Scale of rural crisis in Kerry highlighted

The flight from rural areas of Kerry has been put in stark perspective for GAA clubs in the county by officials.

Areas of South Kerry in particular can no longer field underage teams and combinations between clubs in the division has become so prevalent that only four teams fielded in last year’s South Kerry minor football championship.

A county board meeting this week heard that while two of the county’s largest clubs had 511 juveniles registered between them, the bottom 20 clubs in terms of playing numbers had only 483 registered between them.