County Convention

08/12/2021

Kerry GAA County Convention was held on Monday night last at the Munster Technological University Kerry Campus in Tralee.

Delegates who could not attend in person were facilitated online thanks to Emma Sweeney (Assistant Secretary) and Leona Twiss (PRO).

The Convention Booklet can be downloaded HERE

To start, Chairman Tim Murphy took us through Peter Twiss’ Secretary’s Report before we moved on and Treasurer Tom Keane brought us through the Treasurer’s Report. This was followed by the Auditor’s Report. Next up, we moved on to the Consideration of the various Sub-Committee Reports.

At this point, Mark Griffin, Administrator of the Referee’s Committee, addressed those present (virtually as well as in-person) re. the need for more referees and made a passionate plea with delegates to promote refereeing within their clubs.

As the voting wasn’t concluded, our Chairman then made his final address to Convention as Tim Murphy’s 5 year term concluded on Monday night. Tim gave tremendous service to Kerry GAA. He deserves great praise for his dedication to the role. We wish Tim every success in the Munster Vice-Chair election. Thank you Tim!

Next up was the election of officers for 2022.

Results for the position of Chairman:

Total poll: 239

No spoilt votes – 239

Patrick O’Sullivan: 127

Eamon Whelan: 112

Results for the position of Vice-Chairman:

Total poll: 238

No spoilt votes – 238

Liam Lynch: 135

Dermot “Weeshie” Lynch: 103

Results for the position of Coaching Officer:

Total poll: 239

No spoilt votes – 239

Joe Costello: 124

Bernie Reen: 115

To finish, the Brosna delegate congratulated their own clubman Tim Murphy on his fantastic tenure as Chairman, as does Derry Murphy and that concluded Convention 2021.

Kerry County Committee 2022

Chairperson: Patrick O’Sullivan (Dr. Crokes)

Vice-Chairperson: Liam Lynch (Austin Stacks)

Secretary: Peter Twiss

Assistant Secretary: Emma Sweeney (Ballymac)

Treasurer: Tom Keane (St. Mary’s)

Assistant Treasurer: Joseph Crowley (Laune Rangers)

Central Council Delegate: Maurice O’Mahony (Ballydonoghue)

Munster Council Delegates: Ger McCarthy (Causeway) & John O’Leary (St. Pat’s East Kerry)

PRO: Leona Twiss O’Brien (Milltown/Castlemaine)

Children’s Officer: Áine ní Shuilleabháin (Glenflesk)

Cultural Officer: Christy Killeen (Finuge)