Kilgarvan is a Gaelic Athletic Association

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 Kerry

County Kerry

Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. They play in the Intermediate Hurling Championship and Division 1 county league. Kilgarvan play football in Division 5 of the county league and in the Kenmare District Board championship and County Novice Championship.

History

The club was founded in 1889. It was one of the five founding clubs of competitive hurling in Kerry. In 1889 Kilgarvan was one of five clubs who competed in the first Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. Kilgarvan won three Kerry Senior Hurling Championship in 1953, 1956 and 1958. In 2007 Kilgarvan became the first Kerry

Kerry GAA

The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...

 club to win a Munster Hurling club game when they beat Caherline

Caherline GAA

Caherline GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club based in County Limerick, Ireland. It is based in the parish of Caherline/Caherconlish in the east division of Limerick GAA.-History:...

 from Limerick

Limerick GAA

The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...

 in the Quarter-final of the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship

Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship

The Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition played between the six best junior hurling clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the winter months...

 on a scoreline of 2-11 to 2-09. Later they were then beaten by Moyle Rovers 2-17 to 4-05 in the semi-final. In 2008 made more history by becoming the first Kerry club to make it to a Munster Final when they made the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship

Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship

The Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition played between the six best junior hurling clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the winter months...

 Final, however they lost out to Cork side Dripsey on a scoreline of 2-11 to 1-03.

Hurling

• Kerry Senior Hurling Championship3: 1953, 1956, 1958

• Intermediate Hurling Championship
  Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship
  The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship is a Hurling Championship played in Co Kerry. Many of the Senior teams in the county second teams play in the championship. The winners play in the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship‎ and All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship. ‎-Roll of honour:...
  
   8: 1972, 1981, 1982, 1984, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010

• Kerry Junior Hurling Championship
  Kerry Junior Hurling Championship
  The Kerry Junior Hurling Championship is a hurling championship for junior clubs in kerry.Roll of Honour...
  
  1: 2005

County Championship Winning Captions

• 1953: Ritchie Purcell
• 1956: Paudie Healy
• 1958: Denis Hegarty