2025 Kerry Senior Football Championship

2025 Kerry SFC

Tournament details
County	Kerry
Year	2025
Trophy	Bishop Moynihan Cup
Sponsor	Garvey's Supervalu
Date	20 September – 26 October
Teams	16
Defending champions	Dr Crokes
Winners
Champions	Dingle (7th win)
Manager	Pádraig Corcoran
Captain	Paul Geaney
Qualify for	Munster Senior Club Football Championship
Runners-up
Runners-up	Austin Stacks
Manager	Darragh Long
Captain	Ronan Shanahan
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	An Ghaeltacht
Other
Matches played	18
Total scored	54–570 (732)
Website	https://www.kerrygaa.ie
←  2024 2026 →

The 2025 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 124th edition of Kerry GAA's premier tournament for senior Gaelic football teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 16 teams (9 senior club teams and 7 divisional teams). The defending Champions were Dr Crokes who won the Championship for a record 14th time in 2024. ^[1] The losing finalists in 2024, Dingle won the championship for a 7th time. It was their first title in 77 years. ^[2] They will represent Kerry in the 2025 Munster Senior Club Football Championship. ^[3]

Format

Originally it was planned for the championship to comprise of 17 teams, ^[4] however in April 2025 the Kerry County Board approved a proposal from Feale Rangers and Shannon Rangers to compete as a combined team (North Kerry) in the upcoming championship, thus reducing the number of Divisional sides to 7. ^[5]

The Divisional teams were to play in two Preliminary Rounds which will use a double elimination format. The club teams entered the championship at the First Round stage. The draw for the first preliminary round was made on 18 August. ^[6] 6 teams were to play in the first preliminary round with the 3 winners advancing to the First Round. The 3 losers advanced to the second preliminary round along with the bye team and the 2 winners from this round also advanced to the First round.

Of the 14 teams remaining, 2 got a bye to the Quarter-finals and the rest played in the First round with the competition using a single elimination format from then on. ^[7]

Teams

Austin Stacks were promoted to the championship having won the 2024 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship. ^[8]

Team	Location	Club/Division	Club's Divisional Side	Colours	Position in 2024	In championship since	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Austin Stacks	Tralee	Club	St Brendan's	Black and amber	N/A	2025	13	2021
Dingle	Dingle	Club	West Kerry	Red and white	Runner-up	2005	6	1948
Dr Crokes	Killarney	Club	East Kerry	Black and amber	Champions	1986	14	2024
East Kerry	East Kerry	Division	N/A	Red and white	Semi-finals	1929	11	2023
Kenmare Shamrocks	Kenmare	Club	Kenmare District	Black and red	Quarter-finals	2017	0	—
Mid Kerry	Mid Kerry	Division	N/A	Green and red	Round 3	1947	4	2008
Milltown/Castlemaine	Milltown	Club	Mid Kerry	Green and white	Round 3	2024	0	—
Na Gaeil	Tralee	Club	St Brendan's	White and green	Round 2	2022	0	—
North Kerry	North Kerry	Division	N/A	Black and white	N/A	2025	0	—
Rathmore	Rathmore	Club	East Kerry	Red and white	Quarter-finals	2023	0	—
South Kerry	South Kerry	Division	N/A	Green and gold	Round 2	1930	10	2015
Spa	Killarney	Club	East Kerry	Blue and gold	Round 3	2021	0	—
St Brendan's	Tralee	Division	N/A	Green, black and white	Semi-finals		0	—
St Kieran's	Castleisland	Division	N/A	Green and white	Quarter-finals	1988	1	1988
Templenoe	Templenoe	Club	Kenmare District	Blue and white	Quarter-finals	2020	0	—
West Kerry	West Kerry	Division	N/A	Red and white	Round 2	1930	3	1990

Preliminary stage

Preliminary Round 1

South Kerry v West Kerry

20 September 2025 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Prelim. Rnd 1

Report

South Kerry	1–15 (18)–(20) 1–17	West Kerry
(HT: 1–08 - 1–07)
Gls: A Coffey 1 Pts: E Daly 5 (3fs, 1tpf), S Teahan 3 (2fs), I O'Sullivan 3, A Coffey 2 (1tp), Z Fayen 1		Gls: M O'Connell 1 Pts: C O'Grady 7 (4fs, 1tpf), C Ó Beaglaoich 4 (1tp), R Ó Beaglaoich 2, S Ó Cúinn, T O'Donnell, PJ MacLáimh, M O'Connell 1 each

Killorglin Referee: D Clifford (Laune Rangers)

St Brendan's v Mid Kerry

21 September 2025 14:00 IST (UTC+1) Prelim. Rnd 1

Report

St Brendan's	0–10 (10)–(24) 2–18	Mid Kerry
(HT: 0–05 - 2–07)
Pts: D O'Connor 3 (2fs), T Kennedy 2 (1tp), J Foley, P White 2 each, B Hanafin 1		Gls: S Cleary, G Hassett 1 each Pts: C Kennedy 5 (1tp), D O'Connor, K Evans 3 each, E Clifford 2, J O'Connor 1 (f), L Carey, D Cleary, D Houlihan, C Teahan 1 each

Austin Stack Park Referee: P Curtin (Brosna)

St Kieran's v East Kerry

21 September 2025 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Prelim. Rnd 1

Report

St Kieran's	1–10 (13)–(24) 2–18	East Kerry
(HT: 0–03 - 2–07)
Gls: A O'Donoghue 1 Pts: A O'Donoghue 5 (1tp, 2fs), A Barry 1 (f), J McElligott, L Brosnan, S O'Connell, M Reidy 1 each		Gls: D Clifford, Philip O'Leary 1 each Pts: P O'Shea 6 (1tp, 2fs), D Clifford 5 (1f), C Lynch, D O'Brien, D Lyne, Paudie O'Leary, Philip O'Leary, R O'Grady, M Keane 1 each

Austin Stack Park Referee: JM Fitzgerald (Abbeydorney)

Bye: North Kerry

Preliminary Round 2

South Kerry v St Brendan's

28 September 2025 13:30 IST (UTC+1) Prelim. Rnd 2

Report

South Kerry	4–20 (32)–(29) 1–26 (a.e.t.)	St Brendan's
(HT: 2–08 - 1–11) (FT: 3–13 - 1–19)
Gls: A Coffey, Donagh O'Sullivan, S Teahan, C Farley 1 each Pts: I O'Sullivan 7 (4fs), E Daly 6 (4fs, 1tpf), Donagh O'Sullivan 3, F O'Sullivan 2, S Teahan, Donncha O'Sullivan 1 each		Gls: D O'Connor 1 Pts: D O'Connor 10 (3fs), T Kennedy 5 (1tp), S Broderick 4 (2tpf), BJ Keane 3, J Foley, E Ferris, C Hayes, F O'Brien 1 each

Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: G Kelliher (Beaufort)

North Kerry v St Kieran's

28 September 2025 15:30 IST (UTC+1) Prelim. Rnd 2

Report

North Kerry	3–16 (25)–(22) 2–16	St Kieran's
(HT: 1–12 - 0–04)
Gls: J Foley, JJ Grimes, C Dillon 1 each Pts: C Dillon 11 (3 tpf, 3fs), R O'Connell 2, E Healy, R Stack, C Trant 1 each		Gls: M Horan 2 Pts: S O'Connell 5 (1tp), A O'Donoghue 3 (1tp), A Barry 2 (2fs), C Brosnan 2, S Ó Ciardubhain 1 ('45), L Brosnan, K Dennehy, A Breen 1 each

Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: F Clifford (Listry)

Knock-out stage

First Round

Templenoe v East Kerry

4 October 2025 15:00 IST (UTC+1) First Round

Report

Templenoe	1–10 (13)–(32) 3–23	East Kerry
(HT: 0–04 - 0–12)
Gls: S Sheehan 1 Pts: K Spillane 9 (1tpf, 4fs), A Crowley 1		Gls: R Murphy, Paudie O'Leary, P O'Shea 1 each Pts: R Murphy 6 (1tp), D Clifford 5 (2fs), P O'Shea 3, D O'Brien, E O'Shea 2 each, R Buckley, Paudie O'Leary, Philip O'Leary, C Gammell, M Keane 1 each

Beaufort Referee: P Curtin (Brosna)

Austin Stacks v Milltown/Castlemaine

4 October 2025 17:00 IST (UTC+1) First Round

Report

Austin Stacks	4–29 (41)–(17) 0–17	Milltown/Castlemaine
(HT: 3–23 - 0–02)
Gls: N Fitzmaurice, C Purcell, P Lane, J Murphy 1 each Pts: J Kissane 7 (3tp), P Lane 6 (1tp, 1tpf, 1f), D Kirby 5 (2tp), A Heinrich 3 (1tp), J O'Connor 2 (1tp), C Purcell 2 (1f), M Tansley 1 (1f), E O'Carroll, R Shanahan, B Murphy 1 each		Pts: É O'Connor 10 (3tpf, 4fs), D Hogan 3 (1tp, 1f), B Casey 2 (1f), G Horan 1

Austin Stack Park Referee: E Moriarty (Dingle)

Dr Crokes v Mid Kerry

4 October 2025 19:00 IST (UTC+1) First Round

Report

Dr Crokes	0–15 (15)–(17) 3–08	Mid Kerry
(HT: 0–04 - 1–06)
Pts: T Brosnan 9 (2tpf, 2tp, 1f), M Burns 1 (1f), D Shaw, B Courtney, T Doyle, C McMahon 1 each		Gls: E Clifford, J O'Connor, C Kennedy 1 each Pts: J O'Connor 2 (1tpf), D O'Connor 2 (1tp), C Kennedy 2, L Smith, K Evans 1 each

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

Dingle v Na Gaeil

5 October 2025 13:30 IST (UTC+1) First Round

Report

Dingle	2–19 (25)–(16) 1–13	Na Gaeil
(HT: 2–15 - 1–06)
Gls: T O'Sullivan, N Ryan 1 each Pts: P Geaney 5 (1tpf, 1f), N Geaney 4 (1tp), M Flaherty 3, T O'Sullivan, T de Brún 2 each, C Flannery, Brian O'Connor, C Bambury 1 each		Gls: R Ó hAiniféin 1 Pts: D Devine 7 (2tpf, 1f, 1tp), J Sheehan 2, J Barry, S Okunbor, S O'Connor, D Reen 1 each

Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: E Walsh (Rathmore)

South Kerry v Spa

5 October 2025 14:00 IST (UTC+1) First Round

Report

South Kerry	3–13 (22)–(27) 3–18	Spa
(HT: 3–07 - 1–07)
Gls: A Coffey, C O'Sullivan, S Teahan 1 each Pts: E Daly 4 (3fs),C Farley 3 (1tp), I O'Sullivan 3, Donagh O'Sullivan 2, S Teahan 1		Gls: M Foley, D Spillane, M Horgan 1 each Pts: C Tobin 9 (2tpf, 4fs), D Spillane 3, E Cronin 2, M Foley 1 (1f), L Spillane, G Vaughan, M Horgan 1 each

Glenbeigh Referee: JM Fitzgerald (Abbeydorney)

Kenmare Shamrocks v North Kerry

5 October 2025 15:30 IST (UTC+1) First Round

Report

Kenmare Shamrocks	4–15 (27)–(15) 1–12	North Kerry
(HT: 2–05 - 0–06)
Gls: J McCarthy, J Tangney 2 each Pts: S O'Shea 3 (1tp), T Cronin 3 (1tp), T Murnane 3, J McCarthy, D Crowley, J O'Sullivan, J Tangney, E McCarthy, T O'Sullivan 1 each		Gls: JJ Grimes 1 Pts: C Dillon 4 (1tpf, 1f), R Stack 2 (1tp), R O'Connell 2, E Healy, JJ Grimes, C Trant, D Mulvihill 1 each

Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: P O'Sullivan (Firies)

Byes: Rathmore, West Kerry

Quarter-finals

Rathmore v East Kerry

11 October 2025 14:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final

Report

Rathmore	1–21 (24)–(9) 0–09	East Kerry
(HT: 1–06 - 0–07)
Gls: M Ryan 1 Pts: C Collins 6 (2fs), S Ryan 3 (1tpf), P Murphy 3 (1mk), C Ryan, P Moynihan 2 each, C Dineen, F Murphy, B Friel, M Reen, M Ryan		Pts: D Clifford 5 (1f, 1tp), P O'Shea 2 (2tp), R Murphy, Philip O'Leary 1 each

Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: B Griffin (Clounmacon)

Austin Stacks v Kenmare Shamrocks

11 October 2025 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final

Report

Austin Stacks	1–19 (22)–(15) 0–15	Kenmare Shamrocks
(HT: 1–10 - 0–09)
Gls: C Purcell 1 Pts: P Lane 6 (2fs), J O'Connor 4, D Kirby 2 (1tp), B Murphy 2, M Tansley 1 (1'45), A Heinrich, C Horan, C Purcell, R Carroll 1 each		Pts: S O'Shea 7 (4fs, 1tpf, 1'45), J Tangney 2, T Murnane, P O'Connor, T Cronin, C O'Sullivan, D O'Connor, D O'Sullivan 1 each

Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: S Joy (Laune Rangers)

Spa v Mid Kerry

12 October 2025 13:30 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final

Report

Spa	2–09 (15)–(31) 1–28	Mid Kerry
(HT: 2–02 - 1–16)
Gls: S Cronin, C Tobin 1 each Pts: E Cronin 3 (1tp), M Foley 2 (1tpf), C Tobin 1 (1f), G Vaughan, N McCarthy, D Spillane 1 each		Gls: D Cleary 1 Pts: C Kennedy 5 (2tp), S O'Brien 4 (1tp), L Carey 4 (1f), J O'Connor 3 (1f), D O'Connor, K Evans 3 each, D Cleary 2, M Breen, D Houlihan, C Teahan, S Gannon 1 each

Austin Stack Park Referee: P Hayes (Kerins O'Rahilly's)

West Kerry v Dingle

12 October 2025 15:30 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final

Report

West Kerry	0–13 (13)–(19) 1–16	Dingle
(HT: 0–06 - 1–09)
Pts: C Ó Gráda 4 (3fs), C Ó Beaglaoich 4 (2tp), R Ó Beaglaoich 3, C Ó Cinnéide, P Ó Sé 1 each		Gls: P Geaney 1 (1p) Pts: P Geaney 9 (3fs), N Ryan 2 (1tp), M Flaherty, D Geaney 2 each, T O'Sullivan 1

Austin Stack Park Referee: B Brosnan (Glenflesk)

Semi-finals

Rathmore v Austin Stacks

18 October 2025 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final

Report

Rathmore	1–09 (12)–(19) 1–16	Austin Stacks
(HT: 0–04 - 0–08)
Gls: J Moynihan 1 Pts: S Ryan 4 (1tpf, 1'45), C Collins 1 (1f), F Murphy, M Reen, M Ryan, J Moynihan 1 each		Gls: J O'Connor 1 Pts: P Lane 6 (1tp, 1f), J O'Connor 4 (1tp), A Heinrich 2 (1tp), J Kissane 2, B Murphy, R Carroll 1 each

Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: B Griffin (Clounmacon)

Mid Kerry v Dingle

19 October 2025 14:00 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final

Report

Mid Kerry	0–16 (16)–(19) 1–16	Dingle
(HT: 0–08 - 1–06)
Pts: C Kennedy 7 (3fs, 1tp), S O'Brien 2 (1tp), K Evans 2, J O'Connor, D Houlihan 1 (1f) each, D O'Connor, D Cleary, L Carey 1 each		Gls: C Geaney 1 Pts: C Geaney 6 (2tpf), N Geaney 3 (1tp), Billy O'Connor, D Geaney 2 each, T O'Sullivan, Brian O'Connor, M Flaherty 1 each

Austin Stack Park Referee: E Horan (Glenflesk)

Final

Austin Stacks v Dingle

TG4

26 October 2025 13:45 WET (UTC) Final

Report

Austin Stacks	1–12 (15)–(19) 2–13	Dingle
(HT: 0–08 - 0–04)
Gls: C Purcell 1 (p) Pts: P Lane 3 (1f), B Murphy 3, A Heinrich, J O'Connor 2 (1tp) each, G Horan 1 (f), J Kissane 1		Gls: P Geaney 2 Pts: C Geaney 4 (1tp, 1f), D Geaney 3 (1tp), T O'Sullivan, P Geaney 2 each, Brian O'Connor, T de Brún 1 each

Austin Stack Park Referee: S Joy (Laune Rangers)

• This was the first meeting of Austin Stacks and Dingle in the Kerry SFC Final

See also

• 2025 Kerry Club Football Championship
• 2025 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship

References

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2. Leen, Tony (26 October 2025). "Paul Geaney-inspired Dingle end 77-year wait for Kerry SFC title". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 26 October 2025.
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4. Brennan, Paul (19 April 2024). "Kerry GAA delegates fully endorse proposal to increase to 10 the clubs in the County SFC and club championship". The Kerryman . Retrieved 20 August 2024.
5. Brennan, Paul (15 April 2025). "Kerry GAA delegates strongly endorse new North Kerry team to contest county SFC". The Kerryman . Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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