Clogherinkoe GAA
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Clogherinkoe GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
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
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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, the first junior C champions to qualify for the Jack Higgins Cup final. They formed an area team with Johnstownbridge
Johnstownbridge GAA
Johnstownbridge is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kildare, Ireland, winner of three county senior football championships and Kildare club of the year in 1983.-Football:...

, St John's
Ballinteer St. Johns
Ballinteer St. Johns is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinteer, south Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Gaelic football and hurling are played....

, which reached the semi-final of the senior football championship in 1978. Padraig Gravin was corner-forward on the 1998 Kildare All Ireland final team. Pat Tyrrell was a noted Kildare forward in the 1960s. John Lowry was a major player for the team throughout the 80's and 90's. He also played on the 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...

 senior team for several seasons.

History

Clogherinkoe was founded in 1954 by Davey Doran and won a Junior B championship within three years. They played in McSweeney’s field until 1980, when they combined with Broadford
Broadford GAA
Broadford is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kildare, Ireland, winners of two senior hurling and 16 senior camogie titles. It enlists players from a radius of twenty miles from the Boyne bridge in Edenderry, Leinster bridge in Clonard, Blackwater bridge in Enfield and Barney Bridge in...

hurlers to purchase a field. Although the hurlers do not contribute financially to the upkeep or expenses that comes with a club.

Gaelic Football

Clogherinkoe were the first junior C champions to qualify for the Jack Higgins Cup final in 1977 when they beat Clane's Junior B team in the semi-final, having previously been the second team to lose the Jack Higgins Cup final as Junior A champions, and lost the final again in 1984 as Junior A champions before eventually succeeding at the fourth attempt in 1998. They won an Intermediate League double in 1962-'63.

Honours

  • Jack Higgins Cup winners 1998.
  • Junior A champions 1963, 1984, 1998.
  • Junior B Champions 1957.
  • Intermediate F league winners 1962, 1963.

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