“As the Official Health Partner of Kerry GAA and Kerry LGFA, we at Bon Secours Hospital Tralee are delighted to offer a 10% “Back to Club” discount to all members of Kerry GAA and Kerry LGFA clubs for the remainder of 2024. This offer is available through our Physiotherapy Department at the GAA Centre of Excellence in Currans, where we’re excited to continue supporting the health and wellness of the Kerry GAA and Kerry LGFA community.
To schedule an appointment, members can email us at  or call 066 714 9864. If you need any further information, please feel free to reach out to Rosalie Stack, Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy Services Manager, at 066 714 9864 or .

Kerry LGFA Senior Gala Night (Over 18’s only)

Friday 13th December promises to be a night to remember for the Kerry Senior ladies who will be presented with their TG4 All Ireland Medals for 2024. Held in the Great Southern Hotel Killarney this black tie event is a night not to missed and will live long in the memories of all who will be present to witness such a historic occasion. It has been thirty one years since Kerry last won the Brendan Martin Cup. Also on the night the players will be presented with their TG4 Munster Senior Championship medals for 2024. They last won the Munster Championship in 2017.

It has been a historic year for Kerry LGFA and the LGFA as both organisations celebrate fifty years in existence.

The night will kick off with a drinks reception at 6:30pm and dinner at 7:30pm. Music on the night is by “The Pearls Wedding Band” with DJ to follow.

All are welcome to join us on the night. You can do so by purchasing tickets from any of our executive members or by emailing 

Tickets cost €100 per person. Details available on all Kerry LGFA social media platforms (Facebook, X (Twitter) Instagram and website – www.kerryladiesfootball.com.

Kerry LGFA Executive are currently seeking experienced management to manage our Senior team. 

Candidates must possess relevant coaching qualifications, minimum Level 1 Coaching.  All candidates and any associated back room team, must also be fully compliant with current Garda vetting and Safeguarding requirements.

To apply please submit an expression of interest that outlines management experience and that details the approach to providing technical experience in relation to ladies football coaching (including goalkeeper coaching), player welfare, strength and conditioning, nutrition, performance management and analysis, game management and communication.

Please submit expressions of interest to 

Shortlisted candidates will be called for interview.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9pm sharp Sunday 20^th October. 

**It is also within the remit of Kerry LGFA to identify possible suitable candidates for this role.**

Kerry LGFA Inter County Juvenile Management Roles

Kerry LGFA invite applications from suitably qualified individuals for the positions of inter county managers for U14, U16 & Minor squads for the upcoming season.

Applications are available upon request via email from

Closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm on September 21st 2024. Any applications received after this date & time will not be considered.

Applicants should be:

•     Suitably Qualified

•     Have previous experience with club, college or county

•     Hold current Garda Vetting & Safeguarding Certificates

•     Hold minimum Level 1 Coaching Certification

•     Good Knowledge of the Ladies game

•     A keen interest in continuing to develop ladies football in Kerry

It is also within the remit of Kerry LGFA to identify possible suitable candidates for these roles.

Kind regards,

Alanna Donegan

Secretary 

Kerry Ladies Football

Hi everyone

Well the U13 PDP are now finished. What a fantastic success they were.

It was fantastic to see nine Kerry teams take part over the 3 venues last Saturday.

The success is mainly down to a couple of things

1. The fantastic response from all our club players to the program.

2. The buy in and dedication from all the coaches/coordinators that got involved – thank you all so much for everything.

3. The clubs who provided use of the pitches for the duration of the PDP

Many thanks to our Club Secretaries who sent out all the information .

Thanks also to Kerry LGFA PRO Paul Murphy for his time and dedication to this.

And last but certainly not least a massive thanks to all the parents/guardians of the girls who brought them to training and to the venues across Cork over the weekend.

Thank you all

Regards

Anthony Curran

Chairperson KLGFA Development Committee

By DAIRE WALSH 

In the days that followed their final success over Galway at Croke Park on Sunday, August 4, Anna Galvin and her Kingdom colleagues were able to get a full sense of what winning this year’s TG4 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship has truly meant to the people of Kerry.

The day after ending their 31-year wait to collect the Brendan Martin Cup for the 12th time, the Kerry squad embarked on a prolonged tour of the Kingdom’s various towns, villages and clubs. The likes of Knocknagoshel (home of veteran midfielder Lorraine Scanlon), Castleisland and Killarney were amongst the spots that the team called to at the beginning of the week, but it was never going to be possible to fit every place into a single journey.

Following a trip to North Kerry on Tuesday to give winning captain Niamh Carmody of Finuge/St Senan’s a fitting homecoming, the squad eventually found themselves passing through a number of locations in West Kerry on Wednesday. It is the Thursday afternoon after the All-Ireland when we catch up with Galvin, who has been blown away by the reception the players have received throughout their tour of the county.

“We were a little bit taken aback as to how many people were actually turning out in every single spot. It was unbelievable and people are so happy for us. It has just been class. As you can probably tell, our voices are gone from all the chatting and all the shouting all week, and our hands are sore from the signing of jerseys!” acknowledged Galvin, who played the full 60 minutes at midfield in Kerry’s All-Ireland triumph.

“We were here (West Kerry) last night and we were just walking up the street there this morning and we were like ‘lads, it’s surreal!’ We did a lap of the town with a pipe band last night. It’s just mad to think that all this stuff is being done for us. It has been super, a super couple of days.”

A panellist when they lost to Cork in the All-Ireland senior football decider of 2012, Galvin had plenty of set-backs in the green and gold of Kerry before she captained them to a Brendan Martin Cup final appearance against Meath 10 years later.

Their reversal in that 2022 showpiece to the Royals and at the hands of Dublin 12 months later led to some doubts as to whether Galvin and senior squad members such as Scanlon, Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh and Cáit Lynch were ever going to get their moment in the sun. Yet the promised land was finally reached last Sunday week when the Kingdom overcame Galway on a score of 3-14 to 0-11 and the closing minutes of the contest will live long in Galvin’s memory.

“There was plenty of days where we had to do an awful lot of soul searching and it’s just so, so lovely not to have to do that this time around. It was always this thing that was kind of hanging over us. ‘We want to win an All-Ireland, we want to win an All-Ireland’.

“I think for me, the third goal went in and I put my hands in the air, and I nearly started crying on the field. I was like ‘this is it, oh my God’ and I was like ‘get yourself together Anna, there’s still another five minutes left in this game!’ Then Louise came off the field to rapturous applause in Croke Park and I was like ‘ah, this is what dreams are made of’.”

As well as the players themselves, this year’s All-Ireland success feels like just reward for the joint management team of Declan Quill and Darragh Long. Having initially joined as selectors for the latter stages of the 2019 season, this dynamic pair assumed the reins of the Kerry senior side at the end of that year and helped to re-establish the Kingdom as a genuine force in ladies football.

Their All-Ireland final loss to Dublin in 2023 was a tough one to take, but a number of players subsequently set about convincing Quill and Long to stay on for the 2024 league and championship – a move that ultimately paid rich dividends.

“I’m so, so glad that they did stay on. We kind of felt like there was definitely unfinished business there and I remember when we met them. It’s funny, there was a couple of us met and we were all chatting away for a while.

“We were chatting away for maybe 15, 20 minutes. Catching up, just being like ‘ah yeah, how’s things?’ Then the table kind of fell silent and it was like ‘right there lads, down to business, we all know why we’re here!’

“We had to say ‘look, all cards on the table, everyone is going to have to give it their all from management side, from our side. Where were our missing pieces? We need to be able to make sure we’re able to fill those gaps this year.’ Then we were kind of saying ‘okay, look, we can fill these gaps and we can go again. We’ll just go one more’.”

While it won’t be at the forefront of her mind for the next few months – her club commitments to Southern Gaels and her job as an occupational therapist at University Hospital Limerick will take precedence for the remainder of the year – Galvin and Kerry will return to inter-county action for 2025 as defending All-Ireland champions. This is set to be unfamiliar territory for the Kingdom, but Galvin is excited by the prospect of them having less pressure on their shoulders for once.

“It’s just a little bit of a weight off and the team will be able to regroup and we’ll come together and start fresh. There’ll be maybe a little bit more freedom and a little bit less pressure. That’s lovely as well,” Galvin added.

“It’s just nice to be able to, not that we didn’t enjoy it, but you’re a little bit stressed because you’re like ‘okay, we really have to do it this year’. There is that pressure on, whereas that will be gone for whoever of us go back. It’s going to be nice.”

Corrib Oil Senior Club League Finals

Monday 12^th August

Division 1

Rathmore -v- Southern Gaels – Fitzgerald Stadium – 7:30pm. Tickets: https://www.universe.com/events/corrib-oil-senior-ladies-club-league-final-division-1-tickets-WZCB52?fbclid=IwY2xjawEkLeRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHS9nJNeVbZqEMSyAgPqgX_dJvE5JGe8AqsMjIzP6XNHDfpK5-x36o09w2Q_aem_QAIZkAq_WlKABHfOs0hkWg

Division 2

Castleisland Desmonds -v- Beaufort – Austin Stack Park – 8:00pm Tickets: https://www.universe.com/events/corrib-oil-senior-ladies-club-league-final-division-26-tickets-JRV2X5?fbclid=IwY2xjawEkLhtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHU29GNXNWwFe-3tEhPVTWtIDzQD8YLM8VqgwygWgos2U1M6WxjAUIensTA_aem_RVrFh6LNXhFU5Gf-x7hhPQ

Division 3

Corca Dhuibhne -v- Cromane – Keel – 7:00pm Tickets: https://www.universe.com/events/corrib-oil-senior-ladies-club-league-final-division-3-tickets-GYSXVW?fbclid=IwY2xjawEkUQBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZYWr5A4Wo714lmzJduP1Oxkr-fRbTxW20HorwrASbnDS-E-pP0SglrAKg_aem_BYt8pZHbxH46NXLPVD-HeA

Division 5

Firies -v- Cloumacon/Moyvane – Connolly Park – 7:30pm. Tickets: https://www.universe.com/events/corrib-oil-senior-ladies-club-league-final-division-5-tickets-56JP8K?fbclid=IwY2xjawEkLlNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHeLYwVNynZwCDeaeTFpjzxLrVxdOErPCl-WdWtxaF85b9X79GQyVDl6wlw_aem_iglUdAYZfNbvq5NqAG42Pw

Division 6

Ballymacelligott -v- Kerins O’Rahillys – Austin Stack Park – 6:30pm. Tickets: https://www.universe.com/events/corrib-oil-senior-ladies-club-league-final-division-26-tickets-JRV2X5?fbclid=IwY2xjawEkLhtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHU29GNXNWwFe-3tEhPVTWtIDzQD8YLM8VqgwygWgos2U1M6WxjAUIensTA_aem_RVrFh6LNXhFU5Gf-x7hhPQ

Division 8

Beale -v- Dainegan Uí Chúis – Milltown – 7:30pm. Tickets: https://www.universe.com/events/corrib-oil-senior-ladies-club-league-final-division-8-tickets-B97WTD?fbclid=IwY2xjawEkLn1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHVlcwAqmY-osyvcxyBmiA4gvBOezuqkx_yInJZayns6pI578c8HiGxg3Iw_aem_2vRBhnSczCEL5Q08OVqujg