Please subscribe to sign in to comment. Obviously, it’s a concern what if I bring it back, but we all wanted some normality”.The club championship for Legion kicked off with a tight victory over Kilcummin in Dr Crokes GAA grounds.

Dingle fought back in the second half and scored seven unanswered points to take a 1-10 to 1-8 lead, but Stacks substitutes Shane O’Callaghan (3) and Fiachna Mangan (1) had the Tralee side one point clear in added time.Then, Geaney swung over the equaliser as Dingle and Stacks will now likely have to win their remaining games.Killarney Legion, thanks to two late Conor Keane points, just got past Kilcummin on a 0-15 to 1-10 scoreline. Overall, there was light at the end of the tunnel, but in an incredibly fickle time, who knows if that light will remain and bring us back to relative normality.For now, it’s all about trust, personal responsibility and owning up with very little guidance for clubs and their players. Has anyone been tempted or maybe passed by one of these parties? To be honest, my mother doesn’t let you in unless you’re clean and my grandfather is elderly, so yeah, it’s on your mind but not on the pitch. Like, when teams come here, we actually checked their temperatures to make sure the game could go ahead. The surrounding players seem satisfied, but eventually, the topic of Killarney and Covid-19 parties comes up.House parties are a whole other debacle. It’s people renting Air B&B’s, not actual Killarney people and generally, these people are selfish. The account details entered are not currently associated with an Irish Times subscription. I think we had a few league games and then lockdown happened.

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It is named after the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in the county. “Watching the Bundesliga and seeing how muscle injuries spiked, we were expecting a few lads to pick up injuries, but generally everything is going well”.Club players Finbarr Murphy and Danny Sheahan are in the same boat.

An awkward silence lingers until Danny Sheahan pipes up. “No, when we started, it was individual obviously. “So, I picked up a hamstring. Exeter Chiefs retire mascot 'Big Chief' but debate around branding continuesCricket fans are first to return to live sports in EnglandSurfing was set to debut at this Olympics but 2020 had other plansFrequently asked questions about your digital subscriptionSpecially selected and available only to our subscribersCarefully curated selections of Irish Times writingSign up to get the stories you want delivered to your inbox

The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (or Kerry GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry.The county board is also responsible for the Kerry inter-county teams.

They’re out now, wearing masks and being good. An isolation room is set up if anyone is over 38 degrees, a doctor is called to deal with whatever needs to happen next.The lads also have designated bottles bought from referee Seamus Mulvihill, who also runs a gift shop with personalised gifts in Tralee.

County Kerry, Contae Chiarrai in Irish, has a population of more than 145,000 – the 13th largest in Ireland. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The match programmes for today's Kerry Petroleum Club Championship matches are now available to view and download. Players are following the rules but delighted to be back as GAA season resumes. No, look we’re cautious anyway.

I get what’s going on outside the pitch, but for us getting back out playing it’s beneficial for our mental health as well as physical.”And on that note, the inter-county boys, James O’Donoghue and Brian Kelly come into the conversation. Commenting on The Irish Times has changed. “God, some years we wouldn’t be going well, and we’d be back in December!

The grass in their brand new pitch was being mowed, ground for lights was being drawn out, and the anticipation was real.On the pitch directly across, the sound of balls hopping, lads shouting and managers giving final instructions greeted the awaiting fans. O’Rahilly’s suffered a body blow in the 24th minute when Tommy Walsh limped off with a leg injury and O’Shea added two points for Kenmare, one from play and one from a mark, as the teams retired on level terms, 2-2 to 0-8.Kenmare also suffered a blow when they lost Stephen O’Brien early in the second half as Sean O’Shea kept them in the game but Savage was unerring from frees, mainly for fouls on Moran, and he hit three in a row only for O’Shea to land a monster free to level at 2-5 to 0-11 just before the water break.When Barry John Keane and Savage with his 10th point pushed O’Rahilly’s two clear with eight minutes left, the Tralee side were favourites to prevail.

After a shootout between Kerry All-Star Sean O’Shea and former Kerry underage star Jack Savage, it was Kenmare Shamrocks who snatched a late flurry of points to deny Kerins O’Rahilly’s victory.The hotly-contested Kerry Senior Club Championship Group 1 game ended 2-9 to 0-13 in Kenmare's favour at Fitzgerald Stadium as they join Dr Crokes on top of the table.First-quarter goals from Paul O’Connor and Stephen O’Brien gave Kenmare the edge but once David Moran became the dominant figure at midfield, Savage kicked over 0-6 in the opening half, with four coming from placed balls, while Danny O’Sullivan and Tom Hoare added one each. The consensus for the team is individual and personal responsibility is paramount.Now for the obvious question: are any of you thinking about Covid-19?“On the pitch, I’m just thinking about which leg to kick off of!

In the bank [where he works], I’m responsible to keep washing my hands, stay two meters apart and just be behind my screen,”says former Footballer of the Year, O’Donoghue.And what’s it like with Kerry and training? Please choose a screen name. As the ball was kicked, a rainbow peeped out over the surrounding houses, where people gathered to watch the game if they weren’t allowed in. We check into our app every day . A few of us did go to the beach, but we kept to ourselves and just hung around together”, says Finbarr Murphy.