East Kerry Senior Football Championship

East Kerry Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 East Kerry Senior Football Championship
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1925; 100 years ago (1925)
Region	East Kerry (GAA)
No. of teams	13
Title holders	Dr Crokes (32nd title)
First winner	Kilcummin
Most titles	Dr Crokes (32 titles)

The East Kerry Senior Football Championship an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the East Kerry Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1925 for the top Gaelic football teams in the North Kerry in Ireland.

The championship currently uses a single-elimination tournament whereby each team is guaranteed one game.

The title has been won at least once by 11 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Dr Crokes who have won a total of 32 titles. Dr Crokes the title-holders (2023).

Most adult clubs in the division compete for this cup, even if they are playing at junior or intermediate grades. In recent years, the competition has been dominated by Dr Crokes, who won their thirtieth championship in December 2018. The winners receive the Dr O'Donoghue Cup. The main sponsor for many years is the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney.

Teams

Current teams

Club	Location	Colours	Grade
Cordal	Cordal	Blue and Gold	Junior
Currow	Currow	Black and Amber	Junior
Dr Crokes	Killarney	Black and Amber	Senior
Firies	Farranfore	Sky Blue and Navy	Junior
Fossa	Fossa	Red and Black	Intermediate
Glenflesk	Glenflesk	Blue and Gold	Intermediate
Gneeveguilla	Gneeveguilla	Green and Gold	Intermediate
Kilcummin	Kilcummin	Green and Red	Intermediate
Killarney Legion	Killarney	Green and white	Intermediate
Listry	Faha	Green and white	Junior
Rathmore	Rathmore	Red and white	Senior
Scartaglin	Scartaglin	Maroon and White	Junior
Spa	Killarney	Blue and gold	Senior

Roll of honour

#	Club	Titles	Years won
1	Dr Crokes	34	1927, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023
2	Spa	10	1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1989
3	Rathmore	9	1963, 1978, 1984, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024
4	Listry	6	1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1970
	Glenflesk	6	1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001
	Killarney Legion	6	1929, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1976, 2019
7	Gneeveguilla	4	1979, 1980, 1983, 2003
8	Kilcummin	2	1925, 1973
	Currow	2	1945, 1998
10	Laune Rangers	1	1932
	Headford	1	1948

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List of finals

List of East Kerry SFC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024[1]	Rathmore	1-12	Kilcummin	2-07
2023[2]	Dr Crokes	0-12	Legion	1-08
2022[2]	Dr Crokes	1-18	Spa	1-07
2021[3]	Cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
2020[4]	Dr Crokes	3-09	Spa	2-09
2019[5]	Legion	1-18	Dr Crokes	3-06
2018[6]	Dr Crokes	3-24	Kilcummin	1-08
2017	Rathmore	0-11	Legion	0-10
2016 [7]	Rathmore	2-12	Dr Crokes	0-13
2015[8]	Rathmore	3-11	Legion	2-07
2014[9]	Rathmore	0-12, 1-11 (Replay)	Legion	1-09, 1-10 (R)
2013[10]	Dr Crokes	1-18	Legion	1-08
2012[11]	Dr Crokes	3-09	Rathmore	2-10
2011	Dr Crokes	0-17	Rathmore	1-09
2010	Dr Crokes	0-11	Rathmore	1-07
2009	Dr Crokes	0-14	Gneeveguilla	0-09
2008	Dr Crokes	0-07	Kilcummin	0-05
2007	Dr Crokes	2-13	Rathmore	0-05
2006	Dr Crokes	3-06	Kilcummin	2-06
2005	Rathmore	0-08	Kilcummin	0-07
2004	Dr Crokes	0-14	Rathmore	0-10
2003	Gneeveguilla	1-11	Kilcummin	0-12
2002	Dr Crokes	0-10	Rathmore	0-06
2001	Glenflesk	0-14	Dr Crokes	1-07
2000	Dr Crokes	0-14	Gneeveguilla	0-11
1999	Glenflesk	0-08	Rathmore	0-07
1998	Currow	0-08	Glenflesk	0-07
1997	Glenflesk	2-06	Currow	0-10
1996	Glenflesk	0-10	Dr Crokes	0-08
1995	Dr Crokes	3-13	Glenflesk	0-06
1994	Glenflesk	2-12	Dr Crokes	1-14
1993	Dr Crokes	2-12	Rathmore	0-13
1992	Dr Crokes	0-15	Currow	0-14
1991	Dr Crokes	1-09	Gneeveguilla	1-03
1990	Dr Crokes	1-10	Gneeveguilla	0-07
1989	Spa	0-08, 1-08 (R)	Gneeveguilla	0-08, 1-03 (R)
1988	Glenflesk	1-06	Spa	1-04
1987	Spa	1-09	Dr Crokes	0-05
1986	Dr Crokes	0-11 (Replay)	Gneeveguilla	0-07
1985	Spa	2-07	Dr Crokes	1-04
1984	Rathmore	1-07	Legion	0-06
1983	Gneeveguilla	1-07	Dr Crokes	0-09
1982	Dr Crokes	1-10	Gneeveguilla	0-07
1981	Dr Crokes	3-08	Gneeveguilla	0-02
1980	Gneeveguilla	3-06, 2-08 (R)	Dr Crokes	2-09, 1-08 (R)
1979	Gneeveguilla	2-06	Dr Crokes	1-11
1978	Rathmore	1-09	Dr Crokes	1-05
1977	Spa	0-10	Dr Crokes	1-05
1976	Legion	2-10	Spa	2-06
1975	Spa	0-08	Gneeveguilla	1-03
1974	Spa	1-10	Dr Crokes	1-07
1973	Kilcummin	2-10, 1-09 (R)	Glenflesk	2-10, 0-07 (R)
1972	Spa	1-12	Dr Crokes	1-10
1971	Spa	1-13	Dr Crokes	0-09
1970	Listry	2-08	Spa	0-07
1969	Spa	0-12	Dr Crokes	0-08
1968	Dr Crokes	4-03	Spa	0-11
1967	Legion	1-11	Rathmore	2-04
1966	Spa	1-08	Kilcummin	1-04
1965	Dr Crokes	5-04	Glenflesk	1-04
1964	Dr Crokes	2-07	St. Finan's	0-04
1963	Rathmore	2-05	Dr Crokes	0-04
1962	Dr Crokes		Legion
1961	Dr Crokes	2-09	Legion	2-08
1960	Dr Crokes	2-04	Legion	1-02
1959	Dr Crokes	0-09	Legion	0-06
1958	Dr Crokes	0-14	Legion	0-06
1957	Dr Crokes	4-11	Rathmore	1-02
1956	Dr Crokes	1-03	Legion	1-01
1955	Legion	3-06	Dr Crokes	1-02
1954	Legion	1-08	Kilcummin	1-00
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948	Headford		Dr Crokes
1947
1946
1945	Currow
1944
1943
1942
1941	Listry
1940	Listry
1939	Listry
1938	Listry
1937	Listry
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932	Laune Rangers
1931
1930
1929	Legion
1928
1927 [12]	Dr Crokes
1926
1925	Kilcummin

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See also

• Kerry Senior Football Championship
• Divisional Championships:
  • Kenmare District Board Senior Football Championship
  • Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship
  • North Kerry Senior Football Championship
  • South Kerry Senior Football Championship
  • Tralee Town / St Brendan's Board Senior Football Championship
  • West Kerry Senior Football Championship

References

1. "East Kerry SFC Final: Rathmore fight back against Kilcummin to reclaim O'Donoghue Cup". Kerryman Newspaper. kerryman.ie. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
2. "Crokes edge Legion as Kieran O'Leary clinches record-breaking 13th East Kerry title". Irish Examiner Newspaper. examiner.ie. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
3. "East Kerry will finish 2020 O'Donoghue Cup with 2021 competition a "write off"". Kerryman Newspaper. Independent Newspapers. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. "Dr Crokes give Colm Cooper perfect wedding gift". Irish Examiner. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
5. "Lively Legion end 43-year famine". Irish Examiner. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
6. "Crokes cruise to 30th East Kerry title". Independent.ie. 29 December 2018.
7. "Rampant Rathmore rock Dr Crokes". Irish Examiner. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
8. "Rathmore retain cup as Legion's wait continues". Irish Examiner. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
9. "O'Sullivan keeps Legion dream alive". Irish Examiner. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
10. "Yet another title for classy Crokes". Irish Examiner. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
11. "Gooch and Brosnan make it a perfect 10 for Crokes". Irish Examiner. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
12. Reference Dr. Crokes Gaelic Century - page 73 and Kerryman article of January 28 1928

External links

• East Kerry GAA website
• 2011 Final report