1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship

1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dates	27 June - 3 October 1976
Teams	17
Champions	Austin Stacks (8th title); John O'Keeffe (captain)
Runners-up	Kenmare; Mickey Ned O'Sullivan (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	53 (2.94 per match)
Points scored	314 (17.44 per match)
← 1975 (Previous)	(Next) 1977 →

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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

Round 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

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[edit]

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

[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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