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Kill GAA (An Chill GAA) is a
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club in
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County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...
,
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. They combined with Ardclough to form area side Wolfe Tones in the 1970s.


History

RIC records from 1890 show that
Kilteel Kilteel () is the name of a village, townland and civil parish located in the barony of South Salt, County Kildare, Ireland. The townland of Kilteel Upper contains the remains of a church with a decorated Romanesque chancel arch, the ruins of ...
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
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& B Championship on the same day in 1992, and won the Higgins Cup final against Eadestown. As a result, Kill was named 1992 Kildare Club Of The Year. In Intermediate ranks the following year they lost to Rathcoffey in the Northern final. They maintained their Intermediate status since 1993, having close calls in 2012 (v. Straffan), 2013 (v. Kilcullen) 2014 (v. Robertstown) & 2015 (v. Caragh) where they won all four relegation finals in a row, before finally being relegated in the Junior championship in 2019 against
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. In the 1962
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 ...
Kill reached the semi-final stage, their best finish to date. Olly Harrington scored their goal as they went down to
Kilcullen Kilcullen (), formally Kilcullen Bridge, is a small town on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Its population of 3,473 at the 2011 census made it the 12th largest settlement in County Kildare and the fastest growi ...
, 1-7 to 1-5. Area side Wolfe Tones qualified for the 1971 senior football semi-final and a three-point defeat to Carbury. The current players have improved greatly over the last few years, but have been suffering dearly at the hands of bigger clubs in recent history.


Hurling

Kill hurlers began contesting the Junior Championship in the 1950s. They won the Division 3 Hurling League in 2001, followed by the Division 2 Hurling league in 2002. Kill also contested the Junior championship finals of 2002, 2003, 2004, before finally winning it in 2005 with a last second goal by Brian McMahon, winning by a point over
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. They followed this by reaching the Intermediate Championship Final in 2006, losing narrowly to Ardclough. By reaching the Intermediate final, they then went on to represent
Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional cen ...
in the 2006
Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship ''For the senior hurling equivalent see: Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship'' The Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Junior Club Championship) is an annual hurling comp ...
against Our Lady's Island from Wexford. More silverware followed in 2011, when they again went on to win the Intermediate B Championship by one point, beating a heavily fancied Confey team on a scoreline of 1-8 to 2-6. Kill amalginated with Ardclough to form Killard for minor in 2008, winning the 2008 Kildare Minor 'A' Hurling Championship beating Naas in Leixlip 0-12 to 0-8. Also winning the Kildare under 16 'B' in 2009 beating
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in Clane.


Camogie

Kill Camogie team have the club's sole Senior Championship title, winning the 1957 championship. They completed a league & championship double in 2018, winning the Division 2 League final versus
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& Intermediate Championship final versus a Rathcoffey/Straffan amalgamation. Kill hosted the 1939
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final in a field behind the church where the dual carriageway now runs.


Honours

Champions * 1957 Camogie Senior Championship * 2018 Camogie Intermediate Camogie Championship * 2018 Camogie Senior Division 2 League Champions * 2017 Camogie Junior League 2 Champions * 2009 Camogie Junior B Champions * 2008 Camogie Junior B Champions * 1960, 1979, 1992 Football Junior A Championship * 1992 Football Junior B Championship * 2007 Football Div. 3 Champions * 2018 LGFA Junior Championship * 2011 Hurling Intermediate B Hurling Championship * 2005 Hurling Junior Championship (1) * 2021 Football Reserve League Div. 5 Champions * 2021 Football Reserve E Football Championship Champions Underage * 2009 Hurling Under-16 B Championship (with Ardclough as Killard)* 2004 Football U10 A, North Board Spring League * 2006 Hurling Minor A Championship (with Ardclough as Killard) * 2006 Camogie U12 Camogie Winners * 2005 Football U14 Feile B * 2004 Football U11 North Board Spring League * 2003 Football U9 B, North Board Spring League * 2003 Football Minor B Championship (with Eadestown as CillEide) * 2004 Football U21 B Championship (with Eadestown as CillEide) * 2021 Football Minor D Championship * 2022 Football Minor Div. 4 Champions * 2022 Football Minor D Championship Finalist * 1962 Football Senior Championship Semi-finalists * 2001 Hurling Div. 3 League  * 2002 Hurling Div. 2 League  * 2006 Hurling Intermediate Championship  Runner-Up * 2007 Football U14 Feile B * 2016 Camogie U15 Div 2 Finalist * 2016 Camogie U13 Shield Finalist * 2017 Camogie Intermediate Finalists * 2017 Football Minor D Championship Runner Up 2017 (with Ardclough as Killard) * 2017 Camogie U15 Shield Finalist * 2018 Football U12 Shield Finalist * 2021 Football Senior Football League Division 4 Finalist * 2022 Football U17 Div. 3 Finalists * 2022 Football Junior Championship Finalist


Bibliography

* Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara,
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, 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.


External links


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