2025 Kerry Club Football Championship

2025 Kerry Club Football Championship

Tournament details
County	Kerry
Year	2025
Trophy	Michael O'Connor Cup
Sponsor	Kerry Petroleum
Date	8 August to 14 September
Teams	9
Defending champions	Dr Crokes
Winners
Champions	Dr Crokes (10th win)
Manager	Andrew Kenneally
Captain	David Shaw
Runners-up
Runners-up	Na Gaeil
Manager	Donal Rooney
Captain	Andrew Barry
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	An Ghaeltacht
Relegated team(s)	n/a
Other
Matches played	14
Total scored	30–395 (485)
Website	http://www.kerrygaa.ie/
←  2024 2026 →

The 2025 Kerry Club Football Championship (known as the Kerry Petroleum Senior Club Football Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 2025 edition of the Kerry Club Football Championship. The tournament consisted of Kerry GAA's 9 senior club teams, an increase of one from 2024. Dr Crokes retained their title, winning the championship for a record 10th time defeating final debutants Na Gaeil 0-20 to 1-12 in the Final. ^[1]

Format

As the championship has increased from 8 teams to 9, a new format is in place for 2025. The 9 teams were drawn into three groups of three teams with each team playing the other two teams, one at home and one away. Two group winners will advance to the semi-finals while the other group winner and all three runners-up will advance to the quarter-finals. ^[2]

As the 2026 competition is also due to see an increase in the number of teams, there will be no relegation to the Intermediate Championship in 2025. ^[3]

Teams

Austin Stacks were promoted to the championship having won the 2024 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship. ^[4]

Team	Location	Club's Divisional Side	In Championship since	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Austin Stacks	Tralee	St Brendan's	2025	6	2021
Dingle	Dingle	West Kerry	2005	2	2023
Dr Crokes	Killarney	East Kerry	1986	9	2024
Kenmare Shamrocks	Kenmare	Kenmare District	2017	1	1983
Milltown/Castlemaine	Milltown	Mid Kerry	2024	1	2004
Na Gaeil	Tralee	St Brendan's	2022	0	—
Rathmore	Rathmore	East Kerry	2023	1	2011
Spa	Killarney	East Kerry	2021	0	—
Templenoe	Templenoe	Kenmare District	2020	0	—

Group Stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Na Gaeil	2	2	0	0	+11	4	Advance to Semi-finals or Quarter-finals
2	Austin Stacks	2	1	0	1	+10	2	Advance to Quarter-finals
3	Templenoe	2	0	0	2	-21	0

Source: Kerry GAA Fixtures/Results/Tables

Round 1

Austin Stacks v Templenoe

9 August 2025Round 1	Austin Stacks	1–18 (21)–(8) 1–05	Templenoe	Connolly Park
16:30 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–09 - 0–02)
	Gls: P Lane 1 Pts: A Heinrich 5, P Lane 4 (1tp), S Quilter 2 (1tp), D Kirby 2, R Shanahan, E Carroll, D O'Brien, F Mangan, S O'Callaghan 1 each	Report	Gls: A Spillane 1 Pts: G Crowley 2 (1tp), T Morley, C Crowley, K Spillane 1 each	Referee: B Griffin (Clounmacon)

Round 2

Na Gaeil v Austin Stacks

15 August 2025Round 2	Na Gaeil	1–15 (18)–(15) 1–12	Austin Stacks	Killeen
19:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1–06 - 0–09)
	Gls: O Maunsell 1 Pts: D O'Connor 5 (2tp), D Devine 2 (2fs), E O'Connor, O Maunsell 2 each, J Barry, J O'Connor, K O'Connor, J Sheehan 1 each	Report	Gls: S Quilter 1 Pts: S Quilter 6 (1tpf, 1f, 1tp), J O'Connor, P Lane 2 (1tp) each, M Tansley 1 (1'45), A Heinrich 1	Referee: P O'Sullivan (Firies)

Round 3

Templenoe v Na Gaeil

23 August 2025Round 3	Templenoe	1–10 (13)–(21) 1–18	Na Gaeil	Templenoe
18:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–08 - 1–07)
	Gls: G Crowley 1 Pts: K Spillane 7 (5fs), C Crowley 2 (1tpf), G Crowley 1	Report	Gls: D O'Connor 1 Pts: D Devine 4 (3fs), O Maunsell 3, D O'Connor 2 (1f), J Doyle, J Barry 2 each, C Bohane 1 ('45), S Okunbor, F Barry, J Sheehan, K O'Connor 1 each	Referee: E Walsh (Rathmore)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenmare Shamrocks	2	1	1	0	+13	3	Advance to Semi-finals or Quarter-finals
2	Dingle	2	1	0	1	-1	2	Advance to Quarter-finals
3	Milltown/Castlemaine	2	0	1	1	-12	1

Source: Kerry GAA Fixtures/Results/Tables

Round 1

Kenmare Shamrocks v Dingle

10 August 2025Round 1	Kenmare Shamrocks	2–20 (26)–(13) 0–13	Dingle	Kenmare
16:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–05 - 0–10)
	Gls: J McCarthy, T Murnane 1 each Pts: S O'Shea 8 (2tpf, 3fs), T Murnane, P O'Connor 3 each, Z O'Shea, J Tangney 2 each, T Cronin, D O'Sullivan 1 each	Report	Pts: C Geaney 6 (3fs, 1tp), D Geaney 3 (1tp), D O'Sullivan, T de Brún, N Ryan, C Bambury 1 each	Referee: B Brosnan (Glenflesk)

Round 2

Dingle v Milltown/Castlemaine

17 August 2025Round 2	Dingle	1–19 (22)–(10) 0-10	Milltown/Castlemaine	Dingle
16:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–06 - 0–07)
	Gls: P Geaney 1 Pts: P Geaney 8 (1tp, 2tpf, 1f), C Bambury 7 (3fs), C Flannery, T de Brún, M Geaney, L de Brún 1 each	Report	Pts: E O'Connor 6 (2tpf, 1f), D Roche, B Casey, D Horgan, C Moriarty 1 each	Referee: E Horan (Glenflesk)

Round 3

Milltown/Castlemaine v Kenmare Shamrocks

24 August 2025Round 3	Milltown/Castlemaine	3–17 (26)–(26) 3–17	Kenmare Shamrocks	Milltown
13:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 1–08 - 1–08)
	Gls: G Horan, A Kelliher, C Moriarty 1 each Pts: E O'Connor 6 (2fs, 1'45, 1tp), D Hogan 4, B Casey, C Moriarty 2 each, P Wren, D Roche, O Spring 1 each	Report	Gls: K O'Sullivan, S O'Brien, D O'Sullivan 1 each Pts: S O'Brien 5 (1tp), S O'Shea 4 (1f, 2'45), D O'Sullivan 3, K O'Sullivan 2 (1f), T Murnane 2, J Tangney 1	Referee: P Curtin (Brosna)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Dr Crokes	2	2	0	0	+9	4	Advance to Semi-finals or Quarter-finals
2	Rathmore	2	1	0	1	+3	2	Advance to Quarter-finals
3	Spa	2	0	0	2	-12	0

Source: Kerry GAA Fixtures/Results/Tables

Round 1

Spa v Dr Crokes

8 August 2025Round 1	Spa	0–13 (13)–(20) 2–14	Dr Crokes	Tullig
19:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–08 - 1–06)
	Pts: C Tobin 4 (4fs), E Cronin 3, D Moynihan 2, N McCarthy, M Foley, D Spillane, A Cronin 1 each	Report	Gls: G O'Shea, C McMahon 1 each Pts: T Brosnan 8 (1tpf, 3fs), D Shaw 3, G White, M Burns, B Looney 1 each	Referee: S Joy (Laune Rangers)

Round 2

Dr Crokes v Rathmore

17 August 2025Round 2	Dr Crokes	1–14 (17)–(15) 0-15	Rathmore	Lewis Road
12:45 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 0–06 - 0–05)
	Gls: A Hennigan 1 Pts: T Brosnan 5, D Shaw 4 (1tp, 1f), B Looney 3, M Burns 2	Report	Pts: D Rahilly 4, C Collins 2 (2fs), S Ryan 2 (1tpf), C Ryan, J Moynihan 2 each, A Dineen, P Murphy, P Moynihan 1 each	Referee: P Hayes (Kerins O'Rahilly's)

Round 3

Rathmore v Spa

24 August 2025Round 3	Rathmore	2–15 (21)–(16) 2–10	Spa	Rathmore
16:00 IST (UTC+1)		(HT: 2–07 - 1–07)
	Gls: P Murphy, C Collins 1 each Pts: D Rahilly, C Collins 3 each, A Dineen 2 (1tp), B Friel 2, S Ryan, P Moynihan, A Moynihan, D Nagle, M Reen 1 each	Report	Gls: D O'Donoghue, C Tobin 1 each Pts: C Tobin 4 (1tp, 1f), E Cronin 4, D Moynihan, D Spillane 1 each	Referee: S Mulvihill (St. Senan's)

Knockout stage

Group winners Dr Crokes and Kenmare Shamrocks received a bye to the semi-finals when the draw for the quarter-finals was made. ^[5]

Quarter-finals

Dingle v Na Gaeil

30 August 2025 17:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final

Report

Dingle	0–17 (17)–(18) 1–15	Na Gaeil
(HT: 0–02 - 1–10)
Pts: P Geaney 12 (3tp, 3tpf), T de Brún 2 (1tp), C Flannery, T O'Sullivan, C Bambury 1 each		Gls: D O'Connor 1 Pts: D Devine 4 (1tp, 2fs), J Sheehan 3 (1tp), J Barry, D O'Connor 2 each, N O'Mahony, A Barry, O Maunsell, K O'Connor 1 each

Austin Stack Park Referee: E Horan (Glenflesk)

Austin Stacks v Rathmore

30 August 2025 19:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final

Report

Austin Stacks	1–13 (16)–(18) 2–12	Rathmore
(HT: 1–05 - 0–03)
Gls: C Purcell 1 Pts: P Lane 9 (1tpf, 2fs),C Purcell 2, G Horan, D Kirby 1 each		Gls: C Collins 1 (1p), B Friel 1 Pts: S Ryan 3 (1tpf, 1'45), B O'Keeffe 2 (1tp), A Dineen B Friel, P Murphy, J Moynihan, C Collins, M Ryan, M Reen 1 each

Austin Stack Park Referee: B Griffin (Clounmacon)

Semi-finals

Na Gaeil v Rathmore

6 September 2025 17:30 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final

Report

Na Gaeil	0–16 (16)–(15) 2–09	Rathmore
(HT: 0–07 - 2–02)
Pts: D O'Connor 4 (1f), D Devine 3 (3fs), J Barry 3 (1tpf), C Bohane 2 (1tpf), J Sheehan 2, T Ó hAiniféin, D Reen 1 each		Gls: C Collins, J Moynihan 1 each Pts: C Collins 3 (1f), S Ryan 2 (1tpf), A Dineen 2 (1tp), P Murphy, F Murphy 1 each

Lewis Road Referee: S Joy (Laune Rangers)

Dr Crokes v Kenmare Shamrocks

7 September 2025 15:30 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final

Report

Dr Crokes	0–17 (17)–(12) 1–09	Kenmare Shamrocks
(HT: 0–11 - 0–04)
Pts: T Brosnan 8 (1tpf), B Courtney 2 (2'45), M Burns, C McMahon 2 each, D Shaw, G O'Shea, T Doyle 1 each		Gls: T Murnane 1 Pts: K O'Sullivan 2, D O'Sullivan (1f), D O'Connor, S O'Shea, S O'Brien, D O'Sullivan, T Murnane, P O'Connor 1 each

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

Final

Na Gaeil v Dr Crokes

14 September 2025 15:30 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report

Na Gaeil	1–12 (15)–(20) 0–20	Dr Crokes
(HT: 0–05 - 0–12)
Gls: D O'Connor 1 Pts: J Sheehan 5 (1tp), D O'Connor 2, A Barry, N O'Mahony, J O'Connor, O Maunsell, S O'Connor 1 each		Pts: T Brosnan 8, G White 6 (2tp), M Burns 2, T Doyle, C McMahon, B Looney, A Hennigan 1 each

Austin Stack Park Referee: B Griffin (Clounmacon)

See also

• 2025 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
• 2025 Kerry Senior Football Championship

References

1. O'Dowd, John (14 September 2025). "Tony Brosnan and Gavin White ensure Dr Crokes defeat Na Gaeil to retain Kerry senior club title". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
2. Brennan, Paul (11 February 2025). "Dr Crokes to start Kerry senior club championship title defence against Spa and Rathmore". The Kerryman . Retrieved 12 February 2025.
3. "Kerry GAA delegates fully endorse proposal to increase to 10 the clubs in the County SFC and Senior Club Championship". The Kerryman . 19 April 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
4. Brennan, Paul (9 November 2024). "Kerry IFC final: Austin Stacks restore senior status after one-sided replay win over Laune Rangers". The Kerryman . Retrieved 12 February 2025.
5. Brennan, Paul (24 August 2025). "Defending Kerry Senior Club champions Dr Crokes receive bye to semi-finals". The Kerryman . Retrieved 24 August 2025.