2000 Kerry Senior Football Championship


The 2000 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 100th staging of the Kerry [Senior Football Championship] since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on May 9, 2000. The championship ran from 11 June to 26 November 2000.
East Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by West Kerry in the first round.
The final was played on 26 November 2000 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Dr. Crokes and An Ghaeltacht, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Dr. Crokes won the match by 1-04 to 0-06 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title in nine years.
West Kerry's Dara Ó Cinnéide was the championship's top scorer with 3-20.

Results

Preliminary round

Round 1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Dara Ó CinnéideAn Ghaeltacht3-202947.25
2Gene FarrellWest Kerry3-162555.00
3Roland NeherDr. Crokes0-181853.60
4Seán GeaneyWest Kerry3-081753.60
5Declan QuillKerins O'Rahilly's0-141434.66
6Kieran FoleyMid Kerry2-071334.33
7Paud O'DonoghueEast Kerry1-091226.00
7Seán O'SullivanMid Kerry0-121243.00
9Jack FerriterWest Kerry0-09951.80
9D. J. FlemingKilcummin0-09951.80

;In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Dara Ó CinnéideAn Ghaeltacht2-0713Kilcummin
2Kieran FoleyMid Kerry2-039St. Brendan's
2Seán GeaneyWest Kerry2-039East Kerry
2Gene FarrellWest Kerry2-039Kenmare
5Paud O'DonoghueEast Kerry1-058West Kerry
5Dara Ó CinnéideAn Ghaeltacht1-058St. Kieran's
5Gene FarrellWest Kerry1-058Mid Kerry
8Eugene McGrathKerins O'Rahilly's2-017Laune [Rangers GAA|Laune Rangers]
8Seán O'SullivanMid Kerry0-077Shannon Rangers
8Seán McElligottSt. Kierna's0-077An Ghaeltacht

Miscellaneous