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Kerry GAA

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Irish:	Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Chontae Chiarraí
Province:	Munster
Nickname(s):	The Kingdom
County colours:	Green and Gold
Ground(s):	FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Dominant sport:	Gaelic football
Competitions
NFL:	Division 1
NHL:	Division 2
Football Championship:	Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship:	Christy Ring Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football:	Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie:	Do not compete at adult level
Standard kit

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.

Football[link]

History[link]

Kerry are the most successful team in the history of Gaelic football. It has won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship on 36 occasions and the National Football League 19 times, both of which are far more than any other county. The county holds a number of distinctive records in football championship history. As of 2011, Kerry has contested 56 All-Ireland finals, the next highest participator being Dublin with 36 appearances.

The traditional Irish game of caid, from which modern football developed, was especially popular in Kerry. The GAA was formed in 1884 and codified the modern rules of the game, which were soon adopted in Kerry clubs such as Laune Rangers. Despite this, the county team did not win an All-Ireland football championship in the nineteenth century. The 1903 title was the first won by Kerry, and their exceptional success in the game began in this period, continuing up to the present day.

The Kerry team of the 1970s and 1980s is considered to be arguably the greatest in the history of football^[1][2][3] and its manager (Mick O'Dwyer) the greatest of all time.^[1][4][5] 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 finals were won by Dublin, and there was a major rivalry between the two counties especially during the 1970s and 1980s. 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) 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 did not appear in an All-Ireland final for 11 years, between 1986 and 1997. The 1997 victory, however, very much marked the beginning of another golden era for Kerry. Of the 15 All-Ireland finals from 1997 to 2011, Kerry have contested 10 and won 6, including 5 titles in the 2000s. In 2007, Kerry became the first team since Cork in 1990 to win back to back All Irelands. On 30 August 2009 Kerry became only the 3rd team to reach 6 All Ireland finals in a row, last achieved by Dublin 1974 to 1979, and went on to secure their 36th title by defeating Cork in the final.

Kerry Football Squad[link]

• Bainisteóir: Jack O'Connor (Dromid Pearses)
• Roghnóirís: Ger O'Keeffe (Austin Stacks), Diarmuid Murphy (An Daingean)
• Traenálaí: Alan O'Sullivan Kerins O'Rahilly's, Pat Flanagan

Squad as per Kerry's 2012 National League Campaign^[6]

Honours[link]

For more details on this topic, see here

Former Footballers[link]

For more details on this topic see: List of Kerry footballers and hurlers

Player records[link]

[edit] Texaco Footballer of the Year winners

• Seán Murphy 1959
• Mick O'Connell 1962
• Mick O'Dwyer 1969
• Tom Prendergast 1979
• John O'Keeffe 1975
• Pat Spillane 1978
• Mikey Sheehy 1979
• Jack O'Shea 1980
• Jack O'Shea 1981
• Jack O'Shea 1984
• Jack O'Shea 1985
• Pat Spillane 1986
• Maurice Fitzgerald 1997
• Seamus Moynihan 2000
• Colm Cooper 2004
• Kieran Donaghy 2006
• Marc Ó Sé 2007
• Paul Galvin 2009

Managerial history[link]

This is a list of people who have coached/managed the Kerry senior football team in recent years.

Championship record[link]

See Kerry's Senior Football Championship Record and List of Kerry All-Ireland Football Finals

Team of the Millennium[link]

The following Kerry players were among the fifteen selected for the Football Team of the Millennium;^[7]

• Dan O'Keeffe (goalkeeper)
• Joe Keohane (full-back)
• Seán Murphy (right half-back)
• Mick O'Connell (midfielder)
• Pat Spillane (left half-forward)
• Mikey Sheehy (right corner-forward)

Notable player[link]

• Tadhg Kennelly (former AFL player with the Sydney Swans)

Winners of eight All-Ireland senior medals[link]

• Pat Spillane
• Mikey Sheehy
• Páidí Ó Sé
• Ogie Moran
• Ger Power

Honours[link]

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 36
  • 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, 2006, 2007, 2009

• All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships: 10
  • 1964, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2008

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

• All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 14
  • 1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994 , 2006

• All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championships: 9
  • 1973, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997

• All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championships: 11
  • 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993

• National Football Leagues: 19
  • 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2009

• National Football Leagues Div 2: 2
  • 2002,1999

• Munster Senior Football Championships: 74
  • 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, 1939, 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, 2007, 2010, 2011

• Munster Under-21 Football Championships: 25
  • 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008

• Munster Minor Football Championships: 41
  • 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, 2006,2008, 2009

• Munster Junior Football Championships: 39
  • 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, 2008, 2010

• McGrath Cup: 3
  • 1996, 2010, 2011

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

(Note that the Railway Cup is contested by provincial sides - these are years in which the Munster team consisted entirely of Kerry players).

All Stars: 123 -

1971: Donie O'Sullivan

1972: Donie O'Sullivan, Mick O'Connell

1973: John O'Keeffe

1974: Paudie Lynch

1975: Ger Power, John O'Keeffe, John Egan, Paudie O'Mahony, Mickey O'Sullivan

1976: Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, John O'Keeffe, Ger O'Keeffe

1977: Pat Spillane, John Egan

1978: Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, John O'Keeffe, John Egan, Paudie Lynch

1979: Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, John O'Keeffe, Tim Kennelly, Seán Walsh

1980: Pat Spillane, Ger Power, Jack O'Shea, John Egan, Eoin Liston, Tim Kennelly, Charlie Nelligan

1981: Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy, Jack O'Shea, Páidí Ó Sé, Eoin Liston, Paudie Lynch, Seán Walsh, Jimmy Deenihan, Denis Moran

1982: Mikey Sheehy, Jack O'Shea, John Egan, Páidí Ó Sé, Eoin Liston

1983: Jack O'Shea, Páidí Ó Sé

1984: Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy, Jack O'Shea, Páidí Ó Sé, Eoin Liston, Tommy Doyle, Tom Spillane

1985: Pat Spillane, Jack O'Shea, Páidí Ó Sé, Tommy Doyle, Mick Spillane

1986: Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy, Ger Power, Tommy Doyle, Tom Spillane, Charlie Nelligan

1987: Tom Spillane, Ger Lynch

1988: Maurice Fitzgerald

1989: Connie Murphy

1996: Maurice Fitzgerald

1997: Maurice Fitzgerald, Declan O'Keeffe, Seamus Moynihan, Eamonn Breen, Pa Laide

2000: Declan O'Keeffe, Seamus Moynihan, Mike McCarthy, Darragh Ó Sé, Liam Hassett, Mike Frank Russell

2001: Johnny Crowley

2002: Darragh Ó Sé, Colm Cooper

2004: Diarmuid Murphy, Tom O'Sullivan, Mike McCarthy, Tomás Ó Sé, Paul Galvin, Colm Cooper

2005: Diarmuid Murphy, Mike McCarthy, Tomás Ó Sé, Colm Cooper

2006: Marc Ó Sé, Seamus Moynihan, Aidan O'Mahony, Darragh Ó Sé, Paul Galvin, Kieran Donaghy

2007: Marc Ó Sé, Tomás Ó Sé, Aidan O'Mahony, Darragh Ó Sé, Declan O'Sullivan, Colm Cooper

2008: Tomás Ó Sé, Declan O'Sullivan, Colm Cooper, Kieran Donaghy

2009:Diarmuid Murphy, Tom O'Sullivan, Tomás Ó Sé, Séamus Scanlon, Paul Galvin, Tadhg Kennelly, Declan O'Sullivan

2010: Colm Cooper

2011: Marc Ó Sé, Bryan Sheehan, Darran O'Sullivan, Colm Cooper

Ladies' Football[link]

Honours[link]

• All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championships: 11
  • 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993

• All-Ireland Under-18 Ladies' Football Championship: 3
  • 1980, 1981, 1995

• All-Ireland Under-16 Ladies' Football Championship: 2
  • 1999 **2011

• All-Ireland Under-14 Ladies' Football Championship: 5
  • 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2008

Hurling[link]

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 that 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. It was the first time a Munster team won both Munster and All Irelands in the same year. As well as 1891 Kerry have played in Munster Senior Hurling Championship Finals in 1889, 1890, 1892, 1900 and 1908.

Kerry's most notable hurling achievement in recent times occurred in the 1993 Munster championship when John Meyler's Kerry team shocked Waterford by a score of 4-13 to 3-13. It was reward for years of progress which included a draw with Kilkenny in the National Hurling League. Kerry followed it up in 1995 with its most famous ever League victory, a win over newly crowned All-Ireland champions Clare.

In 2003 team made it to the 4th round of the qualifiers only to go down to Limerick 1-14 to 0-24 in Austin Stack Park in Tralee. Along the way the beat Westmeath, Carlow and beaten Ulster finalists Derry. The wins over Westmeath and Carlow was the first time a Kerry team won 2 Championship games in a row. It was also the first time a Kerry hurling team played more championship games then the football team.

In 2010, Kerry were narrowly defeated by Westmeath in the final of the Christy Ring Cup.

Kerry has 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 won and played in a number of All Ireland B Finals however.

Kerry has never won the Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship, its most notable achievement in the championship came in 2004 when they ran Limerick to 3 points in Austin Stack Park. They have however won and played in a number of All Ireland U21 B Championship Finals.

In 2009 a Kerry Colleges team entered the Munster Senior Colleges Dr. Harty Cup for the first time.

Kerry Hurling Squad[link]

• Manager: John Meyler
• Selectors: John Hennessy (Ballyduff), Seanie O’Shea (Dr Crokes)
• Trainer: Joe O’Connor

Squad as per Kerry vs Wicklow (Christy Ring Cup Semi Final 2010)^[8]

Honours[link]

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships: 1
  • 1891

• All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championships 3
  • 1976, 1983, 1986

• Christy Ring Cups 1
  • 2011

• All Under 21 B Championships: 5
  • 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

• All Ireland Minor B Hurling Championships: 5
  • 1997, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009

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

• National Hurling Leagues Div2:

2001

• Munster Senior Hurling Championships: 1
  • 1891

• Munster Junior Hurling Championships: 1
  • 1956

• Munster Intermediate Hurling Championships:2
  • 1970,1973

• Leinster Minor B Hurling Championships: 2
  • 1987,1988

Notable Hurlers[link]

• Michael ‘Boxer’ Slattery
• Shane Brick
• ]
• Brendan O’Sullivan
• John Mike Dooley
• John Healy
• John Mahony
• Tom Collins
• Maurice Leahy
• Christy Walsh

Camogie[link]

Cillard and a selected Kerry team won divisional honours at Féile na nGael in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Notable players include Mary Geaney

Under Camogie’s National Development Plan 2010-2015, “Our Game, Our Passion,�^[9] Donegal, Kerry, Mayo and Monaghan are to get a total of 14 new clubs by 2015.^[10]

Stadia[link]

• FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney - home venue for the Senior football team
• Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Club Titles[link]

• Kerry Senior Football Championship
• Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
• Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
• Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship
• Kerry Junior Football Championship
• Kerry Junior Hurling Championship
• Kerry Novice Football Championship
• Kerry Minor Football Championship
• Kerry Minor Hurling Championship
• Kerry Under-21 Football Championship
• Kerry U21 Hurling Championship
• Kerry County Football League - Division 1

See also[link]

List of Kerry All-Ireland Football Finals

References[link]

External links[link]

• Vintage Kerry GAA Jerseys from Retro GAA
• Kerry on Hoganstand.com
• National and provincial titles won by Kerry teams
• Club championship winners
• Kerry GAA site
• Causeway GAA site Hurling club from North Kerry

Gaafu Alifu Atoll
Country	Maldives
Province
Corresponding geographic atoll(s)	Huvadhu Atoll
Location	0° 55' N and 0° 28' N
Capital	Vilingili
Government
• Atoll chief	Abulla Saeed [1]
Population
• Total	12,116
Letter code	P
Dhivehi letter code	GA (ÞŽÞ‡)
Islands
• Number of islands	82
• Inhabited islands	Dhaandhoo Dhevvadhoo Dhiyadhoo Gemanafushi Hadahaa Kanduhulhudhoo Kolamaafushi Kondey Maamendhoo Nilandhoo Vilingili
• Uninhabited islands	Araigaiththaa Baavandhoo Baberaahuttaa Bakeiththaa Beyruhuttaa Beyrumaddoo Bihuréhaa Boaddoo Bodéhuttaa Budhiyahuttaa Dhevvalaabadhoo Dhevvamaagalaa Dhigémaahuttaa Dhigudhoo Dhigurah Dhonhuseenahuttaa Falhumaafushi Falhuverrehaa Farudhulhudhoo Fénéhuttaa Fenrahaa Fenrahaahuttaa Funadhoovillingili Funamaddoo Galamadhoo Haagevillaa Hagedhoo Heenamaagalaa Hirihuttaa Hithaadhoo Hithaadhoogalaa Hulhimendhoo Hunadhoo Hurendhoo Idimaa Innaréhaa Kalhehuttaa Kalhudhiréhaa Kanduvillingili Keesseyréhaa Kendheraa Koduhuttaa Kondeymatheelaabadhoo Kondeyvillingili Kudalafari Kuddoo Kudhébondeyyo Kudhéfehélaa Kudhéhuttaa Kureddhoo Lhossaa Maadhiguvaru Maaféhélaa Maagehuttaa Maakanaarataa Maamutaa Maarandhoo Maaréhaa Mahaddhoo Maththidhoo Maththuréhaa Médhuburiyaa Médhuhuttaa Medhuréhaa Melaimu Meradhoo Minimensaa Munaagala Munandhoo Odagallaa Raaverrehaa Rinbidhoo Thinrukéréhaa Uhéréhaa Viligillaa Vodamulaa
Resort islands, airports and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited.

Northern Huvadhu Atoll or Gaafu Alifu is an administrative division of the Maldives created on February 8, 1962 when Huvadhu Atoll was divided into two districts. Gaafu Alifu corresponds to the northeastern section of this large natural atoll north of the line extending between the channels of Footukandu and Vaarulu Kandu. The capital of this district is Vilingili.

NOTE: Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani, Noonu, Raa, Baa, Kaafu, etc. (including Gaafu Alif) are code letters assigned to the present administrative divisions of the Maldives. They are not the proper names of the natural atolls that make up these divisions. Some atolls are divided into two administrative divisions while other divisions are made up of two or more natural atolls. The order followed by the code letters is from North to South, beginning with the first letters of the Thaana alphabet used in Dhivehi. These code letters are not accurate from the geographical and cultural point of view. However, they have become popular among tourists and foreigners in the Maldives who find them easier to pronounce than the true atoll names in Dhivehi, (save a few exceptions, like Ari Atoll).^[1]

History[link]

Some of the ancient kings of Maldives traced their ancestry to certain families of Devvadu Island, located in the centre of the large lagoon. There are many Buddhist archaeological remains in Devvadū, mainly low hills left by ruined stupas. None of these ancient remains have been properly investigated yet.

In January 1959, the three southern atolls: Huvadhu, Fuvahmulah and Addu, were involved in setting up the breakaway United Suvadive Republic which survived until September 1963. The name of the secessionist state was taken from the ancient name of Huvadhu Atoll, "Suvadiva".

References[link]

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• Hasan A. Maniku. The Islands of Maldives. Novelty. Male 1983.
• H.C.P. Bell, The Maldive Islands; Monograph on the History, Archaeology and Epigraphy. Reprint Colombo 1940. Council for Linguistic and Historical Research. Male’ 1989
• Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. 1999, ISBN 84-7254-801-5
• Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. Divehiraajjege JÅ?grafÄ«ge Vanavaru. G.SÅ?sanÄ«. Malé 1999.

v t e Administrative Divisions of the Maldives Capital Malé Mathi-Uthuru (Upper North) Haa Alif Haa Dhaalu Shaviyani Uthuru (North) Noonu Raa Baa Lhaviyani Medhu-Uthuru (North Central) Kaafu Alif Alif Alif Dhaal Vaavu Medhu (Central) Meemu Faafu Dhaalu Mathi-Dhekunu (Upper South) Thaa Laamu Medhu-Dhekunu (South Central) Gaafu Alif Gaafu Dhaalu Dhekunu (South) Gnaviyani Addu

Coordinates: 0°43′45″N 73°19′52″E / 0.729198°N 73.331°E / 0.729198; 73.331

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John Joe Sheehy (1897–1980) was an Irish political/military activist and sportsperson. He participated in the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War in the Irish Republican Army, where he was a senior figure in County Kerry. He also gained fame as a successful Gaelic Footballer for Kerry.

IRA activities[link]

Sheehy commanded the Boherbee company of the IRA, and later of the Tralee battalion.^[1] His brother Jimmy was killed in the British Army in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.^[2]

He sided against the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922, like most of the IRA in Kerry. In the Civil War, when Free State troops landed in Kerry as part of a seaborne offensive, he was in command of the Anti-Treaty garrison in Tralee. After the Army took the town , Sheehy retreated, burning the barracks there.^[3] As the conflict became a guerrilla affair, he found himself in charge of three 'columns', or around 75 men in total, in the Ballymacthomas area.^[4] He and Tom McEllistrim were in charge of an attack on Castlemaine in January 1923.^[5]

Just after the Civil War, when Sheehy was still on the run, he managed to play football for Kerry. Kerry captain Con Brosnan, though a member of the Free State army, would guarantee his safe passage. And so Sheehy would pay into Munster and All Ireland finals, slip off his street clothes, play, and then at the final whistle, disappear back into the crowd.^[6]

Sporting career[link]

He played Gaelic football with his local club John Mitchels and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from the 1919 until 1930. He also played hurling with Tralee Parnells. Sheehy captained Kerry to the All-Ireland title in 1930. Three of his sons - Seán Óg, Niall and Paudie - all won All-Ireland titles with Kerry in the 1960s.^[7] He played in the Railway Cup Hurling final in 1927 and was captain of the Football team the same year and won other medals in 1931.

Later life[link]

Sheehy remained a staunch supporter of Sinn Féin and was a critical of the moves to end abstension by the party in the late 1960s. He sided with the Provisionals in the 1970 split at the Ard Fheis and remained active in Provisional Sinn Féin until his death, supporting the IRA's violent campaign.

References[link]

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Teams[link]