Kill GAA
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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.
King O'Tooles club had 30 members with officers listed as John Lennon, John Buggle, William Walsh and William Dowling.
, 1-7 to 1-5. Area side Wolfe Tones qualified for the 1971 senior football semi-final and a three point defeat to Carbury
.
Amalginated with Ardclough to form Killard for minor in 2008, winning the 2008 Kildare Minor 'A' Hurling Championship beating Naas in Leixlip 0-12 to 0-8. Also winning the kildare under 16 'B' in 2009 beating maynooth in clane.
final in a field behind the church where the dual carriageway now runs.
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 Kill
Kill, County Kildare
Kill is a village and parish in County Kildare, Ireland near the county's border with Dublin beside the N7. Its population of 2,510 makes it the 13th largest town in County Kildare. Kill is the birthpace of the Fenian John Devoy, sometimes regarded as the "grandfather of the modern Irish state"...
, 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
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. They combined with Ardclough to form area side Wolfe Tones in the 1970s.
History
RIC records from 1890 show that KilteelKilteel
Kilteel is a small village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located south of Naas at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. Being 800 feet above sea level it holds the title of Kildare's highest village...
King O'Tooles club had 30 members with officers listed as John Lennon, John Buggle, William Walsh and William Dowling.
Gaelic Football
Kill won the Junior A Championship in 1960, but lost the Higgins Cup final to Eadestown. In Intermediate ranks the following year they lost to Rathcoffey in the Northern final. They stepped up and marched straight into the 1962 Kildare Senior Football Championship semi-final. Olly Harrington scored their goal as they went down to KilcullenKilcullen GAA
Kilcullen is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland, which played a leading role in developing the games in the county. Kilcullen town sports predate the GAA.-Gaelic Football:...
, 1-7 to 1-5. Area side Wolfe Tones qualified for the 1971 senior football semi-final and a three point defeat to Carbury
Carbury GAA
Carbury GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kildare, Ireland, winner of 11 Kildare county senior football championships and participants in eight successive county finals between 1965 and 1972...
.
Hurling
Kill hurlers contested the junior championship in the 1950s.
Kill won the Division 3 Hurling League in 2001, followed by the Division 2 Hurling league in 2002.
Kill also contested the Junior championship finals of 2002,2003,2004, before finally winning it in 2005. They followed this by reaching the Intermediate championship Final in 2006, losing narrowly to Ardclough.
They then went on to represented KildareKildare GAAFor 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 2006 Leinster Junior Club Hurling ChampionshipLeinster Junior Club Hurling ChampionshipFor the senior hurling equivalent see: Leinster Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipThe Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling tournament played between the hundreds of Junior hurling clubs in Leinster. Each of the 12 counties in the province will provide one team. In most cases...
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Amalginated with Ardclough to form Killard for minor in 2008, winning the 2008 Kildare Minor 'A' Hurling Championship beating Naas in Leixlip 0-12 to 0-8. Also winning the kildare under 16 'B' in 2009 beating maynooth in clane.
Camogie
Kill hosted the 1939 LeinsterLeinster
Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...
final in a field behind the church where the dual carriageway now runs.
Honours
- Kildare Senior Football Championship Semi-finalists 1962.
- Kildare Senior Camogie ChampionshipKildare Senior Camogie ChampionshipCamogie was played in Kildare shortly after the sport was first organized in 1904. However due to sparse records it is not certain when the first senior camogie championship was held.The earliest record of Camogie appears in an advertisement by Athy Ladies Hurling Club advertised a members reunion...
1957.