Kill GAA (Kildare)

Kill GAA (Kildare)

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irish = An Chill
county = Kildare
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colours = Green and Gold
grounds = |"The Jungle"
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Kill is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Kill, County Kildare, Ireland, semi-finalists in the 1962 senior football championships. They combined with Ardclough to form area side Wolfe Tones in the 1970s.

History

RIC records from 1890 show that Kilteel 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 a county semi-final. Olly Harrington scored their goal as they went down to Kilcullen, 1-7 to 1-5..Area side Wolfe Tones qualified for the 1971 senior football semi-final and a three point defeat to Carbury.

Hurling

Kill hurlers contested the junior championship in the 1950s.

Kill won the Division 3 Hurling League in 2001.Kill won the Division 2 Hurling league in 2002.Kill contested the Junior championship finals of 2002,2003,2004.Kill won the Junior Hurling Championship in 2005.Kill contested the Intermediate championship Final in 2006.Kill represented Kildare in the 2006 Leinster Junior Hurling Championship.

Camogie

Kill hosted the 1939 Leinster final in a field behind the church where the dual carriageway now runs.

Honours

*Kildare SF Semi-finalists 1962.
*Senior Camogie Champions 1957.

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

* [http://kildare.gaa.ie/ Kildare GAA site]
* [http://www.clubgaa.ie/kildare/ Kildare GAA club sites]
* [http://www.hoganstand.com/Kildare/ Kildare on Hoganstand.com]


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