Hurling
Kerry's first All-Ireland championship win was in hurling. Only club teams were allowed in 1891, so Kilmoyley club, a team from North Kerry, disbanded and joined up with Ballyduff so that their joint team could win the All-Ireland. This remains Kerry's only hurling title. After the game the rules were changed to allow selected county teams in the Championship. It was the first time a Munster team won both Munster and All Irelands in the same year. As well as 1891 Kerry have played in Munster Senior Hurling Championship Finals in 1889, 1890, 1892, 1900 and 1908.
Kerry's most notable hurling achievement in recent times occurred in the 1993 Munster championship when John Meyler's Kerry team shocked Waterford by a score of 4-13 to 3-13. It was reward for years of progress which included a draw with Kilkenny in the National Hurling League. Kerry followed it up in 1995 with its most famous ever League victory, a win over newly crowned All-Ireland champions Clare.
In 2003 team made it to the 4th round of the qualifiers only to go down to Limerick 1-14 to 0-24 in Austin Stack Park in Tralee. Along the way the beat Westmeath, Carlow and beaten Ulster finalists Derry. The wins over Westmeath and Carlow was the first time a Kerry team won 2 Championship games in a row. It was also the first time a Kerry hurling team played more championship games then the football team.
In 2010, Kerry were narrowly defeated by Westmeath in the final of the Christy Ring Cup. In 2011 they were back in the fianl again but made no mistake when they beat Wicklow well in the final.
For many years the senior team played in the Junior and Intermediate Championships and had some success. They won All Ireland titles at at Junior level in 1961 and 1972, they won at Munster Championship at junior level in 1956. At Intermediate level they won Munster titles in 1970 and 1973.
They also played in the All Ireland B Championship for a number of years winning titles in 1976, 1983 and 1986.
Kerry has played in just one Munster Minor Hurling Championship Final, in 1938, when they lost to a Cork team that included the great Christy Ring. They have won and played in a number of All Ireland B Finals however.
Kerry has never won the Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship, its most notable achievement in the championship came in 2004 when they ran Limerick to 3 points in Austin Stack Park. They have however won and played in a number of All Ireland U21 B Championship Finals.
In 2009 a Kerry Colleges team entered the Munster Senior Colleges Dr. Harty Cup for the first time.
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