An Ghaeltacht 2-10 Dr Crokes 0-11

Eddie Courtney kept his composure to land an injury-time winner from a 40m free and propel St Michael’s to a deserved victory over PobalscoilChorca Dhuibhne in the All-Ireland Colleges’ Senior A football championship semi-final at O’Moore Park on Saturday.

They have lived in the shadows of other Kerry football schools in previous seasons, but yesterday was a golden afternoon for Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne as they claimed their first Corn Uí Mhuirí title.

Last year’s defeated finalists Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne deservedly beat a brave Tralee CBS side in a keenly contested Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final at the Dr Crokes Grounds, Killarney yesterday.

After a late switch of venue from Abbeyfeale to Rathkeale due to the weather, last year’s beaten finalists Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne advanced to an all-Kerry semi-final meeting with Tralee CBS.

TRALEE CBS put in a tremendous fightback at Annascaul yesterday to beat last year’s beaten finalists Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne in a Corn Uí Mhuirí contest they had to win.

ST BRENDAN’S (Killarney) advanced to the Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-finals when they ousted Coláiste na Sceilge 5-10 to 1-8 in yesterday’s Group B clash in Cromane.

COLÁISTE Chríost Rí bridged a seven-year gap since their last Corn Uí Mhuirí triumph when they beat first-time finalists Pobal Scoil Chorca Dhuibhne in yesterday’s decider in Dr Crokes grounds in Killarney.

POBALSCOIL Chorca Dhuibhne advanced to a second successive Corn Ui Mhuiri semi-final after a five point win over their conquerors last year, De La Salle Macroom in Killarney.

BROADCASTER and rugby pundit George Hook will line out with the voice of the GAA, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, for a special cancer fundraiser in Cork next month.

PS Chorca Dhuibhne1-7 St Colman’s 0-5

Kilkenny’s Henry Shefflin and Jack O’Shea were honoured as the best hurler and footballer respectively of the last 25 years in a prestigious ceremony today.

GER REIDY of Castleisland Desmonds and Aidan O’Shea from the Glenbeigh-Glencarr club are the two new faces on the Kerry team to play Donegal in the opening round of the Allianz NFL at Austin Park, Tralee tomorrow.

MANY Cork fans are angry about the role – and we do mean ‘role’, as in Hollywood films – of Kerry’s Aidan O’Mahony in getting Cork’s Donnacha O’Connor red carded on Sunday. Kerry ‘great’ Dara Ó Sé is criticised for his analysis of the incident on RTÉ’s ‘The Sunday Game’.

Cork 1-16 Kerry 1-11

It is likely to be a key match-up in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final, but Mayo's Ronan McGarrity is playing down the importance of his midfield battle with Kerry kingpin Dara Ó Sé.

RYLE DWYER stated that Cork football manager Billy Morgan’s observations regarding Kerry’s recently acquired cynicism seemed like sour grapes (Irish Examiner, August 26).

Colm 'Gooch' Cooper is to captain the Kerry footballers for their All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Longford at Fitzgerald Stadium on Saturday (throw-in 3.30pm).

Kerry 2-15 Mayo 0-18

Cork 0-11 Kerry 1-11

Football reigns at hurling's home today as Munster and All-Ireland champions Kerry travel to Thurles to take on Tipperary in a Munster SFC clash that is widely tipped to be one-sided.

Kerry legends Seamus Moynihan, Dara Ó Sé and Mike Francis Russell return to the Kingdom line-up for the All-Ireland champions' opening defence of their Munster crown against Tipperary at Semple Stadium on Sunday.

Division 1A leaders Tyrone travel to Cork today to face the Rebels in the National Football League at Pairc Ui Rinn.

League and All-Ireland champions Kerry have made three changes from the side that saw off Dublin last weekend for Sunday's National Football League clash against Donegal at Ballybofey.

FORMER star forward Joe McKenna was last night elected interim manager of the Limerick senior hurling team by his fellow selectors.

Almost four months and 64 games after the first match this summer, Munster champions Kerry take on Connacht kingpins Mayo in today's Bank of Ireland All-Ireland senior football final.

Kerry boss Jack O'Connor has announced his side to face the Dubs in the All-Ireland football quarter-final at Croke Park on Saturday, and there is no place for talisman Seamus Moynihan.

SÉAMUS MOYNIHAN won’t even be on the bench when Kerry take on arch-rivals Dublin in the Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at Croke Park on Saturday.

Kerry and Limerick renew rivalries today in the Bank of Ireland Munster football final replay at Fitzgerald Stadium, as the Kingdom look to make home advantage count following last week’s draw at the Gaelic Grounds.

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KERRY have left a vacancy at centre-forward on their team to meet Galway in Sunday's Allianz NFL final at Croke Park pending a late fitness test on Declan O'Sullivan.

KERRY have left a vacancy at centre-forward on their team to meet Galway in Sunday's Allianz NFL final at Croke Park pending a late fitness test on Declan O'Sullivan.

WHILE both Páidí Ó Sé and former footballer of the year Seamus Moynihan were more than happy with their lot following yesterday’s Munster football final victory over Limerick, there was an air of relief in the winning dressing room with the Kerry manager admitting there had been some worrying moments for them early on in the game.

Kerry boss Páidí O Sé has put faith in his experienced players and made wholesale changes ahead of Sunday's Munster final clash with Limerick in Killarney.

Limerick football boss Liam Kearns has confirmed that star midfielder John Quane will not start in the Munster final against Kerry on Sunday.

Kerry midfielder Dara Ó Sé was admitted to hospital yesterday prompting fears that he could miss the Munster Final on Sunday week against Limerick.

KERRY have named 10 of the side that failed to Armagh in last year’s All-Ireland final for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final with Tipperary in Tralee.

I KNOW that the re-Anglicisation process has been going on for several decades but I never thought I would see the GAA taking the shilling. Or, in this case, the crisps.

PROFESSIONALISM in the GAA and the tax implications for players vis-a-vis increased mileage rates and endorsements are raised in a very thought-provoking report to next Sunday’s Tipperary convention by county secretary Michael O’Brien.