Ardfert are a

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team in north

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, Ireland. They are one of two clubs in

Ardfert Ardfert () is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only from Tralee. T ...

, St Brendan's Hurling Club being the local hurling club. They play in the County Junior Football Championship and Div 2 County League. By winning the Kerry Junior Football Championship in 2005 by beating Cordal 3–11 to 3–07 they were promoted to the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship and represented Kerry in the Munster Junior Club Football Championship and in that final they beat Erin's Own 1–08 to 0–10 and represented

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in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. On 19 February 2006, they won this championship in

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by beating

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1–07 to 0–09. In 2006, they won the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship beating

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and represented Kerry at the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship where they defeated Corofin of Clare 1–06 to 1–04. They then went on to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship final winning that as well 1–04 to 0–05 by defeating Eoghan Rua of

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. They now play in the Kerry Senior Club Football Championship.

Honours

* All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship Winner (2) 2007, 2015 * All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship Winner (1) 2006 * Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship Winners (2) 2006, 2014 * Munster Junior Club Football Championship Winner (1) 2005 * Kerry Intermediate Football Championship Winners (2) 2006, 2014 * Kerry Junior Football Championship Winners (2) 1987, 2005 * Kerry Novice Football Championship Winner (1) 1981 * St. Brendan's District Senior Football Championship Winners (4) 2002, 2005, 2011, 2016

Kerry County Football League

Ardfert won the Kerry County Football League – Division 5 North in 2003, Kerry County Football League – Division 3 in 2004, Kerry County Football League – Division 3 in 2005 and Kerry County Football League – Division 2 in 2006. After the 2006 win, the club were promoted to Kerry County Football League – Division 1 for the 2007 season.

References

External links

Official Club Website
(archived)
Kerry GAA website with all tables and resultsArdfert in County final 2006Ardfert in All-Ireland club semi-final 2006
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