2021 Kerry Senior Football Championship

2021 Kerry SFC

Tournament details
County	Kerry
Year	2021
Trophy	Bishop Moynihan Cup
Sponsor	Garvey's Supervalu
Teams	16
Defending champions	East Kerry
Winners
Champions	Austin Stacks
Manager	Wayne Quillinan
Captain	Dylan Casey
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Legion
Other
Website	Kerry GAA
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The 2021 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 120th edition of Kerry GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams (8 club teams and 8 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 usually 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 year however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic seen the competition employ a straight knockout format.

Format Structure Change

8 club teams and 8 divisional teams (16 in total) will take part in this year's S.F.C.

Kenmare District did not field a team for this year's S.F.C.

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 two pools in the Club Championship. The two teams that finished bottom of the Group Pools enter a Relegation Final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2021. 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 2021 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2022 Senior County and Club Championships.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2020 I.F.C. Spa - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2020 I.F.C. Kenmare District - (defunct) Kilcummin

Participating teams

The teams taking part in the 2021 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, Kilgarvan, Listry, Rathmore, Kilcummin, Tousist)	x
Feale Rangers	x	Divisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's)	x
Kenmare Shamrocks	Kenmare	Club	East Kerry
Kerins O'Rahillys	Tralee	Club	St. Brendan's
Spa	Spa	Club	East Kerry
Killarney Legion	Killarney	Club	East Kerry
Mid Kerry	x	Divisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers, Milltown/Castlemaine)	x
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
Templenoe	Templenoe	Club	South Kerry
West Kerry	x	Divisional (An Ghaeltacht, Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole)	x

Results

Round 1

^[1] All 16 teams enter the competition in Round 1. The eight winners proceed to the Quarter-Finals while the eight losers are eliminated.

30 October 2021 15:00 Round 1	Spa	0-16 - 1-13 (aet) Legion win 5-4 on penalties	Killarney Legion	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Seamus Mulvihill
	Evan Cronin (0-8, 5f), Michael Foley (0-2f), Niall McCarthy (0-2), Cian Tobin (0-2), Dan O’Donoghue (0-1), Dara Moynihan (0-1);	Report	Jamie O’Sullivan (0-4, 2f), Padraig Lucey (1-0), Conor Keane (0-2, 1f), James O’Donoghue (0-2f), Jonathan Lyne (0-1), Eoghan O’Sullivan (0-1), William Shine (0-1m), Billy McGuire (0-1), Rob Leen (0-1)

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30 October 2021 15:00 Round 1	Feale Rangers	0-05 - 2-16	South Kerry	Milltown/Castlemaine Referee: Donal Casey
	Eamon O’Falherty 0-2, Jack McElligott 0-1, Tom McCarthy 0-1, Darragh Lynch 0-1	Report	Eanna O’Connor 1-5 (0-1f), Daragh O’Sullivan 0-2, Niall O’Shea 0-2 (1m), Ronan O’Shea 0-1, Jack Daly 0-1, Conor O’Shea 0-1, , Aidan Walsh 0-1, Dilan Donoghue 1-0

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30 October 2021 17:00 Round 1	St Kieran's	0-09 - 1-16	Kerins O'Rahilly's	Austin Stack Park Referee: Billy O'Shea
	Paul Walsh (0-4, 2f), James Walsh (0-2), Adam Barry (0-2, 1f), Philip O’Connor (0-1),	Report	Jack Savage (1,5, 3f), Tommy Walsh (0-6, 3 marks), Conor Hayes (0-4), Barry John Keane (0-1)

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30 October 2021 19:00 Round 1	Austin Stacks	1-07 - 1-05	East Kerry	Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Griffin
	Joseph O’Connor 1-0, Fiachna Mangan 0-2, Jack O’Shea 0-2, Dylan Casey 0-1, Kieran Donaghy 0-1, Wayne Guthrie 0-1 ‘45’	Report	Paul O’Shea 1-0, David Clifford 0-2 (f), Paudie Clifford 0-2 (1 ‘45’), Darragh Roche 0-1 (f),

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31 October 2021 13:00 Round 1	Templenoe	1-09 - 0-05	Shannon Rangers	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Brendan Brosnan
	Stephen O’Sullivan 1-2, Brian Crowley 0-2, Gavin Crowley 0-1, John Rice 0-1, Adrian Spillane 0-1, Teddy Doyle 0-1 (f), Colin Crowley 0-1 (f)	Report	Jack Kennelly 0-3 (2f), Michael Foley 0-1, Mark Buckley 0-1,

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31 October 2021 15:00 Round 1	Kenmare Shamrocks	0-10 - 2-09	St Brendan's Board	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Jonathan Griffin
	Sean O’Shea 0-6 (4f, 1’45), David Hallissey (0-1), Stephen O’Brien (0-1), Tom Murnane (0-1), Paul O’Connor (0-1)	Report	Enda O’Connor (1-0), Liam O’Donnell (1-0), Mikey Kelliher (0-3), Thomas Kearns (0-1), Diarmuid O’Connor (0-1), Daithi Griffin (0-1), Dan Goggin (0-1), Alan O’Donoghue (0-1f),James Duggan (0-1f)

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31 October 2021 15:00 Round 1	West Kerry	1-03 - 0-13	Dr Crokes	Austin Stack Park Referee: Paul Hayes
	Éanna Ó Conchúir (1-0), Colm ‘Vegas’ Ó Muircheartaigh (0-1), Cathal Ó Beaglaoich (0-1), Cian O’Grady (0-1, 1 mark)	Report	David Shaw (0-4, 3f), Micheál Burns (0-3, 1f), Johnny Buckley (0-2), Tony Brosnan (0-2f ), Kieran O’Leary (0-2)

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31 October 2021 17:00 Round 1	Dingle	1-07 - 0-08	Mid Kerry	Austin Stack Park Referee: Eddie Walsh
	Conor Geaney 1-3 (0-2f), Paul Geaney 0-3 (1 f),Tom O’Sullivan 0-1	Report	Jack O’Connor 0-2 (1 ’45, 1f), Cathal Moriarty 0-2, Gavan O’Grady 0-2f, Mike Breen 0-1, Fiachra Clifford 0-1,

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Quarter-finals

6 November 2021 17:00 Quarter-Final	Dingle	0-13 - 2-16	Kerins O'Rahilly's	Austin Stack Park Referee: Seamus Mulvihill
	Paul Geaney 0-7 (4f), Conor Geaney 0-3 (1f), Tom O’Sullivan 0-1. Barry O’Sullivan 0-1, Dylan Geaney 0-1	Report	Jack Savage 0-6 (4f), Conor Hayes 1-2, Gavin O’Brien 1-1; Barry John Keane 0-3, Tommy Walsh 0-2 (1m), Darragh McElligott 0-1, David Moran 0-1

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6 November 2021 19:00 Quarter-Final	Legion	1-09 - 1-17	St Brendan's Board	Austin Stack Park Referee: Billy O Shea
	James O’Donoghue 0-5 (4f), Padraig Lucey 1-0, Conor Keane 0-1, Eoghan O’Sullivan 0-1, Darragh Lyne 0-1, Jamie O’Sullivan 0-1 (f)	Report	Dan Goggin 1-1, Alan O’Donoghue 0-3 (2f), James Duggan 0-3 (1f), Daithi Griffin 0-2, Andrew Barry 0-2, Eoghan O’Brien 0-1 (f), Enda O’Connor 0-1, Jack Barry 0-1, Mikey Kelliher (0-1), Ivan Parker (0-1)

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7 November 2021 12:45 Quarter-Final	Templenoe	0-06 - 1-22	Dr Crokes	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Padraig O Sullivan
	Brian Crowley (0-3,2f), Tadhg Morley(0-1); Colin Crowley(0-1f), Stephen O’Sullivan (0-1f)	Report	Tony Brosnan 1-4 (1-0 pen, 1m, 2f), Brian Looney (0-5); Micheal Burns (0-3),David Shaw (0-3f), Kieran O’Leary (0-2), Jordan Kiely 0-3 (2f), Tom Doyle (0-1)

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7 November 2021 2:45 Quarter-Final	Austin Stacks	0-14 - 0-06	South Kerry	Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Jonathan Griffin
	Darragh O’Brien 0-8 (6f), Kieran Donaghy 0-2 (1m), Michael O’Gara 0-1, Armin Heinrich 0-1; Shane O’Callaghan 0-1, Sean Quilter 0-1 (free)	Report	Eanna O’Connor 0-3 (3f), Jack Daly 0-1, Dilan Donoghue 0-1, Killian Young (Renard) 0-1

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Semi-finals

20 November 2021 5:30pm Semi-Final	Austin Stacks	2-09 - 1-12 (AET, Austin Stacks win 5-3 on penalties)	St Brendan's Board	Austin Stack Park Referee: Eddie Walsh
	Darragh O’Brien 0-6 (3f), Sean Quilter 1-2 (0-1m, 0-1f), Michael O’Donnell 1-0, Brendan O’Sullivan 0-1	Report	Andrew Barry 0-1, Stefan Okunbor 0-1, Dan Goggin 0-1, James Duggan 0-1 (f), Ivan Parker 1-5 (0-1f), David O’Callaghan 0-1, Thomas Kearns 0-1

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21 November 2021 2:30pm Semi-Final	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-15 - 0-14	Dr Crokes	Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Griffin
	Jack Savage (0-8, 6f, 1 ‘45), Barry John Keane (0-3), Conor Hayes (0-3), Tommy Walsh (0-1)	Report	Tony Brosnan (0-6, 3f), Brian Looney (0-2), David Shaw (0-2, 1f), Kieran O’Leary (0-1), Micheál Burns (0-1), Jordan Kiely (0-1), Shane Murphy (0-1f)

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Final

5 December 2021 2:00pm Final	Austin Stacks	0-13 - 0-10	Kerins O'Rahilly's	Austin Stack Park
	Darragh O’Brien 0-6 (0-5f), Seán Quilter 0-2 (0-1 mark, 0-1f), Joseph O’Connor, Michael O’Gara, Fiachna Mangan, Brendan O’Sullivan, Kieran Donaghy (0-1 mark) 0-1 each.	Report	Jack Savage 0-6 (0-4f), Barry John Keane 0-2, Cormac Coffey, Conor Hayes 0-1 each.

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Relegation play-off

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 are placed into two groups containing four teams during the Club Championship. The teams to finish bottom of both groups will face off in the Relegation Final, with the loser being relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020. 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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5 December 2021

2:00pm

Relegation play-off

Dr Crokes	2-18 - 1-08	Killarney Legion
T Brosnan (0-7, 2f), B Looney (1-1), T Doyle (1-0), M Burns (0-3), G O’Shea and J Kiely (0-2 each), D Shaw, G White and D Casey (0-1).	Report	J O’Donoghue (0-5, 2f), C Keane (1-0), R O’Grady (0-2, 1f), C Gammell (0-1).

Fitzgerald Stadium

Referee: Eddie Walsh

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Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Austin Stacks win the title for the first time since 2014.
• Austin Stacks go back level with Dr Crokes at the top of the Roll of Honor with a 13th title.
• Kerins O'Rahillys qualify for the final for the first time since 2008.
• Austin Stacks and Kerins O'Rahillys face each other in the final for the first time since 1963.
• It is a first all Tralee final since 1936.
• Killarney Legion are relegated having been a senior club since 2006.

References

1. "Here is the draw for the 2021 Kerry senior football championship first round".