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Irish: | Ciarraí |
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Nickname(s): | The Kingdom, The Green and Gold |
Province: | Munster |
Dominant sport: | Gaelic football |
Ground(s): | Fitzgerald Stadium Austin Stack Park Currans |
County colours: | Green Gold |
County teams | |
NFL: | Division 1 |
NHL: | Division 2A |
Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup |
Hurling Championship: | Joe McDonagh Cup |
Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup |
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. It is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry, and for the Kerry county teams.
The Kerry branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in the year 1888. Football is the dominant sport in the county, with both the men's and women's teams among the strongest in the country at senior level. The county football team was the fourth from the province of Munster to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following Limerick, Tipperary and Cork. Kerry is the most successful in the history of the All-Ireland SFC, topping the list of counties for All-Irelands won. It has won the competition on 38 occasions, including two four-in-a-rows (1929–1932, 1978–1981) and two three-in-a-rows (1939–1941, 1984–1986). It has also lost more finals than any other county (23).
The county hurling team won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) title in 1891, but is no longer capable of competing at this level. The team instead competes in the sport's secondary inter-county competition, the Joe McDonagh Cup. The camogie team does not compete at senior level.