On The Ball

Eamonn Fitzgerald is the Sports Editor with The Killarney Advertiser and has written the weekly On the Ball column since 1973.

Eamonn played in goal with Kerry from 1971 to 1973, winning 2 National League medals, but lost out to Offaly in the 1972 All Ireland final replay. Played with Dr Crokes senior team from 1961 to 1986 winning several titles, with East Kerry winning Kerry County Championships in 1965 (Minor) and senior in 1968, 1969 (Captain) and in 1970. Eamonn won two Munster Clubs and the inaugural All Ireland club title in 1971. He also played in Dublin with Erin's Hope (Teacher training college) and with UCD winning a Dublin county league medal in 1972. He has a lifelong involvement with Dr Crokes, his home club. He edited the club histories - Dr Crokes Gaelic Century 1886-1986 and Decade of Glory 1986-1996.



Can Mickey Ned end Kerry Minors All Ireland Famine?

January 13th, 2012
Kerry lead the way in the roll of honour of All Ireland football titles with 10 championships to their credit, but they have not won any since 1994. See roll of honour below. This  has been a cause for concern for ... more»


Ambitious Cillian Walsh joins Garryowen

August 26th, 2011
Clubs in all sports hate to lose a player to an other club, especially when it has invested so much time and energy getting him/her  to a high level in the chosen sport, but Liam McGuire, chairman of Killarney ... more»


Deaths of two great Killarney sportsmen

August 12th, 2011
Recently Killarney lost two very fine sportsmen, who brightened the lives of all who came in contact with them. Frank Switzer  RIP As long as I can recall the Community Games at local ,county, provincial and ... more»


Captain Colm Cooper - Gooch simply the best, better than all the rest

May 20th, 2011
"All comparisons are odious", a quote attributed to some 14th century unknown author. I read that somewhere, sometime. I'm updating it to 'all comparisons are odious, including this one'. But, still we judge ... more»


Half of GAA players are regular binge drinkers

March 18th, 2011
More than half of GAA players admit to binge drinking at least once a week, almost one-third reveal that they consumed more than the recommended limit of 21 units of alcoholic drink a week and 90%  described ... more»


Moss Keane RIP - He never lost the run of himself

October 15th, 2010
No reply for the first time at this number; the silence was ominous. This recent phone call to Portarlington went unanswered and I found out the reason why 48 hours later, when the news broke that Moss Keane had ... more»


Micheal O Muircheartaigh, craoltoir, muinteoir agus duine den scoth

September 24th, 2010
What was Des Cahill up to in the early morning Radio 1 sports programme  on Thursday of last week ? He kept us guessing and promised that a big sports story would be revealed in a later sports slot. All Ireland ... more»


Interview with Mickey Ned O'Sullivan

January 10th, 2010
Mickey Ned was a brilliant Kerry minor at number 6. He captained the  Kerry seniors in 1975 when Mick O Dwyer heralded the golden years of Kerry football. O Sullivan won 3 All Irelands and took over as the Kerry ... more»


Interview with Moss Keane

August 14th, 2009
Éamonn Fitzgerald (EF)..First off Moss to the urgent and the important, how are you coping with your cancer diagnosis.? Moss Keane (MK)..Very well indeed. It was a huge shock, of course. I went in for a routine ... more»


 

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