1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship

The 1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 76th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889.[2] The championship ran from 27 June to 3 October 1976.

1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dates27 June - 3 October 1976
Teams17[1]
Champions Austin Stacks (8th title)
John O'Keeffe (captain)
Runners-up Kenmare
Mickey Ned O'Sullivan (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored53 (2.94 per match)
Points scored314 (17.44 per match)
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Austin Stacks entered the championship as the defending champions.[3][4]

The final was played on 3 October 1976 at FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney, between Austin Stacks and Kenmare, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Austin Stacks won the match by 1-14 to 0-07 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a second successive title.[5]

Teams

17 teams participated in the championship. Austin Stacks, Feale Rangers, Shannon Rangers, Kenmare and Mid Kerry were seeded at received byes to the quarter-finals. The other 12 teams played off in the early rounds.

Results

Round 1
27 June 1976 Round 1 South Kerry 1-09 - 2-04 Laune Rangers Con Keating Park
T Doyle 1-0, D Falvey 1-0, F Russell 0-2, B Harmond 0-1, J Clifford 0-1.
27 June 1976 Round 1 Dingle 3-11 - 1-09 Castlegregory Páirc an Aghasaigh
O Phair 2-1, G Dillon 0-4, JM Graham 1-0, J O'Sullivan 0-3, V O'Connor 0-2, M O'Connor 0-1. J Courtney 0-7, J O'Flaherty 1-0, G Murphy 0-1, T Moriarty 0-1.
27 June 1976 Round 1 West Kerry 0-12 - 0-07 John Mitchels Páirc an Aghasaigh
G Walsh 0-4, L Higgins 0-3, T Doyle 0-2, T Sayers 0-2, P Ó Sé 0-1. J Prendergast 0-2, J O'Dowd 0-2, P Kerins 0-1, D O'Shea 0-1, J O'Shea 0-1.
27 June 1976 Round 1 Kerins O'Rahilly's 2-08 - 1-08 Waterville Austin Stack Park
S Kissane 1-2, J McMahon 1-1, C O'Connor 0-4, F Slattery 0-1. D Moran 1-0, F Courtney 0-3, D Courtney 0-2, J Galvin 0-2, J O'Shea 0-1.
27 June 1976 Round 1 Eoghan Ruadh 1-10 - 1-09 Spa FitzGerald Stadium
J Saunders 1-2, H Moynihan 0-3, J Kerins 0-2, J Cahill 0-1, S Cooper 0-1, J Cahill 0-1. S Kelleher 1-3, P Cronin 0-2, T Regan 0-2, M Gleeson 0-1, C Doolan 0-1.
27 June 1976 Round 1 Castleisland Desmonds 6-07 - 3-10 East Kerry Castleisland Grounds
P Horan 4-1, E O'Connor 1-4, P O'Connor 1-0, D McCarthy 0-1, T Lynch 0-1. F Bartlett 2-4, N Brosnan 1-1, T Lyne 0-1, S Kennedy 0-1, T Looney 0-1, P O'Connor 0-1, M Lyne 0-1.

Round 2
13 July 1976 Round 2 South Kerry 0-12 - 1-09 West Kerry Páirc de Burca
J Egan 0-6, P O'Mahony 0-2, G O'Driscoll 0-2, J O'Mahony 0-1, JJ Byrne 0-1. P Ó Sé 0-5, T Fitzgerald 1-0, L Higgins 0-1, J Ashe 0-1, T Sayers 0-1, S Fitgerald 0-1.
13 July 1976 Round 2 Kerins O'Rahilly's 1-08 - 0-08 Castelisland Desmonds FitzGerald Stadium
P Kissane 1-2, F Slattery 0-2, S Walsh 0-2, S Hoare 0-1, A O'Sullivan 0-1. E O'Connor 0-3, M O'Connor 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, P Horan 0-1, J Lyons 0-1.
13 July 1976 Round 2 Eoghan Ruadh 3-05 - 3-02 Dingle Austin Stack Park
J Cahill 2-0, J McCarthy 1-2, D Moynihan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1. G Dillon 2-0, M O'Connor 1-0, V O'Connor 0-1, B O'Sullivan 0-1.
30 July 1976 Round 2 replay South Kerry 4-08 - 0-10 West Kerry Páirc de Burca
P Egan 1-1, J O'Mahony 1-0, D O'Dwyer 1-0, T Lyne 1-0, J Egan 0-3, J O'Connor 0-2, J O'Shea 0-1, G O'Driscoll 0-1. T Doyle 0-5, P Ó Sé 0-2, G Casey 0-1, L Higgins 0-1, S Fitzgerald 0-1.

Quarter-finals
20 August 1976 Quarter-final Shannon Rangers 1-11 - 0-10 Mid Kerry Austin Stack Park
J Walsh 0-5, O Moran 1-0, B Walsh 0-3, E Liston 0-2, G Griffin 0-1. B Lynch 0-6, M O'Grady 0-2, P Lynch 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1.
21 August 1976 Quarter-final Austin Stacks 2-10 - 1-03 Eoghan Ruadh FitzGerald Stadium
M Sheehy 2-5, B Curtin 0-2, D Long 0-1, JL McElligott 0-1, J O'Keeffe 0-1. J Kelly 1-0, H Moynihan 0-2, J McCarthy 0-1.
21 August 1976 Quarter-final Kenmare 0-08 - 0-08
(abandoned)		 Feale Rangers FitzGerald Stadium
22 August 1976 Quarter-final South Kerry 3-06 - 2-09 Kerins O'Rahilly's J. P. O'Sullivan Park
J Egan 2-2, C O'Connell 1-0, J O'Shea 0-2, P Egan 0-1, D O'Dwyer 0-1. A O'Sullivan 1-3, S Kissane 1-2, C O'Connor 0-2, D Spring 0-2.
29 August 1976 Quarter-final replay South Kerry 2-10 - 2-06 Kerins O'Rahilly's J. P. O'Sullivan Park
J Egan 0-6, D O'Dwyer 1-0, T Lyne 1-0, C O'Connell 0-2, P Egan 0-1, J O'Shea 0-1. J McMahon 1-0, S Walsh 1-0, A O'Sullivan 0-3, S Kissane 0-2, P Kissane 0-1.
29 August 1976 Quarter-final replay Kenmare 0-10 - 0-07 Feale Rangers FitzGerald Stadium
M Spillane 0-3, P Finnegan 0-3, P Spillane 0-2, P O'Neill 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1. P Mulvihill 0-4, P O'Connell 0-1, E Fitzmaurice 0-1, T O'Sullivan 0-1.

Semi-finals
28 August 1976 Semi-final Austin Stacks 3-13 - 1-06 Shannon Rangers Austin Stack Park
M Sheehy 1-5, D Long 1-2, B Curtin 1-1, JL McElligott 0-2, T Sheehan 0-1, J O'Keeffe 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1. E Liston 1-2, J Walsh 0-2, E O'Donoghue 0-1, O Moran 0-1.
5 September 1976 Semi-final Kenmare 1-15 - 1-11 South Kerry FitzGerald Stadium
P Finnegan 1-7, P Spillane 0-4, D O'Sullivan 0-1, M Murphy 0-1, PJ McIntyre 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1. G Egan 0-6, G O'Driscoll 1-1, M O'Connell 0-3, P O'Mahony 0-1.

Final
3 October 1976 Final Austin Stacks 1-14 - 0-07 Kenmare FitzGerald Stadium
M Sheehy 0-5, J Power 1-0, D Long 0-3, P McCarthy 0-2, T Sheehan 0-1, B Curtin 0-1, JL McElligott 0-1, J O'Keeffe 0-1. P Finnegan 0-3, P Spillane 0-2, M Spillane 0-1, M O'Sullivan 0-1.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • The semi-final between Kenmare and Feale Rangers was abandoned by referee Buddy O'Grady, with nine minutes of actual playing time left. The decision was taken after a series of fracas between the players.

References
  1. "1976". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. "The beginning". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. "Club Titles - Kerry". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. "Milestones". Austin Stacks website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. "Stacks 1977 Heros Reunited". Austin Stacks website. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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