Johnstownbridge is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in

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, Winner of three county senior football championships and Kildare club of the year in 1983.

Football

Johnstownbridge field a number of teams at all levels. They were the Kildare Intermediate Champions of 2013. Underage teams field as the parish of Balyna. Paul Cribbin and Daniel Flynn are currently part of the Kildare Senior squad for 2022.

Achievements

Kildare Senior Football Championship The Kildare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Kildare GAA between the top clubs in County Kildare, Ireland. The winners of the Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Club ...

: (3) 1983, 1988, 1989 *

Kildare Intermediate Football Championship The Kildare Intermediate Football Championship, or Kildare I.F.C., is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Kildare GAA clubs since 1928. The winners currently receive the Hugh Campion Cup in honour of the Suncroft official ...

: 2013 *

Kildare Senior Football League Division 2 Kildare Senior Football League Division 2 is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the Kildare GAA The Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), or Kildare GAA, is one of 12 County board (Gaelic games), count ...

: 2010

Camogie

Johnstownbridge has seen a rejuvenation of

Camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...

in the last number of years and they now field teams at all levels.

Titles

All-Ireland Junior Club Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Junior Club Camogie Championship is a camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities ...

Winner 2015

Bibliography

* Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by

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, CLG Chill Dara,

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

, hb 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.

References

External links

Johnstownbridge GAA
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub