{"id":564821,"date":"2026-07-23T20:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/564821\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:33:14","slug":"jack-oconnor-names-unchanged-kerry-side-for-all-ireland-final-against-mayo-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/564821\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack O\u2019Connor names unchanged Kerry side for All-Ireland final against Mayo \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kerry<\/a> manager Jack O\u2019Connor<\/a> has named an unchanged team for Sunday\u2019s All-Ireland senior football<\/a> final against Mayo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor has kept faith with the starting side from their semi-final victory over Dublin, which means Se\u00e1n O\u2019Shea retains his place ahead of captain Paul Geaney, who is included among the substitutes.<\/p>\n

Geaney had been named to start in the original team to face Dublin but missed out because of a calf injury. He was replaced by O\u2019Shea, starting his first game of the 2026 championship.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Shea has been named at centre forward and will be flanked in the half-forward line by Joe O\u2019Connor and Diarmuid O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n

David Clifford will wear the number 14 jersey, with Paudie Clifford and Dylan Geaney named at corner forward. However, Paudie will almost certainly operate further out the field in a more creative role.<\/p>\n

Shane Murphy retains the number one jersey, while Jason Foley will again man the edge of the square at full-back where he is likely to pick up Ryan O\u2019Donoghue.<\/p>\n

\"KerryKerry goalkeeper Shane Murphy during the All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo\/Inpho <\/p>\n

Paul Murphy and Dylan Casey join Foley in the full-back line, while the marauding Gavin White has been handed the number seven jersey.<\/p>\n

Graham O\u2019Sullivan will start as the other Kerry wing back, with Mike Breen at centre back.<\/p>\n

Kerry\u2019s midfield pairing will again be the towering presence of Mark O\u2019Shea and Se\u00e1n O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n

Shane Ryan, last year\u2019s All-Star goalkeeper, will be on the bench at Croke Park on Sunday, as will Tom O\u2019Sullivan, Brian \u00d3 Beagla\u00edoch, Miche\u00e1l Burns and Tom\u00e1s Kennedy.<\/p>\n

Mayo will name their team on Friday morning with manager Andy Moran also expected to announced an unchanged side from their semi-final win over Louth, although Conor Loftus will be hoping to take a starting jersey off Paul Towey.<\/p>\n

Paddy Durcan will also be pushing hard for a starting place while Matthew Ruane and Tommy Conroy have made big impacts coming in off the bench in recent outings.<\/p>\n

KERRY (v Mayo): Shane Murphy; Paul Murphy, Jason Foley, Dylan Casey; Graham O\u2019Sullivan, Mike Breen, Gavin White; Mark O\u2019Shea, Se\u00e1n O\u2019Brien; Joe O\u2019Connor, Se\u00e1n O\u2019Shea, Diarmuid O\u2019Connor; Paudie Clifford, David Clifford, Dylan Geaney.<\/p>\n

Subs: Shane Ryan, Evan Looney, Tom\u00e1s Kennedy, Keith Evans, Paul Geaney, Armin Heinrich, Brian \u00d3 Beagla\u00edoch, Tadhg Morley, Miche\u00e1l Burns, Tom O\u2019Sullivan, Killian Spillane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kerry manager Jack O\u2019Connor has named an unchanged team for Sunday\u2019s All-Ireland senior football final against Mayo. O\u2019Connor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6937,14609,110979,61,60,180648,4185,43],"class_list":["post-564821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-kerry-gaa","tag-david-clifford","tag-football-championship","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jack-o-connor","tag-mayo-gaa","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}