by Adam Moynihan | Aug 7, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Week 2 was not quite as free-flowing or high-scoring as the first – the dismal weather saw to that – but it was certainly just as tense as no more than a kick of a ball separated the sides in all four matches in the Kerry Senior Club Championship. Silverware is still...
by Adam Moynihan | Aug 7, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Forwards ruled the roost in Round 1 but the adverse weather conditions meant that backs and midfielders were the big points-getters in the second round of the Killarney Advertiser Fantasy Club game in association with Gaelic Plus. The wet ball tends to lead to better...
by Adam Moynihan | Jul 31, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Round 1 is in the can and the return of championship football was enjoyed by all who (by hook or by crook) bore witness to one or more of the 28 games that took place over a hectic opening weekend. With only 200 people allowed inside the ground in these...
by Adam Moynihan | Jul 25, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
FAI Junior Cup: Quarter-Final Killarney Celtic v Fairview Rangers Saturday at 5pm Celtic Park Ahead of Saturday’s huge quarter-final clash with Fairview of Limerick, Celtic manager Brian Spillane has called on his senior players to seize what could well be...
by Adam Moynihan | Jul 25, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Kerry Senior Club Championship Dr Crokes 1-18 Templenoe 0-10 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney It was quiet in the Fitzgerald Stadium last night. How quiet? Well, maybe this anecdote will illustrate the point. Towards the end of this one-sided encounter between...
by Adam Moynihan | Jul 3, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Tunisia v Serbia and Montenegro. August 17, 2004. The Olympic Games in Athens. Nikola Milojević hunkers down on his goal line with his hands on his knees. Astoundingly, the Serbian goalkeeper is about to face his fourth penalty kick in just two minutes. With the game...
by Adam Moynihan | Jun 26, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
In the summer of 1975, a band of wide-eyed teenagers with dreams of conquering Kerry soccer formed a new club called the Killarney Rangers. A little over a year later, they were gone. This week Adam Moynihan spoke to former players Diarmuid O’Donoghue and Tom Griffin...
by Adam Moynihan | Jun 19, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
John Mitchels of Tralee have come under scrutiny this past week after the Irish republican for whom they are named was outed as a racist. In the third and final article in our Racism in Sport series, Adam Moynihan asks what, if anything, should happen next. Recent...
by Adam Moynihan | Jun 12, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Almost 16% of people living Kerry are of non-‘White Irish’ descent, yet our Gaelic football teams are almost exclusively made up of white Irish players. In Part II of a three-part series on racism in Irish sport, Adam Moynihan asks why so few foreign nationals and...
by Adam Moynihan | Jun 5, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
In Part I of a three-part series on racism in Irish sport, Adam Moynihan speaks to some local black athletes about the discrimination they face both on and off the pitch. In the wake of George Floyd’s tragic death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer...
by Adam Moynihan | May 30, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Killarney Advertiser Sports Editor and former St Brendan’s captain Adam Moynihan selects a dream team of some of the best footballers to ever play for the Sem. For at least a hundred years now, St Brendan’s College has been a dominant force in schools football,...
by Adam Moynihan | May 29, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
What did Michael Jordan do after The Last Dance? He did what any wealthy American retiree would do. He came to Killarney to play golf and drink Guinness. To find out what the GOAT was really like, Adam Moynihan spoke to the locals who showed him around back in May of...
by Adam Moynihan | May 16, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
In the fifth and final part of our Golden Years series, Adam Moynihan reflects on Kerry’s infamous defeat to Offaly in 1982 and how their leader stayed on to build a new team of champions I know. I don’t want to talk about it. You don’t want to read about. Let’s just...
by Adam Moynihan | May 8, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
In Part 4 of our series on the Golden Years, Adam Moynihan takes a look at the 1981 All-Ireland final which saw Kerry secure their second ever four-in-a-row. By the time the 1981 championship came around, Kerry were in cruise control. With three consecutive...
by Adam Moynihan | May 5, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Kerry captain David Clifford has confirmed that he would be happy to play this year’s intercounty championship behind closed doors if necessary. Speaking to this journalist in a wide-ranging interview for Killarney-based insurance broker GMHD.ie, Clifford said...
by Adam Moynihan | May 1, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
A poll carried out by the Killarney Advertiser this week has found that 55% of our readers would rather see the GAA staging senior intercounty matches behind closed doors than cancelling the 2020 championships entirely. With mass gatherings of over 5,000 people...
by Adam Moynihan | May 1, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
A new decade, same old Kerry. In Part 3 of our Golden Years series, Adam Moynihan dissects The Kingdom’s bruising triumph over Roscommon in the 1980 All-Ireland final. It was an unlikely rivalry. The two counties were, after all, at opposite ends of the honours list....
by Adam Moynihan | Apr 24, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
After the so-called flash in the pan of ‘75 and the ambush of ’78, it was time for The Kingdom to put the final nail in their greatest rival’s coffin. In Part 2 of our series on the Golden Years, Adam Moynihan examines the 1979 All-Ireland final between Kerry and the...
by Adam Moynihan | Apr 17, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Sheehy’s chip. Bomber’s hat-trick. Four (yes, four) different goalkeepers. In the first of a new series of articles on Kerry GAA’s Golden Years, Adam Moynihan takes an in-depth look at The Kingdom’s shock victory over the Dubs in ‘78. We’ve all seen it. The goal...
by Adam Moynihan | Apr 10, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Nicknames are rampant in Ireland and it’s hard to say exactly why. Maybe using pet names is our way of showing affection. Maybe we just love making fun of one another – certain sobriquets seem to have their roots in funny stories or amusing likenesses. In some...
by Adam Moynihan | Apr 10, 2020 | App News, News, Sport
Killarney high jumper Jordan Lee talks to Adam Moynihan about adapting his training regime during the shutdown and his thoughts on the Paralympic Games being moved to 2021. Well Jordan, how’s the lockdown going for you? Is it challenging to train and keep fit...
by Adam Moynihan | Apr 3, 2020 | App News, News
How are our footballers coping without football? This week Adam Moynihan spoke to Dr Crokes forward Daithí Casey about missing his teammates, staying fit at home and his thoughts on how the season might play out after the lockdown Well Daithí. These are strange...
by Adam Moynihan | Mar 31, 2020 | App News, News
Kerry GAA legend Colm Cooper has joined forces with 15 fellow Irish sports stars for a powerful video message that encourages social distancing. In the video, Gooch joins the likes of Brian O’Driscoll, Bernard Brogan, Shane Lowry, Derval O’Rourke and Paul McGrath in...
by Adam Moynihan | Mar 8, 2020 | App News, News
The Killarney-based makers of X-League (pronounced ‘cross’), a limited contact version of rugby league, recently announced a partnership with the sport’s governing body in England. The deal will see international teams compete in a X-League World Cup, which will run...
by Adam Moynihan | Mar 6, 2020 | App News, News
Kilcummin GAA have apologised “for any offence caused” after a video taken at a recent club training session was shared widely on social media. The 31-second clip, which shows members of the club’s senior football team engaging in a wrestling-style exercise as a man,...
by Adam Moynihan | Mar 6, 2020 | App News, News
Last season was unusually barren for the Dr Crokes senior football team but they could be set for a return to winning ways in this year’s County League, according to a new poll carried out by the Killarney Advertiser. The survey, which was conducted online and drew...
by Adam Moynihan | Mar 4, 2020 | App News, News
Kerry goalkeeping coach Brendan Kealy has questioned the need for the new backpass ban, stating his belief that the GAA are “trying everything” to make keepers kick the ball out long. Goalkeepers are to be prohibited from receiving a backpass directly from a kickout...
by Adam Moynihan | Feb 21, 2020 | App News, News
Kerry manager Peter Keane has made three changes ahead of his side’s Round 4 Allianz National Football League tie against Meath. All-Star corner back Tom O’Sullivan comes in for his first start of the season in place of Jason Foley, experienced defender...
by Adam Moynihan | Feb 21, 2020 | App News, News
FAI Junior Cup: Last 16 Crettyard United v Killarney Celtic Sunday at 2pm Laois Killarney Celtic will be hoping to move one step closer to their ultimate goal when they travel to Laois on Sunday to take on Crettyard United in the last 16 of the FAI Junior Cup....
by Adam Moynihan | Feb 14, 2020 | App News, News
Kerry GAA have released their new alternate outfield and goalkeeper shirts for 2020. The new gear signals a return to The Kingdom’s traditional away colour of blue while also incorporating some eye-catching lime green trim. The stylish new shirt will be...
by Adam Moynihan | Feb 14, 2020 | App News, News
Animals. Cute hoors. Fair weather fans. Whatever way you look at it, followers of Kerry’s senior football team have a reputation. Last Sunday, Adam Moynihan joined a busload Kerry fans on the 924km, 12-hour round trip to Tyrone to find out the truth about the county’s...
by Adam Moynihan | Feb 7, 2020 | App News, News
National League: Division 1 Scotts Lakers v Ulster University Elks Saturday at 7.30pm Pres Gym Saturday night will be filled with nostalgia for Killarney sports fans as National League basketball returns to the Pres Gym for the first time since 2008. With...
by Adam Moynihan | Feb 4, 2020 | App News, News
The captain of the Kerry senior football team will be selected by the county champions again in 2021 after a motion seeking to defer that decision to the team’s manager was defeated at a county board meeting on Monday night. It’s not the first time this motion has...
by Adam Moynihan | Jan 31, 2020 | App News, News
A minute’s silence will be observed at Sunday’s National League match between the Scotts Lakers and the Portlaoise Panthers in memory of legendary Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, who died in tragic circumstances last weekend. Bryant, 41, and eight other people,...
by Adam Moynihan | Jan 24, 2020 | App News, News
Witnessing Dublin’s recent dominance has undoubtedly been a humbling experience for Kerry supporters but, after an encouraging run to the All-Ireland final in 2019, it looks like the green and gold faithful have finally got their swagger back. A survey carried out by...
by Adam Moynihan | Jan 24, 2020 | App News, News
It’s not often I’d disagree with Stormzy but ‘heavy is the head that wears the crown’ doesn’t necessarily apply to everyone. For some, major leadership roles can be a burden, a source of turmoil, something to be avoided if at all possible. For others – an elite few –...
by Adam Moynihan | Jan 21, 2020 | App News, News
Fossa and East Kerry forward David Clifford has been named captain of the Kerry senior footballers for 2020. The two-time All-Star, who celebrates his 21st birthday tomorrow (Wednesday), becomes one of the youngest ever players to skipper The Kingdom. As is customary...
by Adam Moynihan | Jan 18, 2020 | App News, News
Despite all the talk of change, 2020 looks set to be as congested as ever for our club and county footballers. Adam Moynihan examines this year’s schedule and asks if the GAA are any closer to solving the fixtures crisis. It didn’t take long for the first...
by Adam Moynihan | Jan 12, 2020 | App News, News
Who will captain the team? Can Kerry make the most of the advanced mark? Will Paudie Clifford and Tony Brosnan make the grade? Ahead of Kerry’s National League opener against Dublin on January 25, Adam Moynihan takes a look at the 20 burning questions for 2020 ...
by Adam Moynihan | Jan 3, 2020 | App News, News
2019 was a historic year for the East Kerry senior footballers so it should come as no surprise that they dominate the Killarney Advertiser Sport Team of the Year with 10 players in total. In addition to those county champions from Spa, Glenflesk, Fossa, Gneeveguilla...
by Adam Moynihan | Dec 20, 2019 | News
National League: Division 1 Scotts Lakers 125 Limerick Celtics 106 Saturday marked the Scotts’ Lakers final home game of the calendar year and they signed off in style with a superb 19-point win over the Limerick Celtics. Limerick were victorious in the reverse...
by Adam Moynihan | Dec 15, 2019 | App News, News
East Kerry Championship: Final Killarney Legion 1-18 Dr Crokes 3-6 Fitzgerald Stadium The Killarney Legion are champions of East Kerry for the first time in 43 years after a rousing six-point victory over their fiercest rivals, Dr Crokes, in the Fitzgerald...
by Adam Moynihan | Dec 15, 2019 | App News, News
You have to admire the O’Donoghue Cup. It just refuses to quit. After the cancellation of last Sunday’s final due to adverse weather conditions, the season will now end for Legion and Dr Crokes today, the 15th of December. I’ll stop short of blaming the GAA or the...
by Adam Moynihan | Dec 14, 2019 | App News, News
East Kerry Championship: Final Killarney Legion v Dr Crokes Sunday at 2.15pm Fitzgerald Stadium If a drawn match is like kissing your sister (not my words, a popular Americanism) then what does that make a postponed one? As early as last Friday night, rumours swirled...
by Adam Moynihan | Dec 13, 2019 | App News, News
Ahead of Saturday’s crucial home game against the Limerick Celtics (Killarney Sports Centre, 7.30pm), the Scotts Lakers have strengthened their squad by adding 6’2” American guard Xavier Talton. The Lakers are currently in third place in Division 1 of the National...
by Adam Moynihan | Dec 13, 2019 | App News, News
Former Kerry footballer Darran O’Sullivan believes the GAA should follow the Premier League’s lead by taking part in the Rainbow Laces campaign. A number of sporting bodies in the UK recently participated in Rainbow Laces, an initiative set up in 2013 to help create...
by Adam Moynihan | Dec 6, 2019 | App News, News, Sport
East Kerry Championship: Final Killarney Legion v Dr Crokes Sunday at 2.15pm Fitzgerald Stadium Losing to your fiercest rivals is never a pleasant experience but the outcome of Sunday’s Killarney derby, an O’Donoghue Cup final no less, will be particularly...
by Adam Moynihan | Nov 29, 2019 | App News, News
East Kerry Championship: Semi-Final Spa v Dr Crokes Sunday at 2pm Fitzgerald Stadium Sunday’s Killarney derby between Spa and Dr Crokes promises to be a high-octane affair as both sides vie for a spot in the final of this year’s O’Donoghue Cup. This rivalry has been...
by Adam Moynihan | Nov 29, 2019 | News
As November rolls into December, and with club players still playing matches, Adam Moynihan asks why the GAA still haven’t resolved the fixtures crisis The short days. The long nights. The driving rain and cutting winds that would make even the proudest of Gaels curse...
by Adam Moynihan | Nov 15, 2019 | App News, News
In April, veteran goalkeeper James Devane was dropped for Spa’s crucial Intermediate Club Championship opener against Templenoe. Hurt by the decision, the 35-year-old teacher gave serious consideration to quitting football entirely. Little did he know that just a few...
