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4 days ago
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Dublin GAA appoint Ger Brennan as new senior football manager after he departs Louth
GER BRENNAN HAS been appointed as the new Dublin senior football manager. The county board confirmed the news today that the All-Ireland winning player will take charge on a three-year term. Brennan guided Louth to Leinster senior title success this year, a history-making win over Meath in the final in May securing the crown for the county for the first time in 68 years. The St Vincent's clubman won All-Ireland senior titles with Dublin as a player under Pat Gilroy in 2011 and Jim Gavin in 2013. Dublin's Ger Brennan celebrates winning with the Sam Maguire trophy in 2013. Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO His Dublin management and backroom team will be announced in due course. Dublin GAA are delighted to confirm the appointment of Ger Brennan as the new Dublin Senior Football manager — Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) August 8, 2025 Advertisement He succeeds Dessie Farrell in the managerial role with Farrell having departed in the wake of Dublin's All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Tyrone in late June. Farrell had been in charge for six seasons, guiding the side to Sam Maguire success in 2020 and 2023. Brennan stepped down as Louth boss on 1 July, having been at the helm for two seasons. Louth manager Ger Brennan celebrates winning the Leinster final. Tom Maher / INPHO Tom Maher / INPHO / INPHO Dublin county board chairman Ken O'Sullivan has congratulated Ger on his appointment. 'Ger has achieved the highest honours as a player with Dublin and he has our full support in leading the Dublin Senior Football panel in pursuit of further honours in the coming years. 'We wish Ger, his team and the panel the very best and look forward to the 2026 season.' ***** Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here Written by Fintan O'Toole and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
The 42
03-08-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Abbeydorney go back to back Kerry hurling titles after having waited five decades
AFTER WAITING FIFTY years for a county title before their win last year, Abbeydorney have now gone back to back in the Kerry senior hurling championship. In what is the first county final to be played anywhere in the country, the final was a repeat of last year's, with the black and amber of Abbeydorney facing Ballyduff again. Last year's decider was a 1-17 to 1-10 triumph, and this year's was 0-23 to 0-17 in Austin Stack Park, Tralee. Advertisement Abbeydorney hadn't won the Neilus Flynn Cup since 1974 before their win last year, and had only been to the final day in 2005 in the interim. Meanwhile, Ballyduff were bidding for their 26th title, which would have brought them level at the top of the leaderboard with Kilmoyley. Abbeydorney jumped into an early three point lead before Ballyduff got off thee mark with a Podge Boyle free. But with Oisín Maunsell in accurate form for Abbeydorney, Podge Boyle being the main scoring threat for Ballyduff, the champions brought a 0-13 to 0-8 lead into the break. A Jack Enright point on 41 minutes brought the margin back to two but Abbeydorney had Michael O'Leary to thank for a brilliant display of free-taking as they landed their sixth county title. They will now go on to represent Kerry in the Munster intermediate hurling club championship, against the eventual winners out of Clare, on 2, November. * Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here
The Journal
28-07-2025
- Sport
- The Journal
Here's The Sunday Game's Football Team of the Year for 2025
NEWLY-CROWNED ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry lead the way with eight representatives on The Sunday Game's Football Team of the Year, including the RTÉ panel's Footballer of the Year, David Clifford. The Kingdom lifted their 39th All-Ireland title after a dominant 1-26 to 0-19 win over Donegal. Runners-up Donegal have four representatives on the team, while semi-finalists Meath and Tyrone and 2024 champions Armagh have one apiece. David Clifford got the Footballer of the Year nod, the Fossa sensation scoring 0-9 (3 2pt scores from play) today to bring his championship tally to 8-62. David Clifford is the #SundayGame Footballer of the Year for 2025 Tomás Ó Sé and the panel explain why the Kerry talisman deserves the honour — The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) July 27, 2025 'David Clifford is Footballer of the Year, and there'll be no veering away from that,' Kerry great Tomás Ó Sé said on behalf of The Sunday Game All-Ireland football final panel. 'He's just on a different level from everybody else. 'Early on in the season when things weren't going well, David Clifford was still performing. You even go back to the Meath game, they were destroyed on breaking ball, on kickouts, on hunger, yet when the ball actually got in, he was still doing damage. He was just at it, at the right level, all year long. 'He was the guy that was like The Pied Piper. The Kerry people are too busy taking money in the middle of the summer to be going up to Dublin, they don't travel for quarter-finals. He came out, people do listen to him. He was celebrating, he brought them along with them. He's obviously a leader in the dressing room. 'I think this year will be his third Footballer of the Year, he's really smoked it!' Ó Sé was joined by Mark McHugh, Cora Staunton, Ciarán Whelan, Paul Flynn and Enda McGinley on The Sunday Game panel tonight. Advertisement RTÉ Sport / YouTube The Sunday Game Football Team of the Year 2025 1. Shane Ryan (Kerry) 2. Seán Rafferty (Meath), 3. Jason Foley (Kerry), 4. Brendan McCole (Donegal) 5. Brian Ó Beaglaoich (Kerry), 6. Gavin White (Kerry), 7. Kieran McGeary (Tyrone) 8. Joe O'Connor (Kerry), 9. Michael Langan (Donegal) 10. Seán O'Shea (Kerry), 11. Paudie Clifford (Kerry), 12. Oisín Conaty (Armagh) 13. David Clifford (Kerry), 14. Michael Murphy (Donegal), 15. Conor O'Donnell (Donegal). Footballer of the Year: David Clifford. ***** Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here Written by Emma Duffy and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
The 42
27-07-2025
- Sport
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Jack O'Connor strongly indicates he will step down from Kerry management
ALL IRELAND WINNING manager, Jack O'Connor, has given a strong indication in his post-match press conference that he will step down as Kerry manager. After securing his fifth All-Ireland as manager, the Dromid Pearses man was questioned as to his future in the role. Advertisement He told a story, 'Well, all I know is I was going out the door Thursday evening with the with the bag and my missus took a picture of me going out the gate. And I already know that'll be up on the wall. That was my last, so I'd say no, she'll be framing that one.' Questioned further if this was him signing off on his third spell in charge of The Kingdom, he hinted that he wanted to have a word with his players before anything was confirmed. O'Connor's agreed term was due to expire after this season anyway. 'Look I think I'm on record, early in the year there, that that it would probably be my last time,' he said. 'I said, you know, so, look…the lads, before I tell anyone else there's a lot more important people down the corridor. Look, we'll do that in due course. There's no hurry.' * Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here
The 42
24-07-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Kerry name unchanged side for All-Ireland final as Diarmuid O'Connor makes squad
DIARMUID O'CONNOR RETURNS to the Kerry panel for Sunday's All-Ireland final against Donegal as Jack O'Connor has named an unchanged side from the semi-final win over Tyrone. O'Connor has been hit hard by injuries this year, damaging his shoulder in the league against Armagh and suffering a recurrence of that injury in the championship last month against Cavan. He has been included in the 28-man squad Kerry have announced tonight for the Croke Park clash, but they will have operate with a match-day panel of 26. Advertisement The starting fifteen Kerry have named is the same as that which won the semi-final as forward Paul Geaney is named as part of the substitutes. All-Star winning defender Tom O'Sullivan is not included, after being forced off with a calf injury in their quarter-final victory over Armagh. Kerry 1. Shane Ryan (Rathmore) 2. Paul Murphy (Rathmore) 3. Jason Foley (Ballydonoghue) 4. Dylan Casey (Austin Stacks) 5. Brian Ó Beaglaoich (An Ghaeltacht) 6. Mike Breen (Beaufort) 7. Gavin White (Dr Crokes) 8. Seán O'Brien (Beaufort), 9. Mark O'Shea (Dr Crokes) 10. Joe O'Connor (Austin Stacks), 11. Sean O'Shea (Kenmare), 12. Graham O'Sullivan (Dromid Pearses) 13. David Clifford (Fossa), 14. Paudie Clifford (Fossa). 15. Dylan Geaney (Dingle) Subs 16. Shane Murphy (Dr Crokes) 17. Killian Spillane (Templenoe) 18. Evan Looney (Dr Crokes) 19. Tom Leo O'Sullivan (Dingle) 20. Tadhg Morley (Templenoe) 21. Paul Geaney (Dingle) 22. Micheal Burns (Dr Crokes) 23. Tony Brosnan (Dr Crokes) 24. Armin Heinrich (Austin Stacks) 25. Tomás Kennedy (Kerins O'Rahillys) 26. Diarmuid O'Connor (Na Gaeil) 27. Conor Geaney (Dingle) 28. Dara Moynihan (Spa) ***** Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here
