Kerry
Sport:Hurling
Irish:
County board:Kerry GAA
Home venue(s):Austin Stack Park
Recent competitive record
Last championship title:2015
First colours
Second colours

The Kerry county hurling team represents Kerry in hurling and is governed by Kerry GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Joe McDonagh Cup and the National Hurling League.

Kerry's home ground is Austin Stack Park, Tralee. The team's manager is Stephen Molumphy.

The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 1891, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1891 and has never won the National League.

History

For many years the senior team played in the Junior and Intermediate Championships and had some success. They won All-Ireland titles at Junior level in 1961 and 1972, and won a Munster Championship at junior level in 1956. At Intermediate level they won Munster titles in 1970 and 1973.

Kerry have played in just one Munster Minor Hurling Championship Final, in 1938, when they lost to a Cork team that included the great Christy Ring. They have, however, won and played in a number of All-Ireland B Finals.

In 2003, team made it to the fourth round of the qualifiers only to go down to Limerick 1–14 to 0–24 in Austin Stack Park in Tralee. Along the way they beat Westmeath, Carlow and beaten Ulster finalists Derry. The wins over Westmeath and Carlow represented the first time a Kerry team strung two consecutive Championship victories together. It also marked the first occasion that the Kerry hurling team played more championship games then the Kerry football team.

Kerry have never won the Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship, their most notable achievement in the championship came in 2004 when they ran Limerick to three points at Austin Stack Park. They have, however, won and played in a number of All-Ireland U21 B Championship Finals.

The advent of the Christy Ring Cup has seen Kerry become very competitive. They first made the semi-finals in 2009 where they lost out to Carlow after a replay. They went a step more in 2010 making the final but losing out to Westmeath. In 2011 they again made the final, but this time won the title with victory over Wicklow. From 2013 to 2015 they made the final each year, losing to Down in 2013 and Kildare in 2014 before finally getting over the line thanks to victory over Derry.

Kerry won the Division 2A final of the 2015 National Hurling League and advanced to the relegation/promotion match with favourites Antrim, a late point by substitute John Egan saw Kerry advance to Division 1B.[1]

In 2016, Kerry played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship round robin along with Carlow, Westmeath and Offaly. During the 2018 Munster Senior Hurling League Kerry recorded their first ever senior victory over Cork beating them 1-23 to 1-13 at Austin Stack Park.[2]

On 8 January 2022 Kerry recorded their first victory over Tipperary 0-17 to 0-14 in the Munster Hurling Cup quarter-final.[3] At the time it was deemed Kerry's greatest hurling success in Austin Stack Park since they beat All-Ireland champions Clare by 3-7 to 1-8 in opening round of 1995-96 NHL.[3]

Current panel

Team as per Kerry vs Antrim in the NHL 1B relegation play-off, 11 April 2015

No. Player Position Club
1 Stephen Murphy Goalkeeper Causeway
2 Dougie Fitzell Right Corner Back Kilmoyley
3 Paud Costello Full back Ballyduff
4 Bryan Murphy Left Corner Back Causeway
5 Seán Weir Right half back Crotta O'Neill's
6 Darren Dinneen Centre back St Brendan's, Ardfert
7 Daniel Collins Left half back Kilmoyley
8 John Griffin (c) Midfield Lixnaw
9 Patrick Kelly Midfield Clarecastle
10 Michael O'Leary Right half forward Abbeydorney
11 Shane Nolan Centre forward Crotta O'Neill's
12 Colm Harty Left half forward Causeway
13 Mikey Boyle Right corner forward Ballyduff
14 Pádraig Boyle Full forward Ballyduff
15 Keith Carmody Left corner forward Causeway
No. Player Position Club
16 James Logue Substitute Ballingarry
17 Tommy Casey Substitute Causeway
18 John Egan Substitute St Brendan's, Ardfert
19 James Flaherty Substitute Lixnaw
20 Rory Horgan Substitute St Brendan's, Ardfert
21 Philip Lucid Substitute Ballyheigue
22 Giles O'Grady Substitute Ballyduff
23 Brendan O'Leary Substitute Abbeydorney
24 Adrian Royle Substitute Kilmoyley
25 Darragh Shanahan Substitute Lixnaw
26 David Butler Substitute Knockavilla-Donaskeigh

INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
RET Player has since retired from the county team.
WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

Current management team

Appointed in December 2016, with one addition noted.

Managerial history

Players

Notable players

Honours

National

Provincial

References

  1. ↑ Keane, Paul (11 April 2015). "Latest Hurling News, Results & Fixtures". RTÉ Sport.
  2. ↑ "Chips fall for Kerry hurling in historic win over Cork". RTE. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Kerry Record First Ever Senior Hurling Victory Over Tipperary". Balls. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Donnchadh Walsh returns to Kerry fold – as senior hurling physio". Irish Independent. 21 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Eamonn Kelly steps down as Kerry hurling boss". RTÉ. 22 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sauce for Kerry goose but not Galway gander". Irish Independent. 21 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ciaran Carey is new Kerry hurling boss". RTÉ. 19 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Carey quits as Kerry hurling boss". Irish Independent. 5 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "O'Connor is new Kerry hurling manager". Hogan Stand. 17 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "Kerry on the hunt for new hurling manager as O'Connor steps down after five-year term". The42.ie. 5 August 2021.
  11. ↑ Kingdom secure Christy Ring crown RTÉ Sport
  12. ↑ Derry hurlers beaten by Kerry in Christy Ring Cup final BBC Sport
  13. ↑ Kerry Hurlers Retain Division 2A Hurling League Title In Style Tralee Today
  14. ↑ "Boyle's late goal swings it Kerry's way". Irish Examiner. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  15. ↑ "All-Ireland MHC 'B' final: Kingdom rule the Royals". Hogan Stand. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
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