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Kerry
Sport:Football
Irish:Ciarraí
Nickname(s):The Kingdom,
The Green and Gold
County board:Kerry GAA
Manager:Jack O'Connor
Captain:Jack Moloney[1]
Home venue(s):Austin Stack Park
Fitzgerald Stadium
Recent competitive record
Current All-Ireland status:W in 2022
Last championship title:2022
Current NFL Division:1 (1st in 2022)
Last league title:2022
First colours
Second colours

The Kerry county football team represents Kerry in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Kerry GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Munster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.

Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney. The team's manager is Jack O'Connor.

Kerry was the fourth Munster county both to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following Limerick, Tipperary and Cork. The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 2022, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2022 and the National League in 2022.

History[edit]

Kerry is the most successful team in football history, having won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) on 38 occasions and the National Football League 21 times. The team also holds a number of distinctive records in football championship history. It has contested 59 All-Ireland SFC finals, the next highest participator being Dublin with 36 appearances. Kerry's record in the All-Ireland SFC involves having played 30 of the 31 other counties, with only Kilkenny being the exception.[2]

Team of Kerry that won the 1924 Senior Championship

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 SFC in the nineteenth century. The 1903 title was the first won by Kerry, with the county defeating London in the final at a time when London was given a bye to that stage of the championship; Kerry's overall exceptional success in the game began in this period.[citation needed]

The Kerry team of the 1970s and 1980s was considered to be the greatest in the history of football[3][4][5] and its manager (Mick O'Dwyer) one of the greatest of all time.[3][6][7] Of the twenty All-Ireland SFC finals held during those two decades, Kerry participated in twelve, with victory coming on nine 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 consecutive All-Ireland SFC title, only for a late goal by Offaly's Séamus Darby to give 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 SFC final for eleven years, between 1986 and 1997. The 1997 victory, however, marked the beginning of a revival for Kerry which spanned roughly the first decade of the 21st century. Of the fifteen All-Ireland SFC finals between 1997 and 2011, Kerry contested ten and won six, including five titles in the 2000s.

Kerry reached the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Its opponent, Armagh, had lost its two previous appearances at this stage of the competition. Kerry led at half-time, but not at full-time, giving a first All-Ireland title to Armagh.[8] Kerry later got rid of its manager Páidí Ó Sé, All-Ireland SFC winning manager in 1997 and 2000 and All-Ireland SFC winning player eight times between 1975 and 1986. Ó Sé fell ill and died some years later, at the age of 57.[9]

Kerry reached the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Its opponent, Tyrone, had lost two of its three previous appearances at this stage. Tyrone did not lose this one.

Kerry team celebrating with Sam Maguire Cup in Tralee in 2007

In 2006 and 2007, Kerry won consecutive All-Ireland SFC titles (the first team to do so since Cork in 1989 and 1990).

Kerry reached the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Its opponent, Tyrone, defeated it once more. By reaching the same stage in 2009, Kerry became only the third team to reach six consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals (a feat last achieved by Dublin between 1974 and 1979).

Kerry quietly exited the 2010 and 2012 All-Ireland SFCs at the quarter-final stage, losing to Down and Donegal respectively, while Dublin defeated Kerry in dramatic fashion on the last kick in the 2011 final.[10][11][12] Dublin were also responsible for their exit at the semi-final stage in 2013 in a closely contested classic match.[13] Kerry won its 37th All-Ireland SFC title in 2014 against Donegal, winning by a margin of 2–09 to 0–12.[14] This win was notable due to Kerry's fairly young squad and a belief that Kerry were becoming unable to produce the talent they once had, after pundit Joe Brolly had suggested as such.[15] In the aftermath of the game, Kerry player Kieran Donaghy gave a famous interview in which he directly referenced Brolly's claim that the 'production line' in Kerry had stopped, with Donaghy speaking directly to the camera and asking 'Well, Joe Brolly, what do you think of that?'.[15] The next year, Kerry again reached the All-Ireland SFC final, only this time to be comfortably beaten by Dublin, 0–12 to 0–9. The next two years saw Kerry bow out at the semi-final stage. In 2016, the team was narrowly defeated by Dublin in a thrilling encounter, while in 2017 the team was beaten by Mayo in a replay – its first championship defeat to Mayo in 21 years.[16][17][18] Kerry crashed out of the 2018 championships at the group stages of the new Super Eights format. However, in 2019 Kerry reached their first All-Ireland SFC final for four years. The first match was drawn on a scoreline of 1–16 to 1–16, with the replay fixed for 14 September.[19]

Kerry's 2009 title was also notable since it followed the return of Tadhg Kennelly. The son of Tim Kennelly, a five-time All-Ireland winner with Kerry, and a former talented underage player with the county, he had joined the AFL's Sydney Swans and become the first Irish player to win an AFL Premiership in 2005 (the Swans' first in 72 years). Following Tim's death later that year, he elected to return to Ireland and rejoin Kerry in 2009 in pursuit of winning an All-Ireland of his own playing for the county. After he succeeded and became the first player to have won an All-Ireland and an AFL Premiership, he returned to Australia and the Swans to finish his career.

Kerry reached the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, where its opponent was Dublin (appearing at this stage for the first time in 16 years). In what was a memorable ending to the game, Kerry conceded a free and Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton sent the ball over Kerry's bar to consign The Kingdom to defeat.

Kerry contested the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, attempting to prevent Dublin from achieving five consecutive titles (the record Offaly denied Kerry in 1982). Kerry, however, failed to stop Dublin from achieving the record. Kerry had also been the team to set the record going, after losing the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final to Dublin as well.

Shortly after winning the 2020 National Football League, Kerry's footballers were knocked out of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after a defeat by Cork.[20][21][22][23]

Kerry won its 38th, and most recent, All-Ireland SFC title in 2022 against Galway, winning by a margin of 0–20 to 0–16.[24]

Support[edit]

In January 2003, Páidí Ó Sé famously described Kerry supporters "fucking animals". More than 15 years later, former Tyrone footballer Seán Cavanagh, recalling his own experiences of the Kerry supporters, agreed that Ó Sé had been right. Cavanagh mentioned a 2012 match at Fitzgerald Stadium when an injury meant he could not play. "Then you sit in the stand, and you realise Páidí Ó Sé was right. They are absolute animals when the game is on". Cavanagh also questioned their "patronising" attitude towards their opponents. "It was strange that day. Their fans were riled on the terraces. They beat us well. They beat us out the gate, and you thought, 'Jesus, these guys are absolute dogs'. And then I remember as we were leaving the changing room, walking out onto the team bus there were hundreds of Kerry supporters, all clapping us. Either side of us, as we were walking through. They were back slapping us, 'ah youse are great lads', and all this. To me, it seemed a wee bit patronising".[25]

Kerry has its own supporters' club, which Seán Kelly established in 1987. Another supporters' club exists in Dublin for those from the county who live in the capital city.[26]

Current management team[edit]

Appointed 4 October 2021:[27]

Current panel[edit]

Team as per Kerry vs Dublin in the 2022 All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final, 10 July 2022

No. Player Position Club
1 Shane Ryan Goalkeeper Rathmore
2 Graham O'Sullivan Right corner back Dromid Pearses
3 Jason Foley Full back Ballydonoghue
4 Tom O'Sullivan Left corner back Dingle
5 Brian Ó Beaglaoich Right half back An Ghaeltacht
6 Tadhg Morley Centre back Templenoe
7 Gavin White Left half back Dr Crokes
8 David Moran Midfield Kerins O'Rahilly's
9 Diarmuid O'Connor Midfield Na Gaeil
10 Jack Barry Right half forward Na Gaeil
11 Seán O'Shea Centre forward Kenmare Shamrocks
12 Stephen O'Brien Left half forward Kenmare Shamrocks
13 Paudie Clifford Right corner forward Fossa
14 David Clifford (c) Full forward Fossa
15 Paul Geaney Left corner forward Dingle
No. Player Position Club
16 Shane Murphy Substitute Dr Crokes
10 Dara Moynihan Substitute Spa
17 Tony Brosnan Substitute Dr Crokes
18 Killian Spillane Substitute Templenoe
19 Paul Murphy Substitute Rathmore
20 Micheál Burns Substitute Dr Crokes
21 Joe O'ConnorINJ[30] Substitute Austin Stacks
22 Jack Savage Substitute Kerins O'Rahilly's
23 Gavin Crowley Substitute Templenoe
24 Jack O'Shea Substitute Austin Stacks
26 Adrian Spillane Substitute Templenoe

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.

Managerial history[edit]

Kerry — like Cork, Dublin and Tyrone — traditionally appoints managers from inside, rather than seeking a "foreign" appointment.[31]

Mick O'Dwyer
Jack O'Connor
O'Dwyer managed Kerry to eight All-Ireland SFC titles between 1975 and 1986, while current manager O'Connor has led Kerry to four All-Ireland SFC titles during three spells in charge.
Name Club From To All-Ireland SFC
titles 		Munster SFC
titles
Dr Jim Brosnan
Dingle
 1965[32] 1968[33] —
1965
Jackie Lyne
Killarney Legion
 1968[34] 1971[35]
1969, 1970
1968, 1969, 1970
Joe Keohane
John Mitchels
 1971[36] 1972 — —
Johnny Culloty
Killarney Legion
 1972 1974 —
1972[37]
Mick O'Dwyer
Waterville
 1975 1989[38]
1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan
Kenmare
 1989 1992 —
1991[39]
Denis "Ogie" Moran
Beale
 1992[40] 1995[41] — —
Páidí Ó Sé
An Ghaeltacht
 1995 2003
1997, 2000
1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003[citation needed]
Jack O'Connor
Piarsaigh Na Dromada
 2004 2006
2004, 2006
2004, 2005[citation needed]
Pat O'Shea
Dr Crokes
 2007 2008
2007
2007[citation needed]
Jack O'Connor (2)
Piarsaigh Na Dromada
 2009 2012
2009
2010, 2011
Éamonn Fitzmaurice
Finuge
 2013 2018
2014
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Peter Keane
St Mary's
 2019 2021 —
2019, 2021
Jack O'Connor (3)
Piarsaigh Na Dromada
 2022 Present
2022
2022

Players[edit]

Notable players[edit]

For individual player details, see list of Kerry inter-county footballers.

Dynasties[edit]

Kerry has several noted families who have competed at the sport's highest level; these include the Ó Sés, the Sheehys, the Spillane–Lynes and the Walshes and Kennellys; Frank and John O'Keeffe; Jack and Aidan O'Shea; Ogie and David Moran; Con and Jim Brosnan; Ned and Maurice Fitzgerald; John Egan and his son (the one who got away).[42]

Records[edit]

All Stars[edit]

Kerry has 159 All Stars, as of 2023. 64 different players have won, as of 2023. Pat Spillane won nine All Stars, Colm Cooper won eight and Mikey Sheehy won seven.   denotes that a player also won Footballer of the Year for the year in question.

1971: Donie O'Sullivan
1972: Donie O'Sullivan2nd, Mick O'Connell
1973: John O'Keeffe
1974: Paudie Lynch
1975: Paudie O'Mahony, John O'Keeffe2nd, Ger Power, Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan, John Egan
1976: Ger O'Keeffe, John O'Keeffe3rd, Ger Power2nd, Mikey Sheehy, Pat Spillane
1977: Pat Spillane2nd, John Egan2nd
1978: John O'Keeffe4th, Paudie Lynch2nd, Ger Power3rd, Pat Spillane3rd, Mikey Sheehy2nd, John Egan3rd
1979: John O'Keeffe5th, Tim Kennelly, Ger Power4th, Seán Walsh, Pat Spillane4th, Mikey Sheehy3rd
1980: Charlie Nelligan, Tim Kennelly2nd, Jack O'Shea, Ger Power5th, Pat Spillane5th, Eoin Liston, John Egan4th
1981: Jimmy Deenihan, Paudie Lynch3rd, Páidí Ó Sé, Jack O'Shea2nd, Seán Walsh2nd, Denis "Ogie" Moran, Pat Spillane6th, Mikey Sheehy4th, Eoin Liston2nd
1982: Páidí Ó Sé2nd, Jack O'Shea3rd, Mikey Sheehy5th, Eoin Liston3rd, John Egan5th
1983: Páidí Ó Sé3rd, Jack O'Shea4th
1984: Páidí Ó Sé4th, Tommy Doyle, Tom Spillane, Jack O'Shea5th, Eoin Liston4th, Pat Spillane7th, Mikey Sheehy6th
1985: Páidí Ó Sé5th, Mick Spillane, Tommy Doyle2nd, Jack O'Shea6th, Pat Spillane8th
1986: Charlie Nelligan2nd, Tommy Doyle3rd, Tom Spillane2nd, Pat Spillane9th, Mikey Sheehy7th, Ger Power6th
1987: Tom Spillane3rd, Ger Lynch
1988: Maurice Fitzgerald
1989: Connie Murphy
1996: Maurice Fitzgerald2nd
1997: Declan O'Keeffe, Séamus Moynihan, Eamonn Breen, Pa Laide,  Maurice Fitzgerald 3rd
2000: Declan O'Keeffe2nd,  Séamus Moynihan 2nd, Mike McCarthy, Darragh Ó Sé, Liam Hassett, Mike Frank Russell
2001: Johnny Crowley
2002: Darragh Ó Sé2nd, Colm Cooper
2004: Diarmuid Murphy, Tom O'Sullivan (Rathmore), Mike McCarthy2nd,  Tomás Ó Sé , Paul Galvin, Colm Cooper2nd
2005: Diarmuid Murphy2nd, Mike McCarthy3rd, Tomás Ó Sé2nd, Colm Cooper3rd
2006: Marc Ó Sé, Séamus Moynihan3rd, Aidan O'Mahony, Darragh Ó Sé3rd, Paul Galvin2nd,  Kieran Donaghy 
2007:  Marc Ó Sé 2nd, Tomás Ó Sé3rd, Aidan O'Mahony2nd, Darragh Ó Sé4th, Declan O'Sullivan, Colm Cooper4th
2008: Tomás Ó Sé4th, Declan O'Sullivan2nd, Colm Cooper5th, Kieran Donaghy2nd
2009: Diarmuid Murphy3rd, Tom O'Sullivan (Rathmore)2nd, Tomás Ó Sé5th, Séamus Scanlon,  Paul Galvin 3rd, Tadhg Kennelly, Declan O'Sullivan3rd
2010: Colm Cooper6th
2011: Marc Ó Sé3rd, Bryan Sheehan, Darran O'Sullivan, Colm Cooper7th
2013: Colm Cooper8th, James O'Donoghue
2014: Paul Murphy, Peter Crowley, David Moran, Kieran Donaghy3rd, James O'Donoghue2nd
2015: Brendan Kealy, Shane Enright, Anthony Maher, Donnchadh Walsh
2016: Paul Geaney
2017: Paul Geaney2nd
2018: David Clifford
2019: Tom O'Sullivan (Dingle), David Moran2nd, Seán O'Shea, David Clifford2nd
2021: Tom O'Sullivan (Dingle)2nd, Paudie Clifford, David Clifford3rd
2022: Shane Ryan, Jason Foley, Tadhg Morley, Gavin White, Paudie Clifford2nd, Seán O'Shea2nd,  David Clifford 4th
2023: Tom O'Sullivan (Dingle)3rd, Paudie Clifford3rd, Seán O'Shea3rd,  David Clifford 5th

Colours and crest[edit]

The team's current crest, which came into use in 2012, features design elements that represent the county: Kerry's people, landscape, flora, fauna and artistry.

Former Kerry crest (1988–2011)

County name – A bold decorative Celtic-style Ciarraí brand featuring a crowned C which pays homage to the county's moniker, 'The Kingdom'.

Kerry's people – St Brendan and his epic voyage: an inspiring tale of bravery, skill and innovation. The naomhóg (a craft associated with the coastal communities around Kerry) is propelled by a sail featuring a Celtic cross – the symbol of the GAA.

Kerry's fauna – Red Deer (Fia Rua): Ireland's largest wild animal whose only remaining native herd is found on the slopes of Torc and Mangerton. These animals are believed to have had a continuous presence in Ireland since the end of the last Ice Age (c. 10,000 BC) and are steeped in folklore. It is said that 'Tuan', the King of the Deer, was given rights of free passage by Fionn McCool to the mountains of Kerry and that his blood line lives on in the present herd.

Kerry's landscape – Skellig Michael's iconic silhouette rising out of the Atlantic Ocean. A designated UNESCO World Heritage site and famous around the globe.

Kerry's flora – Killarney woodland fern that thrives in wild exotic places; an evocation of majestic mountains, valleys and hills.

Kerry's artistry – A background pattern of concentric circles inspired by the gilding on the Ballinclemisig 'gold box' (part of the 'Kerry gold hoard' in the National Museum) and by Bronze Age stone carvings found all over Kerry.

Kerry's birdlife – Storm Petrel (An Guairdeall): Kerry plays host to the largest numbers of this species anywhere in the world and is the world headquarters for breeding pairs.

The new crest was introduced for copyright reasons, to secure the Kerry county board financially.[48] The previous crest, shown on the right, which was used from 1988 to 2011, was based more on Irish and Celtic symbolism, featuring Rattoo Round Tower, an Irish Wolfhound and a harp.

Kit evolution[edit]

Kerry traditional colours are gold and green and the county team kits are composed by a green shirt with a single golden hoop, white shorts and green and gold socks. In the early days of the All-Ireland Football Championship, counties were represented by the county champions. Kerry's first representatives were from Laune Rangers, and the blue of Laune Rangers[49] was worn in Kerry's first championship outing in 1889. The royal blue of Laune Rangers[50] were also worn in the 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Between 1889 and 1895 inclusive, the teams that went forward to represent Kerry were Laune Rangers and Ballymacelligott, who both wore blue.

In the early 20th century, selection committees had been established by the county board, but as Tralee Mitchels dominated the county championship, they had an influential voice in the selection of the team, and the county footballers wore the Mitchels' colours of green and gold.[51]

There are conflicting accounts of the jersey that Kerry wore in the first of the three games of the 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final series with Kildare, but both accounts agree that the predominant colour was red. One account says that it was a red jersey with green neck and cuffs,[50][52] which were the colours of the Tralee Mitchels junior football team. Another account says that it was an entirely red jersey[53] with no green in it. The reason that Kerry wore this red or mainly red jersey was that a new set of green and gold jerseys was not delivered in time for the game. For the later games in the 1903 series of games, Kerry wore green jerseys with gold on the cuffs and over the shoulders.[50][54] These were the colours of the Tralee Mitchels senior team.[53]

The dominance of players from the Mitchels club on the Kerry team at the point in which they won their first All-Ireland, reinforced the idea that green and gold were the Kerry colours, and they have been Kerry's traditional colours from the 1903 triumph onward.[55] The 'classic' style is green with a gold hoop. The colours have been changed only rarely, most of all in the 80's finals against Offaly to avoid again colour clashes. In the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Kerry were to play Meath, who also wear green and gold. To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, the county champions at the time.[56][50]

The change kit is usually blue, reflecting the Munster GAA colours.

1889–1895
1903
1904–25 [57]
c. 1926–present
Notes

Team sponsorship[edit]

Kerry's inter-county teams are sponsored by the Kerry Group, in one of the longest standing sponsorship arrangements in the GAA. The teams have been connected with the Kerry Group since sponsorship became more open in the GAA in the early 1990s.[58]

Kerry's jerseys are currently provided by O'Neills sportswear.[59] The team kit had been supplied from 1996 to 1998 by Adidas, while prior to that contract in 1998, Kerry were partnered with the now-defunct Millfield brand.[60]

Competitive record[edit]

This is Kerry's record in All-Ireland SFC finals. Bold denotes a year in which the team won the competition.

Year Venue Result Attendance
1892 Clonturk Dublin 1–4   Kerry 0–3 Not known
1903 Jones' Road Kerry 0–11   London 0–3 Not known
1904 Jones' Road Kerry 0–5   Dublin 0–2 Not known
1905 Thurles Kildare 1–7   Kerry 0–5 Not known
1909 Jones' Road Kerry 1–9   Louth 0–6 Not Known
1910 Louth won because Kerry refused to travel
1913 Croke Park Kerry 2–2   Wexford 0–3 17,000
1914 Croke Park Kerry 1–3   Wexford 0–6 13,000
  Croke Park Replay: Kerry 2–3   Wexford 0–6 20,000
1915 Croke Park Wexford 2–4   Kerry 2–1 27,000
1923 Croke Park Dublin 1–5   Kerry 1–3 20,000
1924 Croke Park Kerry 0–4   Dublin 0–3 28,844
1926 Croke Park Kerry 1–3   Kildare 0–6 37,500
  Croke Park Replay: Kerry 1–4   Kildare 0–4 35,500
1927 Croke Park Kildare 0–5   Kerry 0–3 36,529
1929 Croke Park Kerry 1–8   Kildare 1–5 43,839
1930 Croke Park Kerry 3–11   Monaghan 0–2 33,280
1931 Croke Park Kerry 1–11   Kildare 0–8 42,550
1932 Croke Park Kerry 2–7   Mayo 2–4 25,816
1937 Croke Park Kerry 2–5   Cavan 1–8 52,325
  Croke Park Replay: Kerry 4–4   Cavan 1–7 51,234
1938 Croke Park Galway 3–3   Kerry 2–6 68,950
  Croke Park Replay: Galway 2–4   Kerry 0–7 47,581
1939 Croke Park Kerry 2–5   Meath 2–3 46,828
1940 Croke Park Kerry 0–7   Galway 1–3 60,824
1941 Croke Park Kerry 1–8   Galway 0–7 45,512
1944 Croke Park Roscommon 1–9   Kerry 2–4 79,245
1946 Croke Park Kerry 2–4   Roscommon 1–7 75,771
  Croke Park Replay: Kerry 2–8   Roscommon 0–10    65,661
1947 Polo Grounds, New York    Cavan 2–11   Kerry 2–7 34,941
1953 Croke Park Kerry 0–13   Armagh 1–6 86,155
1954 Croke Park Meath 1–13   Kerry 1–7 72,276
1955 Croke Park Kerry 0–12   Dublin 1–6 87,102
1959 Croke Park Kerry 3–7   Galway 1–4 85,897
1960 Croke Park Down 2–10   Kerry 0–8 87,768
1962 Croke Park Kerry 1–12   Roscommon 1–6 75,771
1964 Croke Park Galway 0–15   Kerry 0–10 76,498
1965 Croke Park Galway 0–12   Kerry 0–9 77,735
1968 Croke Park Down 2–12   Kerry 1–13 71,294
1969 Croke Park Kerry 0–10   Offaly 0–7 67,828
1970 Croke Park Kerry 2–19   Meath 0–18 71,755
1972 Croke Park Offaly 1–13   Kerry 1–13 72,032
  Croke Park Replay: Offaly 1–19   Kerry 0–13 66,136
1975 Croke Park Kerry 2–12   Dublin 0–11 66,346
1976 Croke Park Dublin 3–8   Kerry 0–10 73,588
1978 Croke Park Kerry 5–11   Dublin 0–9 71,503
1979 Croke Park Kerry 3–13   Dublin 1–8 72,185
1980 Croke Park Kerry 1–9   Roscommon 1–6 63,854
1981 Croke Park Kerry 1–12   Offaly 0–8 61,489
1982 Croke Park Offaly 1–15   Kerry 0–17 62,309
1984 Croke Park Kerry 0–14   Dublin 1–6 68,365
1985 Croke Park Kerry 2–12   Dublin 2–8 69,389
1986 Croke Park Kerry 2–15   Tyrone 1–10 68,628
1997 Croke Park Kerry 0–13   Mayo 1–7 65,601
2000 Croke Park Kerry 0–14   Galway 0–14 63,349
  Croke Park Replay: Kerry 0–17   Galway 1–10 64,094
2002 Croke Park Armagh 1–12   Kerry 0–14 79,500
2004 Croke Park Kerry 1–20   Mayo 2–9 Not known
2005 Croke Park Tyrone 1–16   Kerry 2–10 79,500
2006 Croke Park Kerry 4–15   Mayo 3–5 82,500
2007 Croke Park Kerry 3–13   Cork 1–9 82,126
2008 Croke Park Tyrone 1–15   Kerry 0–14 82,204
2009 Croke Park Kerry 0–16   Cork 1–09 82,286
2011 Croke Park Dublin 1–12   Kerry 1–11 82,300
2015 Croke Park Dublin 0–12   Kerry 0–09
2019 Croke Park Dublin 1–16   Kerry 1–16
  Croke Park Replay: Dublin 1–18   Kerry 0–15
2022 Croke Park Kerry 0–20   Galway 0–16

Honours[edit]

Further information: Kerry GAA honours

Kerry has won 38 All-Ireland Senior Football Championships and has been the loser in 23 other All-Ireland SFC finals.

Kerry has also won the most Munster Senior Football Championships, with 83 titles.

National[edit]

Provincial[edit]

  • Munster Senior Football Championship
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (84): 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, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (24): 1890, 1893, 1900, 1902, 1906, 1918, 1920, 1945, 1952, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2008
  • Munster Football League
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 1926[64]
  • McGrath Cup
  • Munster Junior Football Championship
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (46): 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, 2012, 2014,[65] 2015,[66] 2016, 2017,[67] 2018, 2019
  • Munster Under-21/Under-20 Football Championship (under-20 since 2018)
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (28): 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, 2017, 2018, 2020
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (12): 1963, 1969, 1974, 1981, 1982, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2019
  • Munster Minor Football Championship
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (49): 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, 2013, 2014, 2015,[68] 2016,[69] 2017,[70] 2018, 2019, 2020
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (29): 1939, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2022

References[edit]

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