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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 10:57:03 GMT
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 4, 2015 17:59:27 GMT
Kerry GAA Supporters Club Buses
The Kerry GAA Supporters club will take a bus to the Christy Ring Cup Hurling Final on this Saturday. All seats must be booked by Thursday night 4th of June.
Bus times are as follows: Farranfore 9:30pm, Tralee 10:00pm and Listowel 10:30pm.
The Kerry Supporters Club will also take buses to the Munster Championship Semi Final in Thurles on Sunday 14th June. All seats must be booked by Thursday 11th June.
Bookings for these trips can be made through Donie O’Leary 064-7758099, John King 066-7124229 and Martin Leane 087-2452901.
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Post by homerj on Jun 4, 2015 20:05:15 GMT
Any team named? Would assume same starting 15 anyway.
Is Patrick Kelly available?
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 4, 2015 22:15:35 GMT
25e is a bit steep.........
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2015 22:28:23 GMT
Team will be named tomorrow night www.kerrygaa.ie/news/360633/The_Christy_Ring_Cup_Final_Team_news_Time_TicketsThree into two doesn't go Kerry manager Eamonn Kelly faces a selection headache as he must choose from three in-form midfielders for Saturday's Christy Ring Cup final. Regular centrefielder Pat Kelly missed the semi-final victory over Kildare due to club commitments with Clarecastle, while his replacement John Egan came in and delivered a sterling display, as did John Griffin. Ideally, Kelly would like to be able to squeeze all three men into his starting XV for the All-Ireland final against Derry at Croke Park: "I thought they went well," he says of Egan and Griffin in The Kerryman. "John Egan chipped in with a few points. John is very versatile in midfield and 'Tweaky' [Griffin] is ever-present. But a lot of the game did bypass it (midfield). "It probably will be similar in Croke Park but it's about being there to pick up the breaks if it is bypassed and 'Tweaky' does a lot of that and John got three or four points from play. "It's a big decision to be made now. We'll have to see where we're going with that. Pat has been, I mean there's no guy in Kerry more committed than he is. We had a recovery session at 10am on Sunday morning and he was there again. He absolutely loves hurling with Kerry and we've a big decision to make, whatever way we go I don't know yet." www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=238586
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Post by buck02 on Jun 5, 2015 12:13:26 GMT
If Kerry win what is the story with 2016? Do they play in the Leinster Championship round robin then?
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Post by G_S_J on Jun 5, 2015 16:56:55 GMT
Kerry are 1/10, surely be to God they'll win this one. Losing three finals in a row has to be unthinkable.
Fair play to TG4 for showing the game, I suppose it will get the same brief snippet like always on the Sunday Game. Just shows the utter contempt the traditional counties have for the lesser lights of the sport. The way some of the hurling crowd carry on they'd rather turn over to Graham Nortan than watch Kerrymen hurl.
Nice little rant there for a Friday evening.
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Post by southward on Jun 5, 2015 17:26:51 GMT
If Kerry win what is the story with 2016? Do they play in the Leinster Championship round robin then? As far as I know, yes.
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Post by southward on Jun 5, 2015 21:02:49 GMT
Kerry Senior Hurling Team V Derry Christy Ring Cup Final
The Kerry Senior Hurling Team to play Derry in the Christy Ring Cup Final in Croke Park on Saturday (5:30pm) shows 1 change in personnel from the side that defeated Kildare in the semi final; Patrick Kelly, club-tied for the semi final, is named at midfield with John Egan moving to corner forward to the exclusion of David Butler.
The team, captained by John Griffin, lines out as follows:
1 Stephen Murphy Causeway
2 Rory Horgan St Brendans
3 Paud Costelloe Ballyduff
4 Bryan Murphy Causeway
5 Daniel Collins Kilmoyley
6 Darren Dineen St Brendans
7 Keith Carmody Causeway
8 John Griffin (c) Lixnaw
9 Patrick Kelly Clarecastle
10 Michael O’Leary Abbeydorney
11 Shane Nolan Crotta O’Neills
12 Colum Harty Causeway
13 Mikey Boyle Ballyduff
14 Padraig Boyle Ballyduff
15 John Egan St Brendans
Fir Ionaid:
16 Philip Lucid Ballyheigue
17 David Butler Knockavilla Kickhams
18 Tommy Casey Causeway
19 Dougie Fitzell Kilmoyley
20 James Flaherty Lixnaw
21 John O’Neill Clonoulty-Rossmore
22 Brendan O’Leary Abbeydorney
23 Adrian Royle Kilmoyley
24 Darragh Shanahan Lixnaw
25 Sean Weir Crotta O’Neills
26 Giles O’Grady Ballyduff
Bainistíocht:
Manager: Eamonn Kelly (Kildangan, Tiobraid Árann)
Coach/Selector: Conor Gleeson (Boherlahan- Dualla, Tiobraid Árann)
Selectors: D. J. Leahy (Causeway), Tom O’Connell (Abbeydorney)
Physical Trainer: Damien Ryall (Abbeydorney)
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Post by homerj on Jun 6, 2015 7:37:22 GMT
Wow didn't expect Kelly straight back in. Big call, but I wonder was the fact that butler is not from Kerry a key reason why he was the one chosen to make way??
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 8:35:25 GMT
Kelly has been great since the moved him to midfield so they had to find a place for him,Butler isnt a bad option to have coming on,
No James Logue on the bench,has he a club game in Tipp this weekend?
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Post by sullyschoice on Jun 6, 2015 9:04:04 GMT
As a bandwagon jumping hurling supporter I think €25 euro is a bit pricey. On a positive note, the last time I went to a Christy Ring final I parked at the front door of the Hogan Stand. It would be nice if there was a slightly better crowd this time round.
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Post by hurlingman on Jun 6, 2015 11:03:26 GMT
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 6, 2015 11:33:23 GMT
I presume that Kerry's new sub goalie is a son of John Lucid who was a stalwart for Ballyheigue and Kerry in the early 80s.
Shane Nolan is from Crotta's famous Nolan hurling clan.
The Boyles father hurled with Kerry and they are nephews of Pat Moriarity, Causeways best player from their 4 in a row side.
James Flehertys father and grandfather hurled with Kerry. Tommy Casey is a nephew of Martin Casey whi played with with Wexford in 76 and 77 all Ireland finals v Cork. Darren Dineen is a first cousin of Nigel Dineen of Roscommon....Nigels father was from Causeway.
Horgan, Dineen, Collins and Egan won intermediate football All Irelands in Croke Park earlier on this year.
John Griffin played in the 2013 intermediate football final with Finuge when they lost to Mugsys outfit from Tyrone. He was very unlucky not to score two goals that night. I assume he has an all Ireland junior football medal with Finuge
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Post by glengael on Jun 6, 2015 12:04:18 GMT
Best wishes to the team for today's Final.
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Post by Chinatown on Jun 6, 2015 13:36:32 GMT
Assume can pay at turnstiles today
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Post by Chinatown on Jun 6, 2015 14:07:44 GMT
Assume can pay at turnstiles today Got them on-line, sorted...my 6 year old garsun wants to bring Kerry and O'dorney jersey, could be looking at costume change at half time:)
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Post by homerj on Jun 6, 2015 14:18:04 GMT
Best of luck to the team, leaving home soon to head into croke park,today is one of those days where living in Dublin has its advantages!!
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Post by Chinatown on Jun 6, 2015 16:00:14 GMT
Darragh starting for dublin
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Jun 6, 2015 16:10:21 GMT
Darragh starting for dublin I don't really care if I get slated for this- good luck my ar*e. Shameful carry on by both the player and the Dublin county board - they are as bad as the Irish soccer team of the early 90s
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Post by givehimaball on Jun 6, 2015 16:10:54 GMT
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Post by Chinatown on Jun 6, 2015 16:47:16 GMT
. Attachments:
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Post by wayupnorth on Jun 6, 2015 17:20:49 GMT
Five points up and clearly the better team. Fingers crossed for second half.
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Post by Chinatown on Jun 6, 2015 17:57:30 GMT
Looking good Attachments:
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Jun 6, 2015 18:02:25 GMT
Double Scores in the end.
Job Done.
Well done all.
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Post by homerj on Jun 6, 2015 19:30:58 GMT
Fantastic day and possibly the best year in Kerry Hurling history.
Back in top flight in both counts.
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 7, 2015 9:03:31 GMT
Kerry ready to finish job
Saturday, June 06, 2015
By Paul Keane
Hard as you can for as long as you can — the words printed on a giant Kerry flag tacked to the dressing-room wall in Newbridge last weekend as the players exited for action.
If you’re wondering whether the players actually took note, consider the following; Kerry’s quite stunning 6-27 scoreline was comprised of 3-13 in the first half and 3-14 in the second.
It’s been the mantra ever since losing their second Christy Ring Cup final in a row almost exactly a year ago to the day. Kerry came into that contest as favourites but leaked 4-18 to Kildare and lost. Few saw it coming.
“We were just gutted,” recalls Mikey Boyle. Looking back, the experienced forward believes Kerry were caught out mentally more than physically that day. For whatever reason, they weren’t tuned in. A lesson learned.
Clearly, that 6-27 tally born in Kildare last weekend was conceived at Croke Park a year earlier, the ultimate act of revenge. Yet if Kerry don’t finish the job in today’s final, their monstrous semi-final win will count for precisely nought. Three final defeats in a row, allied to the one-point loss in 2010, doesn’t bear thinking about.
Boyle insists the players are acutely aware of what’s at stake and won’t be clouded by complacency against first time finalists and considerable underdogs Derry. It means too much to everyone involved, like Kerry manager Eamonn Kelly, the Tipperary man who was set to quit last year but couldn’t walk away after such a sickening defeat. He returned with redoubled efforts and demanded the same from his players.
“Winning this means an awful lot to Eamonn, he wants to win it, full stop,” said Boyle. “He’s done a terrific job with us in fairness, getting us up to Division 1B in the league this year, an unbelievable job.
“He gets all the heads right, it’s enjoyable just to go training every night. He’s a bit of craic, he’s everything. If he walked, we’d really miss him.”
It is hard to imagine that Kelly is prepared to walk away this year if Kerry beat Derry today. The prize, agreed upon at Congress last February, is a huge one, automatic qualification to the Liam MacCarthy Cup for 2016. The exact specifics of it are that Kerry will compete in the Leinster championship’s qualifier series next year. Having already defeated Westmeath, Carlow and Antrim — three of this year’s four qualifier teams — in crucial league games, there’s no question Kerry are ready for the step up.
“That’s the goal, to play Liam MacCarthy hurling, to get up there,” said Boyle.
“It’s always been the target. We’ve been to how many Christy Ring finals now and just let it slip each time, last minute goals and points, we’ve just fecked up. But I don’t think it’ll happen this year. I think our heads are right and we’re going to go all the way.”
There is of course Division 1B hurling to look forward to next spring, regardless of what happens today, and games against Clare, Limerick and Wexford. The sense Kerry hurling is on the up is palpable. It has not happened by accident either. As Kelly has demanded more from those around him, so too have the county board delivered. That’s not always been the case in football-dominated counties but this Kerry team wants for nothing.
Just ask Patrick Kelly, their All-Ireland medallist from Clare or James Logue, their ex-Tipperary panellist. Or perhaps have a chat with Darragh O’Connell who played midfield for Kerry in last year’s final and has since seamlessly transitioned to Dublin, featuring already for them in the championship. “Everything we ask for, we get,” said Boyle.
“People have their own opinions I suppose on it being a football county. Within that we’re a small pocket trying to raise the game of hurling but we’re doing all right. We definitely can’t claim that we’re not given a fair chance or anything like that.”
Nobody in the Kerry team right now is doing it much better than Boyle. The Ballyduff man’s four goals against Kildare last weekend were all expertly crafted, demonstrations of power play and accuracy combined. He will be a marked man for sure at GAA headquarters. “Will I? I don’t know,” he shrugged.
“All I can do is try my best and keep doing what I’m doing and hope it comes off. All I can do is keep trying hard.” And will Kerry win? Modesty doesn’t prevent Boyle from giving an authentic response.
“You know, we set out our goals at the start of every game for hooks and blocks and goal chances that we want to create — I think we broke every one of those targets against Kildare, we hit a personal best in all of them and that’s what we’re looking for every week, a personal best. I think if we can get that personal best, no team will play with us. I said we were caught last year, mentally. I don’t think we’re going to be caught this year. Our heads are in the right places at the moment.”
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 7, 2015 9:18:45 GMT
Good article there above. Clearly there is huge camaraderie and togetherness in this Kerry hurling team and Eamonn Kelly is hugely popular.
I thought Bryan Murphy at corner back and his fellow Causeway clubmate Keith Carmody at wing back were outstanding.
John Egan wore 15 but operated around the middle and played a lot of ball. Derry played a sweeper and curtailed Kerry to one goal. Shane Nolan was on song. Its all about finding your man now and posting long range points which it made easier by a ball that's much lighter than 20 years ago. The game of hurling has evolved into almost non-contact.
Kerrys captain gave a fine speech and gave credit to Kerry county board for all the support. Good to hear that as they don't always get such credit for their efforts with hurling.
Its good that Kerry have another challenge in 2016 in the Leinster round robin. If Kelly stays at the helm they will hold their own. Some of these players are very young. Michael Oleary is 19. Kerrys keeper is in the middle of his leaving cert. Some distraction from maths paper two on monday.
Sean Kelly was in the Croke Park hotel yesterday. He can be proud of his efforts to give club players and playesr from weaker counties their day in the sun. The joy of the Kerry, Fermanagh and Roscommon hurlers yesterday would gladden your heart. Another Kerryman played in Croke Park yesterday but not for Kerry. Ronan Kenny from Ballyheigue who now lives in Sligo and was CHB for them.
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Post by southward on Jun 7, 2015 9:33:30 GMT
Agree re Murphy and Carmody. And the defence as a whole was really good. Forward line never really got going though. Congrats to the hurlers on a wonderful year. Very young side that can only get better.
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 7, 2015 9:54:23 GMT
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