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St Brendan's Killarney Faces Fixture Uncertainty Over Rome Trip

St Brendan's Killarney cannot field a team for a key football match due to a school trip to Rome, leaving the fixture in doubt.

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Uncertainty surrounds a Munster Post Primary Schools Senior Football Championship match between Clonakilty Community College and St Brendan's Killarney scheduled for Wednesday, the Irish Examiner reported. The Kerry school announced that it will not travel to the Bishopstown pitch in Cork for the Corn Uí Mhuirí fixture because it only has eight players available. [1]

According to the Irish Examiner, a school trip to Rome during the week left St Brendan's Killarney without enough players to field a full squad. BreakingNews.ie also covered the fixture dispute between the two schools. [1][2]

St Brendan's Killarney stated that it provided advance notice of its player shortages and agreed on an alternative date with Clonakilty Community College, according to the Irish Examiner. However, efforts to formally reschedule the fixture have encountered obstacles. [1]

St Brendan's College, locally known as The Sem, is a secondary school located in Killarney, County Kerry. As FTMQ News reported earlier, the school recently suffered a defeat against St Michael's Listowel in the Kerry Colleges Senior Football Championship final, missing out on what would have been its 50th championship title. [3][6]

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In short

  • St Brendan's Killarney has only eight players available for their Corn Uí Mhuirí game due to a school trip to Rome.
  • The match against Clonakilty Community College was scheduled for Wednesday at Bishopstown in Cork.
  • St Brendan's agreed an alternative date with Clonakilty CC, but attempts to reschedule faced roadblocks.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]When in Rome: St Brendan's Killarney left frustrated by colleges GAA fixture stand-offIrish Examiner, 2d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]When in Rome: St Brendan’s Killarney left frustrated by colleges GAA fixture stand-offBreakingNews.ie, 2d ago

Background

  1. [3]St Brendan's College, Killarney on Wikipedia
  2. [4]Beauden Barrett on Wikipedia
  3. [5]Rome on Grokipedia
  4. [6]St Michaels Listowel Wins First Kerry Colleges Title in 48 Years FTMQ News, 27d ago
  5. [7]St Michael's Listowel Win Kerry Colleges Senior Football Championship FTMQ News, 28d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 7 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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