Kilmacud Crokes GAA
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Kilmacud Crokes are a large Gaelic Athletic Association
club located in Stillorgan
, Dublin, Ireland
.
3.30 on the night. The club decided to use green and white jerseys, but they later decided to use the gold and purple colours, some say because of the local school Scoil Lorcain Naofa who also use gold and purple, others say it was because blue are the colours of the crocus
.
In 1963 the club purchased a six and a half acre site behind the Ormonde Cinema as a permanent home pitch for themselves, Páirc dé Burca, and in 1965 the adjoining Glenalbyn House
was bought. In April 1966, Crokes hurling club joined up with Kilmacud football club. The name of the joint football/hurling teams was changed from Kilmacud G.A.A. club to Kilmacud Crokes G.A.A. club in 1971. In 1972, St. Benburbs Football Club of Clonskeagh
joined with Kilmacud Crokes. St. Benburbs FC was famous because the first ever All-Ireland Final was played on their ground in Clonskeagh in 1887. In 1973, a camogie
section of the club was set up and in February 1996 a Ladies' Gaelic football
Section was set up.
The club has installed a fully sized astro-turf GAA pitch at the paddock, an area formerly used as a carpark/training ground, a venture which was finished in September 2006, and constructed indoor and outdoor hurling walls during 2007.
The competitions run from the morning through to the evening. The games are played at various locations in and around london
including Glenalbyn, Deer Park, St. Benildus College
, Clonkeen College
and Silverpark. The finals are always played in Glenalbyn. The games are played with teams of seven players with two halves of ten minutes each. Erin's Own of Cork and Castlewellan of Down
were crowned Hurling and Football Sevens Champions for 2006 respectively. Longstone
of Down
won the 2007 football competition.
final on St.Patrick's Day, 1995 under the management of Tommy Lyons
. Kilmacud Crokes, captained by Mick Dillon, beat Bellaghy of Derry
with a scoreline of 0-8 to 0-5 in front of 18,544 fans at Croke Park
. Mick Pender famously saved Damian Cassidy
's (Bellaghy) penalty and won the title for Kilmacud. The game will be remembered as one of the coldest days club football final history.
Another county title followed in 1998. Crokes beat Na Fianna
in the final. Wins over James Stephens
, Kilkenny
and Stradbally, Laois set up one of the most memorable Leinster
club finals in recent years. Crokes played three games against Éire Óg
, Carlow
; they eventually lost however.
. Crokes had defeated 2003 champions, St. Brigids
, it was claimed that Mark Vaughan
was ineligible for the tie. Crokes claimed that they had received prior approval that Vaughan could play from the Dublin county board, who said the Dublin Championships and The Leinster Championships were different competitions. The Leinster council overruled the Dublin county board. St. Brigids offered Crokes a replay under one condition, that Vaughan could not play. He scored six points in Crokes original one point victory over Brigids. He had received the red card that caused the ban in the previous years defeat to Portlaoise. The DRA eventually awarded Crokes the match after agreeing that the two competitions were different. By this time Crokes' side of the draw was three games behind the other side of the draw. Kilmacud went on to win the 2005 Dublin Championship
following a comprehensive 1-14 to 0-09 victory over Na Fianna and added to their success by winning the Leinster Championship following a 0-10 to 0-09 victory over Newbridge at Navan
. Crokes were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final by Salthill-Knocknacarra on a scoreline of 1-09 to 1-07. Mark Vaughan was shown a straight red card, having already been on a yellow, for striking a Salthill player. In 2006 and 2007, Crokes narrowly lost out in the semi-final stage of the Dublin championship. They lost to UCD
and St Vincents
, respectively. On October 27, 2008, Kilmacud won their sixth Dublin Senior Football Championship at Parnell Park
. On December 7, 2008 kilmacud won the Leinster Senior Football Championship for the third time, beating Rhode of Offaly by a scoreline of 2-07 to 1-07. They ensured their place in the All-Ireland final with a two goal victory over Corofin of Galway on February 21, and eventually defeated Crossmaglen Rangers
of Armagh
to win the final. Kilmacud also went on to win the Dublin Senior Championship with a victory over St. Brigids
in 2010, before bowing out in the All-Ireland series to Crossmaglen Rangers
at the semi-final stage.
In 2008 the U-14A hurling team again reached the All-Ireland Féile group stages, but after a tough match in the pouring rain they lost to James Stephens from Kilkenny. The U-14A footballers enjoyed more success and emerged victorious as All-Ireland Winners in Cavan in July. The ladies U-14 team also made it to their final also in Cavan, only to be beaten in the end by Naomh Michael.
A full table of results is available here: Football Feile 2008 Results
Kilmacud Crokes won the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship
final in 2007. They won the title for the third time in the club's history when they beat Na Fianna
in a replay. The manager of the team was former Tipperary
player, Richard Stakelum. A Fourth title was added in 2009 when the Pat Halpin managed team that had won the All Ireland Feile in 2005 defeated St Vincents in the final. The Club won their third Dublin Minor Hurling Championship
in four years in November 2010 when a previously unfancied Crokes minor team capped an impressive championship run by beating favourites Ballyboden St. Endas in the final by 9 points.
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 located in Stillorgan
Stillorgan
Stillorgan , formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present...
, Dublin, Ireland
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.
Background
Kilmacud football club was formed in 1959 following a historic public meeting in Saint Laurence's Hall, where Stillorgan shopping centre now stands. The first meeting of the club took place on March 12, 1959. Sixty people attended the meeting and donated a shilling each, meaning the club made IR£Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...
3.30 on the night. The club decided to use green and white jerseys, but they later decided to use the gold and purple colours, some say because of the local school Scoil Lorcain Naofa who also use gold and purple, others say it was because blue are the colours of the crocus
Crocus
Crocus is a genus in the iris family comprising about 80 species of perennials growing from corms. Many are cultivated for their flowers appearing in autumn, winter, or spring...
.
In 1963 the club purchased a six and a half acre site behind the Ormonde Cinema as a permanent home pitch for themselves, Páirc dé Burca, and in 1965 the adjoining Glenalbyn House
Glenalbyn
Glenalbyn -Glenalbyn House:The grounds called Linden Lea pitch measuring was purchased by Kilmacud Crokes in 1963, taking ownership on May 4, 1964 and was named Pairc De Burca. Glenalbyn House was owned by the Wilkinson family and was then purchased in 1965 and opened in 1966. On July 7, 1996 the...
was bought. In April 1966, Crokes hurling club joined up with Kilmacud football club. The name of the joint football/hurling teams was changed from Kilmacud G.A.A. club to Kilmacud Crokes G.A.A. club in 1971. In 1972, St. Benburbs Football Club of Clonskeagh
Clonskeagh
Clonskeagh or Clonskea , is a southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The district straddles the River Dodder.-Location and access:Whilst located fully within the traditional County Dublin, Clonskeagh lies partially within the administrative area of Dublin City Council but mostly in that of Dun...
joined with Kilmacud Crokes. St. Benburbs FC was famous because the first ever All-Ireland Final was played on their ground in Clonskeagh in 1887. In 1973, a camogie
Camogie
Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....
section of the club was set up and in February 1996 a Ladies' Gaelic football
Ladies' Gaelic football
Ladies' Gaelic football is a team sport for women, very similar to Gaelic football, and co-ordinated by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association...
Section was set up.
The club has installed a fully sized astro-turf GAA pitch at the paddock, an area formerly used as a carpark/training ground, a venture which was finished in September 2006, and constructed indoor and outdoor hurling walls during 2007.
The Sevens
Kilmacud Crokes are also famous as the hosts of the Sevens football and hurling competitions each year. Separate competitions are held on the weekends of the various All-Ireland Finals in September. For example, the Football competition is held on the Saturday before the All-Ireland Football final and the Hurling competition is held on the Saturday before the All-Ireland Hurling final. The Sevens were first played in 1973 and have since become an integral part of the All-Ireland weekends and feature on sports news programmes. Famous players and officials from the GAA are normally present on the day. Discussions and previews of the All-Ireland final on the following day are the subject of a lot of the media broadcasts.The competitions run from the morning through to the evening. The games are played at various locations in and around london
including Glenalbyn, Deer Park, St. Benildus College
St. Benildus College
St. Benildus College is a Catholic boys' secondary school located in Kilmacud, Dublin, Ireland. It was established in 1966 when free secondary education was introduced in Ireland. Founded in 1966, the College was named after the De La Salle Saint, Brother Benildus of Clermont, France.. As of 2005,...
, Clonkeen College
Clonkeen College
Clonkeen College is a Christian Brothers secondary school for boys in south Dublin, which opened in 1965. Clonkeen College has approximately 550 students and 30 staff. Dom Twomey has been the principal since 2008...
and Silverpark. The finals are always played in Glenalbyn. The games are played with teams of seven players with two halves of ten minutes each. Erin's Own of Cork and Castlewellan of Down
Down GAA
The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Down...
were crowned Hurling and Football Sevens Champions for 2006 respectively. Longstone
Longstone GAC
Longstone GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Down, Northern Ireland. In recent times Longstone claimed the runner-up spot in the Senior Football League , which is the top-flight division in the county...
of Down
Down GAA
The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Down...
won the 2007 football competition.
1990s
Kilmacud Crokes won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament run since 1971, played between the thousands of senior football clubs in Ireland. The current champions are Crossmaglen Rangers of Armagh, who defeated St. Brigid's of Roscommon on March 17, 2011 to win their...
final on St.Patrick's Day, 1995 under the management of Tommy Lyons
Tommy Lyons
Tommy Lyons is a retired Irish Gaelic football manager from County Mayo who has managed 2 inter-county sides in his time. He also managed club side Kilmacud Crokes to All-Ireland glory on St. Patricks Day, 1995. He also spent time as chairman of Crokes, until 2007. He is also a regular...
. Kilmacud Crokes, captained by Mick Dillon, beat Bellaghy of Derry
Derry GAA
The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Derry GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in the GAA county of Derry, which covers virtually the same territory as the former administrative county of Londonderry...
with a scoreline of 0-8 to 0-5 in front of 18,544 fans at Croke Park
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation...
. Mick Pender famously saved Damian Cassidy
Damian Cassidy
Damian Cassidy is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer and a former manager.He played for Derry in the 1980s and 1990s and was part of the county's 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning side, starting at left half forward. He also won two Ulster Senior Championship medals, three National League...
's (Bellaghy) penalty and won the title for Kilmacud. The game will be remembered as one of the coldest days club football final history.
Another county title followed in 1998. Crokes beat Na Fianna
Na Fianna
Na Fianna are an Irish ballad group, comprising John Walsh, Lee Campion, Ross Hennessy and Damian Walsh. They were the runners-up of second series of RTÉ reality talent show The All Ireland Talent Show in 2009–2010, coming second to Chloe Coyle....
in the final. Wins over James Stephens
James Stephens
James Stephens may refer to:*James Stephens , 17th century MP for Gloucester*James Stephen , English lawyer associated with the abolition of slavery* James B...
, Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Kilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland...
and Stradbally, Laois set up one of the most memorable Leinster
Leinster
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...
club finals in recent years. Crokes played three games against Éire Óg
Éire Óg
Éire Óg may refer to:*Young Ireland, an Irish political movement from 1839 to 1849* Éire Óg, an Irish rebel music group from the early 1990s.* Eire Og/Corrachoill GAA, a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Kildare...
, Carlow
Carlow
Carlow is the county town of County Carlow in Ireland. It is situated in the south-east of Ireland, 84 km from Dublin. County Carlow is the second smallest county in Ireland by area, however Carlow Town is the 14th largest urban area in Ireland by population according to the 2006 census. The...
; they eventually lost however.
2000s
Crokes won the Dublin championship in 2004. Crokes were nearly disqualified from the 2005 championship during to confusion over the eligibility of player Mark VaughanMark Vaughan
Mark Vaughan is an Irish Gaelic Footballer from Dublin. Mark plays his club football with Kilmacud Crokes. He made his break into the senior Dublin squad in 2005 making his first senior championship start on June 19 against Wexford. He scored two late frees in the Leinster Quarter-Final against...
. Crokes had defeated 2003 champions, St. Brigids
St. Brigids
Saint Brigid's GAA Club is based in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland and serves the communities of Castleknock, Clonsilla, Blanchardstown, Laurel Lodge, Corduff and the Greater Dublin 15 area...
, it was claimed that Mark Vaughan
Mark Vaughan
Mark Vaughan is an Irish Gaelic Footballer from Dublin. Mark plays his club football with Kilmacud Crokes. He made his break into the senior Dublin squad in 2005 making his first senior championship start on June 19 against Wexford. He scored two late frees in the Leinster Quarter-Final against...
was ineligible for the tie. Crokes claimed that they had received prior approval that Vaughan could play from the Dublin county board, who said the Dublin Championships and The Leinster Championships were different competitions. The Leinster council overruled the Dublin county board. St. Brigids offered Crokes a replay under one condition, that Vaughan could not play. He scored six points in Crokes original one point victory over Brigids. He had received the red card that caused the ban in the previous years defeat to Portlaoise. The DRA eventually awarded Crokes the match after agreeing that the two competitions were different. By this time Crokes' side of the draw was three games behind the other side of the draw. Kilmacud went on to win the 2005 Dublin Championship
Dublin Senior Club Football Championship
The Dublin Senior Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Dublin GAA Clubs...
following a comprehensive 1-14 to 0-09 victory over Na Fianna and added to their success by winning the Leinster Championship following a 0-10 to 0-09 victory over Newbridge at Navan
Páirc Tailteann
Páirc Tailteann is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. It is the home of the Meath Gaelic football and Hurling teams. The ground has a capacity of between 30,000 and 33,000. It is the venue of the annual Meath GAA club championship finals of which the winners...
. Crokes were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final by Salthill-Knocknacarra on a scoreline of 1-09 to 1-07. Mark Vaughan was shown a straight red card, having already been on a yellow, for striking a Salthill player. In 2006 and 2007, Crokes narrowly lost out in the semi-final stage of the Dublin championship. They lost to UCD
UCD GAA
UCD GAA or University College Dublin Gaelic Athletic Association club is a Dublin based Gaelic games club in University College Dublin. The UCD hurling club was founded in 1900 and boasted the motto's "Ad Astra" and "Cothrom Féinne". The first team was an amalgamation of students from UCD and...
and St Vincents
St Vincents GAA
St Vincents is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Marino, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1931, originally in Raheny, but it moved to its home in Marino in 1987. St Vincents merged with Marino Camogie Club in 1997 to form the St Vincents Hurling, Football and...
, respectively. On October 27, 2008, Kilmacud won their sixth Dublin Senior Football Championship at Parnell Park
Parnell Park
Parnell Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Donnycarney, Dublin, Ireland with a capacity of about 11,500. It is the home of the Dublin GAA hurling, football, camogie and ladies' football teams at all levels of competition...
. On December 7, 2008 kilmacud won the Leinster Senior Football Championship for the third time, beating Rhode of Offaly by a scoreline of 2-07 to 1-07. They ensured their place in the All-Ireland final with a two goal victory over Corofin of Galway on February 21, and eventually defeated Crossmaglen Rangers
Crossmaglen Rangers
Crossmaglen Rangers G.A.C is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They cater for Gaelic football and camogie. Their home football ground is St. Oliver Plunkett Park which was opened in 1959...
of Armagh
Armagh GAA
The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Armagh...
to win the final. Kilmacud also went on to win the Dublin Senior Championship with a victory over St. Brigids
St. Brigids
Saint Brigid's GAA Club is based in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland and serves the communities of Castleknock, Clonsilla, Blanchardstown, Laurel Lodge, Corduff and the Greater Dublin 15 area...
in 2010, before bowing out in the All-Ireland series to Crossmaglen Rangers
Crossmaglen Rangers
Crossmaglen Rangers G.A.C is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They cater for Gaelic football and camogie. Their home football ground is St. Oliver Plunkett Park which was opened in 1959...
at the semi-final stage.
Youth
Kilmacud Crokes has won the All-Ireland Football Féile final twice, the first of these coming in 2003 and the second in 2008. The hurlers added to the club's success with an All-Ireland Hurling Féile of their own in 2005. This hurling victory was the first time in the club's history that they had won the Dublin Hurling Féile and only the second time a Dublin Club had won the All-Ireland Féile.In 2008 the U-14A hurling team again reached the All-Ireland Féile group stages, but after a tough match in the pouring rain they lost to James Stephens from Kilkenny. The U-14A footballers enjoyed more success and emerged victorious as All-Ireland Winners in Cavan in July. The ladies U-14 team also made it to their final also in Cavan, only to be beaten in the end by Naomh Michael.
A full table of results is available here: Football Feile 2008 Results
Kilmacud Crokes won the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship
Dublin Minor Hurling Championship
The Dublin Minor Club Hurling Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top teams in minor club hurling in County Dublin. The most successful team in resent years have been Kilmacud Crokes...
final in 2007. They won the title for the third time in the club's history when they beat Na Fianna
Na Fianna
Na Fianna are an Irish ballad group, comprising John Walsh, Lee Campion, Ross Hennessy and Damian Walsh. They were the runners-up of second series of RTÉ reality talent show The All Ireland Talent Show in 2009–2010, coming second to Chloe Coyle....
in a replay. The manager of the team was former Tipperary
Tipperary
Tipperary is a town and a civil parish in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,415 at the 2006 census. It is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and is in the historical barony of Clanwilliam....
player, Richard Stakelum. A Fourth title was added in 2009 when the Pat Halpin managed team that had won the All Ireland Feile in 2005 defeated St Vincents in the final. The Club won their third Dublin Minor Hurling Championship
Dublin Minor Hurling Championship
The Dublin Minor Club Hurling Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top teams in minor club hurling in County Dublin. The most successful team in resent years have been Kilmacud Crokes...
in four years in November 2010 when a previously unfancied Crokes minor team capped an impressive championship run by beating favourites Ballyboden St. Endas in the final by 9 points.
Adult
- All-Ireland Senior Club Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Senior Club Football ChampionshipThe All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament run since 1971, played between the thousands of senior football clubs in Ireland. The current champions are Crossmaglen Rangers of Armagh, who defeated St. Brigid's of Roscommon on March 17, 2011 to win their...
s: 2- 1995, 2009
- 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...
s: 4- 1994, 2005, 2008, 2010
- Dublin Senior Football Championships: 7
- 1992, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010
- Dublin Senior Hurling Championships:4
- 1966, 1974, 1976, 1985
Famous players
- Niall CorkeryNiall CorkeryNiall Corkery is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Dublin who plays for Kilmacud Crokes in Stillorgan. He made his intercounty debut for Dublin in the All Ireland Football Championship in 2010. Niall played midfield for his club in the All Ireland Club final 2009 against Crossmaglen Rangers, scoring...
- Johnny MageeJohnny MageeJonathan Johnny Magee is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays county football for Dublin and club football for Kilmacud Crokes.-Inter-county:Johnny played at half back for Dublin in the late 90's and early years of the 21st century...
- Darren MageeDarren MageeDarren Magee is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes.-2005:Magee attracted considerable media attention when following the departure of Tommy Lyons as Dublin manager, it emerged that he would not take part in the 2005 championship as he decided to travel to Australia...
- Ray CosgroveRay CosgroveRay "Cossy" Cosgrove is an Irish Gaelic footballer, born in Dublin. He attended St. Benildus College in Kilmacud. He plays his club football for Kilmacud Crokes and played for the Dublin senior football team between 1999 and 2008...
- Mick BerminghamMick BerminghamMichael 'Mick' Bermingham is a famous Irish sportsperson. He played hurling for the Kilmacud Crokes club from 1951 until 1983 and was a member of the Dublin senior inter-county team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland medal.Mick was selected on the...
- Aodán De PaorAodán De PaorAodán De Paor is a Hurling player for Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes. De Paor went to secondary school in the Irish Medium school, Coláiste Eoin. He is now a teacher at the school and he has taken the role of hurling coach. In 2009 he managed the Colaiste Eoin senior team to the All Ireland Senior...
- Mark VaughanMark VaughanMark Vaughan is an Irish Gaelic Footballer from Dublin. Mark plays his club football with Kilmacud Crokes. He made his break into the senior Dublin squad in 2005 making his first senior championship start on June 19 against Wexford. He scored two late frees in the Leinster Quarter-Final against...
- Paul GriffinPaul Griffin (Gaelic football)Paul Griffin is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He was educated at Oatlands College, Stillorgan, and University College Dublin, where he graduated in Physiotherapy. He plays for club side Kilmacud Crokes and plays left full-back for Dublin although he started his Dublin career in the half-back line. He...
- Tommy LyonsTommy LyonsTommy Lyons is a retired Irish Gaelic football manager from County Mayo who has managed 2 inter-county sides in his time. He also managed club side Kilmacud Crokes to All-Ireland glory on St. Patricks Day, 1995. He also spent time as chairman of Crokes, until 2007. He is also a regular...
- Ross O'CarrollRoss O'CarrollRoss O'Carroll is hurling and football player for Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes.-Hurling:O'Carroll made his championship debut for Dublin against Wexford in the 2007 Leinster championship and scored a total of 1-01 in a game which Dublin lost by a point. O'Carroll helped guide Dublin to victory in the...
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- Barry O'RorkeBarry O'RorkeBarry O'Rorke is an inter-county Gaelic football and Hurling player for Dublin. He plays his club hurling and football with Kilmacud Crokes and is a member of the senior panel in both codes. He received his secondary education at the Irish medium school Coláiste Eoin in County Dublin...
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- Paddy CarrPaddy CarrPaddy Carr was the GAA Manager for County Louth from 2002-2003. He played his underage football with Kilmacud Crokes while attending Oatlands College in Stillorgan. He made the switch to playing his Senior Football to Walterstown in County Meath when he moved to live in Navan...
- Mark DavorenMark DavorenMark Davoren is an Irish Gaelic footballer for Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes. He made his debut for Dublin against Kerry in the National Football League in 2009 scoring a total of 1-03 in the game which finished as a draw in Parnell Park...