Killarney Celtic fancied to win their seventh Premier A league title in a row
All eyes will be on Mounthawk Park next Sunday as Killarney Celtic face Tralee Dynamos in the Charleville Cheese Premier A League final, with Celtic aiming to secure what would be an unprecedented seventh consecutive league title.
Having won the Premier A title in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 (there was no final in 2021 due to of Covid pandemic) Celtic will be in no mood to relinquish their title, but equally Tralee Dynamos will be highly motivated to stop the Killarney club from reaching seventh heaven.
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