1998 Kerry Senior Football Championship

1998 Kerry Senior Football Championship

Teams	17
Sponsor	Allied Irish Bank
Champions	East Kerry (6th title) John Crowley (captain)
Runners-up	St. Kieran's Seán O'Connor (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	29 (1.71 per match)
Points scored	389 (22.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Seán McElligott (1-33)
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The 1998 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 98th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. ^[1] The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 24 February 1998.

East Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions. ^{[2] [3]}

The final was played on 4 October 1998 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between East Kerry and St. Kieran's, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. East Kerry won the match by 2-13 to 1-10 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a second title in succession. ^[4]

Seán McElligott was the championship's top scorer with 1-33.

Results

Preliminary round

Kerins O'Rahilly's v St. Kieran's

14 June 1998Preliminary round	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-11 - 2-17	St. Kieran's	Austin Stack Park
	V Murphy 0-7, J Morrissey 0-1, G O'Brien 0-1, M Fitzgerald 0-1, S McCarthy 0-1.		S McElligott 0-7, J Dennehy 1-1, J McGlynn 0-4, G O'Keeffe 1-0, L Brosnan 0-3, K Scanlon 0-1, D Dennehy 0-1.

Round 1

Laune Rangers v Kenmare

13 June 1998Round 1	Laune Rangers	0-15 - 1-11	Kenmare	J. P. O'Sullivan Park
	MF Russell 0-7, P O'Sullivan 0-3, P Griffin 0-2, L Hassett 0-1, B Gannon 0-1, S O'Sullivan 0-1.		B O'Neill 1-4, K Moriarty 0-2, F O'Sullivan 0-2, S O'Shea 0-1, L Lynch 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1.

Dr. Crokes v Mid Kerry

14 June 1998Round 1	Dr. Crokes	1-14 - 1-13	Mid Kerry	Páirc de Búrca
	R Neher 0-7, C Murphy 1-1, N O'Leary 0-3, E Brosnan 0-2, P O'Shea 0-1.		I Twiss 0-5, J Daly 1-0, K Foley 0-3, W Harmon 0-2, G McGrath 0-2, K O'Connor 0-1.

Austin Stacks v Killarney Legion

14 June 1998Round 1	Austin Stacks	1-06 - 0-11	Killarney Legion	Austin Stack Park
	D Ahern 0-6, D McEvoy 1-0.		C O'Grady 0-3, S Culloty 0-2, B McCullough 0-2, D Culloty 0-2, D O'Donoghue 0-1, D O'Mahony 0-1.

St. Brendan's v John Mitchels

20 June 1998Round 1	St. Brendan's	1-15 - 0-05	John Mitchels	Ardfert Grounds
	T O'Connell 0-7, G Hussey 0-6, B Clifford 1-0, S Flaherty 0-1, A Murphy 0-1.		B Dennehy 0-3, A Moynihan 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1.

Castleisland Desmonds v Feale Rangers

10 July 1998Round 1	Castleisland Desmonds	1-08 - 0-13	Feale Rangers	Castleisland Grounds
	J Brennan 0-4, WD O'Connor 1-0, K Lynch 0-2, T Burke 0-1, K Dillon 0-1.		N Kennelly 0-8, E Galvin 0-2, T Kennelly 0-1, E Breen 0-1, G Stack 0-1.

Shannon Rangers v St. Kieran's

11 July 1998Round 1	Shannon Rangers	1-05 - 0-13	St. Kieran's	O'Rahilly Park
	G O'Brien 1-0, D O'Connor 0-1, J O'Connell 0-1, O Horgan 0-1, E Hennessy 0-1, B Bambury 0-1.		S McElligott 0-6, J McGlynn 0-2, K Scanlon 0-1, L McEnery 0-1, J Dennehy 0-1, G O'Keeffe 0-1, T O'Connor 0-1.

Kilcummin v South Kerry

11 July 1998Round 1	Kilcummin	1-07 - 1-08	South Kerry	Kilcummin Grounds
	M O'Connor 1-0, S O'Leary 0-2, P McCarthy 0-2, W Maher 0-1, C O'Donoghue 0-1, R Cronin 0-1.		J O'Shea 1-2, JD O'Shea 0-4, S O'Shea 0-1, B Hussey 0-1.

East Kerry v West Kerry

12 July 1998Round 1	East Kerry	2-13 - 1-14	West Kerry	FitzGerald Stadium
	P O'Donoghue 1-7, J Crowley 1-1, J Murphy 0-3, S Moynihan 0-1, MD Cahill 0-1.		riarty 1-5, S Geaney 0-3, JJ Corduff 0-2, B Hannafin 0-1, J Ferriter 0-1.

Quarter-finals

East Kerry v Dr. Crokes

7 August 1998Quarter-final	East Kerry	1-17 - 1-08	Dr. Crokes	FitzGerald Stadium
	P O'Donoghue 1-4, J Crowley 0-4, J Murphy 0-4, L Murphy 0-3, D O'Sullivan 0-1, S Óg O'Leary 0-1.		P O'Shea 0-6, P O'Brien 1-0, N O'Leary 0-1, R Neher 0-1.

South Kerry v St. Kieran's

8 August 1999Quarter-final	South Kerry	1-09 - 1-09	St. Kieran's	FitzGerald Stadium
	J Quirke 1-0, M Fitzgerald 0-3, J O'Shea 0-2, S Hussey 0-2, S O'Sullivan 0-1, J O'Shea 0-1.		S McElligott 1-5, J McGlynn 0-2, J Dennehy 0-1, G O'Keeffe 0-1.

Killarney Legion v Feale Rangers

9 August 1998Quarter-final	Killarney Legion	1-13 - 2-08	Feale Rangers	Fitzgerald Stadium
	C O'Grady 1-7, D Culloty 0-3, S Culloty 0-2, WC O'Sullivan 0-1.		E Fitzmaurice 1-1, T Kennelly 1-1, N Kennelly 0-2, J Corridan 0-2, C Galvin 0-1, S Stack 0-1.

Laune Rangers v St. Brendan's

9 August 1998Quarter-final	Laune Rangers	0-19 - 1-09	St. Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	MF Russell 0-6, P O'Sullivan 0-6, G Murphy 0-3, M Hassett 0-2, L Hassett 0-1, B Gannon 0-1.		T O'Connell 0-4, S O'Flaherty 1-0, E Sayers 0-2, E O'Connor 0-1, J Enright 0-1, G Hussey 0-1.

St. Kieran's v South Kerry

5 September 1999Quarter-final replay	St. Kieran's	0-14 - 0-07	South Kerry	FitzGerald Stadium
	S McElligott 0-5, DD O'Rahilly 0-3, T O'Connor 0-2, G O'Keeffe 0-1, L Brosnan 0-1, D Dennehy 0-1, J McGlynn 0-1.		M Fitzgerald 0-3, J O'Shea 0-2, JD O'Shea 0-1, J Cronin 0-1.

Semi-finals

East Kerry v Killarney Legion

20 September 1998Semi-final	East Kerry	2-17 - 0-12	Killarney Legion	FitzGerald Stadium
	J Murphy 0-6, J Crowley 1-2, S Flynn 1-0, S Óg O'Leary 0-3, L Murphy 0-2, MD Cahill 0-2, D Daly 0-1, S Moynihan 0-1.		C O'Grady 0-6, B McCullagh 0-2, D O'Donoghue 0-2, S Culloty 0-1, D Culloty 0-1.

St Kieran's v Laune Rangers

20 September 1998Semi-final	St Kieran's	1-14 - 1-11	Laune Rangers	FitzGerald Stadium
	S McElligott 0-5, K Scanlon 1-0, D Dennehy 0-3, J McGlynn 0-3, J Dennehy 0-2, T O'Mahony 0-1.		B Gannon 1-1, MF Russell 0-4, P O'Sullivan 0-3, M Hassett 0-1, G Murphy 0-1, P McKenna 0-1.

Final

East Kerry v St. Kieran's

5 October 1998Final	East Kerry	2-13 - 1-10	St. Kieran's	Austin Stack Park
	J Crowley 1-1, L Murphy 1-1, J Murphy 0-4, S Óg O'Leary 0-3, C McCarthy 0-1, D Moynihan 0-1, S Flynn 0-1, P O'Donoghue 0-1.		S McElligott 0-5, J Dennehy 1-1, J McGlynn 0-3, S O'Connor 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Seán McElligott	St. Kieran's	1-33	36	6	6.00
2	Cathal O'Grady	Killarney Legion	1-16	19	3	6.33
3	Paud O'Donoghue	East Kerry	2-12	18	4	4.50
4	John Crowley	East Kerry	3-08	17	4	4.25
	Mike Frank Russell	Laune Rangers	0-17	17	3	5.66
	Jerry Murphy	East Kerry	0-17	17	4	4.25
7	John McGlynn	St. Kieran's	0-15	15	6	2.50
8	Jack Dennehy	St. Kieran's	2-06	12	6	2.00
	Pa O'Sullivan	Laune Rangers	0-12	12	3	4.00
10	Tom O'Connell	St. Brendan's	0-11	11	2	5.50

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Paud O'Donoghue	East Kerry	1-07	10	West Kerry
	Cathal O'Grady	Killarney Legion	1-07	10	Feale Rangers
3	Murt Moriarty	East Kerry	1-05	8	West Kerry
	Seán McElligott	St. Kieran's	1-05	8	South Kerry
	Noel Kennelly	Feale Rangers	0-08	8	Desmonds
6	Brendan O'Neill	Kenmare	1-04	7	Laune Rangers
	Paud O'Donoghue	East Kerry	1-04	7	Dr. Crokes
	Vinnie Murphy	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-07	7	St Kieran's
	Seán McElligott	St. Kieran's	0-07	7	Kerins O'Rahilly's
	Mike Frank Russell	Laune Rangers	0-07	7	Kenmare
	Roland Neher	Dr. Crokes	0-07	7	Mid Kerry
	Tom O'Connell	St. Brendan's	0-07	7	John Mitchels

Miscellaneous

• St. Kieran's qualified for the final for the first time since 1988.

References

1. "The beginning". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
2. "1997". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
3. "Four finals to remember". The Kerryman. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
4. "East Kerry stay on top". Irish Times. 5 October 1998. Retrieved 23 December 2022.