1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship

1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship

Dates	27 June - 3 October 1976
Teams	17 [1]
Champions	Austin Stacks (8th title) John O'Keeffe (captain)
Runners-up	Kenmare Mickey Ned O'Sullivan (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	53 (2.94 per match)
Points scored	314 (17.44 per match)
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The 1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 76th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. ^[2] The championship ran from 27 June to 3 October 1976.

Austin Stacks entered the championship as the defending champions. ^{[3] [4]}

The final was played on 3 October 1976 at FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney, between Austin Stacks and Kenmare, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Austin Stacks won the match by 1-14 to 0-07 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a second successive title. ^[5]

Teams

17 teams participated in the championship. Austin Stacks, Feale Rangers, Shannon Rangers, Kenmare and Mid Kerry were seeded at received byes to the quarter-finals. The other 12 teams played off in the early rounds.

Results

Round 1

South Kerry v Laune Rangers

27 June 1976Round 1	South Kerry	1-09 - 2-04	Laune Rangers	Con Keating Park
			T Doyle 1-0, D Falvey 1-0, F Russell 0-2, B Harmond 0-1, J Clifford 0-1.

Dingle v Castlegregory

27 June 1976Round 1	Dingle	3-11 - 1-09	Castlegregory	Páirc an Aghasaigh
	O Phair 2-1, G Dillon 0-4, JM Graham 1-0, J O'Sullivan 0-3, V O'Connor 0-2, M O'Connor 0-1.		J Courtney 0-7, J O'Flaherty 1-0, G Murphy 0-1, T Moriarty 0-1.

West Kerry v John Mitchels

27 June 1976Round 1	West Kerry	0-12 - 0-07	John Mitchels	Páirc an Aghasaigh
	G Walsh 0-4, L Higgins 0-3, T Doyle 0-2, T Sayers 0-2, P Ó Sé 0-1.		J Prendergast 0-2, J O'Dowd 0-2, P Kerins 0-1, D O'Shea 0-1, J O'Shea 0-1.

Kerins O'Rahilly's v Waterville

27 June 1976Round 1	Kerins O'Rahilly's	2-08 - 1-08	Waterville	Austin Stack Park
	S Kissane 1-2, J McMahon 1-1, C O'Connor 0-4, F Slattery 0-1.		D Moran 1-0, F Courtney 0-3, D Courtney 0-2, J Galvin 0-2, J O'Shea 0-1.

Eoghan Ruadh v Spa

27 June 1976Round 1	Eoghan Ruadh	1-10 - 1-09	Spa	FitzGerald Stadium
	J Saunders 1-2, H Moynihan 0-3, J Kerins 0-2, J Cahill 0-1, S Cooper 0-1, J Cahill 0-1.		S Kelleher 1-3, P Cronin 0-2, T Regan 0-2, M Gleeson 0-1, C Doolan 0-1.

Castleisland Desmonds v East Kerry

27 June 1976Round 1	Castleisland Desmonds	6-07 - 3-10	East Kerry	Castleisland Grounds
	P Horan 4-1, E O'Connor 1-4, P O'Connor 1-0, D McCarthy 0-1, T Lynch 0-1.		F Bartlett 2-4, N Brosnan 1-1, T Lyne 0-1, S Kennedy 0-1, T Looney 0-1, P O'Connor 0-1, M Lyne 0-1.

Round 2

South Kerry v West Kerry

13 July 1976Round 2	South Kerry	0-12 - 1-09	West Kerry	Páirc de Burca
	J Egan 0-6, P O'Mahony 0-2, G O'Driscoll 0-2, J O'Mahony 0-1, JJ Byrne 0-1.		P Ó Sé 0-5, T Fitzgerald 1-0, L Higgins 0-1, J Ashe 0-1, T Sayers 0-1, S Fitgerald 0-1.

Kerins O'Rahilly's v Castelisland Desmonds

13 July 1976Round 2	Kerins O'Rahilly's	1-08 - 0-08	Castelisland Desmonds	FitzGerald Stadium
	P Kissane 1-2, F Slattery 0-2, S Walsh 0-2, S Hoare 0-1, A O'Sullivan 0-1.		E O'Connor 0-3, M O'Connor 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, P Horan 0-1, J Lyons 0-1.

Eoghan Ruadh v Dingle

13 July 1976Round 2	Eoghan Ruadh	3-05 - 3-02	Dingle	Austin Stack Park
	J Cahill 2-0, J McCarthy 1-2, D Moynihan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1.		G Dillon 2-0, M O'Connor 1-0, V O'Connor 0-1, B O'Sullivan 0-1.

South Kerry v West Kerry

30 July 1976Round 2 replay	South Kerry	4-08 - 0-10	West Kerry	Páirc de Burca
	P Egan 1-1, J O'Mahony 1-0, D O'Dwyer 1-0, T Lyne 1-0, J Egan 0-3, J O'Connor 0-2, J O'Shea 0-1, G O'Driscoll 0-1.		T Doyle 0-5, P Ó Sé 0-2, G Casey 0-1, L Higgins 0-1, S Fitzgerald 0-1.

Quarter-finals

Shannon Rangers v Mid Kerry

20 August 1976Quarter-final	Shannon Rangers	1-11 - 0-10	Mid Kerry	Austin Stack Park
	J Walsh 0-5, O Moran 1-0, B Walsh 0-3, E Liston 0-2, G Griffin 0-1.		B Lynch 0-6, M O'Grady 0-2, P Lynch 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1.

Austin Stacks v Eoghan Ruadh

21 August 1976Quarter-final	Austin Stacks	2-10 - 1-03	Eoghan Ruadh	FitzGerald Stadium
	M Sheehy 2-5, B Curtin 0-2, D Long 0-1, JL McElligott 0-1, J O'Keeffe 0-1.		J Kelly 1-0, H Moynihan 0-2, J McCarthy 0-1.

Kenmare v Feale Rangers

21 August 1976Quarter-final

Kenmare

0-08 - 0-08 (abandoned)

Feale Rangers

FitzGerald Stadium

South Kerry v Kerins O'Rahilly's

22 August 1976Quarter-final	South Kerry	3-06 - 2-09	Kerins O'Rahilly's	J. P. O'Sullivan Park
	J Egan 2-2, C O'Connell 1-0, J O'Shea 0-2, P Egan 0-1, D O'Dwyer 0-1.		A O'Sullivan 1-3, S Kissane 1-2, C O'Connor 0-2, D Spring 0-2.

South Kerry v Kerins O'Rahilly's

29 August 1976Quarter-final replay	South Kerry	2-10 - 2-06	Kerins O'Rahilly's	J. P. O'Sullivan Park
	J Egan 0-6, D O'Dwyer 1-0, T Lyne 1-0, C O'Connell 0-2, P Egan 0-1, J O'Shea 0-1.		J McMahon 1-0, S Walsh 1-0, A O'Sullivan 0-3, S Kissane 0-2, P Kissane 0-1.

Kenmare v Feale Rangers

29 August 1976Quarter-final replay	Kenmare	0-10 - 0-07	Feale Rangers	FitzGerald Stadium
	M Spillane 0-3, P Finnegan 0-3, P Spillane 0-2, P O'Neill 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1.		P Mulvihill 0-4, P O'Connell 0-1, E Fitzmaurice 0-1, T O'Sullivan 0-1.

Semi-finals

Austin Stacks v Shannon Rangers

28 August 1976Semi-final	Austin Stacks	3-13 - 1-06	Shannon Rangers	Austin Stack Park
	M Sheehy 1-5, D Long 1-2, B Curtin 1-1, JL McElligott 0-2, T Sheehan 0-1, J O'Keeffe 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1.		E Liston 1-2, J Walsh 0-2, E O'Donoghue 0-1, O Moran 0-1.

Kenmare v South Kerry

5 September 1976Semi-final	Kenmare	1-15 - 1-11	South Kerry	FitzGerald Stadium
	P Finnegan 1-7, P Spillane 0-4, D O'Sullivan 0-1, M Murphy 0-1, PJ McIntyre 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1.		G Egan 0-6, G O'Driscoll 1-1, M O'Connell 0-3, P O'Mahony 0-1.

Final

Austin Stacks v Kenmare

3 October 1976Final	Austin Stacks	1-14 - 0-07	Kenmare	FitzGerald Stadium
	M Sheehy 0-5, J Power 1-0, D Long 0-3, P McCarthy 0-2, T Sheehan 0-1, B Curtin 0-1, JL McElligott 0-1, J O'Keeffe 0-1.		P Finnegan 0-3, P Spillane 0-2, M Spillane 0-1, M O'Sullivan 0-1.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• The semi-final between Kenmare and Feale Rangers was abandoned by referee Buddy O'Grady, with nine minutes of actual playing time left. The decision was taken after a series of fracas between the players.

References

1. "1976". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
2. "The beginning". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
3. "Club Titles - Kerry". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
4. "Milestones". Austin Stacks website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
5. "Stacks 1977 Heros Reunited". Austin Stacks website. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2022.