Sheehan-inspired Abbeydorney show Tralee Parnells the door

The 16-point win means that they top the group and could be through to the semis, while Causeway, go through to the quarters on scoring difference.

it was the margin of victory that mattered as Parnells only needed to stay within 10 points of Abbeydorney to make it to the quarter-finals. Pic: Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

Kerry SHC Group C, Round 3: Abbeydorney 5-17 Tralee Parnells 1-13 

While there was an inevitability about the result of this Kerry SHC meeting of holders Abbeydorney and underdogs Tralee Parnells at Austin Stack Park, it was the margin of victory that mattered as Parnells only needed to stay within 10 points of Abbeydorney to make it to the quarter-finals.