Confey GAA

Confey GAA

Confaigh
Founded:	1989
County:	Kildare
Grounds:	Creighton Park
Coordinates:	53°22′29″N 6°28′58″W / 53.374829°N 6.482706°W / 53.374829; -6.482706Coordinates: 53°22′29″N 6°28′58″W / 53.374829°N 6.482706°W / 53.374829; -6.482706
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Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Kildare champions Hurling : 0 0 2

Confey GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland and won Kildare's Club of the Year award in 2004.

Honours

Kildare GAA Club of the Year 2004

Hurling

• Kildare Senior Hurling Championship winners: 2007, 2008
• Kildare Senior Hurling Championship Runner Up: 2006 2011
• Intermediate H.C. winners: 2002
• Intermediate Hurling League winners: 2002
• Junior H.C. winners: 2004
• Junior Hurling League winners: 2004
• U-21 H.C. winners: 2004, 2008 [1]
• Minor `A` Hurling Championship Runner Up: 2011
• U-14 Kidare B Hurling Feile: 2010

Football

• Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship Winners: 2006
• Kildare Intermediate Football Championship Winners: 2006, 2011
• Intermediate Football Championship Runner Up: 2004 2010
• Intermediate `B` Football Championship Winners: 2006 [2]
• Intermediate `B` Football Championship Runner Up: 2005
• Junior `A` Football Championship Winners: 2003
• Junior `A` Football Championship Runner Up: 2001
• Kildare Senior Football League Division 2 Winners: 2004
• Senior Football League Division 2 Runner Up: 2001 2010
• Kildare Senior Football League Division 3 Runner Up: 1996
• Kildare Senior Football League Division 4 Winners: 2007
• Senior Football League Division 4 Runner Up: 2008
• Aldridge Cup (Senior) Winners: 2008
• Keogh Cup (Junior) Winners: 2002
• Under-21 `A` Football Championship Runner Up: 2001 2003 2004
• Under-21 'B' Football Championship Winners: 1995
• Minor `A` Football Championship Winners: 2002
• Minor `B` Football Championship Runner Up: 1992
• Minor Football League Div. 1 Winners: 2003
• Minor Football League Div. 4 Winners: 1994
• Under-14 Kildare B Championship: 2008
• Under-14 Kildare Division 2 Championship: 2010

Ladies Football

• Leinster intermediate football championship: 1999
• Senior Football Champions: 2009
• Intermediate championship: 2005
• Junior championship: 1999

Geography

On the 19 January 1989, a meeting was held in the home of Michael Divilly for those who were interested in creating a separate GAA club for the northern half of Leixlip in the parish of Confey. At this meeting it was agreed to hold a public meeting to gain further support for the foundation of a new club, which was subsequently held in the local school on the 30 January. Following this meeting a formal approach was made to the Kildare County board, and Confey was formally registered as a club on 27 February 1989. The club's first official match came in March, with the men's football team losing to Cappagh on a scoreline of 2-3 to 2-2. The club acquired six and a half acres at Cope Bridge in 1990, followed by a further three and a half acres the following year. The club's first chairman was Pat Sweeney. In 1998 the club opened a new clubhouse, with a bar, sportshall, and several dressing rooms. The club's facilities at Cope Bridge are named Creighton Park in memory of Jimmy Creighton who was one of the early members of the club and club chairman in 1990 and 1991.

Gaelic Football

Confey footballers were promoted to division two of the senior league in 1996. They currently compete in Division 2. Crowned Intermediate Leinster Champions in December 2006.

Managers:

• Tony Kelly 1993-1998
• Mick Marron 1999-2002
• Stephen Kinneavy 2003-2005
• David Lambert 2006-2007
• Leo Turley 2008-2009
• Ronan Quinn 2010-

Hurling

The club formed its first adult team in March 1993. In its first year the adult men's team reached the junior hurling league semi-final and captured the Junior 'B' hurling championship, defeating Moorefield on a scoreline of 0-13 to 1-5. In 1997 the club won the S.H.L. Div. 2 title, defeating Clane 3-11 to 1-7. The club had to wait until 2002 to capture its next adult hurling titles when the club, led by captain Alfie Keenahan, won both the Intermediate League and Championship. The club has competed in the Senior Hurling championship ever since. In 2005 Confey lost to Celbridge in the semi-final, the furthest the team had reached in the competition to that point. The following year they were finalists, but were defeated by Ardclough. The club won its first Senior County Hurling Title in 2007, defeating Coill Dubh 3-8 to 0-10. The team was captained by Kieran Divilly, and man of the match was Oisin Lynch who scored 0-5 on the day. The team in 2007 was managed by Liam Dowd, who was aided by selectors Tony Hoare and Eamon Fennelly and 'special advisors' Davy Fitzgerald and Bertie Sherlock. The club fielded a second adult team for the first time in 2004 and in their first year they captured the Junior hurling league and championship. Since then the club's second team play in the Intermediate league and championship.

• Confey had five representatives on the Kildare senior hurling team in 2007: Kieran & Paul Divilly, Oisin Lynch, Paul Keegan and Daragh Nolan.

Camogie

Confey fielded their first under-12 team in 1994 and have participated at most under-age level..Their facility at Cope Bridge was opened on May 16, 1998. Confey are now senior in hurling

Ladies Football

Confey qualified for the All Ireland intermediate club final in 2000, losing to Rockchapel of Cork. They won two Kildare club championships in succession.

Bibliography

• Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, ISBN 0-9509370-0-2 hb ISBN 0-9509370-1-0 pb
• Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
• Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.

External links

• Confey GAA Website
• Kildare GAA site
• Kildare GAA club sites
• Kildare on Hoganstand.com
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