title: 2006 Kerry Senior Football Championship
text: # 2006 Kerry Senior Football Championship
  
  The 2006 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 106th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The championship ran from 6 May to 12 November 2006.
  
  South Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title.
  
  The final was played on 12 November 2006 at FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney, between South Kerry and Dr. Crokes in what was their second meeting in the final. South Kerry won the match by 0-12 to 1-08 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a third title in succession.
  
  Declan Quill was he championship's top scorer with 1-28.
  
  ## Team changes
  
  ### To Championship
  
  Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
  
  * Killarney Legion
  
  ### From Championship
  
  Relegated to the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
  
  * Listowel Emmets
  
  ## Championship statistics
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  **Overall**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Declan Quill | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 1-28 | 31 | 5 | 6.20 |
  | 2 | Conor Daly | St. Brendan's | 4-10 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
  | 3 | D. J. Fleming | Kilcummin | 0-20 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
  | 4 | Derek Twiss | Milltown/Castlemaine | 0-19 | 19 | 6 | 3.16 |
  | 5 | Colm Cooper | Dr. Crokes | 2-11 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
  | 5 | Bryan Sheehan | South Kerry | 1-14 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
  | 7 | Darran O'Sullivan | Mid Kerry | 1-11 | 14 | 4 | 4.25 |
  | 8 | Ronan Hussey | South Kerry | 1-09 | 12 | 4 | 3.00 |
  | 8 | Tommy Walsh | South Kerry | 1-09 | 12 | 5 | 2.40 |
  | 8 | Ger Dan Dennehy | John Mitchels | 0-12 | 12 | 4 | 3.00 |
  
  **In a single game**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Conor Daly | St. Brendan's | 3-02 | 11 | Feale Rangers |
  | 2 | Andrew Kennelly | Dr. Crokes | 3-01 | 10 | Kenmare |
  | 2 | Declan Quill | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 1-07 | 10 | St. Brendan's |
  | 2 | Declan Quill | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 0-10 | 10 | John Mitchels |
  | 5 | Colm Cooper | Dr. Crokes | 2-03 | 9 | Mid Kerry |
  | 5 | Paul O'Connor | Kenmare | 1-06 | 9 | West Kerry |
  | 5 | Ger Dan Dennehy | John Mitchels | 0-09 | 9 | Kerins O'Rahilly's |
  | 8 | Bryan Sheehan | South Kerry | 1-04 | 7 | Feale Rangers |
  | 8 | D. J. Fleming | Kilcummin | 0-07 | 7 | Dingle |
  | 8 | Eddie Bowler | Feale Rangers | 0-07 | 7 | West Kerry |
  | 8 | Conor Daly | St. Brendan's | 0-07 | 7 | Austin Stacks |
  
  ### Miscellaneous
  
  * South Kerry win three in a row for the first time in their history and are the first since East Kerry between 1997-99.
  * Dr Crokes play in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship.
  * The first round match between Laune Rangers and Austin Stacks was abandoned by the referee at half-time due to floodlight failure at Austin Stack Park.
  