2001 Kerry Senior Football Championship

2001 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dates	1 June - 28 October 2001
Teams	20
Sponsor	Allied Irish Bank
Champions	An Ghaeltacht (1st title); Micí Ó Conchúir (captain); Séamus Mac Gearailt (manager)
Runners-up	Austin Stacks; Pa Laide (captain); Brian Neenan (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	36 (1.8 per match)
Points scored	431 (21.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aodán Mac Gearailt (2-20)
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Dates1 June - 28 October 2001

Teams20

SponsorAllied Irish Bank

Champions

An Ghaeltacht (1st title)
Micí Ó Conchúir (captain)
Séamus Mac Gearailt (manager)

The 2001 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 101st 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 3 April 2001. The championship ran from 1 June to 28 October 2001. It was the last championship to be played using a straight knockout format until 2020..

Dr. Crokes entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Austin Stacks in the semi-finals.^[2]^[3]

The final was played on 28 October 2001 at FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney, between An Ghaeltacht and Austin Stacks, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. An Ghaeltacht won the match by 1-13 to 0-10 to claim their first ever championship title.^[4]^[5]

An Ghaeltacht's Aodán Mac Gearailt was the championship's top scorer with 2-20.

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1 June 2001 Preliminary round	Kerins O'Rahilly's	1-15 - 0-04	Killarney Legion	Austin Stack Park
	D Quill 0-6, S Wallace 1-0, M Fitzgerald 0-3, John O'Connor 0-2, C Magnier 0-2, P O'Connor 0-1, B O'Shea 0-1.		A O'Neill 0-2, S Culloty 0-2.

1 June 2001 Preliminary round	St. Brendan's	2-06 - 3-11	Feale Rangers	Austin Stack Park
	S Murphy 1-3, T Geaney 1-0, D Mullins 0-1, D Clifford 0-1, L Lyons 0-1.		E Bowler 1-2, E Fitzmaurice 1-2, N Kennelly 0-5, T Dillon 1-0, D Galvin 0-1, M Kearney 0-1.

2 June 2001 Preliminary round	Shannon Rangers	2-07 - 2-12	Mid Kerry	FitzGerald Stadium
	J Moroney 1-1, JP Leahy 1-0, L Weir 0-2, P Kelly 0-1, P O'Donoghue 0-1, B Bambury 0-1, P O'Hanlon 0-1.		I Twiss 1-2, K Foley 0-4, S O'Sullivan 1-0, I O'Shea 0-2, J Daly 0-1, J Giles 0-1, G McGrath 0-1, G Wrenn 0-1.

2 June 2001 Preliminary round	East Kerry	0-09 - 1-10	Castleisland Desmonds	FitzGerald Stadium
	R O'Donovan 0-3, S Flynn 0-2, F McAuliffe 0-2, B Gleeson 0-1, S Óg O'Leary 0-1.		D Buckley 1-0, J Brennan 0-3, M Horgan 0-2, D Walsh 0-2, K Lynch 0-2, B McMahon 0-1.

22 June 2001 Round 1	Rathmore	0-08 - 0-15	Feale Rangers	FitzGerald Stadium
	J Murphy 0-3, K O'Keeffe 0-2, P McCarthy 0-1, MD Cahill 0-1, M O'Riordan 0-1.		B Scanlon 0-4, C Galvin 0-3, D Galvin 0-2, E Breen 0-2, N Kennelly 0-2, M Kearney 0-1, P Galvin 0-1.

2001 Kerry Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Round 1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Miscellaneous

References

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23 June 2001 Round 1	Castleisland Desmonds	1-11 - 1-07	Kilcummin	FitzGerald Stadium
	D Buckley 1-0, J Brennan 0-3, K Lynch 0-2, M Lyons 0-2, M Broderick 0-1, D Walsh 0-1, B McMahon 0-1, M Horgan 0-1.		J Dwyer 1-0, D O'Dwyer 0-2, S O'Leary 0-1, DJ Fleming 0-1, E O'Donoghue 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1, SB Doherty 0-1.

23 June 2001 Round 1	Dr. Crokes	3-12 - 1-12	St. Kieran's	FitzGerald Stadium
	R Neher 1-3, M Cooper 1-1, P O'Brien 1-0, E Brosnan 0-2, C Cooper 0-2, J Fleming 0-1, A O'Shea 0-1, B Clarke 0-1, M Crowley 0-1.		P Galvin 1-2, L Brosnan 0-3, S McElligott 0-2, J McGlynn 0-2, R O'Rahilly 0-2, EJ O'Donoghue 0-1.

29 June 2001 Round 1	Mid Kerry	1-11 - 1-15	Glenflesk	Páirc de Burca
	K Foley 1-3, I Twiss 0-2, I O'Shea 0-2, S O'Sullivan 0-2, W Harmon 0-1.		P O'Donoghue 0-11, J Crowley 1-3, E O'Donoghue 0-1.

29 June 2001 Round 1	Austin Stacks	1-10 - 0-06	West Kerry	Austin Stack Park
	B Sheehan 1-0, F Smith 0-3, D Long 0-3, M Collins 0-1, D McEvoy 0-1, G Clifford 0-1, P Laide 0-1.		J Ferriter 0-2, A O'Connor 0-2, B Dorgan 0-1, N Sheehy 0-1.

30 June 2001 Round 1	John Mitchels	0-07 - 1-17	South Kerry	Austin Stack Park
	F O'Brien 0-5, D Dennehy 0-2.		M Fitzgerald 0-7, J Shanahan 1-0, P Curran 0-3, J Quirke 0-2, D Dwyer 0-2, J Clifford 0-2, R O'Connor 0-1.

30 June 2001 Round 1	Kenmare	0-08 - 2-13	An Ghaeltacht	Fr. Breen Park
	J O'Neill 0-6, F O'Sullivan 0-1, S O'Shea 0-1.		A Mac Gearailt 1-6, R Mac Gearailt 1-3, M Ó Sé 0-1, T Ó Muircheartaigh 0-1, C Ó Dubhda 0-1, T Ó Conchúir 0-1.

1 July 2001 Round 1	Kerins O'Rahilly's	1-08 - 0-11	Laune Rangers	Austin Stack Park
	D Quill 1-5, G O'Brien 0-2, R Houlihan 0-1.		B O'Shea 0-3, J Lynch 0-2, E Russell 0-2, B O'Sullivan 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1, J Sheehan 0-1, C O'Connor 0-1.

20 July 2001 Round 1 replay	Laune Rangers	2-04 - 0-14	Kerins O'Rahilly's	J. P. O'Sullivan Park
	MF Russell 1-4, C O'Connor 1-0.		D Quill 0-5, M Fitzgerald 0-4, S Wallace 0-2, G O'Brien 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, D Diggins 0-1.

18 August 2001 Quarter-final	An Ghaeltacht	0-12 - 1-08	Glenflesk	Austin Stack Park
	A Mac Gearailt 0-7, D Ó Sé 0-3, T Ó Muircheartaigh 0-2.		P O'Donoghue 1-6, S Moynihan 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1.

19 August 2001 Quarter-final	Austin Stacks	1-15 - 2-10	Feale Rangers	Austin Stack Park
	D Long 0-5, JP O'Neill 1-0, B Sheehan 0-2, P Laide 0-2, J Walsh 0-2, M Collins 0-2, F Smith 0-1, D McEvoy 0-1.		E Fitzmaurice 1-0, E Galvin 1-0, D Galvin 0-3, N Kennelly 0-3, P Galvin 0-1, B Scanlon 0-1, E Bowler 0-1.

28 October 2001 Final	An Ghaeltacht	1-13 - 0-10	Austin Stacks	FitzGerald Stadium
	A MacGearailt 1-2, D O Cinneide 0-5 (4fs) R MacGearailt 0-2. T O Se, D O Se, JJ Corduibh and C O Dughda 0-1 each.		D Long 0-6 (5fs), B Sheehan, M Collins, C Kennedy and F Smith 0-1 each.	Referee: M O'Donoghue (Glenflesk)

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Aodán Mac Gearailt	An Ghaeltacht	2-20	26	4	6.50
2	Declan Quill	Kerins O'Rahilly's	1-20	23	4	5.75
3	Roland Neher	Dr. Crokes	1-18	21	3	7.00
4	Paud O'Donoghue	Glenflesk	1-17	20	3	6.66
5	Dara Long	Austin Stacks	0-16	16	4	4.00
6	Mark Fitzgerald	Kerins O'Rahilly's	1-10	13	5	2.60
7	Maurice Fitzgerald	South Kerry	1-09	12	3	4.00
8	Kevin Lynch	Castleisland Desmonds	0-11	11	3	3.66
9	Kieran Foley	Mid Kerry	1-07	10	2	5.00
9	Noel Kennelly	Feale Rangers	0-10	10	3	3.33

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Paud O'Donoghue	Glenflesk	0-11	11	Mid Kerry
2	Aodán Mac Gearailt	An Ghaeltacht	1-06	9	An Ghaeltacht
	Paud O'Donoghue	Glenflesk	1-06	9	An Ghaeltacht
	Roland Neher	Dr. Crokes	0-09	9	Casteisland Desmonds
5	Declan Quill	Kerins O'Rahilly's	1-05	8	Laune Rangers
6	Mike Frank Russell	Laune Rangers	1-04	7	Kerins O'Rahilly's
	Maurice Fitzgerald	South Kerry	0-07	7	John Mitchels
	Aodán Mac Gearailt	An Ghaeltacht	0-07	7	Glenflesk
	Kevin Lynch	Castleisland Desmonds	0-07	7	Dr. Crokes
10	Séamus Murphy	St. Brendan's	1-03	6	Feale Rangers
	Roland Neher	Dr. Crokes	1-03	6	St. Kieran's
	Kieran Foley	Mid Kerry	1-03	6	Glenflesk
	John Crowley	Glenflesk	1-03	6	Mid Kerry
	Roibeard Mac Gearailt	An Ghaeltacht	1-03	6	Kenmare
	Declan Quill	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-06	6	Killarney Legion
	James O'Neill	Kenmare	0-06	6	An Ghaeltacht
	Roland Neher	Dr. Crokes	0-06	6	Austin Stacks
	Dara Long	Austin Stacks	0-06	6	An Ghaeltacht

19 August 2001 Quarter-final	Kerins O'Rahilly's	1-10 - 2-07	South Kerry	Austin Stack Park
	M Fitzgerald 1-2, F Quill 0-5, G Walsh 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, A Daly 0-1.		M Fitzgerald 1-2, D O'Dwyer 1-1, B Hickey 0-2, P Curran 0-1, J Clifford 0-1.

5 September 2001 Quarter-final	Dr. Crokes	0-14 - 0-07	Castleisland Desmonds	Austin Stack Park
	R Neher 0-9, C Cooper 0-2, E Brosnan 0-2, J Fleming 0-1.		K Lynch 0-7.

7 September 2001 Quarter-final replay	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-10 - 1-08	South Kerry	J. P. O'Sullivan
	D Quill 0-4, G O'Brien 0-2, M Fitzgerald 0-1, M Quirke 0-1, D Diggins 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1.		R O'Connor 0-4, J Clifford 1-0, D O'Dwyer 0-3, J Quirke 0-1.

29 September 2001 Semi-final	An Ghaeltacht	0-15 - 0-09	South Kerry	FitzGerald Stadium
	A Mac Gearailt 0-5, D Ó Cinnéide 0-4, C Ó Cruadhlaoich 0-3, T Ó Sé 0-1, M Ó Sé 0-1, C Ó Dubhda 0-1.		M Fitzgerald 0-5, H Courtney 0-1, N O'Driscoll 0-1, J Quirke 0-1, D Dwyer 0-1.

7 October 2001 Semi-final	Austin Stacks	0-12 - 1-08	Dr. Crokes	Austin Stack Park
	M Collins 0-5, C Kennedy 0-2, D McEvoy 0-2, D Long 0-2, B Sheehan 0-1.		R Neher 0-6, P O'Brien 1-0, B Clarke 0-1, C Cooper 0-1.