Dan MacCarthy explores llauntannig, an island where the Aud lay anchored off during the 1916 Rising.

He’s on the sideline now. There was a time not so long ago when Dara Ó Cinnéide was the tip of the spear as An Ghaeltacht collected Kerry senior titles and made it to the big show on St Patrick’s Day, but now the prolific forward is part of the club’s management team.

From the shore at Quilty in Co Clare, Mutton Island looks a flat, unappealing line. Great as a place to land if your boat is in trouble, but to visit there looks uninspiring.

Ballydonoghue 5-9 St Senan’s 0-8: Before the start of yesterday’s North Kerry SFC final, Raymond McGibney of the Irish Defence Forces stood underneath the tricolour and read out the 1916 proclamation. The Ballydonoghue rising, joint-manager Denis Lynch would tell us afterwards, was five years in the making and ended with a first divisional title in almost a quarter of a century.

Those in the hinterland of North Kerry are billing it as the game of the year.

It’s that sense of unfinished business which keeps Ian Ryan trucking along.

Kerry SFC Rd 2B - Kerins O’Rahillys 3-11 Feale Rangers 1-11: Hard to know which of their opening two games in this year’s Kerry SFC Kerins O’Rahillys should use as a reference point going forward to Round 3.

Bandon came close to causing a major shock in Division 1 of the Munster Junior League against defending champions Clonmel. The second division champions were leading 7-6 at half time with a try from Chris Laidler which Richard Walsh converted.

All top four sides won in Division One of the Munster Junior League as both Kilfeacle and Bandon recorded bonus-point wins.

Legion 2-10 Feale Rangers 1-11: Two second-half goals helped a below-par Legion beat Feale Rangers and advance to the last eight of the Kerry senior football championship at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

The showpiece match of the season takes place this weekend as the Munster Junior Cup final pits the dominant junior club of the season, Clonmel, with the top seconds of a senior club, Shannon, at Thomond Park on Sunday (5pm).

Louth 2-11 Limerick 2-13: Ian Ryan marked his first start in over a year with eight priceless points, as Limerick completed their great escape in Drogheda.

Running a rugby club in the Munster Junior League is a constant battle

Thirteen minutes. Tops.

Duagh 2-07 St Senan’s 0-04

Dingle 2-12 Feale Rangers 1-13

Limerick frustrated Kildare for so long with a well thought out and executed plan, but in the end it was the Shannonsiders who left Portlaoise exasperated.

Feale Rangers 0-13 West Kerry 0-10

Champions Monaleen needed four late frees from Muris Gavin to share the spoils with Ballysteen (2-11 apiece) in the second round of the Limerick senior football championship.

RICHMOND took another step closer to winning their third Munster Junior League title with an 11-5 victory over nearest challengers Galbally in a Division 1 top of the table clash at the Limerick venue.

ST SENAN’S caused the biggest shock in the opening round of games in the Munster Junior League as Killarney and Charleville lifted silverware.

ONE of the country’s most inclusive schools may have to end access for pupils with more serious disabilities after cuts to care supports for children with autism.

CLANWILLIAM have every reason to be delighted with their form so far since their return to the top flight of the Munster Junior League.

IT’S only two years since Ian Ryan first entered the national consciousness, streaking across the football sky like a comet.

HE’LL head to Killarney on Sunday with conflicting emotions.

JOE CANNING has emerged a doubt for Galway’s Leinster semi-final replay against Offaly next Saturday after suffering a hand injury in the drawn match.

MAYO have made two changes from the side that defeated Tipperary for next Sunday’s All-Ireland MFC semi final clash with Down at Croke Park.

Nemo Rangers 2-12 St Senan’s 1-6

WHAT’S left to be said about Nemo Rangers? When it comes to running a successful club, on and off the field, the Cork city machine are the template.

St Senan's, Kilkee 1-14 An Ghaeltacht 2-7

Dublin kingpins Kilmacud Crokes trounced St Peter's Dunboyne of Meath 1-14 to 0-3 in the Leinster Club Football quarterfinals today.

St Kieran’s 2-10 St Senan’s 1-12

THIRTEEN-MAN Drom-Broadford and St Senan’s booked their places in the Limerick SFC semi-finals with victories over Mungret and Fr Casey’s at the weekend.

BEAMS of light punch through the December darkness. In their glare, ghostly figures race in a co-ordinated routine. The difficulty of the training is underlined by lingering clouds of breath.

CROSSHAVEN and Cobh Pirates are a step closer securing a place in the playoffs for a Heineken Munster Junior League First Division place, while Youghal, who lead the other section, face a late challenge from Nenagh Ormond and Skibbereen.

Drom-Broadford 2-10 Monaleen 1-6

St Senan's 1-10 Hospital-Herbertstown 1-8

AN investigation will be launched by the Kerry County Board as Gerard Lynch from Ballymacelligott became the latest GAA official to be assaulted.