Sarsfields GAA (Kildare)
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Sarsfields is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club based in Newbridge
in County Kildare
, Ireland
, winner of 21 Kildare Senior Football Championships. The club name is linked to Patrick Sarsfield’s castle in the area and the colours, green with white sash, were based the colours allegedly worn by Sarsfield’s men. Paddy "Boiler" White (grandfather of current Kildare footballer Gary White) was a member of the Kildare Gaelic football team of the millennium. Niall Buckley was an All Stars
Award winner at midfield in 1997. Dermot Earley
was an All Stars
Award at left half forward winner in 1998 and at Med-Field in 2009.
in the 1888 championship. RIC records from 1890 show that Hare and Hounds had 47 members with officers listed as James Farrell, Pat Cox, John Quinn and Edward Wallis. An application from a third club based in the CYMS, St. Conleth's, was rejected in January 1891 because membership was confined to Catholics. A St Conleth’s team successfully affiliated in the 1900s.
who dominated Kildare GAA at the time. Roseberry, Sons of Sarsfields beat Naas in the 1904 county finals and won seven titles in succession, losing just five of their 47 championship ties in that period. St Conleth’s fielded a football team after several Roseberry players defected to them in 1919. Another club, Marble Arch was founded in the 1920s, swept through the Junior Championship and lost the infamous 1932 Intermediate final to Castledermot. In 1933 Marble Arch won the Intermediate and Roseberry, Sons of Sarsfields the Junior championships.
team that reached the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
final in 1903, Jack and Mick Fitzgerald, Jim and Mick Murray, Jack Gorman, Matt Donnelly, Jim Scott, Mick Kennedy and Frank ‘Joyce” Conlan. A nephew of the team captain Jack Murray was Mick Geraghty who featured in the emergence of the new Sarsfields club that won five titles in seven years after 1945, including a three-in-a-row 1950-2. Roscommon star Dermot Earley
featured on the Sarsfields team that regained the title in 1982, his son Dermot played on the team that won five county titles after 1993. Sarsfields’ closest to a Leinster title came in 2005, when they beat Éire Óg of Carlow and Mattock Rangers of Louth but lost the Leinster final to Kilmacud Crokes 0-9 to 0-10, having trailed 0-8 to 0-3 at half-time and fought back bravely in the second half.
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 based in Newbridge
Newbridge, County Kildare
The earliest known mention of Newbridge was by traveller and bookseller John Dunton in 1698, though he does not refer to any settlement other than at Ballymany....
in County Kildare
County Kildare
County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
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, winner of 21 Kildare Senior Football Championships. The club name is linked to Patrick Sarsfield’s castle in the area and the colours, green with white sash, were based the colours allegedly worn by Sarsfield’s men. Paddy "Boiler" White (grandfather of current Kildare footballer Gary White) was a member of the Kildare Gaelic football team of the millennium. Niall Buckley was an All Stars
GAA All Stars Awards Past Winners (Football)
This is a list of all past winners of the official GAA All Stars Awards since the first awards in 1971. As an insight to the prominent players of the 1960s, it also includes the unofficial "Cuchulainn" awards presented from 1963 to 1967 under the auspices of Gaelic Weekly magazine.For each year...
Award winner at midfield in 1997. Dermot Earley
Dermot Earley (Gaelic footballer)
Dermot Earley Junior is a Gaelic football player, who plays intercounty football for Kildare and club football with Sarsfields Newbridge...
was an All Stars
GAA All Stars Awards Past Winners (Football)
This is a list of all past winners of the official GAA All Stars Awards since the first awards in 1971. As an insight to the prominent players of the 1960s, it also includes the unofficial "Cuchulainn" awards presented from 1963 to 1967 under the auspices of Gaelic Weekly magazine.For each year...
Award at left half forward winner in 1998 and at Med-Field in 2009.
History
Newbridge has always had two and sometimes three GAA clubs. Newbridge 'Hare and Hounds' drew with MoorefieldMoorefield GAA
- Current panel :Moorefield is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kildare, Ireland winner of six county senior football championships and three senior hurling championships.-History:...
in the 1888 championship. RIC records from 1890 show that Hare and Hounds had 47 members with officers listed as James Farrell, Pat Cox, John Quinn and Edward Wallis. An application from a third club based in the CYMS, St. Conleth's, was rejected in January 1891 because membership was confined to Catholics. A St Conleth’s team successfully affiliated in the 1900s.
Sons of Sarsfields & Marble Arch
Sons of Sarsfields, originally based in Roseberry near Newbridge College a mile outside the North-Eastern end of the town was founded by W. P. O'Sullivan in 1897. The club is now basaed at Rickardstown, Newbridge. The club was an amalgamation of players from other GAA clubs who decided to group together and form a stronger team to take on the challenge of the 'mighty' 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...
who dominated Kildare GAA at the time. Roseberry, Sons of Sarsfields beat Naas in the 1904 county finals and won seven titles in succession, losing just five of their 47 championship ties in that period. St Conleth’s fielded a football team after several Roseberry players defected to them in 1919. Another club, Marble Arch was founded in the 1920s, swept through the Junior Championship and lost the infamous 1932 Intermediate final to Castledermot. In 1933 Marble Arch won the Intermediate and Roseberry, Sons of Sarsfields the Junior championships.
Gaelic Football
Nine Roseberry players played on the KildareKildare 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...
team that reached the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
final in 1903, Jack and Mick Fitzgerald, Jim and Mick Murray, Jack Gorman, Matt Donnelly, Jim Scott, Mick Kennedy and Frank ‘Joyce” Conlan. A nephew of the team captain Jack Murray was Mick Geraghty who featured in the emergence of the new Sarsfields club that won five titles in seven years after 1945, including a three-in-a-row 1950-2. Roscommon star Dermot Earley
Dermot Earley
Lieutenant-General Dermot Earley DSM was an Irish army officer and sportsman. He played Gaelic football with his local clubs Michael Glavey's and Sarsfield's and was a member of the Roscommon GAA senior inter-county team from 1965 until 1985...
featured on the Sarsfields team that regained the title in 1982, his son Dermot played on the team that won five county titles after 1993. Sarsfields’ closest to a Leinster title came in 2005, when they beat Éire Óg of Carlow and Mattock Rangers of Louth but lost the Leinster final to Kilmacud Crokes 0-9 to 0-10, having trailed 0-8 to 0-3 at half-time and fought back bravely in the second half.
Hurling
St Conleth’s hurling club (sometimes referred to as Newbridge College) won the Kildare senior championship in 1900 and 1901 and the junior championship in 1936 and 1938. After a number of years without a hurling team Sarsfields re-entered the junior league in 2007 and in June 2007 were crowned League champions after defeating Athy by 5-8 to 2-6. Sarsfields Hurling were 2009 Junior League and Championship double winners and now compete at Intermediate level.Camogie
Newbridge Irish Ropes club affiliated briefly to Kildare camogie board in 1956 with their colours registered as kingfisher (turquoise), blue and white.Ladies Football
Sarsfields were Kildare junior champions in 2003 and intermediate champions in 2004. They also won the Leinster Intermediate Championship in 2004 and the Ladies U14 league in 2007. They beat Moorefield in the minor Championship in 2008.Since 2004 the u14 team have won the title four times back to back up until 2008 when St.Lawrences snatched it, that was until today.The u14 A team have just won their championship final, played in county grounds on the 5-7-10 against St.Lawrences, the final score was 1.7 to 1.10 to the Sash.!There was great scores from Rebecca Hollian and Laura Scales set up by Sarah Breslin and Danielle Clerken, and the final winning scores from Becky Hollahan.The style of football played by the sarsfields girls astonished the spectators in the stands as everyone was choosing Larries as their favourites.The Sarsfields girls put up a great fight with injuries from captin Orlaigh Begley and forward Shauna Kendrick.Honours Sarsfields
- Leinster Senior Club Football ChampionshipLeinster Senior Club Football ChampionshipThe Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of senior football clubs in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are Portlaoise from Laois. Offaly side Gracefield were the first winners of the Leinster senior club...
Finalists 1999, 2005. - Kildare Senior Football Championship Winners 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1915 1945, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001 2005
- Kildare Senior Football League Division 1Kildare 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...
1945- 46- 47- 52- 54- 81- 83- 84- 86- 88- 89- 92 2007 - Kildare Senior Football League Division 2Kildare Senior Football League Division 2Kildare Senior Football League Division 2 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 .-Roll of Honour:- External links :*...
2000 - Junior F Champions 1924, 1933.
- Kildare U-21 Football ChampionshipKildare U-21 Football ChampionshipKildare U-21 Football ChampionshipThe Kildare U-21 Football Championship is an annual GAA club competition for Kildare GAA Clubs.-Roll of Honour:...
1992, 2007 - Kildare Minor Football ChampionshipKildare Minor Football ChampionshipThe Kildare Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football club competition organised by Kildare GAA.-Roll of Honour:...
1940- 41- 57- 58- 68- 69- 70 86- 90- 93- 96- 05 07 - MFL.DIV 1: 1942- 58- 62- 70- 76- 78- 79- 81- 82- 85- 86- 88- 89- 92. DIV 4: 1979- 81- 87- 91- 93- 95- 96.
- U16FC.1948- 54- 55- 62- 66-67-68- 88-2006 . FL: 1984- 88. 'B' 1999 2003
- Jack Higgins Cup 1985,2009, 2010
- Junior Hurling Champions 2009,Intermediate B 2010