Organisation: Crokes’

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David Clifford goal helps East Kerry win first title in 20 years

Watched by an impressive 8,258 crowd in Austin Stack Park, Dr Crokes were a distant second best and so it will be club championship winners Austin Stacks that represent the county against Nemo Rangers in next Sunday’s provincial semi-final.

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O’Leary’s jaw issue adds to Crokes’ injury list for Kerry final

Dr Crokes’ Kieran O’Leary has emerged as an injury doubt for this Sunday’s Kerry SFC final, with fellow forwards David Shaw and Jordan Kiely ruled out of the decider against East Kerry.

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Plenty of pedigree, ambition, and a genuine tradition shape the Thomas Davis narrative

There is some debate over the ferocity of the challenge though the end result of a red card for Dr Crokes’ Danny Cooper was the upshot.

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Kerry round-up: Crokes end Gaeltacht’s 100% league record

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Brian Looney wants to rediscover that winning feeling

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Our panel is ferociously strong, warns Kieran O’Leary

Dr Crokes soar through to football senior club final with 21-point win over St Finbarr's

A massacre at Lewis Road. 5-20 from Crokes, each one of their 25 scores arriving from play.

Sun, 11 Nov, 2018

Why Dr Crokes’ Kerry dominance runs deep

There’s the top floor. And then there’s the penthouse. In Kerry football terms, Dr Crokes continue their tenancy of that piece of real estate where only the best strut their stuff.

Mon, 15 Oct, 2018

St Jude’s stun Vincent’s to set up showdown with Kilmacud Crokes

St Jude’s manager Padraic Monaghan pinpointed a powerful second-quarter showing as a crucial factor in his side’s stunning success over St Vincent’s in the Dublin SFC at Parnell Park yesterday.

Mon, 15 Oct, 2018

14-man Dr Crokes crush Dingle after game of cards

Dr Crokes 1-18 Dingle 1-8: Dr Crokes claimed a fifth senior club championship crown in seven seasons when crushing Dingle at a windswept Austin Stack Park, yesterday.

Mon, 30 Apr, 2018

Tributes to young Kerry GAA player Aodhán after tragic death

Tributes have been paid to a young Kerry GAA player who died after an accidental clash during a school final.

Mon, 26 Feb, 2018

'Can we get back to Munster final level? I don't know'

Nemo Rangers manager Larry Kavanagh takes a straightforward view of tomorrow’s All-Ireland club semi-final; reproduce what took them past Dr Crokes in the Munster final and Nemo should be present at GAA HQ on St Patrick’s Day.

Fri, 23 Feb, 2018

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Inventive Nemo Rangers put weary Dr Crokes to the sword

Provincial championship victories for Cork clubs over Kerry are infrequent enough for yesterday’s Munster Club SFC final to be toasted beyond the confines of Nemo Rangers’ expansive Trabeg base. But giddy suggestions their 0-16 to 0-11 victory over Dr Crokes may be the trigger for a Cork football resurgence might be stretching the point some.

Mon, 27 Nov, 2017

Sweet 16th as Nemo Rangers mock underdog tag

Nemo Rangers (Cork) 0-16 Dr Crokes (Kerry) 0-11: What should have been a landslide was still a landmark victory for Nemo Rangers. Few teams don’t regret spurning six goal chances against reigning All-Ireland champions but then Nemo have long been a different breed.

Mon, 27 Nov, 2017

Colm Cooper’s long year ends in frustration

The end of a long year for Colm Cooper came yesterday in Páirc Uí Rinn. 

Mon, 27 Nov, 2017

A fifth Munster crown in seven years for Crokes would be some achievement

We’re not going to spend too much time comparing and contrasting the respective forward units largely because we don’t see much of a difference between the two.

Sun, 26 Nov, 2017

‘When Nemo reach a final, they believe they can win it’

“Unusual,” is Dr Crokes selector Harry O’Neill’s reply when quizzed on the coin toss used to decide the venue for Sunday’s Munster club final against Nemo Rangers.

Fri, 24 Nov, 2017

Johnny Buckley on guard for Nemo ambush

Johnny Buckley remembers the afternoon well, standing helplessly with a water bottle in his hand, as Crokes were torpedoed around the Mallow pitch.

Wed, 22 Nov, 2017

Crokes find a different way of winning

It’s hard to know where to start with this Dr Crokes team. They’ve accumulated so many winning streaks and records across all competitions, where doies one begin?

Mon, 30 Oct, 2017

Dr Crokes captain Daithí Casey: We’ve proven we retain hunger

A record-equalling 12th senior county title was special but Dr Crokes captain Daithí Casey says the players gleaned more satisfaction from defying those who questioned their appetite.

Tue, 24 Oct, 2017

Dr. Crokes v South Kerry - Kerry County Senior Football Championship Final

Sixth Kerry title in eight years for Dr Crokes

Dr Crokes 0-17 South Kerry 1-12: Context is indeed everything and here are All-Ireland champions continuing to do what they have been doing the last 17 months, a 15th consecutive championship win and a sweet one given their difficulty with South Kerry in finals.

Mon, 23 Oct, 2017

Eoin Brosnan says Kerry badly needed first battle

Advantage Kerry is Eoin Brosnan’s assessment of their delicately balanced All-Ireland semi-final replay with Mayo — even if he knows the Kingdom have already used up their get-out-of-jail card last Sunday.

Sat, 26 Aug, 2017

Ladies the shining example in Slaughtneil

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Tue, 14 Mar, 2017

Dublin v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final Replay

Relaxed Stephen Rochford unfazed by Mayo’s critics

Neither last weekend’s opening defeat to Monaghan, nor Pat Spillane’s dim view of Mayo in the wake of that result was going to upset Stephen Rochford.

Mon, 13 Feb, 2017

Classy Dr Crokes can make anyone look bad in a hurry

They have won five of the last seven Kerry football championship, and on days like these, it’s hard to figure how Dr Crokes contrive to lose any game at all.

Mon, 28 Nov, 2016

‘We don’t look at the Kerry champions in awe’

Take it as a given that Thomas O’Gorman will pick up Colm Cooper on Sunday.

Fri, 25 Nov, 2016

Dr Crokes warned and wary ahead of Quilty test

Harry O’Neill remembers a visit to Quilty on Sunday, November 4, 2012. 

Sat, 29 Oct, 2016

Collective class sees Dr Crokes home

Dr Crokes 2-16 Kenmare District 1-12: They’re back. The famine on Lewis Road, although brief, is no more. 

Mon, 17 Oct, 2016

Colm Cooper yet to decide on Kerry future

Colm Cooper believes he is too long on the block to let his club fortunes dictate his inter-county future.

Wed, 12 Oct, 2016

Different code, same objectives

Two clubs more famous for their football exploits represent their counties in hurling in Munster this afternoon.

Sun, 01 Nov, 2015

Eoin Brosnan point puts Dr Crokes into last eight

Dr Crokes 1-11 Austin Stacks 1-10: Experience was what Martin Byrnes cited at the finish.

Mon, 05 Oct, 2015

Shane Guthrie’s extra-time goal seals win for Austin Stacks

Austin Stacks 2-9 Dr Crokes 0-13: Goals win matches, they say, and this was well and truly borne out at Connolly Park yesterday evening where Austin Stacks overcame Dr Crokes in the Credit Union Senior Football League Division 1 Final (2014) after a game that went to extra-time.

Mon, 11 May, 2015

Kerry denied by late point

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Mon, 05 Jan, 2015

James O’Donoghue set for long layoff from Kerry panel

Footballer of the year James O’Donoghue will miss most of Kerry’s 2015 National Football League schedule to allow him time to fully recover from scheduled shoulder surgery.

Wed, 05 Nov, 2014

Dub Mannion gone for year

The Dublin senior footballers have been dealt a blow ahead of their 2015 preparations with the news Paul Mannion is set to be unavailable for the coming year.

Fri, 12 Sep, 2014

Not everyone grasps realities of GAA life

Sometimes everything aligns nicely and offers you a way of seeing how the world works.

Sat, 19 Apr, 2014

Cooper thankful for Crokes’ strength amid rural club decline

Colm Cooper counts himself fortunate to be from a town in Kerry as rural clubs in the county battle for survival.

Thu, 17 Apr, 2014

Buckley focusing on new challenge with Kerry

He won’t be joined by Colm Cooper, of course, but Johnny Buckley is happy to focus on a new challenge with Kerry this weekend after Dr Crokes’ club disaster.

Wed, 26 Feb, 2014

Sheehy: Injured Gooch ‘irreplaceable’

Kerry selector Mikey Sheehy has described Colm Cooper as “irreplaceable” after it was confirmed a torn cruciate injury will rule him out for the season.

Tue, 18 Feb, 2014

‘We felt we could really get at them’

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Sat, 15 Feb, 2014

Crokes claim Twitter account was hacked

Dr Crokes officials moved quickly last night to distance themselves from a tweet insulting the referee of yesterday’s Munster final.

Mon, 02 Dec, 2013

O’Leary believes Crokes too comfortable at home

Dr Crokes 3-16 Loughmore-Castleiney 1-5

Mon, 18 Nov, 2013

O’Shea puts paid to ‘Haven challenge

Dr Crokes 1-11 Castlehaven 0-08

Mon, 04 Nov, 2013

Cahalane ready to face Dr Crokes

Castlehaven centre-back Damien Cahalane, right, will be available for Sunday’s Munster Club SFC quarter-final with Dr Crokes.

Wed, 30 Oct, 2013

Casey wary of motivated ’Haven

One revenge mission quashed, another to stamp out — that is how Daithi Casey views the threat posed by Castlehaven in Sunday week’s Munster Club SFC quarter-final.

Tue, 22 Oct, 2013

Crokes eye Mitchels’ five-in-a-row after Stacks put to sword

Dr Crokes 4-16 Austin Stacks 0-12

Mon, 21 Oct, 2013

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Sat, 19 Oct, 2013

O’Leary lifts Crokes

Dr Crokes, despite the absence of Colm Cooper, secured their second win of the County League Division One campaign with a 1-15 to 0-8 defeat of Rathmore yesterday.

Mon, 13 May, 2013

MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: O’Shea success no fairytale

It started as a chat about Dr Crokes’ chances in the All-Ireland club semi-final against Ballymun Kickhams, but that only turned the key in the ignition. Pat O’Shea took us on a tour of coaching ideas.

Sat, 16 Feb, 2013

Crokes release Buckley to captain Kingdom

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Sat, 02 Feb, 2013

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