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Irish Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Kerry can't make injury excuses after Meath defeat, says Darragh Ó Sé
After they lost to Meath last weekend, how optimistic are Darragh Ó Sé and his fellow county folk about Kerry's championship prospects? 'The mood isn't great,' he writes, ' there's a sense of finality about the place this week .' The notion is that they'll get past Cavan on Saturday but then Armagh will put an end to their season the following weekend. One fella Darragh bumped in to even said, 'isn't it a pity we didn't draw Galway and have done with it?' Now, this, of course, wouldn't be the first time we've heard this class of talk from the Kingdom, Paul Geaney, who missed the Meath game through injury , among those who are intent on defying the pessimists. Gordon Manning talks to him ahead of the Cavan game. Gordon also heard GAA president Jarlath Burns offer praise to the association's Central Competitions Control Committee following Jim McGuinness's criticism of the choice of Roscommon's Dr Hyde Park as the venue for Donegal's game against Mayo at the weekend. 'I think they do an incredible job,' he said. In rugby, Gordon D'Arcy salutes Leinster for their 'throwback performance' in the URC final, one that brought a 'fulfilling and frustrating' season to an end. 'A title won, a bigger one lost but there's learning in both experiences,' he writes. READ MORE A good chunk of their squad now turn their attention to Lions duty, as Scotland's Scott Cummings is doing too, Johnny Watterson talking to the secondrow who missed the entire Six Nations campaign with a fractured arm. Johnny also hears from Argentina's Matías Moroni in the build-up to Friday's game at the Aviva Stadium. In racing, Colin Keane enjoyed a dream start to his reign as Juddmonte's number one jockey , Brian O'Connor reporting on his first Royal Ascot Group One success with Field Of Gold. 'Without a doubt, he's the best I've ridden,' said Keane. And Brian previews today's Royal Ascot action, Aidan O'Brien's top older horse, Los Angeles , going in the Prince of Wales's Stakes. In soccer, Shelbourne and Linfield won't have too far to travel for their Champions League qualifiers next month - they were drawn against each other on Tuesday. Ciarán Kirk has all the details, including St Patrick's Athletic's pairing with Lithuanian side FC Hemmelberg in the first qualifying round of the Conference League. How much interest was there in September's NFL game at Croke Park between Pittsburgh Steelers and the Minnesota Vikings when tickets went on sale on Tuesday? As David Gorman tells us, 600,000 - 600,000! - joined the queue on Ticketmaster. And when some reached the top of that queue after several hours, technical issues prevented them from making a purchase. At which point, you'd guess, they turned the air blue. Understandably, too. TV Watch : There's more coverage from Royal Ascot today on Virgin Media One and Two, UTV and ITV4 (from 1.30). And DAZN continues its coverage of football's Club World Cup (which isn't exactly capturing the imagination). Manchester City open their tournament against Morocco's Wydad Casablanca at 5.0 while Trent Alexander-Arnold is expected to make his debut for Real Madrid in their meeting with Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal at 8.0.
RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
'Gaelic football owes a debt of gratitude to Kerry'
Analysis: No Kerry team has ever taken the field without belief in its ability, which is why the county has been so successful By Diarmuid O'Donovan One of my favourite stories about Kerry GAA comes from 1911. In March that year, Dr Crokes of Killarney met Mitchels of Tralee in a delayed championship game from the previous year. The game was intense and the scores were close. A dispute arose between the teams during the second half. Crokes and Kerry star, Dick Fitzgerald, led his Crokes team off the field. This turned out to be a grave error. The GAA's Central Council had recently ruled that "any team that walks off the field will forfeit the game and be subject to an automatic six-month suspension from all competition". The reality of the situation did not dawn on Crokes until it was too late. The new rule meant that Crokes would miss the 1911 County Championship, and the Crokes players, including Dick Fitzgerald, could not play for Kerry. In an effort to retrieve the situation, Fitzgerald attended a subsequent meeting of the Kerry Board where the draws for the 1911 County Championship were taking place. He pleaded for leniency and managed to persuade the Board to agree to include Crokes in the championship draw, and that they would not play their first round until late September, when the suspension had been served. To quote Fitzgerald's biographer, Tom Looney, this was "a Kerry solution to a Kerry problem!" From RTÉ Radio 1's Today with Claire Byrne, retired Dublin footballer Robbie Kelleher and historian Mark Duncan discuss the Hell for Leather – The Story of Gaelic Football series Cork became the short-term beneficiaries of all this. Waterford defeated Kerry in the Munster Championship. Cork then defeated Waterford and went on to win the All-Ireland title. It was short-term because it would be another 32 years before Cork would defeat Kerry in senior football, and 34 years before Cork won another All-Ireland title. This story sums up everything that is tangible and visible about Kerry football. It has fierce and bitter local rivalries, stubbornness, guile, cunning, a drive to never, ever make the same mistake twice and, most of all, an innate ability to overcome any difficulty or situation for the sake of football. Kerry football was slow off the mark in terms of winning All-Ireland titles. The All-Ireland Championships began in 1887, but Kerry won only one Munster Championship (1892) before the turn of the 20th century. The first All-Ireland came in 1903. That win rooted Gaelic football in the Kerry psyche, and 38 All-Ireland titles have been won since then, an average of a title almost every three years. A little more than a decade after the "Fitzgerald Solution", Kerry became the scene of some of the bitterest fighting and atrocities of the Civil War. Yet, the scars of this dark time were never allowed to intrude on the Kerry senior football team. In his book In the Name of the Game, J.J. Barrett tells the story of how Free State soldiers such as Con Brosnan and Johnny Walsh played side by side with Anti-Treaty soldiers such as John Joe Sheehy and Joe Barrett. Brosnan was an army officer and organised a pass between noon and 6.00pm on Sundays to allow Sheehy, Barrett and others to play football. This does not mean that there were not strong differences of political opinion between these men (there certainly were). What it does show is that their desire to play for Kerry could overcome these differences. Barrett captained Kerry to the 1929 All-Ireland final. When the captaincy came his way again in 1931, he organised, in the face of fierce opposition from republican elements across the county, that the captaincy would be given to his old adversary and football colleague, Brosnan. Barrett was captain again in 1932 when Kerry won its fourth consecutive title. During that time and throughout the 1930s, Kerry used their fame to tour the United States and raise funds for the building of Austin Stack Park in Tralee and Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney (named after the Dick Fitzgerald from earlier). Kerry were fortunate to have Dr Eamonn O'Sullivan in charge of the Kerry teams from the1920s to the 1960s. He is regarded as the developer of modern team management in the GAA. His innovations, such as collective training and tactical awareness, were often the decisive contribution to Kerry All-Ireland wins. By the 1940s, Cork football was sufficiently organised to stymie Kerry's annual run through the Munster Championship. Cork won Munster titles in 1943, '45, '49, '52, '56 and '57, unprecedented success by Cork standards. Kerry's response was to win eight successive Munster championships and two All-Ireland titles between 1958 and 1965. During that run a new threat emerged for Kerry, namely Ulster football. Kerry did defeat Armagh in the 1953 All-Ireland final but lost to Derry in 1958 (semi-final) and the subsequence emergence of Down in the 1960s posed a new problem. Down beat Kerry, not just once, but in the 1960 final, the 1961 semi-final and again in the 1968 final (to this day, Kerry have never beaten Down in their five championship meetings). From RTÉ News, Michael Ryan reports from Tralee as Kerry bring Sam Maguire back to the Kingdom in 1985 The Ulster question went away for the remainder of the 20th century and Kerry tacked on 11 more All-Ireland titles between 1969 and 1999. This included the four-in-a-row between 1978 to 1981 and a controversial loss to Offaly in 1982. Ulster teams have re-emerged this century however, in the form of Armagh (who beat Kerry in the 2002 final), Tyrone (beginning in 2003 semi-final and several more times since), and Donegal (2012 QF). The restructuring of the All-Ireland championships since 2001 and the introduction of various forms of All-Ireland qualifiers has meant Kerry are no longer subject to a knockout blow from Cork, or the occasional ambush from Waterford or Tipperary, as happened in 1911, 1928 or 1957. This has helped rather than hindered the Kerry insatiable quest for All-Ireland titles. Kerry have lifted the Sam Maguire cup seven times since 2000. That's an average of one every 3.5 years; a rate almost as good as the success rate since the first title in 1903. It is a success rate achieved in spite of ongoing issues with Ulster football, and Dublin's nine All-Ireland titles between 2011 and 2023 (Kerry lost to Dublin in four of these finals). From RTÉ Archives, a 1984 edition of The Sunday Game looks at Kerry football dominance including two four in a row All Ireland title wins from 1929 to 1932 and 1978 to 1982 Gaelic football owes a debt of gratitude to Kerry. The county had shown the ability to surmount civil unrest, economic depression, emigration, the intense rivalry of its internal inter-club competitions and the intense efforts of almost every other county to defeat them. No Kerry team has ever taken the field without belief in its ability, and the intention to do everything possible to win the game. That is ultimately why Kerry has been so successful. That is why, as a football fan I love them and, as a Corkman, I have very mixed emotions.
Irish Independent
12-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
Paul Brennan: Can Kerry GAA afford not to sell naming rights for Fitzgerald Stadium and Austin Stack Park?
You'll have learned for The Kerryman a couple of weeks ago that Kerry GAA are currently looking to recruit a commercial director.
The Irish Sun
10-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Inside Mark English's life from girlfriend to rubbing shoulders with celebs on Late Late Show after latest Irish record
MARK ENGLISH yesterday smashed his own 800m Irish record as he continues to be in the form of his life at the relatively old age of 32. And he didn't just about sneak under his previous best time of 1:44.34 either as he managed to shave enough that 6 He clocked the time while running in the Netherlands Credit: @athleticsirelandofficial and @markenglish_ 6 Mark and girlfriend Erica taking in the Northern Lights while visiting Iceland Credit: @markenglish_ 6 Mark and sprint ace Israel Olatunde meeting Irish dancing legend Michael Flatley backstage in RTE Credit: @markenglish_ 6 Kerry GAA great Pat Spillane was also part of the line-up that evening Credit: @markenglish It's worth bearing in mind too that his previous top time was only set in Poland last week. Monday's effort saw English come first in his run at the FBK Games in Hengelo. He saw off France's Yanis Meziane and Australia's Peyton Craig in doing so. Athletics fans were quick to hail his fastest-ever time as going under 1:44 is considered elite across the global 800m spectrum. Read More On Irish Sport Paul Martyn labelled him "phenomenal". Similarly, John McCabe praised: "Running incredibly fast!!! Congratulations Mark!" Raheny Shamrock AC ace Orla Comerford also enjoyed success — winning the Para Athletics Women's 100m. Just last week English had eclipsed his own national record with a fine victory at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Bydgoszcz. He powered down the home straight in Poland to clock a winning time of 1:44.34, with his previous best of 1:44.53 set in Madrid last June. Most read in Athletics The five-time European medallist trails only Sonia O'Sullivan in Ireland's all-time major championships medal table. His haul comprises of two bronze medals won at the European Outdoor Championships in 2014 and 2022 respectively. 'Next Usain Bolt' Gout Gout, 17, runs blistering sub-10sec 100m twice in same day There were a further two bronze won at the indoor equivalent in 2019 His sole 800m silver came in 2015 when the Indoors were held in Prague. The Donegal native has He made his bow on the greatest stage of all in Rio back in 2016 - making it to the 800m semi-finals. 6 Another pic from his and Erica's trip to Iceland where they took in its stunning scenery Credit: @markenglish 6 He has a degree in medicine from University College Dublin Credit: @markenglish It was a similar story last summer as his Paris journey ended at the semi-final stages after he came sixth. In the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games of 2021 he marginally failed to make it past the first round.
Irish Daily Mirror
06-06-2025
- Irish Daily Mirror
Mourners gather to bid farewell to Michael Gaine ahead of Kerry farmer's funeral
Hundreds of grieving mourners gathered at a funeral home in Co Kerry on Friday to pay their respects ahead of the funeral for tragic murder victim Michael Gaine. Mr Gaine, 56, is to be laid to rest after a Requiem Mass at the Holy Cross Church in his native Kenmare on Saturday morning - 11 weeks after he was last seen at a Centra shop in the Kerry town on March 20. A major search operation was launched following the disappearance of the well-known and popular farmer and in late April gardaí upgraded their missing persons case to a homicide inquiry. On May 16, gardaí confirmed that they had discovered partial human remains in slurry and a tank at the missing man's farm - remains which were later confirmed to be those of Mr Gaine. Following a postmortem by State Pathologist Dr Sally Anne Collis, the remains were returned to Mr Gaine's family ahead of his funeral this weekend. Mr Gaine will lie in repose at Finnegan's Funeral Home in Kenmare from 2pm today with Rosary at 7pm. Hundreds of mourners lined the street outside the funeral home on Friday afternoon to pay their respects and bid a final farewell to the Kerry farmer before he is laid to rest on Saturday. Among the mourners in attendance at Finnegan's Funeral Home on Friday was Kerry GAA legend Pat Spillane, while parked outside was a Ford Escort rally car which had been restored by Mr Gaine's friends. The car, which was last driven by Mr Gaine over 15 years ago, will lead Saturday's funeral procession as the tragic murder victim takes his final journey. Mr Gaine's remains will arrive at Holy Cross Church in Kenmare at 9.30am on Saturday morning ahead of his Requiem Mass, with a private family burial afterwards. A death notice, posted on says the funeral mass will be live streamed via the Holy Cross Church website. And it also asks people to make a donation in lieu of flowers to Kerry Mountain Rescueand the National Search and Rescue Dog Association. A large gathering is expected at Holy Cross Church on Saturday morning and gardai in Kerry have asked mourners attending the ceremony to utilise designated car parks and walk the short distance to reduce traffic volume in the town. Extra gardaí and stewards will be in place on Saturday and anyone with walking difficulties or other disabilities have been asked to make themselves known to the stewards and efforts will be made to secure parking in the vicinity of the Funeral Home or Church. Mr Gaine's death notice states that he "will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by his heartbroken wife Janice, sisters Noreen and Catherine, nieces Emma and Rachael, nephews Jamie and Mark, brother-in-law Seán, aunt Noreen (Fitzpatrick, Cork), his close friends DJ and Shane and his wide circle of loyal friends in the Farming and Rallying community and beyond, cousins, in-laws and extended family." Follow us on Twitter @IrishMirror - the official Irish Mirror Twitter account - real news in real time. We're also on Facebook/irishmirror - your must-see news, features, videos and pictures throughout the day from the Irish Daily Mirror, Irish Sunday Mirror and
