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 In
1971 the East Kerry Bord na Nóg was founded. The main purpose
of Board na Nóg was to organise under age competitions amongst
clubs. This does not say that Juvenile football was ignored prior
to 1971. For the first 70 years of the G.A.A from its formation
in 1884, the G.A.A in Kerry provided very little competition for
under age footballers.
Post Primary schools and colleges did work in running competitions
like the Dunloe Cup and O'Sullivan Cup in Kerry, leading on to Munster
and All Ireland Hogan Cup. Until the intorduction of free education
and the school bus the vast majority of boys, especially in rural
areas, had no way of attending those schools and so a juveniles
they never savoured the joy of wearing a football jersy.
In 1954 at the East Kerry Board Senior Convention, at the request
of Tadhg O'Sullivan, N.T Lissivigeen a resolution was passed sponsoring
a National Schools Competition. This competition was very successful
for the next ten years but then declined. The mantle of organising
juvenile football was taken on board again in 1968 by Tadhg O'Sullivan
and Tom Long, N.T Fossa, which really only catered for Killarney
and Fossa. Under the Charimanship of Fr. James Linnane and secretary
Pat Favier, East Kerry Bórd na Nóg was formed to run
juvenile competitions for East Kerry Clubs-namely Rathmore, Gneeveguilla,
Glenflesk, Spa, Dr. Crokes, Legion, Kilcummin, Firies, Fossa and
Listry. It has also taken under its umbrella in the last few years
Currow, Scartaglen and Kenmare.
 Since
then Bórd na Nóg has been organising competitions
for juveniles at all ages from under 11 to under 16. In 1977/78
its also organised a very successful interschool 7 a-side football
for boys and girls and also sports events. Many players from the
district have worn teh green and gold of Kerry having gone through
the Bord na Nóg system. it has culminated with two of those
players bringing home Sam Maguire to Kerry, namely Ambrose O'Donovan
in 1984 and Seamus Moynihan in 2000.
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2007 was once again a very busy year for Coiste na n-Óg Chiarraí Thoir. We
had many well contested games and some wonderful football was played. Indeed
the future looks very bright for football in East Kerry. 133 games have been
played to date ranging from Under-11s to Under-16s. The following is a break
down of the games played by each group.
Under-11 - 26 games
Under-12 -22 games
Under-13 - 13 games
Under-14 - 42 games
Under-15 In progress
Under-16 -30 games
Age Winners Runners-up
U-11
Dr.Crokes Spa
U-12
Div.1 Glenflesk Dr.Crokes
Div.2 Rathmore Kenmare
Div.3 Firies Gneevguilla
U-13
Spa Glenflesk
U-14
League
Div.1 Kilcummin
Div.2 Glenflesk
U-14
Championship
Div.1 Kilcummin Dr.Crokes
Div.2 Rathmore Fossa
Div.3 Firies Currow
U-16
League
Div.1 Legion
Div.2 Kilcummin
Div.3 Fossa
U-16 Championship
Div.1 Legion Currow
*Div.2- Dr.Crokes v Kilcummin yet to be played.
Coiste na n-Óg Chiarraí Thoir would like to thank the delegates, referees,
umpires and linesmen who officiated at our matches during the past year as
well as all the clubs who made their pitches and facilities available to us
for our games and meetings. To the printed media and Radio Kerry we say
thank you for your generous coverage of our games and a special thank you to
all the club secretaries for your co-operation throughout the year. Finally,
we thank all our sponsors especially our main sponsors M.D. O'Sheas for your
generosity during the past season.
John Falvey, PRO Coiste na n-Óg.
Fossa, East Kerry Under-16 League Div 3 Winners 2007: Back Row L to R: Noel
Moran, Mike O'Donoghue, Paddy Sheehan, Niall O'Brien, Daniel Cronin, Stephen
Devane, Fintan McCarthy, Eanna Coffey, Eanna Greally, Terence Moriarty,
Seamus Falvey. Front Row L to R: Eoin Rice, Brendan Falvey, Terence
Moriarty, Francis Moran, David Costello, David McCarthy, Brian Walsh,
Michael Sheehan.
Spa, East Kerry Under-13 Champions 2007: Front Row L to R: Liam Kearney,
Aaron Farrell, Kevin O'Sullivan, Daniel O'Sullivan, John Ivory, Matthew
Moynihan, John Ml. O'Connor, Brian Lynch, Dylan Vaughan, Adrian O'Connor,
Dara O'Donoghue, Ryan Spillane. Back Row L to R: Tadhg O'Sullivan, Niall O'
Mahony, Eoin O'Riordan, Rory O'Riordan, Jack Cahill, Cormac Kenneally,
Anthony Magnier, Jason Aherne, Daniel O'Sullivan, Craig Hickey, Tom Hickey
and Conor Gleeson.
Currow, East Kerry Under-16 Championship Finalists 2007: Front Row L to R:
Moss Leane, J.J. Cahill, Seamus Brosnan, Seamus Howard, Conor Brosnan,
Padraig O'Shea, Daniel Barrett, Davitt O'Callaghan, Damien O'Sullivan, Mike
Hanafin, John Paul Fleming, Con Daly, Dave Fleming. Back Row L to R: Liam
Brosnan, Mike McCarthy, Kevin Fitzgerald, Mike King, Declan Breen, Sean
McCarthy, Jason Breen, Kevin O'Leary, Redmond Burke, Terry O'Mahony, Sean
Daly, J.J. Hanrahan, Tim McCarthy.
Legion, East Kerry Under-16 League and Championship Winners 2007: Front Row
L to R: Shane Grady, Johnny Doyle, Kieran Slattery, Killian Treacy, Kieran
Lyne, Chris Davis, David Gleeson, Liam McCarthy, Tom Moriarty, Tom Lucey,
Colm Carmody, David McCarthy, Myles Galvin. Back L to R: Gavin Culloty,
Danny Sheehan, Noel O'Sullivan, David O'Sullivan, Connie O'Leary, Mark O'
Driscoll, Sean Keane, Tadhg O'Leary, Billy McGuire, Christy Brosnan, Padraig
Lucey, Tom Slattery, John Cronin, Killian Buckley, Ryan McHale, Billy
Goulding.
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