East Kerry GAA honours season’s great achievers

The All-Star award winners with sponsors and officers of the East Kerry Board

Ciaran Collins is presented with the young footballer of the year award by Paul Brennan, The Kerryman and Garry O Halloran East Kerry chairman

Dan Murphy receives the senior footballer of the year award from Paul Brennan, The Kerryman and Garry O'Halloran, East Kerry chairman

Dave McCarthy accepts the intermediate footballer of the year award on behalf of Ronan Buckley from Paul Brennan,The Kerryman sports editor and Garry O'Halloran, East Kerry Board chairman.

Hall of fame winner Dermot Griffin with his wife Brid Ann and children Michael, Breda and Diarmuid.

Dermot Griffin (right) receives the hall of fame award from East Kerry Chairman Garry O'Halloran

The East Kerry All-Star award winners and nominees

Michael O'Mahony (right) receives the person of the year award from East Kerry chairman Garry O'Halloran.

After a super season on the field of play, Dan Murphy of Rathmore was crowned East Kerry senior footballer of the year while the young player of the year award went to his club-mate Ciaran Collins at the annual district board All-Stars awards ceremony in the Gleneagle Hotel.

2025 East Kerry Hall of Fame winner Dermot Griffin from Fossa (second from left) is presented with his award by East Kerry chairman Garry O’Halloran, with Brid Ann Griffin receiving a presentation from Anne Holland, East Kerry Board (right).
Pictures: Seamus Healy

The award for intermediate player of the year went to Ronan Buckley of Listry while two administrators who have given outstanding service to East Kerry GAA were also honoured.

The hall of fame inductee was former district board chairman Dermot Griffin of the Fossa club and person of the year is former East Kerry PRO Michael O’Mahony.

Not surprisingly given that they won the O’Donoghue cup, seven Rathmore players made the dream team with six from beaten finalists Kilcummin, one from Genflesk and one from Dr Crokes.

East Kerry Person of the Year Michael O’Mahony from Rathmore with his wife Catherine and East Kerry Board officers Gary O’Halloran (right )and Anne Holland

The All-Star team, sponsored by the Aquila Club and The Kerryman, was:

William Casey (Rathmore), Dara Stack (Kilcummin), Dan Murphy (Rathmore), Cian Dineen (Rathmore), Sean O’Leary (Kilcummin), Dara O’Callaghan (Kilcummin), Alan Dineen (Rathmore), Kevin Gorman (Kilcummin), Cathal Ryan (Rathmore), Matt Keane (Kilcummin), Ciaran Collins (Rathmore), Philip O’Leary (Kilcummin), Alex Hennigan (Dr Crokes), Shane Ryan (Rathmore), Dylan Roche (Glenflesk).

The other nominated players were Eoin Moynihan (Glenflesk), Dan O’Brien (Glenflesk), Brendan O’Keeffe (Rathmore), James Williams (Kilcummin), Daragh Lyne (Killarney Legion), Paul Murphy (Rathmore), Tommy Bowler (Glenflesk), Paul O’Connor (Kenmare) and Shane O’Sullivan (Gneeveguilla).

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