Kilgarvan is a

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club in

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. They play in the Intermediate Hurling Championship and Division 2 county league. Kilgarvan play football in Division 5 of the county league and in the Kenmare District Board championship and County Novice Championship.

History

The club was founded in 1889. It was one of the five founding clubs of competitive hurling in Kerry. In 1889 Kilgarvan was one of five clubs who competed in the first

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. Kilgarvan won three

in 1953, 1956 and 1958. In 2007 Kilgarvan became the first

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club to win a Munster Hurling club game when they beat Caherline from

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in the Quarter-final of the

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on a scoreline of 2-11 to 2-09. Later they were then beaten by

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2-17 to 4-05 in the semi-final. In 2008 made more history by becoming the first Kerry club to make it to a Munster Final when they made the

Final, however they lost out to

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side

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on a scoreline of 2-11 to 1-03.

Honours

Hurling

: (3) 1953, 1956, 1958 *

Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship The Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by mid-tier Kerry GAA clubs. Kilgarvan are the title holders (2022). Extra-time can be used to determine the winners of games. Honours The winners play in t ...

: (11) 1972, 1981, 1982, 1984, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2022 *

: Runners-up 2008 * Kerry Junior Hurling Championship: (1) 2005 * Kerry Under-21 hurling championship: (4) 1972, 1987, 1988, 1989, (with Kenamre) 2019 (with Kenmare/Dr. Crokes) *

Kerry Minor Hurling Championship The Kerry Minor Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin Kerry County Minor Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associat ...

: (3) 1959, 1983, 2010 (with Kenmare) * Kerry Senior Hurling League Division 2: (5) 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2019 * Kerry Senior Hurling League Division 3: (2) 1994, 2007 * South Kerry Senior Hurling Championship: (11) 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 * South Kerry Senior Hurling League: (6) 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 * South Kerry Junior Hurling Championship: (4) 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012 * South Kerry Junior Hurling League: (2) 2006, 2007

Football

* Munster Junior B Football Championship: (1) 2018 * Kerry Novice Football Championship: (2) 2018, 2022 * Kerry Novice Shield 2: (2) 1999, 2001 * Kenmare District Board Senior Championship (Finnegan Cup): (1) 1961 * Kenmare District Board Intermediate Championship (Murphy Cup): (1) 2003 *Kenmare District Board Junior Championship (Purcell Cup): (2) 1991, 1998 *Kenmare District Board Senior League (Spillane Cup): (1) 1983

County Championship Winning Captions

*1953: Ritchie Purcell *1956: Paudie Healy *1958: Denis Hegarty

References

External links

Official Kilgarvan GAA Club website
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