Dr Crokes Paid Wonderful Tribute To Former Teammate After Kerry Championship Win
Dr Crokes produced a brilliant performance at Austin Stack Park yesterday, overcoming Na Gaeil in the Kerry Club Championship final on a scoreline of 0-20 to 1-12.
The Killarney club entered this game as favourites, having also won this competition in 2024. In contrast, their opponents were playing in their first ever senior final.
Kerry forward Tony Brosnan would prove to be the star performer on the day, notching a personal tally of 0-8. That helped lead Dr Crokes to a record tenth triumph in this competition.
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Dr Crokes Paid Tribute To Former Teammate After Kerry Championship WinDr Crokes are a club that are used to experiencing success, having won big competition at county, provincial, and All-Ireland level down through the years. Despite this, yesterday's victory was a particularly poignant one for the Kerry side.
Their former player Jamie Doolan would pass away earlier this year at the age of 36 on the day that Kerry won the All-Ireland final. He previously represented his county at underage level, before going on to become a key player at Dr Crokes.
After accepting the trophy at yesterday's final, Crokes captain David Shaw would pay tribute to their former teammate and mentor.
I want to dedicate today to our great friend Jamie Doolan. It’s been an incredibly tough few weeks for everyone involved in Crokes, especially the Doolan family.
Jamie was a teammate, a former supporter of our senior team, he was involved in the club minor team this year, but most importantly he was a friend to everyone.
He will always be remembered for his sheer passion and love of the black and amber and how giddy he was when he got into the game.
An amazingly skilful and unselfish corner forward, he played the game in typical Crokes fashion. Jamie will be sorely missed; he will always be with us in everything we do as a club, and no doubt he’s looking down and smiling today.
We love you, Jamie.
The tributes would not stop there.
Dr Crokes would bring the Michael O'Connor Cup to Jamie Doolan's grave the day of the game.
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A wonderful gesture.
On what was a big day for the Kerry club, it was fantastic to see one of their recently departed members very much at the forefront of his thoughts.
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