though from Tuosist parish Phil O'Sullivan played for Kenmare. He captained Kerry to an All Ireland Football title in 1924, played with Kenmare and won a Senior Co. Hurling medal in 1917.
- Mickey O'Sullivan Mickey ‘Ned’ O’Sullivan won a county league medal in 1972, as well as a senior county championship in 1974. It was Kenmare’s first county title ever, with a second medal following in 1987.
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