Happy the bride the sun shines on, an old saying goes, and so it was yesterday for a radiant Hilary Stephenson who married Kerry footballer Kieran ‘Star’ Donaghy between the wintry showers in Waterville.

Kieran Shannon tells a story which explains why some counties need sports psychologists more than others.

Kerry GAA officials will attempt over the next 48 hours to talk Jack O’Connor out of resignation as inter-county coach as the dearth of quality alternatives began to sink in in the Kingdom.

Kerry selector Ger O’Keeffe refused to be drawn by his former team-mate Pat Spillane’s criticism of the team.

Kerry coach Jack O’Connor has been boosted by the return to training of Donnchadh Walsh, Bryan Sheehan, Peter Crowley and Marc Ó Sé.

Cavan PRO Declan Woods insist Terry Hyland’s team won’t be distracted by the prospect of former county player Seánie Johnston lining out against them with Kildare in the second round of the All-Ireland qualifiers.

Ger O’Keeffe has had a little word in Anthony Maher’s ear last weekend. The advice was clear — ease up on the studying this week.

Kerry have suffered a serious blow to their Championship preparations with the unexpected departure of coach Donie Buckley from the Kingdom’s management team.

Kerry have suffered a serious blow to their Championship preparations with the unexpected departure of coach Donie Buckley from the Kingdom’s management team.

The stars of yesteryear gathered to say farewell to John Egan, writes Michael Moynihan

John Egan will be remembered as one of Kerry’s greatest footballers, according to his former team-mate Eoin ‘Bomber’ Liston.

John Egan was hailed as one of the ‘unsung heroes’ of Kerry football yesterday as former team-mates, GAA officials and admirers joined in paying tribute to the player credited with “terrorising defences”, for an innate ability to get “vital scores at vital times” and for perfecting the role of the corner-forward.

CONOR COUNIHAN admits he can’t comprehend the spate of cruciate injuries that have hit his Cork panel.

IT was only yesterday morning that the sharp pain of defeat hit Aidan O’Mahony.

SIXTH time here, five times a winner... All-Ireland quarter-finals are old hat to Jack O’Connor.

JACK O’CONNOR doesn’t have an All-Ireland medal but he’s turned player judgment and preparation into an art form.

KERRY attacker Colm Cooper is set to wait until he gets the all-clear from an eye specialist before linking up with the county squad for the Allianz Football League campaign.

LEADING GAA coach Donie Buckley will link up his native Kerry’s League and Championship bid in 2011 — but he will not be formally joining Jack O’Connor’s management team.

JACK O’CONNOR’S reign as Kerry manager was officially extended by three years at a meeting of the county board in Austin Stack Park, Tralee last evening.

Jack O'Connor is set to be ratified for a third term at the helm of the Kerry footballers tonight – and former Kingdom keeper Diarmuid Murphy may be joining him as a new selector.

JACK O’CONNOR is set to be ratified for a third term at the helm of the Kerry footballers tonight – and former Kingdom keeper Diarmuid Murphy may be joining him as a new selector.

KERRY will have to plan their assault on next year’s football championship without key selector Eamonn Fitzmaurice, who has opted to step down from the management team for 2011.

SELECTOR Ger O’Keeffe has dismissed suggestions Kerry have a discipline problem after confirmation Tomás O Sé has been proposed for a four-week ban after an incident involving Limerick’s Stephen Kelly in Sunday’s Munster final.

ONCE Kerry win Munster, there’s a one in two chance they’ll win the All-Ireland.

THE lack of Kerry supporters in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last Sunday afternoon did not go unnoticed in the visitors’ camp but selector Ger O’Keeffe has defended the Kingdom’s no-show fans.

KERRY GAA chiefs are adamant referee Pat McEnaney had a clear view of the controversial clash between Footballer of the Year Paul Galvin and Cork’s Eoin Cadogan in Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final replay and should not be asked to review the matter.

KERRY GAA’s plans to sell Austin Stack Park to a developer and relocate to a state of the art complex at the old Ballybeggan Park Racecourse have been shelved.

THE entire country will be anticipating a repeat of this year’s All-Ireland football final early next summer but Kerry selector Ger O’Keeffe has warned that the champions’ thoughts will not be straying beyond Tipperary.

WILLIAM KIRBY gives short shrift to anyone peddling the view that Austin Stacks’ storied tradition gives them a head start on the opposition.

ONE decade, five All-Ireland titles, eight finals, six September appearances on the bounce, three National League victories and six-time Munster champions.

MASSIVE crowds, estimated at more than 30,000, turned out last night to give a tumultuous welcome home to the All-Ireland winning Kerry football team.

ON THE road home from scouting Meath’s All-Ireland quarter-final victory over Mayo, Kerry’s management team of Jack O’Connor, Eamon Fitzmaurice and Ger O’Keeffe began swapping war stories from their respective scrapes with the Royal County.

INJURED star Kieran Donaghy has given Kerry a major boost ahead of the All-Ireland semi-final clash with Meath on Sunday week by making a return to training.

THE Cork football management are confident defensive stalwart Anthony Lynch will be available for selection for Sunday week’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Tyrone.

KERRY and Dublin are set to clash in a standalone fixture in Croke Park in next weekend’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals, after the counties were drawn together in the glamour tie of last night’s draw.

There is more than a hint of déjà vu about last night’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier draw.

THERE is more than a hint of déjà vu about last night’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier draw.

FOLLOWING their outstanding display in the floodlit game in Croke Park which marked the inauguration of the 125th year celebrations, All-Ireland champions Tyrone looked a good bet to be involved in the concluding stages of the NFL.

A 40-YEAR-OLD Kerry farmer, charged with assault arising from an ongoing dispute with a neighbouring farming family, yesterday claimed his great grandfather had got a revolver from the State to protect himself from them.

A 40-YEAR-OLD Kerry farmer, charged with assault arising from an ongoing dispute with a neighbouring farming family, yesterday claimed his great grandfather had got a revolver from the State to protect himself from them.

THE O’Connor household in South Kerry has been more preoccupied with football matters this week than usual.

JACK O’CONNOR won’t have long to dwell on the disappointment of yesterday’s dramatic Kerry football final defeat to Mid Kerry.

KERRY legend Eoin Liston believes the GAA should adopt the disciplinary system operated by their AFL counterparts.

Collective training existed before in the GAA, but it was never like this. The Cork and Tipperary hurlers went to warm-weather camps in Spain and Portugal, Kerry the same. Michael Moynihan put on the sunscreen and investigated