2024 Kerry Club Football Championship

2024 Kerry Club Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Kerry
Year	2024
Trophy	Michael O'Connor Cup [1]
Sponsor	Kerry Petroleum [2]
Date	27 July - 1 September
Teams	8
Defending champions	Dingle
Winners
Champions	Dr Crokes (9th win)
Manager	Pat O'Shea
Captain	David Naughten
Runners-up
Runners-up	Dingle
Manager	Pádraig Corcoran
Captain	Paul Geaney
Other
Website	http://www.kerrygaa.ie/
←  2023

The 2024 Kerry Club Football Championship (known as the Kerry Petroleum Senior Club Football Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the latest instalment of the Kerry Club Football Championship. The tournament consisted of Kerry GAA's 8 senior club teams. The Championship was won by Dr Crokes who defeated reigning champions Dingle in the final. ^[3]

Format

The championship had a similar format to that used in 2023. The draw took place at Austin Stack Park, Tralee on 15th February 2024. ^[4] The 8 clubs were drawn into two groups of 4 teams each with each team to play the other three in their group once, having one home match, one away match and one at a neutral venue. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals with each group winner playing the runner-up of the other group at home. The semi-final winners played each other in the final. ^[5]

In a change from 2023 there was no relegation to the Intermediate Championship in 2024. This was to facilitate changes to the Senior Championships which are to commence in 2025. ^[6]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship

• Milltown/Castlemaine ^[7]

Relegated to the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship

• Kerins O'Rahilly's ^[8]

Teams

Team	Location	Club's Divisional Side	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Dingle	Dingle	West Kerry	2	2023
Dr Crokes	Killarney	East Kerry	6	2018
Kenmare Shamrocks	Kenmare	Kenmare District	1	1983
Milltown/Castlemaine	Milltown	Mid Kerry	1	2004
Na Gaeil	Tralee	St Brendan's	0	—
Rathmore	Rathmore	East Kerry	1	2011
Spa	Killarney	East Kerry	0	—
Templenoe	Templenoe	Kenmare District	0	—

Group Stage

Group A

Pos [9]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Rathmore	3	2	0	1	-8	4	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Kenmare Shamrocks	3	1	1	1	+5	3
3	Spa	3	1	1	1	+4	3
4	Templenoe	3	0	2	1	-1	2

Round 1 ^[10]

Spa v Templenoe

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)Round 1	Spa	1–14 (17)–(17) 2–11	Templenoe	Glenflesk
18:30 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1–08 – 1–03)
	Gls: E Cronin 1 Pts: E Cronin 8 (4fs), D Spillane 3 (1m), M Foley 1 (1f), D Moynihan 1 (1m), M Kearney 1	Report	Gls: J Crowley Holland, A Spillane 1 each Pts: K Spillane 6 (3fs), J Rice, T Morley, S Sheahan, B Crowley, A Crowley 1 each	Referee: B Griffin (Clounmacon)

Rathmore v Kenmare Shamrocks

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)Round 1	Rathmore	3–11 (20)–(16) 0–16	Kenmare Shamrocks	Fitzgerald Stadium
19:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–10 – 0–05)
	Gls: J Moynihan 2 (1p), C Collins 1 Pts: F Murphy 3 (1f), J Darmody 3 (3fs), C Collins 2, S Ryan 1 (1m), B O'Keeffe, C Spiers 1 each	Report	Pts: S O'Shea 11 (7fs), S O'Brien 2, J McCarthy, K O'Sullivan, J Lehane 1 each	Referee: E Moran (Ballydonoghue)

Round 2 ^[11]

Spa v Kenmare Shamrocks

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)Round 2	Spa	0–11 (11)–(20) 2–14	Kenmare Shamrocks	Tullig
19:15 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–05 – 0–04)
	Pts: E Cronin (4), M Foley 3 (2fs), C Stack, S Cronin, M Kearney, M Moynihan 1 each	Report	Gls: S O'Sullivan, S O'Brien 1 each Pts: S O'Shea 5 (4fs), J Tagney, J O'Sullivan 2 each, D O'Connor, S O'Sullivan, J Lehane, P O'Connor, D Allman 1 each	Referee: B Brosnan (Glenflesk)

Templenoe v Rathmore

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)Round 2	Templenoe	1–11 (14)–(15) 2–09	Rathmore	Templenoe
13:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1–06 – 2–04)
	Gls: J Crowley Holland 1 Pts: K Spillane 8 (6fs), A Crowley 2 (1'45), A Spillane 1		Gls: J Moynihan, A Moynihan 1 each Pts: S Ryan 4 (3fs), J Darmody 2 (1f), C Ryan, F Murphy, C Collins 1 each	Referee: P Curtin (Brosna)

Round 3 ^[12]

Kenmare Shamrocks v Templenoe

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)Round 3	Kenmare Shamrocks	0–13 (13)–(13) 0–13	Templenoe	Kenmare
16:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–05 – 0–05)
	Pts: S O'Shea 5 (2fs, 2ms), K O'Sullivan, T Murnane 2 each, D O'Shea, D Hallissey, T O'Sullivan, D Ciuciu 1 each	Report	Pts: K Spillane 7 (4fs), A Crowley 1 ('45), J Rice, G Crowley, C Crowley, B Crowley, P Clifford 1 each	Referee: P O'Sullivan (Firies)

Rathmore v Spa

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)Round 3	Rathmore	2–06 (12)–(25) 5–10	Spa	Rathmore
16:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1–04 – 2–03)
	Gls: S Ryan 1 (p), J Moynihan 1 Pts: S Ryan 4 (2fs), C Spiers 2	Report	Gls: D Spillane 3 (1p), C Stack, E Fitzgerald 1 each Pts: E Cronin, M Foley 3 (1f) each, D Spillane, D O'Donoghue, S Cronin, M Kearney 1 each	Referee: S O'Shea (Keel)

Group B

Pos [13]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Dingle	3	3	0	0	+32	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Dr Crokes	3	2	0	1	+9	4
3	Milltown/Castlemaine	3	1	0	2	-22	2
4	Na Gaeil	3	0	0	3	-19	0

Round 1 ^[10]

Milltown/Castlemaine v Na Gaeil

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)Round 1	Milltown/Castlemaine	0–16 (16)–(15) 0–15	Na Gaeil	Austin Stack Park
17:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–10 – 0–08)
	Pts: E O'Connor 6 (5fs), C Moriarty 4, G Horan, J O'Sullivan 2 each, D Roche, D Hogan 1 each	Report	Pts: J Bourke 5 (2m), D Devine 5 (3fs), O O'Brien, J Doyle, D O'Connor, K O'Connor, D Goggin 1 each	Referee: E Horan (Glenflesk)

Dingle v Dr Crokes

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)Round 1	Dingle	3–17 (26)–(20) 2–14	Dr Crokes	Austin Stack Park
19:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1–09 – 1–05)
	Gls: P Geaney 2 (1p), D Geaney 1 Pts: P Geaney 7 (3fs), C Geaney 3 (1f), T O'Sullivan 2, D Geaney 1 (1m), M Flaherty, B O'Sullivan, C Bambury, L de Brun 1 each	Report	Gls: M Fitzgerald, K O'Leary 1 each Pts: D Shaw 5 (2fs, 1m), T Brosnan 4 (3fs), C McMahon 3, E Looney, C Keating 1 each	Referee: S Mulvihill (St Senan's)

Round 2 ^[11]

Dingle v Na Gaeil

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)Round 2	Dingle	1–17 (20)–(6) 0–06	Na Gaeil	Dingle
19:00 IST (UTC+1)

Dr Crokes v Milltown/Castlemaine

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)Round 2	Dr Crokes	0–17 (17)–(6) 0–06	Milltown/Castlemaine	Lewis Rd
19:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–06 – 0–05)
	Pts: T Brosnan 6 (4fs), D Casey 2 (2fs), D Shaw, C McMahon 2 each, F Fitzgerald, M O'Shea, M Potts, T Doyle, A Hennigan 1 each	Report	Pts: E O'Connor 4 (3fs, 1'45), C Moriarty, D Hogan 1 each	Referee: P Hayes (Kerins O'Rahilly's)

Round 3 ^[12]

Milltown/Castlemaine v Dingle

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)Round 3	Milltown/Castlemaine	0–05 (5)–(17) 1–14	Dingle	Milltown
16:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–04 – 0–06)
	Pts: É O'Connor 3 (1f, 1'45), J O'Sullivan, C Moriarty 1 each	Report	Gls: C Bambury 1 Pts: P Geaney 6 (5fs), B O'Sullivan, D Geaney 2 each, C Geaney 1 (f), C Flannery, T O'Sullivan, L O'Sullivan 1 each	Referee: JM Fitzgerald (Abbeydorney)

Na Gaeil v Dr Crokes

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)Round 3	Na Gaeil	0–08 (8)–(12) 1–09	Dr Crokes	Killeen
16:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–06 – 0–06)
	Pts: D O'Connor, T Hanafin 3 each, J Doyle, C O'Donovan 1 each	Report	Gls: C McMahon 1 Pts: T Brosnan 4 (3fs), D Casey 1 (f), G White, E Looney, M Casey, C McMahon 1 each	Referee: D Clifford (Laune Rangers)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-Finals					Final
	Dingle		3-12
	Kenmare Shamrocks		3-11
						Dingle		0–11
						Dr Crokes		1–15
	Rathmore		2–10
	Dr Crokes		1–15

Semi-finals

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Dingle v Kenmare Shamrocks

17 August 2024 (2024-08-17) 18:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final 1

Report

Dingle	3–12 (21)–(20) 3–11	Kenmare Shamrocks
(HT: 0–08 – 0–06)
Gls: D O'Sullivan, D Geaney, C Bambury 1 each Pts: C Geaney 4 (1m), P Geaney 3 (1f), D Geaney, C Bambury 2 each, B O'Connor 1		Gls: D O'Connor, S O'Brien, P O'Connor 1 each Pts: S O'Shea 7 (5fs), T Murnane 2, D O'Connor, P O'Connor 1 each

Dingle Referee: B Griffin (Clounmacon)

Rathmore v Dr Crokes

18 August 2024 (2024-08-18) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final 2

Report

Rathmore	2–10 (16)–(18) 1–15	Dr Crokes
(HT: 0–03 – 1–09)
Gls: A Moynihan, F Murphy 1 each Pts: S Ryan 4 (3fs, 1'45), C Dineen, C Collins, F Murphy, J Moynihan, A Dineen, C Spiers 1 each		Gls: T Brosnan 1 Pts: T Brosnan 5 (1f), M Burns 3 (1f), C McMahon 3, T Doyle, D Shaw 2 each

Rathmore Referee: P Hayes (Kerins O'Rahilly's)

Final

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Dr Crokes v Dingle

TG4 [17]

1 September 2024 (2024-09-01) 14:00 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report

Dr Crokes	1–15 (18)–(11) 0–11	Dingle
(HT: 1–07 – 0–05)
Gls: C McMahon Pts: T Brosnan 9 (5fs), M Burns 4 (1f), E Looney, C McMahon 1 each		Pts: D Geaney 5, P Geaney 3 (1f), C Geaney 2, M Geaney 1

Austin Stack Park Referee: Séamus Mulvihill (St Senan's)

See also

• 2024 Kerry Senior Football Championship
• 2024 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship

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