The Kerry Ladies v Cork Ladies Lidl National Football League Division 1 Round 1 fixture has been confirmed for next Sunday January 28th in Knocknagoshel GAA pitch with the time of throw in still to be confirmed.
The EGM of the Kerry Ladies Football Board will take place on Thursday night January 25th at the Dr Crokes clubhouse Killarney at 8pm.
Munster Ladies Gaelic Football Association is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Third Level Bursary Programme for the 2017/18 academic year.
All applicants must be currently attending a Third Level Institution. The bursary is available only to female members of the LGFA currently registered in first year of an undergraduate programme for 2017/18.
The bursary will be valued at €750 and one bursary will be awarded to a winning applicant from each county in the province of Munster (Clare, Cork, Limerick, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford).
Closing dates for completed application forms will be 31st January 2018. No late applications will be accepted.
An application form and full list of bursary rules can be downloaded below:
Following on from Caroline and Lorraine’s brilliant achievement of winning All Stars this year, I decided to list all of Kerry’s winners since they were first launched in 1980. In total the Kingdom ladies have amassed 84 All Star awards, with the most productive period being in Kerry’s golden era of the 1980’s. The great Mary Jo Curran leads the way with a record 11 awards, while Marina Barry is out on her own with 6, closely followed by Bridget Leen, Eileen Lawlor and Geraldine O’Shea with 5, while Annette Walsh and Dell Whyte claimed 5.
The current Kerry ladies team can lay claim to having 7 All Stars in their ranks with Louise Ni Mhuircheartaigh and Sarah Houlihan with 2 a piece, while Aislinn Desmond, Lorraine Scanlon and Caroline Kelly have one each.
The full list of Kerry All Star winners are;
1980
Eileen O’Connor
Mary J Curran
Eileen Lawlor
1981
Mary Twomey
Mary J Curran
1982
Hilda O’Leary
Mary Twomey
Del Whyte
1983
Nora Foley
Annette Walsh
Mary Twomey
Mary J Curran
Eileen Lawlor
1984
Bridget Leen
Mary J Curran
Eileen Lawlor
Margaret Lawlor
1985
Kathleen Curran
Marion Doherty
Lil O’Sullivan
Mary J Curran
Margaret Lawlor
Del Whyte
1986
Kathleen Curran
Nora Hallissey
Mary J Curran
Marina Barry
Del Whyte
1987
Kathleen Curran
Del Whyte
Mary Lane
Annette Walsh
Marina Barry
Mary J Curran
1988
Kathleen Curran
Phil Curran
Mary J Curran
Annette Walsh
Eileen Lawlor
Margaret Lawlor
1989
Phil Curran
Marion Doherty
Mary J Curran
Annette Walsh
Marina Barry
1990
Bridget Leen
Marion Doherty
Mary J Curran
Katie Liston
Margaret Lawlor
Eileen Lawlor
1991
Bridget Leen
Phil Curran
Marina Barry
Katie Liston
1992
Bridget Leen
Fionnuala Ruane
Marina Barry
1993
Katie Liston
Marie Fitzgerald
Mary J Curran
Marina Barry
1994
Kathleen Curran
Bridget Leen
1995
Fionnuala Ruane
Marie Fitzgerald
Geraldine O’Shea
1996
Geraldine O’Shea
2001
Sarah O’Connor
2002
Geraldine O’Shea
2003
Andrea O’Donoghue
Geraldine O’Shea
Kasey O’Driscoll
2004
Geraldine O’Shea
2006
Sarah O Connor
2010
Edel Murphy
2012
Cáit Lynch
Sarah Houlihan
Louise Ní Muircheartaigh
2013
Sarah Houlihan
Louise Ní Muircheartaigh
2015
Aislinn Desmond
2017
Caroline Kelly
Lorraine Scanlon
WE are so proud of our Al Stars !
There was great news for Caroline Kelly of Southern Gaels and Lorraine Scanlon of Castleisland Desmonds when they were awarded TG4 All Stars at Saturday nights ceremony at the City West Hotel in Dublin.
The November meeting of the Kerry Ladies Football County Board will take place on this Wednesday night 8th November at 8oc in Kerins O’Rahilly’s clubhouse Tralee.
With just 3 more sleeps to the big Awards Night in the Rose hotel on Saturday night ,it is time to announce another winner of a very special award. When you ask anyone who is the top referee in ladies football in Ireland only one name springs to mind – Seamus Mulvihill. And after this year Seamus has the stats to back up this claim.
Kerry LGFA is honouring Seamus for what has been a fantastic year with the whistle for the Finuge/St Senans man. After being assigned to referee the National Football League final back in May, the Ladies Football association then called upon Seamus to referee the All Ireland minor final last August. After reffing both games with the understated commonsense that has become his trademark, they called upon him once more with the highest accolade available in Ladies football – to referee the All Ireland senior final. Dublin finally claimed the crown that day when they disposed of Mayo in front of a record attendance of 46,286 at Croke Park – and the greatest compliment that could be paid to Seamus is that nobody even noticed that he was there, in a game that was a great advertisment for ladies football. Well done Seamus Mulvihill – Kerry LGFA are honoured to have you as one of our own !
With the Kerry Ladies Awards Night just 4 sleeps away (Rose Hotel, Friday 28th October) it’s time to reveal somebody that will be the recipient of a very special award for her massive contribution to Kerry Ladies Football.
Marina Barry of Austin Stacks will receive the Lifetime Commitment to Kerry LGFA award in recognition for her consistent excellence on the football fields of Kerry over many years. Marina’s record makes remarkable reading – 10 All Ireland senior medals and 5 All Stars while in a Kerry jersey speaks volumes for the brilliance that she brought to that great team of the 80’s and early 90’s. Marina won her first All Ireland senior title in 1982 and went on to win 9 on the trot after that. In the Austin Stacks jersey she has won every honour that there is to be won at club level in Kerry. This year was even more special though, as Marina lined out with her daughter Caoimhe in the Kerry Intermediate final, and came away with another county medal after an excellent display in which she scored 4 points.
A legend in her own lifetime, Kerry Ladies Football is proud to be honouring one of the greatest Kerry footballers to ever put on a pair of boots.
With storm Brian on the way and the weather forecast saying high winds and rain to follow, all Development squads in Kerry have been cancelled – as well as the Finuge / St Senans and Rathmore’s Munster finals.
Please inform all age groups attending Development.
Development for U 13 and U 15 is postponed for tomorrow.