1998 Kerry Senior Football Championship

1998 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Teams	17
Sponsor	Allied Irish Bank
Champions	East Kerry (6th title); John Crowley (captain)
Runners-up	St. Kieran's; Seán O'Connor (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	29 (1.71 per match)
Points scored	389 (22.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Seán McElligott (1-33)
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Teams17

SponsorAllied Irish Bank

Champions

East Kerry (6th title)
John Crowley (captain)

Runners-up

St. Kieran's
Seán O'Connor (captain)

The 1998 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 98th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889.^[1] The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 24 February 1998.

East Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.^[2]^[3]

The final was played on 4 October 1998 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between East Kerry and St. Kieran's, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. East Kerry won the match by 2-13 to 1-10 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a second title in succession.^[4]

Seán McElligott was the championship's top scorer with 1-33.

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14 June 1998 Preliminary round	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-11 - 2-17	St. Kieran's	Austin Stack Park
	V Murphy 0-7, J Morrissey 0-1, G O'Brien 0-1, M Fitzgerald 0-1, S McCarthy 0-1.		S McElligott 0-7, J Dennehy 1-1, J McGlynn 0-4, G O'Keeffe 1-0, L Brosnan 0-3, K Scanlon 0-1, D Dennehy 0-1.

13 June 1998 Round 1	Laune Rangers	0-15 - 1-11	Kenmare	J. P. O'Sullivan Park
	MF Russell 0-7, P O'Sullivan 0-3, P Griffin 0-2, L Hassett 0-1, B Gannon 0-1, S O'Sullivan 0-1.		B O'Neill 1-4, K Moriarty 0-2, F O'Sullivan 0-2, S O'Shea 0-1, L Lynch 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1.

14 June 1998 Round 1	Dr. Crokes	1-14 - 1-13	Mid Kerry	Páirc de Búrca
	R Neher 0-7, C Murphy 1-1, N O'Leary 0-3, E Brosnan 0-2, P O'Shea 0-1.		I Twiss 0-5, J Daly 1-0, K Foley 0-3, W Harmon 0-2, G McGrath 0-2, K O'Connor 0-1.

14 June 1998 Round 1	Austin Stacks	1-06 - 0-11	Killarney Legion	Austin Stack Park
	D Ahern 0-6, D McEvoy 1-0.		C O'Grady 0-3, S Culloty 0-2, B McCullough 0-2, D Culloty 0-2, D O'Donoghue 0-1, D O'Mahony 0-1.

20 June 1998 Round 1	St. Brendan's	1-15 - 0-05	John Mitchels	Ardfert Grounds
	T O'Connell 0-7, G Hussey 0-6, B Clifford 1-0, S Flaherty 0-1, A Murphy 0-1.		B Dennehy 0-3, A Moynihan 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1.

1998 Kerry Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Round 1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Miscellaneous

References

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10 July 1998 Round 1	Castleisland Desmonds	1-08 - 0-13	Feale Rangers	Castleisland Grounds
	J Brennan 0-4, WD O'Connor 1-0, K Lynch 0-2, T Burke 0-1, K Dillon 0-1.		N Kennelly 0-8, E Galvin 0-2, T Kennelly 0-1, E Breen 0-1, G Stack 0-1.

11 July 1998 Round 1	Shannon Rangers	1-05 - 0-13	St. Kieran's	O'Rahilly Park
	G O'Brien 1-0, D O'Connor 0-1, J O'Connell 0-1, O Horgan 0-1, E Hennessy 0-1, B Bambury 0-1.		S McElligott 0-6, J McGlynn 0-2, K Scanlon 0-1, L McEnery 0-1, J Dennehy 0-1, G O'Keeffe 0-1, T O'Connor 0-1.

11 July 1998 Round 1	Kilcummin	1-07 - 1-08	South Kerry	Kilcummin Grounds
	M O'Connor 1-0, S O'Leary 0-2, P McCarthy 0-2, W Maher 0-1, C O'Donoghue 0-1, R Cronin 0-1.		J O'Shea 1-2, JD O'Shea 0-4, S O'Shea 0-1, B Hussey 0-1.

12 July 1998 Round 1	East Kerry	2-13 - 1-14	West Kerry	FitzGerald Stadium
	P O'Donoghue 1-7, J Crowley 1-1, J Murphy 0-3, S Moynihan 0-1, MD Cahill 0-1.		riarty 1-5, S Geaney 0-3, JJ Corduff 0-2, B Hannafin 0-1, J Ferriter 0-1.

7 August 1998 Quarter-final	East Kerry	1-17 - 1-08	Dr. Crokes	FitzGerald Stadium
	P O'Donoghue 1-4, J Crowley 0-4, J Murphy 0-4, L Murphy 0-3, D O'Sullivan 0-1, S Óg O'Leary 0-1.		P O'Shea 0-6, P O'Brien 1-0, N O'Leary 0-1, R Neher 0-1.

8 August 1999 Quarter-final	South Kerry	1-09 - 1-09	St. Kieran's	FitzGerald Stadium
	J Quirke 1-0, M Fitzgerald 0-3, J O'Shea 0-2, S Hussey 0-2, S O'Sullivan 0-1, J O'Shea 0-1.		S McElligott 1-5, J McGlynn 0-2, J Dennehy 0-1, G O'Keeffe 0-1.

9 August 1998 Quarter-final	Killarney Legion	1-13 - 2-08	Feale Rangers	Fitzgerald Stadium
	C O'Grady 1-7, D Culloty 0-3, S Culloty 0-2, WC O'Sullivan 0-1.		E Fitzmaurice 1-1, T Kennelly 1-1, N Kennelly 0-2, J Corridan 0-2, C Galvin 0-1, S Stack 0-1.

9 August 1998 Quarter-final	Laune Rangers	0-19 - 1-09	St. Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	MF Russell 0-6, P O'Sullivan 0-6, G Murphy 0-3, M Hassett 0-2, L Hassett 0-1, B Gannon 0-1.		T O'Connell 0-4, S O'Flaherty 1-0, E Sayers 0-2, E O'Connor 0-1, J Enright 0-1, G Hussey 0-1.

5 September 1999 Quarter-final replay	St. Kieran's	0-14 - 0-07	South Kerry	FitzGerald Stadium
	S McElligott 0-5, DD O'Rahilly 0-3, T O'Connor 0-2, G O'Keeffe 0-1, L Brosnan 0-1, D Dennehy 0-1, J McGlynn 0-1.		M Fitzgerald 0-3, J O'Shea 0-2, JD O'Shea 0-1, J Cronin 0-1.

20 September 1998 Semi-final	East Kerry	2-17 - 0-12	Killarney Legion	FitzGerald Stadium
	J Murphy 0-6, J Crowley 1-2, S Flynn 1-0, S Óg O'Leary 0-3, L Murphy 0-2, MD Cahill 0-2, D Daly 0-1, S Moynihan 0-1.		C O'Grady 0-6, B McCullagh 0-2, D O'Donoghue 0-2, S Culloty 0-1, D Culloty 0-1.

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Seán McElligott	St. Kieran's	1-33	36	6	6.00
2	Cathal O'Grady	Killarney Legion	1-16	19	3	6.33
3	Paud O'Donoghue	East Kerry	2-12	18	4	4.50
4	John Crowley	East Kerry	3-08	17	4	4.25
	Mike Frank Russell	Laune Rangers	0-17	17	3	5.66
	Jerry Murphy	East Kerry	0-17	17	4	4.25
7	John McGlynn	St. Kieran's	0-15	15	6	2.50
8	Jack Dennehy	St. Kieran's	2-06	12	6	2.00
8	Pa O'Sullivan	Laune Rangers	0-12	12	3	4.00
10	Tom O'Connell	St. Brendan's	0-11	11	2	5.50

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Paud O'Donoghue	East Kerry	1-07	10	West Kerry
1	Cathal O'Grady	Killarney Legion	1-07	10	Feale Rangers
3	Murt Moriarty	East Kerry	1-05	8	West Kerry
	Seán McElligott	St. Kieran's	1-05	8	South Kerry
	Noel Kennelly	Feale Rangers	0-08	8	Desmonds
6	Brendan O'Neill	Kenmare	1-04	7	Laune Rangers
	Paud O'Donoghue	East Kerry	1-04	7	Dr. Crokes
	Vinnie Murphy	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-07	7	St Kieran's
	Seán McElligott	St. Kieran's	0-07	7	Kerins O'Rahilly's
	Mike Frank Russell	Laune Rangers	0-07	7	Kenmare
	Roland Neher	Dr. Crokes	0-07	7	Mid Kerry
	Tom O'Connell	St. Brendan's	0-07	7	John Mitchels

20 September 1998 Semi-final	St Kieran's	1-14 - 1-11	Laune Rangers	FitzGerald Stadium
	S McElligott 0-5, K Scanlon 1-0, D Dennehy 0-3, J McGlynn 0-3, J Dennehy 0-2, T O'Mahony 0-1.		B Gannon 1-1, MF Russell 0-4, P O'Sullivan 0-3, M Hassett 0-1, G Murphy 0-1, P McKenna 0-1.

5 October 1998 Final	East Kerry	2-13 - 1-10	St. Kieran's	Austin Stack Park
	J Crowley 1-1, L Murphy 1-1, J Murphy 0-4, S Óg O'Leary 0-3, C McCarthy 0-1, D Moynihan 0-1, S Flynn 0-1, P O'Donoghue 0-1.		S McElligott 0-5, J Dennehy 1-1, J McGlynn 0-3, S O'Connor 0-1.