A brilliant 19-minute spell at the start of the second half — when they scored 11 points without reply — propelled St Kieran’s to victory over Kilcummin and booked their place in the Kerry SFC quarter-finals.

A Gearóid Savage point in the fifth minute of second-half stoppages - which was the substitute’s first involvement in proceedings - handed victory to Kerins O’Rahilly’s in this entertaining Kerry SFC first-round fixture.

Former Kerry and Munster council chairman Sean Walsh has been elected as chairperson of the Kingdom's Ladies Football Board.

Further controversy has hit Kerry ladies football, with the senior team docked league points for fielding three unregistered players against Mayo last month.

Jonathan Griffin’s appeal against his proposed dismissal as manager of the Kerry ladies football manager will take place on Friday, which was set to clash with the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) in Dundalk.

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The chairman and the secretary of the Kerry Ladies Football executive resigned yesterday after the controversial decision to terminate the contract of minor manager Jonathan Griffin.

“The present and future aims of the Kerry LGFA and current minor management team were not aligned.”

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The executive of the Kerry ladies football board have removed Jonathan Griffin from the position of Kerry minor manager one week before the team’s Munster championship opener.