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League of Ireland Horse Racing TV Listings GAA Fixtures The Video Review Sport meets news, current affairs, society & pop culture Rugby Weekly Extra Dive into all the news and analysis 3 times a week The Football Family Weekly insights from the week’s big talking points Advertisement More Stories Paul Geaney lifts the trophy for Dingle.James Crombie/INPHO Geaney hits two late goals as Dingle end 77-year wait for Kerry SFC glory The star Kerry forward finished with 2-2 as Dingle got the better of Austin Stacks. 4.22pm, 26 Oct 2025 Share options Dingle 2-13 Austin Stacks 1-12 Paul Brennan reports from Austin Stack Park PAUL GEANEY WAS the hero of the hour in the Kerry county SFC final on a miserable afternoon, with the Kerry footballer netting two late goals to deliver a long-awaited county championship to Dingle. Seventy-seven years, in fact, since the senior championship title last visited the West Kerry town, and if Dingle needed a hero then Geaney was the man to deliver. Having lost the 2024 final to Dr Crokes – and two others since 2012 – this was a sweet victory for a Dingle team and club that had been the bridesmaid too many times. And that it was Geaney – a bona fide hometown hero for his exploits with the county team as much as anything – who delivered the coup de grace will only embellish the legend of his win over time. For Austin Stacks this was a tough defeat, having led from the second minute to the 52nd only to see it all snatched from them by Dingle’s resilience and Geaney’s lethal eye for goal. Advertisement 57Nóim@AustinStacksGAA 1-11 (14)@DingleGAA 2-13 (19) Paul Geaney le críoch den scoth 😍 Another goal put Dingle in a comfy lead with only 3 minutes left 🥅 BEO/LIVE AR @TG4TV #GAABEO pic.twitter.com/EIPjh9fjGK— Spórt TG4 (@SportTG4) October 26, 2025 Geaney’s Kerry team mate Tom O’Sullivan played his part too, sending in the two long balls that Geaney so brilliantly capitalised on, while the defender also scored two points in that devastating period when Dingle feasted on 1-4 without reply to go from 0-11 to 0-9 behind to take a five-point lead in the 56th minute. Stacks then won and scored a goal from the penalty spot – Cian Purcell coolly slotting his spot kick past Gavin Curran after Colm Browne was taken down by the goalkeeper – but it was brief respite from a Stacks team on the rocks. Another long ball in from Tom O’Sullivan was feed off to Paul Geaney by Ned Ryan and the three-time All-Ireland winner doesn’t pass up those chances for goal. He didn’t here. When they reflect on it, Stacks – senior champions in 2022 and intermediate champions last year – will know their half-time lead wasn’t enough having played the first half with a huge wind behind them. Dylan Geaney opened the scoring for Dingle, but Armind Heinrich’s two-pointer in the second minute gave Stacks a lead they wouldn’t relinquish for 50 minutes. Dingle’s Mark O’Connor received a black card in the third minute, and when he returned Stacks were 0-6 to 0-1 ahead, Paddy Lane, Ben Murphy and Joe O’Connor (two-pointer) doing the scoring. It took until the 18th minute for Dingle to get their second score, from Conor Geaney, but another from him, and a fourth on the hooter from Paul Geaney, left Dingle a manageable four adrift at the break, 0-8 to 0-4. Stacks had the first point of the second half but Dingle remained composed, and as the game hit the 50-minute mark they were just one behind, 0-10 to 0-9. And then Paul Geaney made this final his own. Stacks rocked, Dingle the champions. More to come from them, and Geaney, in Munster and beyond. Scorers for Austin Stacks: B Murphy 0-3, P Lane 0-3 (1f), C Purcell 1-0 (pen), A Heinrich 0-2 (tp), J O’Connor 0-2 (tp), J Kissane 0-1, G Horan 0-1 (f) Scorers for Dingle: P Geaney 2-2, C Geaney 0-4 (1 tpf, 1f), D Geaney 0-3 (1 tpf), T O’Sullivan 0-2, Brian O’Connor 0-1, T De Brún 0-1 AUSTIN STACKS: Michael Tansley, Colin Griffin, Joey Nagle, Niall Fitzmaurice, Eoghan Carroll, Armin Heinrich, Ronan Shanahan, Joe O’Connor, Ben Murphy, Michael O’Donnell, Conor Horan, Daniel Kirby, Paddy Lane, Cian Purcell, Jordan Kissane. Subs: Jack O’Shea for E Carroll (ht), Dylan Casey for N Fitzmaurice (37), Greg Horan for C Horan (42), Ronan Carroll for J Kissane, Colm Browne for M O’Donnell, Jack Murphy for C Griffin (temp, 56-ft). Related Reads Regan the hero as Ballina produce late rally to win third Mayo SFC title in a row 'It’s a dream come true' - The stunning rise of Tyrone's new senior football finalists 'The intention is for me to play next year' - Shane O'Donnell set for Clare return in 2026 DINGLE: Gavin H Curran; Padraig O’Connor, Aidan O’Connor, Tom O’Sullivan; Tom Leo O’Sullivan, Conor Flannery, Brian O’Connor; Billy O’Connor, Niall Geaney; Tadhg de Brún, Paul Geaney, Mark O’Connor; Conor Geaney, Matthew Flaherty, Dylan Geaney. Subs: Darragh O’Sullivan for P Geaney (temp, 7-13), Ned Ryan for Billy O’Connor (51), Mikey Geaney for T De Brun (51), Cathal Bambury for C Geaney (57), Seán Óg Moran for T Leo O’Sullivan (58) Referee: Sean Joy Paul Brennan Viewcomments Send Tip or Correction Embed this post To embed this post, copy the code below on your site Email “Geaney hits two late goals as Dingle end 77-year wait for Kerry SFC glory”. 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