Sallins GAA
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Sallins is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
club in Sallins
, County Kildare
, Ireland
, winner of Kildare club of the year in 2001.
Unde-13 Autumn League Winners 2008
Minor B Champions 2009
In 1925 they won the Niall Smullen cup, beating Timahoe by 3-15 to 0-1 and again
in 1946, beating Athy by 4-6 to 2-7. They went on to win it 3 more times before it was cancelled in 1995.
In 2009 & 2010 Sallins Minors won the B championship
. Sallins-based butcher, James Maguire played in the 1935 All Ireland final. Sallins won the Junior Championship in 1967 and Intermediate Championship in 1968 to re-enter senior football. Denis Dalton and Eamonn O'Donoghue played with Kildare
in the 1970s.
After a break of over 30 years, Sallins again fielded an adult team at the start of the last decade and has been competing ever since.
The current hurling side play in the Junior League and Championship. Last year, 2009, the hurlers made both league and championship semi finals.
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 Sallins
Sallins
Sallins is a suburban town in County Kildare, Ireland, situated 3.5 km north of the town centre of Naas, from which it is separated by the M7 motorway. Sallins is the anglicised name of Na Solláin which means "The Willows"....
, County Kildare
County Kildare
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, Ireland
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, winner of Kildare club of the year in 2001.
Honours
- Kildare SF Finalists 1896.
- Intermediate F Champions 1968.
- Junior F Champions 1967
- Leinster Junior Football Champions 2000
- Jack Higgins Cup Winners 2001
- Kildare Junior F Champions 2001
- Kildare Intermediate F Champions 2003
- The Niall Smullen CupThe Niall Smullen Cup- Origin :The Niall Smullen Cup was a Gaelic football organised by Kildare GAA. Founded in 1925 it was named after Sallins-based footballer Niall Smullen. Smullen was one of Sallins GAA finest ever players throughout the 1890s and early 1900s. Niall holds the record for the most points scored in...
1925,1946,1954,1971,1985 - Under-13 Spring League Winners 2008
Unde-13 Autumn League Winners 2008
Minor B Champions 2009
History
Sallins is one of eight clubs which shares the distinction of playing the first matches under Gaelic rules on February 15, 1885. On February 14, 1885 the Leinster Leader advertised that "Football - next Sunday for the first time for a few years a match of football will be played under GAA rules in Naas. Sallins v Naas". In mid 1888 it was announced that Sallins Robert Emmets were being renamed Sallins John Mandevilles. RIC records from 1890 show that Sallins John Mandevilles had 45 members with officers listed as Thomas Daly, Thomas Coughlan and Thomas Moran. Myles Murray attended the 1889 convention. The club was revived in 1894 and by Phil Purcell in 1901.In 1925 they won the Niall Smullen cup, beating Timahoe by 3-15 to 0-1 and again
in 1946, beating Athy by 4-6 to 2-7. They went on to win it 3 more times before it was cancelled in 1995.
In 2009 & 2010 Sallins Minors won the B championship
Gaelic Football
Sallins were one of the strongest clubs in the 1890s, reaching the county semi-finals in 1891, 1892 and 1895 and eventually the county final of 1896. Unfortunately it was the most one-sided of all time, they lost 7-9 to 0-3 to MaynoothMaynooth 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...
. Sallins-based butcher, James Maguire played in the 1935 All Ireland final. Sallins won the Junior Championship in 1967 and Intermediate Championship in 1968 to re-enter senior football. Denis Dalton and Eamonn O'Donoghue played with Kildare
Kildare GAA
For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Kildare GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kildare...
in the 1970s.
Hurling
Sallins also has a separate hurling club. While juvenile hurling is part of the main Sallins GAA club, their men’s team has been set up as a separate club due to a conflict of interest for some footballers.After a break of over 30 years, Sallins again fielded an adult team at the start of the last decade and has been competing ever since.
The current hurling side play in the Junior League and Championship. Last year, 2009, the hurlers made both league and championship semi finals.