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# Jack O'Connor

This year
2023
Jack O'Connor handed new two-year term as Kerry football boss
Four-time All-Ireland winning manager ratified for a new term, with uncertainty over whether Paddy Tally will be a part of his backroom team.
Final hurt against Dublin, panel depth and Kerry's in-game regrets
There’s a long winter ahead in Kerry to reflect on the learnings from an agonising All-Ireland final defeat.
Jack O'Connor: 'We were hoping that we would get him up the steps after the tough year'
Jack O’Connor offered his reaction to Kerry’s two-point loss.
Dublin the biggest show in Irish sport, Gaelic football the only show in Kerry
What is the legacy of Gaelic Games in both counties?
Jack O'Connor: 'A signal of intent - Dublin are throwing the kitchen sink at this'
The Kerry boss is bracing himself for the Croke Park challenge next Sunday.
O'Connor hails Clifford: 'Incredible performance, he was willing the team'
The Kerry captain delivered another standout showing as he shot 0-9 in Croke Park.
Kerry-Dublin talk premature for O'Connor: 'Our eyes are fully on Derry'
Kerry face Derry next Sunday in Croke Park.
O'Connor hails Kerry players - 'Delighted overall, it's very hard to pick holes in that'
The Kerry boss reflected on an impressive performance by his team.
Jack O'Connor: 'It's a big wake up call for us. No excuses'
The Kerry manager had no complaints with the result in Killarney.
'A great way to honour their mother' - Kerry boss hails Clifford brothers after Munster win
A day after their mother Ellen had passed away, the Clifford brothers helped Kerry win the Munster title.
'A great way to honour their mother' - Kerry boss hails Clifford brothers after Munster win
A day after their mother Ellen had passed away, the Clifford brothers helped Kerry win the Munster title.
Kerry's response - 'It was an unacceptable performance and the players knew that'
Jack O’Connor was pleased with how his players bounced back from last week’s loss to Mayo.
Last year
2022
Kerry All-Ireland winning forward moving to Dubai
Jack O’Connor will be without forward Jack Savage for the 2023 season.
Jack on Clifford: 'Like a race horse in a big race, he's primed for big occasions'
The Kerry manager hails his attacking star after Sunday’s win.
Jack O'Connor: 'It's about that group of lads, we are just hoping this can spark something big'
The Kerry boss is savouring another All-Ireland triumph.
Gavin White set to start as Kerry and Galway name unchanged teams for final
Jack O’Connor and Pádraic Joyce have both named unchanged starting lineups for Sunday’s All-Ireland football final.
Jack O'Connor: 'The people that are dishing out the abuse don’t understand that'
The Kerry boss is getting set for next Sunday’s All-Ireland final.
Kerry boss hails O'Shea - 'That has to be one of the best pressure kicks we've seen here'
A magnificent pointed free settled today’s clash between Kerry and Dublin.
Jack O'Connor: 'These Kerry players have been yearning to get a cut at the Dubs'
The counties will meet on Sunday 10 July.
Good news for David Clifford while rising Kerry defender ruled out for months
Corner-back Dylan Casey, who came on in the Munster Final, is out for the rest of his side’s involvement in the Championship .
'The medical advice was not to play him' - Clifford misses Kerry's Munster final but set for quick return
Kerry coped without their star forward as they ran out 23-point winners in today’s Munster final.
Jack O'Connor: 'We felt this would be a dangerous game, Cork were being written off'
The Kerry manager saw his team book a place in the Munster final last night.
'Sure who wants to get a walkover' - Kerry boss on Cork venue saga and injured stars return
Jack O’Connor is preparing his team for Saturday’s Munster semi-final.
'What Paddy Tally does now is very intense' - Kerry's quest for balance
Shane Enright believes Kerry have improved their ability to protect the full-back line during the league.
Sean O'Shea and David Moran on the bench as Kerry name team for league final
Jack O’Connor has made six changes to the team that lost against Tyrone last week.
Jack O'Connor: 'Our backs were to the wall, Kerry haven't been winning these type of games'
The Kerry boss saw his team pick up a fourth league win of the campaign last night.
Kerry's class attacking acts, league ambitions under Jack and injury battles
Jack O’Connor saw his team defeat Donegal in their latest encounter yesterday.
Okunbor set for debut as Jack O'Connor names star-studded side on his third coming
The Kingdom face Limerick in the McGrath Cup tonight.
All time
Ex-Geelong Cat receives Kerry call-up as Dr Crokes keeper returns following hiatus
Stefan Okunbor recently ended a three-year stint with the AFL side.
What can Jack O'Connor take from Kerry county senior final day?
The club action in the Kingdom was wrapped up for 2021 on Sunday as Austin Stacks triumphed.
Changing as a Kerry manager, return from AFL and retirements, the All-Ireland title wait
Jack O’Connor on his return to the Kerry football hotseat.
'This thing that I left Kildare because I was asked to manage Kerry is absolute nonsense'
Jack O’Connor was officially unveiled as the new Kerry manager this evening.
Kerry chairman defends 'disgraceful' attacks as Jack O'Connor ratified on two-year term
Kerry chairman Tim Murphy formally thanked outgoing boss Peter Keane and denied that he was treated unfairly.
Boost for new Kerry boss Jack O'Connor as Stefan Okunbor calls it a day with Geelong
The Tralee man spent three years with the Cats.
5 thoughts as Jack O'Connor returns to Kerry for third stint
The former Kildare boss is Kerry manager again nine years after his second tenure ended.
Kerry GAA to recommend Jack O'Connor as new senior football manager
It will be O’Connor’s third spell in charge of the Kerry senior side.
Jack O'Connor steps down as Kildare manager
The Dromid Pearses man has been linked with a return to the Kerry job.
O'Connor: 'Some of the commentary during the week was a bit over the top'
The Kildare boss felt the narrative coming into the game was that Dublin would hammer his team.
Kildare star likely to miss Leinster final against Dublin after knee injury
Kevin Feely had to leave the field during the first half of Kildare’s Leinster SFC semi-final win over Westmeath.
'That man hasn't much sleep got and emotionally it was very tough on him' - O'Connor hails brave Flynn
Neil Flynn arrived off the bench to clip three vital scores against Offaly just a day after his father’s funeral.