Kenmare GAA (District Team)

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Kenmare
County: Kerry
Colours:Blue and yellow
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Kenmare GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association division in the south of Kerry, Ireland. [1] The division includes the town of Kenmare. It is one of nine divisions of Kerry County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion.

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In addition, the division selects football teams from the adult teams playing at intermediate and junior level, and these then compete for the Kerry Senior Football Championship.

Hurling is the weaker sport in the division, without a district team and only two clubs, Kenmare Shamrocks and Kilgarvan fielding teams.

History

Clubs

The Kenmare District is the smallest such district in Kerry consisting of 4 clubs:

Divisional team

The team competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area in the county championships. [2] Most matches are played in Templenoe nowadays but some are played at Father Breen Park, Kenmare.

Member clubs

Adult clubs (4)

Honours

Hurling

Grades

ChampionshipClub
Senior Championships
Senior None
Intermediate Championships
Intermediate Colours of Down.svg Kenmare Shamrocks
Colours of Cork.svg Kilgarvan
Junior Championships
JuniorNone

Football

Grades

ChampionshipClub
Senior Championships
Senior Colours of Down.svg Kenmare Shamrocks
Colours of Laois.svg Templenoe
Intermediate Championships
Intermediate None
Junior Championships
Premier Junior None
Junior Colours of Cork.svg Kilgarvan
Colours of Mayo.svg Tuosist

Divisional competitions

Finnegan Cup

Teams

The 4 clubs in the Kenmare District play for the Finnegan Cup [3] in the Kenmare district board championship. As of 2023, they included:[ citation needed ]

TeamLocationColoursChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Down.svg Kenmare Shamrocks Kenmare Black and red92011
Colours of Cork.svg Kilgarvan Kilgarvan Red and white11961
Colours of Laois.svg Templenoe Templenoe Blue and white102014
Colours of Mayo.svg Tuosist Tuosist Green and red42006

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
ClubScoreClubScore
2014 Templenoe 3-10 Kenmare 0-06
2013
2012 Templenoe 3-17 Kilgarvan 0-04
2011 Kenmare 0-08 FT, 0-11 Templenoe 0-08 FT, 0-10
2010 Templenoe w/o Kenmare scr
2009
2008
2007
2006 Tuosist 1-11 Templenoe 0-08
2005 Tuosist 2-07 Kenmare 0-11
2004
2003 Kenmare Tuosist
2002 Tuosist
2001 Tuosist 1-12 Templenoe 1-08
2000 Kenmare Templenoe
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993 Templenoe 3-11 Kenmare 1-11
1992
1991
1990 Templenoe 2-12 Kenmare 0-05
1989
1988 Kenmare Templenoe
1987 Kenmare Templenoe
1986 Kenmare
1985 Templenoe 1-08 Kenmare 1-07
1984 Templenoe 1-11 Kenmare 0-06
1983 Kenmare Tuosist
1982 Kenmare
1981 Templenoe 1-06 Kenmare 0-05
1980 Templenoe 3-07 Kenmare 2-04
1979 Kenmare
1978 Templenoe 2-13 Kenmare 2-05
1961 Kilgarvan

Roll of honour

#TeamTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
1 Colours of Laois.svg Templenoe 1061978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1993, 2010, 2012, 20141987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2011
2 Colours of Down.svg Kenmare Shamrocks 9101979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2003, 20111978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1993, 2005, 2010, 2014
3 Colours of Mayo.svg Tuosist 422001, 2002, 2005, 20061983, 2003
4 Colours of Cork.svg Kilgarvan 1119612012

Notable players

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References

  1. ↑ "Credit Union Co. Senior Football League 2006" . Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  2. ↑ "Co. Championships 2007". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. ↑ "Finnegan Cup". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
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