2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship

2017 Kerry SFC

Tournament details
County	Kerry
Year	2017
Trophy	Bishop Moynihan Cup
Sponsor	Garvey's Supervalu
Date	6 May - 22 October
Teams	17
Defending champions	Dr. Crokes
Winners
Champions	Dr. Crokes (12th win)
Manager	Pat O'Shea
Captain	Daithi Casey
Qualify for	Munster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	South Kerry
Manager	William Harmon
Captain	Bryan Sheehan
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Kilcummin
Other
Website	Kerry GAA
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The 2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 116th edition of Kerry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams (8 club teams and 9 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team, the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.

The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.

This was Kenmare Shamrocks return to the senior ranks, meaning they will no longer provide players to the Kenmare District panel for this season. Milltown/Castlemaine (who were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017) will provide the Mid-Kerry Divisional side with players for the S.F.C.

Dr. Crokes were the defending champions after they defeated Kenmare District in the 2016 final. ^[1]

Dr. Crokes won the 2017 senior club championship having defeated Kenmare Shamrocks 3-20 to 2-20 in the final in Fitzgerald Stadium after extra time on 10 September 2017.

Kilcummin were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after losing to Kerin's O'Rahillys in the Senior Club Championship Relegation Playoff. This ended their 20 year tenure as a senior club after claiming the 1997 Kerry I.F.C. title. This period involved a County final appearance in 2002 as well as Munster S.C.F.C. semi-final appearance in 2007.

Format Structure Change

8 club teams and 9 divisional teams (17 in total) will take part in this year's S.F.C. It was decided that only 8 divisional sides would take part in the competition proper so the 2 lowest ranked divisional sides from the previous 5 years would play off in a qualification match with the winner entering the draw for the 2017 County Championship proper.

Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).

The winner of the 2017 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2018 Senior County and Club Championships.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2016 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship Kenmare Shamrocks - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2017 Kerry I.F.C. Milltown/Castlemaine

Participating teams

The teams taking part in the 2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:

Team	Team Location	Club/Divisional	Club's Divisional Side
Austin Stacks	Tralee	Club	St. Brendan's
Dingle	Dingle	Club	West Kerry
Dr. Crokes	Killarney	Club	East Kerry
East Kerry	x	Divisional (Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Spa)	x
Feale Rangers	x	Divisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's)	x
Kenmare District	x	Divisional (Templenoe, Tousist, Kilgarvan)	x
Kenmare Shamrocks	Kenmare	Club	Kenmare District
Kerins O'Rahillys	Tralee	Club	St. Brendan's
Killarney Legion	Killarney	Club	East Kerry
Kilcummin	Kilcummin	Club	East Kerry
Mid Kerry	x	Divisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers, Milltown/Castlemaine)	x
Rathmore	Rathmore	Club	East Kerry
Shannon Rangers	x	Divisional (Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert)	x
South Kerry	x	Divisional (Derrynane, Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem, St. Mary's, St. Michael's/Foilmore, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville)	x
St. Brendan's	x	Divisional (Ardfert, Churchill, John Mitchell's, Na Gaeil, St. Patrick's Blennerville)	x
St. Kieran's	x	Divisional (Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin)	x
West Kerry	x	Divisional (An Ghaeltacht, Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole)	x

Qualification

It was decided that only 8 of the 9 Divisional Teams would play in the Senior Championship. To determine which team would be excluded, all divisional teams were ranked on their performances in the County Championship over the most recent 5-year period (2012-2016 inclusive). These rankings were based on a win counting for 2 points and a draw counting for 1 point.

The 2 lowest placed sides were (as was the case in 2016) St. Brendan's and Shannon Rangers. These sides then meet in a qualifier to decide who would make it into the championship proper. The loser of this qualifier will play the lowest ranked team on completion of the 2017 Championship, to decide the 8 group teams for the 2018 Championship, except in the event of more than one team giving a walk over in this year’s Championship. In that case the teams that conceded walk-overs play in 2018 Championship Qualifier.

6 May 2017

6:30

Qualification

St. Brendan's	6-24 - 1-8	Shannon Rangers
	Report

Austin Stack Park

Rounds 1 to 3

Round 1

The Qualification winner and the remaining 15 teams play in eight matches. The winners proceed to Round 2A while the losers play in Round 2B.

13 May 2017 6:30 Round 1	Austin Stacks	0-16 - 1-13 (a.e.t.)	St. Kieran's	Connolly Park Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Firies) Man of the Match: Kieran Donaghy
	David Mannix 0-10 (0-7f), Greg Horan and Michael O'Donnell 0-2 each, Shane O'Callaghan and Jack Morgan 0-1 each	Report	Vinny Horan 1-0, James Walsh (0-2f) and Thomas Hickey 0-3 each, Phillip O'Connor 0-2f, Eamon Kiely, Seamus Scanlon, Daniel Murphy, Adam Barry, Tom McGoldrick 0-1 each

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13 May 2017 6:30 Round 1	St. Brendan's	2-17 - 2-14	Kilcummin	Blennerville Referee: Jonathan Griffin (Glenbeigh) Man of the Match: Ivan Parker (Churchill)
	Ivan Parker 1-5 (0-1f), Alan O'Donoghue 0-5 (0-3f), Diarmuid Herlihy 1-1, Liam O'Sullivan 0-3 (1 '45), Michael Griffin, Brandon Barrett, Paul McMahon 0-1 each	Report	Kevin McCarthy 0-5 (0-4f), Matthew Keane 1-2 (1 '45), Daniel Moynihan 1-0, Philip Casey 0-3 (0-1f), Brendan Kelay (1 '45), Shane McSweeney, Noel Duggan, Kelvin Teahen 0-1 each

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13 May 2017 6:30 Round 1	Kenmare District	2-4 - 3-16	Dingle	Templenoe Referee: Eddie Walsh (Rathmore) Man of the Match: Conor Geaney
	Killian Spillane 1-2 (0-2f), Pat Spillane Jr 1-0		Paul Geaney 2-4 (0-2f), Conor Geaney 1-2, Tomas Sheehy 0-3, Mikey Geaney 0-2, Matthew Flaherty and Cathal Bambury 0-1 each

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14 May 2017 1:30 Round 1	Killarney Legion	0-15 - 1-12 (a.e.t.)	Kenmare Shamrocks	Direen Referee: Paul Hayes (Kerins O'Rahillys) Man of the Match: Billy McGuire
	Jamie O'Sullivan 0-5 (0-3f, 1 '45), James O'Donoghue 0-4 (0-2f), Conor Keane 0-3 (0-2f), Jonathan Lyne, Cian Gammel, Finbarr Murphy 0-1 each	Report	Sean O'Shea 0-7 (0-6f), Kevin Price 1-0, Shane O'Sullivan, Kevin O'Sullivan, Stephen O'Brien, Paul O'Connor, Michael McCarthy 0-1 each

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14 May 2017 2:00 Round 1	Rathmore	1-12 - 1-10	East Kerry	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Seamus Mulvihill (St Senans) Man of the Match: Dara Roche (Glenflesk)
	Shane Ryan 0-7 (0-5f), George O'Keefe 1-1, Mark Reen 0-3f, Michael J Kelliher 0-1	Report	Dara Roche 1-6 (0-2f), Paudie Clifford 0-1f, Padraig De Brún, Ronan Buckley, Jeff O'Donoghue 0-1 each

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14 May 2017 2:30 Round 1	Kerins O'Rahilly's	2-16 - 2-12	South Kerry	Strand Road Referee: Donal Casey (Scartaglin) Man of the Match: Cormac Coffey
	Barry John Keane 0-7 (0-2f), John Ferguson 1-2, Gearoid Savage 1-1, Jack Savage 0-3 (0-1f), Padraig Griffin, Cormac Coffey, Karl Mullins	Report	Daniel Daly 1-5 (0-2f), Paul O'Donoghue 0-5 (0-1f), Brendan O'Sullivan 1-0, Denis Daly and Niall O'Shea 0-1 each

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14 May 2017 2:30 Round 1	West Kerry	0-12 - 1-13	Feale Rangers	Gallarus Referee: Sean Joy (Laune Rangers) Man of the Match: Conor Cox (Emmets)
	Dara O Se 0-4, Sean M O Conchuir 0-3f, Jason Hickson 0-2, Cian O Murchu, Donncha Higgins, Declan O'Sullivan 0-1 each	Report	Conor Cox 0-7 (0-4f), Padraig Quille 1-2, Anthony Maher, David Foran, Eoin O'Connell, Bryan Sweeney 0-1 each

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14 May 2017 3:45 Round 1	Dr. Crokes	2-14 - 0-9	Mid Kerry	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Jonathon Griffin (Clounmacon) Man of the Match: Colm Cooper
	Colm Cooper 1-4 (0-3f), Kieran O'Leary 1-0, Daithi Casey (0-1f) and Jordan Kiely 0-2 each, Shane Murphy (1 '45), Gavin White, David O'Leary, Alan O'Sullivan, Chris Brady, Paul Clarke 0-1 each	Report	Liam Carey 0-4, Gavan O'Grady 0-3 (0-2f), Mike Breen and Donnchadh Walsh 0-1 each

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20 May 2017 6:30 Round 1 Replay	Austin Stacks	0-14 - 1-9	St. Kieran's	Scartaglin Referee: James O'Sullivan (Firies) Man of the Match: Michael O'Donnell
	David Mannix 0-6 (0-2f), Michael O'Donnell 0-4, Pa McCarthy and Shane O'Callaghan 0-2 each	Report	Philip O'Connor 1-3 (0-2f), James Walsh (0-2f) and Tomás Lynch 0-2 each, Seán Óg Ó Ciardubháin (1 '45) and Seamus Scanlon 0-1 each

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21 May 2017 2:30 Round 1 Replay	Killarney Legion	2-13 - 1-15	Kenmare Shamrocks	Kenmare Referee: Billy O'Shea (Keel) Man of the Match: Billy McGuire
	James O'Donoghue 0-9 (0-5f), Jamie O'Sullivan 2-0, Billy McGuire 0-2, Conor Keane and Finbarr Murphy 0-1 each	Report	Sean O'Shea 0-6 (0-4f), Paul O'Connor 0-3, Brian O'Sullivan 1-0, Michael McCarthy 0-2, Dara O'Shea, Kevin O'Sullivan, David Hallissey 0-1 each

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Round 2

Round 2A

The 8 winners from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to the quarter-finals while the losers play in Round 3.

20 May 2017 6:30 Round 2A	Dr. Crokes	7-17 - 0-16	St. Brendan's	Lewis Road, Killarney Referee: Peter Lyons (Cromane) Man of the Match: Ivan Parker
	Colm Cooper 2-4 (0-2f), Daithi Casey 2-3 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Kieran O'Leary 2-3, Gavin White 1-1, Shane Murphy (1 '45), Fionn Fitzgerald, Alan O'Sullivan, Gavin O'Shea, Brian Looney, Jordan Kiely 0-1 each	Report	Ivan Parker 0-8 (0-1f), David O'Callaghan 0-3 (0-2f), Jack Barry and Cillian Fitzgerald 0-2 each, Alan O'Donoghue 0-1

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20 May 2017 6:30 Round 2A	Rathmore	2-16 - 2-7	Feale Rangers	Rathmore Referee: Jonathon Griffin (Glenbeigh/Glencar) Man of the Match: Conor O'Sullivan
	Mark Reen 1-4 (0-2f), Shane Ryan 0-5f, George O'Keefe 1-0, Conor O'Sullivan and Donal O'Sullivan 0-2 each, Mark Ryan, Eoin Lawlor, John Moynihan 0-1 each	Report	Conor Cox 0-7f, Padraig Quille and Bryan Sweeney 1-0 each

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21 May 2017 6:30 Round 2A	Kerins O'Rahilly's	2-13 - 3-9	Dingle	Dingle Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Firies) Man of the Match: David Moran
	Barry John Keane 0-6 (0-3f), Gearoid Savage 1-1, John Ferguson 1-0, David Moran 0-3 (1 '45), Cian Sayers, Con Barrett, Jack Savage 0-1 each	Report	Paul Geaney 2-2, Conor Geaney 1-2 (0-1f), Matthew Flaherty and Michael Geaney (0-2f) 0-2 each, Barry O'Sullivan 0-1

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26 May 2017 6:30 Round 2A	Austin Stacks	4-13 - 3-6	Killarney Legion	Connolly Park, Tralee Referee: Paul O'Sullivan (Dromid) Man of the Match: David Mannix
	David Mannix 0-7 (0-2f), Wayne Guthrie, Greg Horan, Michael O'Donnell (0-1f) 1-1 each, Jack Morgan 1-0, Jack O'Shea, Denis McElligott, Shane O'Callaghan 0-1 each	Report	James O'Donoghue 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Conor Keane 1-2 (0-2f), Jamie O'Sullivan 1-0

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Round 2B

The 8 losers from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to Round 3 while the losers exit the championship.

21 May 2017 2:00 Round 2B	South Kerry	2-17 - 1-5	Kilcummin	Lewis Road, Killarney Referee: Denis Sayers (Austin Stacks) Man of the Match: Paul O'Donoghue
	Bryan Sheehan 1-4 (0-1f, 1 '45), Niall O'Shea 1-2, Paul O'Donoghue, Barry Dwyer, Daniel Daly 0-3 each, Conor O'Shea and Dylan Donoghue 0-1 each,	Report	Paul O'Riordan 1-0, Philip Casey 0-2 (0-1f), Shane McSweeney, Noel Duggan, Kevin McCarthy (0-1f) 0-1 each

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21 May 2017 3:45 Round 2B	East Kerry	4-15 - 1-11	Mid Kerry	Lewis Road, Killarney Referee: Paul Hayes (Kerins O'Rahillys) Man of the Match: Dara Roche (Glenflesk)
	Dara Roche 2-3 (0-1f), Jeff O'Donoghue 1-3, Ronan Buckley 0-4 (0-2f), David Clifford 1-0, Stephen Foley, Shane Cronin, Jack Sherwood, Paudie Clifford, Mike McCarthy 0-1 each	Report	Gavan O'Grady 0-4 (0-2f), John Tyther 1-0, Liam Carey (0-2f) and Donnchadh Walsh (0-1f) 0-2 each, Mike Breen, Gary Sayers, Cathal Moriarty 0-1 each

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26 May 2017 6:30 Round 2B	Kenmare Shamrocks	3-13 - 3-8	Kenmare District	Templenoe Referee: Tom Moriarty (Legion) Man of the Match: Sean O'Shea
	Sean O'Shea 1-5 (0-3f), Paul O'Connor 1-4, Shane O'Sullivan 1-0, Stephen O'Brien 0-2, Sean O'Leary and Dara O'Shea 0-1 each	Report	Killian Spillane 1-3 (0-2f), Adrian Spillane 1-1, Teddy Doyle 1-0, Pat Spillane Jr 0-2, Patrick O'Shea and Danny Cahalane 0-1 each

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26 May 2017 6:30 Round 2B	West Kerry	0-14 - 0-13	St. Kieran's	Gallarus Referee: Mike Henessy (Ballyduff) Man of the Match: Roibéard Ó Sé (An Ghaeltacht)
	Dara Ó Sé 0-6 (0-4f), PJ Mac Lámh 0-3, Declan O'Sullivan and Sean Michael Ó Conchuir 0-2 each, Jason Hickson 0-1		James Walsh (0-5f) and Philip O'Connor (0-3f) 0-5 each, Eamon Kiely, Adam Barry, Mike Finnegan 0-1 each

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Round 3

The four Round 2A losers play the four Round 2B winners in this round. The four winners progress to the quarter-finals while the losers exit the championship.

8 July 2017 19:15 Round 3	East Kerry	3-24 - 4-18 (a.e.t.)	St. Brendan's	Austin Stack Park Referee: Tom McCarthy (Castleisland) Man of the Match: Jack Sherwood (Firies)
	Jack Sherwood 1-5, Dara Roche 0-6 (0-3f), Jeff O’Donoghue 0-5 (1 '45), Ronan Buckley 0-3, Fintan Coffey and David Clifford 1-0 each, Evan Cronin 0-2, Kieran Murphy, Brian O’Donoghue, Anthony Kennedy 0-1 each	Report	Shane O’Connor 2-4, David O’Callaghan (0-1f) and Ivan Parker (0-1f) 1-4 each, Kevin Shanahan 0-2, Michael Griffin, David Griffin, Brendan Poff, George Bastable 0-1 each

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9 July 2017 14:00 Round 3	Kenmare Shamrocks	0-17 - 0-12	Feale Rangers	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Edmund Walsh (Rathmore) Man of the Match: Sean O'Shea
	Sean O'Shea 0-7 (0-4f), Paul O'Connor 0-3, Mark Crowley 0-2, Sean O'Leary, Shane O'Sullivan, Dara O'Shea, Stephen O'Brien, Kevin O'Sullivan 0-1 each	Report	Conor Cox 0-9 (0-7f), Anthony Maher 0-2, Kieran Quirke 0-1

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9 July 2017 14:00 Round 3	West Kerry	1-18 - 0-18 (a.e.t.)	Killarney Legion	Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Griffin (Clounmacon) Man of the Match: Dara Ó Sé (An Ghaeltacht)
	Dara Ó Sé 1-5 (0-1f), Sean Micheál Ó Conchúir 0-3 (0-2f), Padraig Óg Ó Sé, Tomás Ó Sé, Eánna Ó Conchúir 0-2 each, Colm Ó Muirceartaigh, PJ Mac Lámh, James Crean, Declan O’Sullivan 0-1 each		Conor Keane 0-8 (0-1f), Jamie O’Sullivan and James O’Donoghue (0-3f) 0-4 each, Shaun Keane and Conor Culloty 0-1 each

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9 July 2017 15:45 Round 3	South Kerry	1-13 - 0-10	Dingle	Austin Stack Park Referee: Sean Joy (Laune Rangers) Man of the Match: Killian Young (Renard)
	Ronan Hussey 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3f), Paul O’Donoghue 0-3 (0-1f, 1 '45), Ian Galvin 0-2, Killian Young, Bryan Sheehan, Graham O’Sullivan 0-1 each	Report	Paul Geaney 0-5 (0-4f), Darragh O’Sullivan 0-2, Breandan Kelliher, Michael Geaney (0-1f), Cathal Bambury 0-1 each

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Knock-Out Stage

Quarter-finals

23 September 2017 4:00pm Quarter-Final	Kerins O'Rahillys	3-12 - 1-6	East Kerry	Austin Stack Park Referee: Jonathan Griffin (Glenbeigh-Glencar) Man of the Match: David Moran and Tommy Walsh
	Barry John Keane 0-6 (0-4f), David Moran, Tommy Walsh, Gavin O'Brien 1-1 each, Jack Savage 0-2, John Ferguson 0-1	Report	Jack Sherwood 1-0, Dara Roche 0-2 (0-1f), Ronan Buckley, David Clifford (0-1f), Paudie Clifford, Jeff O'Donoghue 0-1 each

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23 September 2017 5:45pm Quarter-Final	West Kerry	1-17 - 0-14	Austin Stacks	Austin Stack Park Referee: James O'Sullivan (Firies) Man of the Match: Eánna Ó Conchúir (An Ghaeltacht)
	Sean Micheál Ó Conchúir 0-5 (0-2f), Dara Ó Sé 0-4 (0-3f), Eánna Ó Conchúir 1-1, Brian Ó Beaglaoich 0-2, PJ Mac Lámh, Jason Hickson, Tomás Ó Sé, Alan Fitzgerald, Declan O'Sullivan 0-1 each	Report	David Mannix 0-8 (0-7f), Darragh O'Brien 0-3, Greg Horan, Kieran Donaghy, Wayne Guthrie 0-1 each

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24 September 2017 1:30pm Quarter-Final	Dr. Crokes	0-17 - 0-12	Kenmare Shamrocks	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Firies) Man of the Match: Micheál Burns
	Micheál Burns 0-4, Colm Cooper 0-3 (0-2f), Daithi Casey (0-1f) and Tony Brosnan 0-2, Shane Murphy (1 '45), Johnny Buckley, Gavin O'Shea, Kieran O'Leary, Ambrose O'Donovan, Paul Clarke 0-1 each	av av	Sean O'Shea 0-6 (0-5f), Sean O'Leary, Mark Crowley, Kevin O'Sullivan, Paul O'Connor, Stephen O'Brien, Brian O'Sullivan 0-1 each

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24 September 2017 3:15pm Quarter-Final	South Kerry	0-15 - 0-12	Rathmore	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Paul Hayes (Kerins O'Rahillys) Man of the Match: Robert Wharton (Renard)
	Denis Daly 0-4, Brendan O'Sullivan, Ronan Hussey (0-1f), Matthew O'Sullivan 0-2 each, Robert Wharton, Bryan Sheehan, Paul O'Donoghue (0-1f), Graham O'Sullivan, Niall O'Shea 0-1 each	av av	Shane Ryan 0-5f, Paul Murphy and George O'Keefe 0-2 each, Donal O'Sullivan, Cathal Murphy, Mark Reen 0-1 each

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Semi-finals

7 October 2017 3:00 pm Semi-Final	South Kerry	0-12 - 1-8	Kerins O'Rahillys	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Edmund Walshe (Rathmore) Man of the Match: Bryan Sheehan (St. Mary's Cahirciveen)
	Bryan Sheehan and Daniel Daly (0-1f) 0-3 each, Mark Griffin, Paul O'Donoghue (1 '45), Ronan Hussey (0-1f), Matthew O'Sullivan, Niall O'Shea, Ian Galvin (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report [2] av av	Jack Savage 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Barry John Keane 0-3 (0-2f), Tommy Begley, Tommy Walsh, John Ferguson 0-1 each

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7 October 2017 4:45 pm Semi-Final	Dr. Crokes	5-13 - 0-14	West Kerry	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Brendan Griffin (Clounmacon) Man of the Match: Colm Cooper
	Colm Cooper 1-3 (0-2f), Jordan Kiely 2-0, Daithi Casey 1-1, Paul Clarke 1-0, Micheál Burns, Brian Looney, Tony Brosnan 0-2 each, Shane Murphy (1 '45), Gavin White, Johnny Buckley 0-1 each	Report [3]	Sean Micheál Ó Conchúir 0-5 (0-2f), Dara Ó Sé 0-4 (0-2f), Eanna Ó Conchúir 0-3 (0-1f), Alan Fitgerald and Jason Hickson 0-1 each

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Final

22 October 2017 3:00 pm Final	Dr. Crokes	0-17 - 1-12	South Kerry	Austin Stack Park, Tralee Referee: Brendan Griffin (Clounmacon) Man of the Match: Gavin White
	Daithi Casey 0-5 (0-3f), Michael Burns and Kieran O'Leary 0-4 each, Tony Brosnan 0-2, Gavin White and Jordan Kiely 0-1	Report [4] av av	Bryan Sheehan 0-7 (0-3f, 1 '45), Ian Galvin 1-0, Paul O'Donoghue 0-2, Brendan O'Sullivan, Conor O'Shea, Ronan Hussey 0-1 each

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Relegation

The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2018. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.

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22 October 2017

1:00 pm

Relegation Final

Kerins O'Rahilly's	2-12 - 1-10	Kilcummin
Barry John Keane 1-4(2f), Jack Savage 0-7(7f), Gavin O’Brien 1-0, Rory Molloy 0-1.	Report av av	Kevin McCarthy 1-3(2f), Matt Keane 0-3, Noel Duggan 0-2, Brendan Kealy 0-2(1f,’45)

Austin Stack Park

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Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Colm Cooper and Eoin Brosnan brake Paudie Sheehys record as they win their 7th SFC medal.
• Dr Crokes go level with Austin Stacks at the top of the Roll of Honor with a 12th title.
• Kilcummin are relegated after 20 years as a senior club.

References

1. Murphy, Murt (16 October 2016). "Cooper shines as Crokes defeat Kenmare District". RTE.ie. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
2. Brennan, Paul (7 October 2017). "Bryan Sheehan stars as 2015 champions South Kerry book county final spot". The42. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
3. O'Connor, Jason (7 October 2017). "Cheeky free-kick goal for Cooper as All-Ireland champs Dr Crokes storm into another Kerry final". The42. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
4. Brennan, Paul (22 October 2017). "Cooper cameo helps Crokes to hard-fought title as South Kerry rue missed chances". The42. Retrieved 18 December 2017.