Kilcummin off to winning start as they overcome intermediate debutants Firies

Kilcummin wait to see the result of the Clifford brothers’ first outing for the year with Fossa next Saturday night against John Mitchels in learning who their Round 2 opponents will be.

KERRY CHAMPIONSHIP: Kilcummin off to a winning start as they see off intermediate debutants Firies. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Clohessy

It was a rather low key start to the Kerry Club Football Championships over the Bank Holiday Weekend in the wake of the county’s All-Ireland SFC title win the previous Sunday.

No matches involving players on the Kerry senior panel took place as only one Intermediate match went ahead that being the meeting of East Kerry sides Kilcummin and Firies on Saturday evening in Fitzgerald Stadium. Firies were making their Intermediate debut as last year’s Junior Premier winners in the county and made a good start in going into a 0-6 to 0-3 lead after 10 minutes. Firies missed a scoreable free to go further ahead though as Kilcummin got motoring in the second quarter through Paul O’Shea.