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ALL-IRL FINAL 2005
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All-Ireland Senior Football Final 2005
Events for 2005 Final...
TOYOTA CAR RAFFLE -
The Kerry Senior Football team have returned from their short break in New York and we thank all those who supported the raffle for the Toyota Car, which was presented to the players as All-Ireland finalists.
The winner of the Toyota Starlet Car is David Clifford from Keel. Thomas Godley, Ballyheigue won a €500 voucher sponsored by Sean Hussey Menswear, Mark Cooper, Killarney won a €300 voucher sponsored by Browne's Agri Steel, Castleisland. A Garvey's Super Valu Hamper was won by Bridget Buckley, Causeway, Bernard Murphy, Coolane, Glenbeigh won a €200 voucher sponsored by Browne's Agri Steel, Castleisland, a weekend break at the Auburn Lodge, Ennis was won by Joan O'Connor, Scartaglin Village, 4 tickets to the Kerry Sports Stars Banquet was won by Colm Kirwan, Desmonds and a weekend break at Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick was won by Donna Montague, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
The following clubs won gear vouchers sponsored by Lee Strand, Asdee (€500), Derrynane (€250), Laune Rangers (€150). Dingle won 4 tickets to the Kerry Sports Stars Banquet.
Thank you for your support!
POST MATCH DINNER
Our Team Sponsors Kerry Group hosted a banquet for the players and their guests, their parents and County Board Officers and the team management at Jury's Hotel, Ballsbridge on Sunday night. President Elect of the GAA, Nicky Brennan, the Minister for Arts, Tourism and Sport, John O'Donoghue T.D., Dr. Dermot Clifford, Archbishop of Cashel, Bishop Bill Murphy and Mícheál Ó'Muirceartaigh were among the guests.
Chief Executive of Kerry Group, Hugh Friel, thanked the players for their commitment to the team and urged them to look forward to 2006. He stated that last year Kerry Group was delighted to celebrate the team's victory and this year he was proud of the team and proud to support them in defeat. He pointed out that there are three All-Ireland winning captain's on the team in Liam Hassett, Seamus Moynihan and Dara Ó Cinnéide. He is certain that Kerry will be back in Croke Park and that they will have the full support of Kerry Group.
Nicky Brennan stated that defeat is part and parcel of sport and he is in no doubt that Kerry will recover quickly from this defeat. He acknowledged and thanked the great work done by Jack O'Connor, the team management and the back up support team. He also stated that the players can feel very proud of the fact that they are held as role models by the youth of the country. He urged the players to look forward to next year. He thanked the players for their dedication, the County Board Officers for their diligence and our excellent sponsors Kerry Group for their support.
Sean Walsh, Chairman of Kerry County Board thanked Kerry Group for their support and stressed that we are very fortunate to have them as our sponsors. He said that everybody associated with the team should feel proud of what they had done. He thanked their parents and told them that they should feel very proud of their sons. He then went on to thank Jack O'Connor, the selectors, Ger O'Keeffe and Johnny Culloty and team trainer, Pat Flanagan. All the preparations and training that was possible to win the All-Ireland was done. He thanked the team physios, Aoife Ní Mhuirí and Sarah Hobbs, Masseur, Harry O'Neill, the team doctors, Dr. Dave Geaney and Dr. Michael Finnerty and Vincent Linnane and Brian O'Keeffe who looked after the players gear. He paid tribute to the office staff at The Pavilion for their hard work with tickets distribution. County Secretary, Eamonn O'Sullivan, was thanked for the way in which the arrangements for the All-Ireland Final were undertaken and his tireless work with ticket allocations was clear proof of his brilliant organisational ability.
Jack O'Connor said that he was very proud of all the players for the way they were handling the defeat. They battled right up to end, he said, and for that he was very proud of them. Jack thanked his selectors, Johnny and Ger, Pat Flanagan, the medical back up and he also thanked the team captain, Declan O'Sullivan. Jack acknowledged the battle hardiness of the Tyrone and very hard route they had survived to reach the All-Ireland Final. He also stated that there was not another ounce that the players could have given to win the All-Ireland for Kerry. He reminded them that is often how a team handles defeat that will define them as a team and he reassured them that they would regroup and be back again next year.
Declan O'Sullivan congratulated Tyrone on winning the All-Ireland and that the Kerry team did everything they could possibly do to win. He thanked the players for their dedication and sacrifices, the management and back up for their support. It was an honour to be captain of such a great group of players, he concluded. In conclusion he said that last year we won together, this year we lost together and it is how we handle defeat that is important now.
Minister, John O'Donoghue said that it was an enthralling All-Ireland Final. He referred to Jack and Declan being from the Dromid Pearses Club and that it is people like Jeremiah O'Shea, who has been the Club Chairman for over twenty-seven years that makes the GAA the great organisation that it is, when there are such dedicated people who devote a lifetime to the voluntary work of the GAA club.
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