Person: Brendan Kealy

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Tyrone have been eyeing Kingdom duel for some time

Amazing the things you pick up while out and about.

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Bragging rights for Dr Crokes as they pip Legion

There was no lack of drama — or county stars — on show over an exciting opening weekend of club championship action in Kerry.

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Big Mac sates Kilcummin’s All-Ireland hunger

Willie Maher did the official Croke Park tour once and, among the assorted tidbits he took from the experience, was the fact that there are 34 steps from the bottom of the Hogan Stand up to the spot where silverware is raised to the heavens.

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14-man Kilcummin secure thrilling win over Two Mile House in All-Ireland semi-final

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Dr Crokes scored this stunning goal but it wouldn't be allowed under new rules

An open letter to Rory Beggan

Crunching the numbers of Eamon Fitzmaurice’s dominance over Cork

Five Munster finals, four wins and one draw; Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s championship managerial record against Cork is almost as good as it gets.

Thu, 21 Jun, 2018

Wallace becomes first casualty of Championship

The Offaly County Board management committee last night voted to remove Stephen Wallace as manager of the senior footballers.

Thu, 17 May, 2018

Brendan Kealy in the dark about Offaly manager Wallace’s weekend role

Offaly goalkeeping coach Brendan Kealy is unsure if manager Stephen Wallace will be on the sideline for Sunday’s Leinster SFC preliminary round game against Wicklow in Portlaoise.

Fri, 11 May, 2018

Give sense a chance: GAA has madness in abundance and it isn't even March

March isn’t yet in, but the GAA has madness in abundance. John Fogarty sets out five examples of how some have recently been losing the run of themselves:

Tue, 13 Feb, 2018

New rules put more pressure on goalkeepers, reckons Kealy

The Offaly banter is nothing new to Brendan Kealy — he’s been hearing it for years at this stage.

Sat, 10 Feb, 2018

Offaly manager Stephen Wallace: ‘I just don’t think it’s the way the game should be played’

12.47am on a Tuesday night, a call goes in to new Offaly manager Stephen Wallace. He answers on the first ring. The drive from Offaly to North Kerry requires a few calls to pass the 400km round-trip. Here’s what came up along the way…

Sat, 27 Jan, 2018

Kerry captain Johnny Buckley poised to make his first appearance of the season

Captain Johnny Buckley will make his first appearance of the season for Kerry in tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash with Galway at Croke Park.

Sat, 29 Jul, 2017

Eamonn Fitzmaurice: ‘No hard feelings’ with keeper Brendan Kealy

Eamonn Fitzmaurice insists there are no “hard feelings” between himself and departed goalkeeper Brendan Kealy.

Tue, 25 Jul, 2017

Make it worth the petrol money for Cork supporters

At eighteen, Phillip Lahm was a highly regarded prospect at Bayern Munich.

Sat, 01 Jul, 2017

The numbers that add up to Kerry dominance

A fifth consecutive Munster title is the carrot on offer for Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s Kerry on Sunday, which, should they beat Cork or draw, would also translate to a 12-game unbeaten run in the province.

Fri, 30 Jun, 2017

Kerry break Dublin's blue wave

Dublin 1-16 Kerry 0-20: A young Kerry team will take heart in lifting some national silverware but the 20th league title claimed by the county is a virtual footnote on a tumultuous afternoon loaded with significance.

Mon, 10 Apr, 2017

David Moran under pressure from Conall McCann 2/4/2017

Toothless Tyrone easy prey for tigerish Kerry

Kerry 1-21 Tyrone 2-11

Mon, 03 Apr, 2017

Frustrated Kerry fail to close the deal again

Cavan 1-10 Kerry 0-13

Mon, 27 Mar, 2017

Kerry pushed all the way by Roscommon

Roscommon 1-13 Kerry 1-19: Panic over for Kerry. For now, anyway. Lose this and Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s men would have spent the two weeks to Dublin’s visit to Tralee entrenched in the Division 1 relegation zone.

Mon, 06 Mar, 2017

More away-day cheer for defiant Monaghan in Killarney

Kerry 1-10 Monaghan 2-8: Monaghan’s Division 1 league schedule had the sheer angle of a cliff-face to it with first month visits to Mayo, Kerry and Tyrone. Now? Not so much.

Mon, 27 Feb, 2017

Dogged Monaghan bag vital two points in Killarney

Monaghan bagged two precious Allianz League points as they came away from Kerry with a win for the second time in a row this afternoon.

Sun, 26 Feb, 2017

Kerry v Mayo - Allianz Football League Division 1 Round 2

Eamonn Fitzmaurice unhappy with late Donnchadh Walsh suspension

Eamonn Fitzmaurice is unhappy with the timing of Donnchadh Walsh’s one-match ban, forcing the Kerry boss to make a fourth change to his team to face Monaghan on Sunday.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

Mayo and Kerry must realise their No.1 priority

Keepers’ conundrum

Sun, 05 Feb, 2017

David Moran in as Kerry make changes

The returning David Moran is one of five changes to the Kerry side for today’s McGrath Cup final clash with Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds (3pm).

Sun, 22 Jan, 2017

Operation puke? 15 tactical ploys Kerry might try against Dublin

Has there ever been a more anticipated Kerry line-up? 

Thu, 25 Aug, 2016

Jim Gavin says Dublin are not playing guessing games

Jim Gavin isn’t taking any chances. Even if playing Bryan Sheehan in goals sounds sillier than shrewd and has been dismissed by Kerry, he’s not buying into that speculation.

Wed, 24 Aug, 2016

Jack O’Shea expects Kerry changes

Jack O’Shea foresees several changes to the Kerry team for their All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin or Donegal on August 28.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2016

Tomás Quinn: Kerry engine needs some fine-tuning

In the moments after Kerry’s win, the talk already turned back to how they have ‘only’ had to beat Clare and Tipperary to reach the last four — but after the Tipp performance in the second game, that comment lost even more substance than it may have been given in the first place.

Mon, 01 Aug, 2016

Watch: Peter Crowley's great goal key to Mid Kerry win

Mid Kerry 3-12 Kilcummin 1-13: A devastating 10-minute second half spell sealed Mid Kerry’s victory over Kilcummin in this SFC first round tie in Killorglin yesterday.

Mon, 16 May, 2016

Cork goalkeeper Anthony Casey shows why last man standing is also the bravest

He had no idea just how right he’d be.

Tue, 03 May, 2016

Mike Quirke: Only the boo-boys lack class for Dublin

You could feel it building around Kerry all last week. A sort of guarded sense of hope. Nothing cocky - how could you be against your chief tormentors of recent years? But the optimism of a solid league campaign had started to seep its way into Kerry’s consciousness.

Wed, 27 Apr, 2016

By any measure, Dublin are yards ahead

Afterwards there were tales of rape and pillage, of drug tests in dungeons. But the 11-point winning margin for Dublin in yesterday’s League Division 1 final is as good a metric as any by which to fire the engines of the summer scrimmage.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2016

Skipper Bryan Sheehan returns for the Kingdom against Dublin

Captain Bryan Sheehan starts at right half-forward as one of two changes to the Kerry side for Sunday’s Allianz FL Division 1 final against Dublin at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

Fri, 22 Apr, 2016

Ryan Price looks to be Cork’s No.1 after retaining place

Ryan Price would appear to have put himself in pole position to be Cork’s starting goalkeeper for the championship after he was named in the side for tomorrow’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Kerry in Tralee (2pm).

Sat, 02 Apr, 2016

Eamonn Fitzmaurice makes two changes for Kerry's Monaghan clash

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has made two changes to his team for Sunday’s Division 1 contest away to Monaghan.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016

Kerry going into overdrive

Mayo 0-14 Kerry 2-13: A crowd just five shy of 13,000 turned up in Castlebar yesterday. Crowd congestion meant the game was delayed by five minutes. There appear to be few grudges held in Mayo against the players for their managerial purge last autumn but if these types of results and performances continue, the pitchforks won’t be long in being sharpened.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

Eamonn Fitzmaurice wants Kerry to stay cool

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has called for a disciplined approach from his side in tomorrow’s Allianz Football League Division 1 clash with Mayo in Elverys MacHale Park (2.30pm).

Sat, 12 Mar, 2016

Brendan Kealy: Mark rule will be all about finding runners

Kerry’s All Star goalkeeper Brendan Kealy believes the new mark rule will encourage teams to find players in space catching kick-outs than increase high fielding.

Tue, 01 Mar, 2016

Aidan Walsh makes debut as Kerry make seven changes

Aidan Walsh of St Mary’s makes his league debut as Kerry make seven changes for tomorrow’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Down at Páirc Esler in Newry (2pm).

Sat, 27 Feb, 2016

Allianz Football League team news: Brian Kelly gets Kerry opportunity

Goalkeeper Brian Kelly, Aidan O’Mahony, and Jonathan Lyne are the three inclusions as Kerry opt against wholesale changes for tomorrow’s visit of Roscommon to Fitzgerald Stadium in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League (2pm).

Sun, 07 Feb, 2016

Eamonn Fitzmaurice: "It was a poor performance, simple as that"

Dublin 2-14 Kerry 0-14: The essence of a rivalry is give and take. Right now, in fact, for as long as some care to remember, it is Dublin who have been doing all the taking.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

Kerry pay for lack of goalscorers as Dublin win league opener

A tag team of Paddy Andrews and Dean Rock guided Dublin to a handsome fifth win in their last six league and championship meetings with Kerry.

Sat, 30 Jan, 2016

How Dublin got under Kerry’s skin in recent years

Last September, Kerry suffered the ignominy of losing to Dublin for an unprecedented third consecutive time in Championship. Has it got to a stage where they have complexes about their age-old rivals? John Fogarty assesses the factors.

Sat, 30 Jan, 2016

Briain Ó Beaglaíoch makes Kerry debut at Croker

Kerry will field eight starters from last September’s All-Ireland final loss to Dublin when they open the Allianz Football League Division 1 against Dublin in Croke Park tomorrow night (7pm).

Fri, 29 Jan, 2016