Kilcullen GAA
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Kilcullen is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
club in Kilcullen
, County Kildare
, Ireland
, which played a leading role in developing the games in the county. Kilcullen town sports predate the GAA.
in the 1892 county final. Pat Garrett's Kilcullen team controversially beat Ballymore to win the 1915 junior championship and cause a major shock in their first senior championship match by defeating serial champions Roseberry
, (the Kilcullen curate Fr Byrne had to intervene when the referee was assaulted), but lost to Maynooth
in the county semi-final. The following year they contested their second county final winning the semi-final against Roseberry on objection. Kilcullen lost successive intermediate championships in 1954-1955. After becoming Intermediate champions in 1961, Kilcullen beat Monasterevin
, Military College
and Kill
in a new took semi-final by 1-7 to 1-5, Eamonn Gilesman scored 1-1 for Kilcullen. They were forced to wait until the following year as a series of objections dogged the other semi-final, and lost to Moorefield 0-2 to 2-11.
In 2007 Kilcullen were relegated to Intermediate status, following a 0-12 to 1-12 defeat by Naas
.
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 Kilcullen
Kilcullen
Kilcullen , formally Kilcullen Bridge, is a small town on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Ireland. Its population of 2,985 makes it the 12th largest settlement in County Kildare and the fastest growing in the county, having doubled in population from 1,483 in the census of 2002...
, County Kildare
County Kildare
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, Ireland
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, which played a leading role in developing the games in the county. Kilcullen town sports predate the GAA.
Gaelic Football
Kilcullen were beaten by ClaneClane GAA
Clane GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of 17 Kildare county senior football championships, 16 county senior hurling championships and Kildare club of the year in 1975. Clane players are credited with bringing the handpass into Gaelic football...
in the 1892 county final. Pat Garrett's Kilcullen team controversially beat Ballymore to win the 1915 junior championship and cause a major shock in their first senior championship match by defeating serial champions Roseberry
Roseberry GAA
Roseberry was a GAA club based in Newbridge in County Kildare, significant in Kildare GAA history, winner of nine county senior football championships. The club evolved to become the Sarsfields club....
, (the Kilcullen curate Fr Byrne had to intervene when the referee was assaulted), but lost to Maynooth
Maynooth GAA
Maynooth GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It caters for the sporting and social needs of the residential areas adjacent to its location for all ages through the promotion of Gaelic games — Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and handball.Maynooth are...
in the county semi-final. The following year they contested their second county final winning the semi-final against Roseberry on objection. Kilcullen lost successive intermediate championships in 1954-1955. After becoming Intermediate champions in 1961, Kilcullen beat Monasterevin
Monasterevin G.F.C.
Monasterevin G.F.C. is a Gaelic football club based in Monasterevin, County Kildare, Ireland. The club being located in County Kildare competes in the County Kildare GAA board league and cup system...
, Military College
Military College GAA
Military College GAA was a prominent participant in County Kildare GAA competition, significant in Kildare GAA history, winners of the Kildare county senior football championships in 1956....
and Kill
Kill GAA
Kill is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. They combined with Ardclough to form area side Wolfe Tones in the 1970s.-History:...
in a new took semi-final by 1-7 to 1-5, Eamonn Gilesman scored 1-1 for Kilcullen. They were forced to wait until the following year as a series of objections dogged the other semi-final, and lost to Moorefield 0-2 to 2-11.
In 2007 Kilcullen were relegated to Intermediate status, following a 0-12 to 1-12 defeat by Naas
Naas GAA
Naas is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of eight Kildare county senior football championships, six senior hurling championships, three senior camogie championships and Kildare club of the year in 1981....
.
Hurling
Kilcullen were part of the hurling revival of 1906 and hurlers such as Tom O'Connell played on Kilcullen hurling teams at senior level in Kildare competition.Honours
- Kildare Senior F Finalists 1892. 1917. 1962.
- Intermediate F Champions 1945, 1956, 1961, 1976, 1998
- Junior A F Champions 1914, 1943, 1953, 1971, 1997
- Jack Higgins Cup 1953, 1971, 1997
- Leinster Junior Football Champions 1997
- U.21 B Champions 2003
- Keogh Cup Champions 2010
- Intermediate 'B' Football Champions 2010
- Junior 'B' Football Champions 1970