The 1999 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 99th 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 20 April 1999. The championship ran from 13 June to 24 October 1999.
East Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title. An Ghaeltacht made their first ever appearance in the championship.
The final was played on 24 October 1999 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between East Kerry and Feale Rangers, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. East Kerry won the match by 0-10 to 1-06 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a third title in succession.
Feale Rangers' Tadhg Kennelly was the championship's top scorer with 2-17.
Results Preliminary round
Round 1
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Tadhg KennellyFeale Rangers2-172345.752Dara Ó CinnéideAn Ghaeltacht2-131936.333John CrowleyEast Kerry2-111744.254Pat O'SheaDr. Crokes2-081443.50Pa O'SullivanLaune Rangers0-141434.666Noel KennellyFeale Rangers2-051142.75Brian ClarkeDr. Crokes1-081142.758Paul GriffinLaune Rangers1-071033.339Roland NeherDr. Crokes0-09942.2510Liam HassettLaune Rangers1-05832.66John McGlynnSt. Kieran's0-08824.00Paud O'DonoghueEast Kerry0-08824.00Ian TwissMid Kerry0-08824.00
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Tadhg KennellyFeale Rangers1-1013Killarney Legion2John CrowleyEast Kerry2-0511An Ghaeltacht3Dara Ó CinnéideAn Ghaeltacht1-058South KerryDara Ó CinnéideAn Ghaeltacht1-058South Kerry5Noel KennellyFeale Rangers2-017Laune Rangers6Kieran FoleyMid Kerry1-036John MitchelsPaul GriffinLaune Rangers1-036Shannon RangersPat O'SheaDr. Crokes1-036DesmondsJerry MurphyEast Kerry1-036An GhaeltachtBrian ClarkeDr. Crokes1-036East KerryRoland NeherDr. Crokes0-066KenmareKevin LynchDesmonds0-066KilcumminJohn McGlynnSt. Kieran's0-066Kerins O'Rahilly'sPa O'SullivanLaune Rangers0-066Feale Rangers
Miscellaneous East Kerry became the first side since themselves in 1970 to win three titles in-a-row. Feale Rangers qualified for the final for the first time since 1985. References