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==Sport== ===Gaelic games=== Kerry is known for its [[Kerry GAA|senior Gaelic football team]]. Gaelic football is by far the dominant sport in the county, and Kerry has the most successful of all football teams; the Kerry footballers have won the [[Sam Maguire Cup|Sam Maguire cup]] 38 times, with the next nearest team [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] on 30 wins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour |url=http://www.gaa.ie/page/roll_of_honour.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823180500/http://www.gaa.ie/page/roll_of_honour.html |archive-date=23 August 2008 |access-date=26 September 2008 |publisher=Cumann Lúthcleas Geal}}</ref> [[Hurling]] is popular at club level in north Kerry, although the county has only won one [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]], in 1891. The senior team currently compete in the [[Joe McDonagh Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerry GAA – Hurling – Clubs and Information |url=http://www.gaainfo.com/hurling.php?co=kerry |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314095019/http://www.gaainfo.com/hurling.php?co=kerry |archive-date=14 March 2009 |access-date=26 September 2008 |publisher=gaainfo.com}}</ref> ===Association football=== The [[Kerry District League]] is the main competition for association football in the county. [[Tralee Dynamos A.F.C.|Tralee Dynamos]] have represented Kerry in the [[A Championship]], while they and Killarney Celtic also competed in the [[Munster Senior League (association football)|Munster Senior League]] during the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2023 [[Kerry F.C. (Ireland)|Kerry F.C.]] entered the [[League of Ireland First Division]] for the first time. ===Cricket=== [[Cricket]] is played in County Kerry by County Kerry Cricket Club. They play their home games at the Oyster Oval near [[Tralee]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=P. J. |date=11 June 2018 |title=In Pictures: Scenery Of Kerry Cricket Ground Will Make You Pick Up A Bat |url=https://www.balls.ie/cricket/kerry-cricket-ground-oyster-oval-pictures-390716 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128041853/https://www.balls.ie/cricket/kerry-cricket-ground-oyster-oval-pictures-390716 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |access-date=21 January 2021 |publisher=www.balls.ie}}</ref>
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