Kerry board and clubs heading for showdown over Comórtas

A war of words has broken out between Kerry GAA chiefs and a number of clubs in Gaeltacht regions.

Kerry board and clubs heading for showdown over Comórtas

The row centres on a fixtures clash with the opening round of the Kingdom’s senior football championship, fixed for the same weekend as the annual Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta in Moycullen, Galway.

Kerry secretary Peter Twiss insisted there was no room for leeway: “The first round of our SFC is down to be played on June Bank Holiday weekend, the same weekend as the Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta and what I am flagging is that the SFC will be played that weekend anyway. So for teams who wish to enter the Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta, I don’t know what they are to do, I have no answers.

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