Carbury GAA
Encyclopedia
Carbury GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
club in County Kildare
, Ireland
, winner of 11 Kildare county senior football championships and participants in eight successive county finals between 1965 and 1972. Ollie Crinnigan (an All Star in 1978) and Pat Mangan (replacement All Star on two occasions) were on the Kildare football team of the millennium.
in 1973 and beat New York in two challenge matches and reached the final of the Kilmacud sevens in 1973, losing to Waterville. It also must be noted that Jack Carey is one of only two players with seven County Championship medals.They aslo reched a county final in 2010 but loss it was against Athy
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Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club in County Kildare
County Kildare
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, Ireland
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, winner of 11 Kildare county senior football championships and participants in eight successive county finals between 1965 and 1972. Ollie Crinnigan (an All Star in 1978) and Pat Mangan (replacement All Star on two occasions) were on the Kildare football team of the millennium.
History
Though the present Carbury club was founded in 1925, local tradition holds that football was played in the parish since pre-GAA times. RIC records from 1890 show that Kirkpatrick CJ Kickhams club had 30 members, with the officers listed as Michael Mooney, Walter Broderick and John Tracey. Carbury teams reached the quarter-finals of the championship in 1897 and 1905.Gaelic Football
The Bourke family, including Dermot (after whom the county senior football championship trophy is named) and John and William Hynan were the backbone of early Carbury teams. After winning the Intermediate Championship in 1930 Carbury have had an unbroken run in Kildare senior football, playing in four successive finals as they won three titles between 1940 and 1946. The minor team of 1959 broke through at senior level to play in eight successive county finals. They travelled to New YorkNew York City
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in 1973 and beat New York in two challenge matches and reached the final of the Kilmacud sevens in 1973, losing to Waterville. It also must be noted that Jack Carey is one of only two players with seven County Championship medals.They aslo reched a county final in 2010 but loss it was against Athy
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Camogie
Carbury affiliated 1933-45 with Stoirin Burke as their captain, formerly of Dominican, Eccles Street, described as “one of Ireland’s best players.” Ticknevin and Carbury both fielded teams in the 1950s. The club revived in 1983 and won All Ireland Feile na nGael Division 2 in 1985.Honours
- Kildare Senior Football Championship Winners 1940, 1941, 1946, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1985.
- Centenary Cup 1984.
- Senior F League (Leinster Leader Cup)Kildare Senior Football League Division 1Kildare Senior Football League Division 1The Kildare Senior Football League Division 1 is an annual Kildare GAA club competition. 16 clubs play 15 games and are awarded 2 points per win and 1 point per draw. The top two teams qualify to play in the League Final , the winners are presented with the...
1938, 1940, 1943, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1982. - Minor F ChampionsKildare Minor Football ChampionshipThe Kildare Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition organised by Kildare GAA.-Roll of Honour:...
1959, 1984. - Intermediate F Champions 1930.
- Junior F Champions 1926.
- Kildare Senior Camogie ChampionshipKildare Senior Camogie ChampionshipCamogie was played in Kildare shortly after the sport was first organized in 1904. However due to sparse records it is not certain when the first senior camogie championship was held.The earliest record of Camogie appears in an advertisement by Athy Ladies Hurling Club advertised a members reunion...
1936, 1937, 1940, 1941. - Junior Camogie champions 1988.
- Senior Camogie League 1937.
Senior Players
- Declan Conroy
- Brian Nolan
- Liam Holt
- William Groome
- Danny Boyle
- James Dunne
- Darren Crowe
- Colm Kearney
- Joe Crowe
- David Cummins
- Morgan O'Flaherty
- Sean Mcloughlin
- Colm Crinnigan
- Tom Sullivan
- Terry Rossiter
- Eoin O'Flaherty
- Colm Reilly
- David Cash
- Andrew Dermody
- Paul Costello
- Patrick Grace
- Andrew Grace
- Darryl O Brien
- Tom Fox
- Dermot Moore
- Gary Mangan
- Michael Costello
- Paudie O'Neill
- Shaun Costello
- Philip Mangan
- Kevin O'Neill