Kerry GAA honours explained

Kerry are by far the most successful team in the history of Gaelic football. They have won 38 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and have appeared in countless other All-Ireland Football Finals. Kerry footballers have been garlanded with countless awards and hold numerous individual records in the sport. Pat Spillane received nine All Stars during a glittering career, a feat matched by no other Gaelic footballer, while Tadhg Kennelly is the only holder of both an AFL Premiership medallion and a Senior All-Ireland Championship medal, the highest possible achievement in the sports of Australian rules football and Gaelic football. Here are Kerry's honours.

Gaelic football

All Irelands (92)

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 38
  • 1903, 1904, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2022
• All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships: 10
  • 1964, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2008
• All-Ireland Minor Football Championships: 16
  • 1931, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1994, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 20
  • 1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2015,^[1] 2016,^[2] 2017, 2018,^[3] 2019
• All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championships: 9
  • 1973, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997

League Titles (23)

• National Football Leagues: 23
  • 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
• National Football Leagues Div 2: 1
  • 2002

Regional

Provincials (216)

• Munster Senior Football Championships: 85
  • 1892, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Munster Under-21/Under-20 Football Championships: 28 (Under 20 since 2018)
  • 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2020
• Munster Minor Football Championships: 49
  • 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006,2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015,^[4] 2016,^[5] 2017,^[6] 2018, 2019, 2020
• Munster Junior Football Championships: 46
  • 1913, 1914, 1915, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014,^[7] 2015,^[8] 2016, 2017,^[9] 2018, 2019
• Munster Football League

1

• • 1926^[10]
• McGrath Cup

6

• • 1996, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2022
• Dr Croke Cup

1

• • 1906^[11]
• Croke Memorial Tournament

1

• • 1913^[12]
• Railway Cup Football: 2
  • 1927 (all Kerry players), 1931 (all Kerry players)

(Note that the Railway Cup is contested by provincial sides - these are years in which the Munster team consisted entirely of Kerry players).

Individual

Texaco Footballer of the Year wins (18)

The following Kerry players were named Texaco Footballer of the Year:

1959: Seán Murphy
1962: Mick O'Connell
1969: Mick O'Dwyer
1979: Tom Prendergast
1975: John O'Keeffe
1978: Pat Spillane
1979: Mikey Sheehy
1980: Jack O'Shea
1981: Jack O'Shea^2nd
1984: Jack O'Shea^3rd
1985: Jack O'Shea^4th
1986: Pat Spillane^2nd
1997: Maurice Fitzgerald
2000: Seamus Moynihan
2004: Colm Cooper
2006: Kieran Donaghy
2007: Marc Ó Sé
2009: Paul Galvin
2014: James O'Donoghue^[13]

Team of the Millennium (6)

The following Kerry players were among the fifteen selected for the Football Team of the Millennium:^[14]

• Dan O'Keeffe (goalkeeper)
• Joe Keohane (full-back)
• Seán Murphy (right half-back)
• Mick O'Connell (midfielder)
• Pat Spillane (left half-forward)
• Mikey Sheehy (right corner-forward)

Team of the Century (6)

The following Kerry players were among the fifteen selected for the Football Team of the Century in 1984:^[15]

• Dan O'Keeffe (goalkeeper)
• Seán Murphy (right half-back)
• Jack O'Shea (midfielder)
• Mick O'Connell (midfielder)
• Pat Spillane (left half-forward)
• Mikey Sheehy (right corner-forward)

Ladies' football

• All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championships: 11
  • 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
• All-Ireland Under-18 Ladies' Football Championship: 3
  • 1980, 1981, 1995
• All-Ireland Under-16 Ladies' Football Championship: 1
  • 1999
• All-Ireland Under-14 Ladies' Football Championship: 5
  • 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2008

Hurling

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships: 1
  • 1891
• All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championships: 3
  • 1976, 1983, 1986
• Christy Ring Cup: 2
  • 2011, 2015^[16]
• All-Ireland Under 21 B Hurling Championships: 9
  • 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
• All Ireland Minor B Hurling Championships: 10
  • 1997, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 2
  • 1961, 1972
• National Hurling Leagues Division 2: 7
  • 1957, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1998, 2001
• National Hurling Leagues Division 2A: 2
  • 2014, 2015
• National Hurling Leagues Division 3: 1
  • 1989
• National Hurling Leagues Division 3A: 1
  • 2010
• Munster Senior Hurling Championships: 1
  • 1891
• Munster Junior Hurling Championships: 1
  • 1956
• Munster Intermediate Hurling Championships: 2
  • 1970, 1973
• Leinster Minor B Hurling Championships: 2
  • 1987, 1988

Notable hurlersMichael ‘Boxer’ SlatteryShane BrickBrendan O'SullivanJohn Mike DooleyJohn HealyJohn MahonyTom CollinsMaurice LeahyChristy Walsh

Camogie

A selected Kerry team won divisional honours at Féile na nGael in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Notable players include Mary Geaney.

Other

Other notable achievements include:

• Pat Spillane, recipient of nine All Stars during a glittering career, a feat matched by no other Gaelic footballer.
• Tadhg Kennelly, the world's only holder of both an AFL Premiership medallion and a Senior All-Ireland Championship medal, the highest possible achievement in the sports of Australian rules football and Gaelic football.

External links

• Vintage Kerry GAA Jerseys from Retro GAA
• Kerry on Hoganstand.com
• National and provincial titles won by Kerry teams
• Club championship winners
• Kerry GAA site
• Causeway GAA site Hurling club from North Kerry

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Ireland JFC final: Kerry crowned champions . 8 August 2015 . . 8 August 2015.
2. Web site: All-Ireland JFC final: back-to-back titles for Kerry . 10 August 2016 . . 6 August 2016.
3. Web site: Keane praises his crew after Kerry land 19th junior crown . 23 July 2018 . . 23 July 2018.
4. Web site: Geaney turns on style for Kingdom . 6 July 2015 . . 6 July 2015.
5. Web site: No stopping Kerry minors' Munster dominance. 5 July 2016 . . 4 July 2016.
6. Web site: Clifford and O'Sullivan star as Kerry cruise to 24-point Munster minor final win. 2 July 2017 . . 2 July 2017.
7. Web site: Clinical Kerry's early scoring burst leaves Rebels reeling . 3 July 2014. Irish Examiner. 3 July 2014.
8. Web site: Munster JFC final: Kingdom down Rebels to retain title . 1 July 2015. Hogan Stand. 1 July 2015.
9. Web site: Munster JFC final: Kingdom retain title with dramatic win over Cork . 27 June 2017. Hogan Stand. 27 June 2017.
10. The Kerryman, 19 June 1926, p.5
11. The Kerryman, 23 November 1907
12. The Ulster Herald, 5 July 1913
13. Web site: GAA | Latest Gaelic Games News, Results & Fixtures | RTÉ Sport. . 24 October 2014 .
14. Web site: GAA . 2012-07-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306031541/http://www.gaa.ie/page/football_team_of_the_millennium.html . 2012-03-06 . GAA website
15. Corry, Eoghan (2005). The GAA Book of Lists. Hodder Headline Ireland. p. 238.
16. Web site: Nolan inspires Kingdom to Ring Cup final win over Derry . 6 June 2015 . GAA.ie . 16 June 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150702063640/http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/1/0606151905-nolan-inspires-kingdom-to-ring-cup-final-win-over-derry/ . 2 July 2015 .