Naas is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in

Naas Naas ( ; ga, Nás na Ríogh or ) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2016, it had a population of 21,393, making it the second largest town in County Kildare after Newbridge. History The name of Naas has been recorded in th ...

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, winner of ten Kildare county senior football championships, ten senior hurling championships, four senior camogie championships and Kildare club of the year in 1981.

History

Naas played the

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on 15 February 1885 to become one of eight clubs which share the distinction of being the first to play in a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

match. The GAA Naas Sunbursts and Naas Crom-A-Boo were listed as unaffiliated clubs in 1896 while nearby Thomastown was an affiliated club. Naas moved to Spooner's Field opposite the racecourse grandstand in 1913. Father Brennan park was opened in 1930. Naas GAA grounds are now situated on the Sallins Rd, the amenities include three new floodlight pitches, a cloths bank, one way traffic management system and a brand new clubhouse.

Hurling

Naas has won the Kildare senior hurling championship nine times. The first of these titles came in 1951 the team was captained by Big Noise Sheridan and Naas successfully defended the title the following year. The club then entered a barren spell and it was not until some 42 years later in 1994 that the Naas men, captained by Richie Coyle, reclaimed the crown by defeating Coill Dubh. This was the beginning of a golden spell for the club, with further titles following in 1997, 2000 and 2001. The Kildare team that won the Christy Ring Cup in 2018 was captained by Naas’ Brian Byrne. After a seventeen year gap, Naas reclaimed the senior hurling championship in 2019, successfully defended their title in 2020 and completed their first three in a row in 2021.

Notable players

Eamonn Callaghan Eamonn Callaghan is a former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Kildare county team. He captained his county. In 2011, Callaghan was part of the Ireland team that won the 2011 International Rules Series against Australia by ...

, senior

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player and All Star Nominee 2010. *Eoin Doyle, senior Kildare player and Kildare captain for 201

* Barry Reynolds, senior goalkeeper. Former Naas AFC u12 striker * Dermot Hanifan Jnr, Centre Forward, does not know closer call. Senior Club player of the year 2022, well known for the Dermination of the Sheilmaliers Gaa in Leinster semi-final 2021 and half the women in Naas that night.

Notable managers

Tom Mullally Tom Mullally is a hurling coach who has been manager of Carlow since January 2021. He is from the village of Glenmore in County Kilkenny and is a brother of Richie and Paddy Mullally. He coached Kilkenny GAA club Clara to the 2013 Kilkenny Se ...

managed the club's hurling team.

Honours

Football *

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 County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leins ...

: (10) 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1990, 2021, 2022 *

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 w ...

: (2) 1984, 2004 *

Kildare Junior Football Championship The Kildare Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Kildare GAA clubs. The winning club plays in the Kildare Intermediate Football Championship in the following year. As of the 2022 season th ...

: (4) 1913, 1919, 1952, 1981 *

Kildare Under 21 Football Championship The Kildare Under 21 Football Championship 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), cou ...

: (3) 1984, 2016, 2019 * Kildare Minor Football Championship: (7) 1934, 1953, 1981, 1983, 2016, 2018, 2019 * All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 1: 2014 * All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 2: 2006 Hurling * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship: (1)

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Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship The Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship is an inter county competition between the Intermediate Hurling county teams in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council organizes the series of games. The winners of the championship each y ...

: (1) 2021 *

Kildare Senior Hurling Championship The Kildare Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised since 1888 by Kildare GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Kildare, Ireland. Up until 2012, the winner received the Seán Carey Cup but a new trophy in honou ...

: (10) 1951, 1952, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 * Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (7) 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1964, 1972, 1993, 2019 * Kildare Under 21 Hurling Championship 1994, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 * Kildare Minor Hurling Championship: 1955, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 * All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 2: 2014, 2018 * All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 3: 2006 Camogie *

Kildare Senior Camogie Championship Camogie was played in Kildare shortly after the sport was first organized in 1904. However, due to sparse records it is not certain when the first senior camogie championship was held. The earliest record of Camogie appears in an advertisement ...

(4) 1942, 1959, 1960, 2018 * Kildare Senior Camogie League 1942, 1955, 1957

References

Bibliography

* To Spooner's Lane And Beyond, Naas GAA 1887-1987 Céad Bliain Ag Fás by Liam McManus, Naas GAA 1987, 214pp. * Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by

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, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, 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. The Eoin Hughes remorial cup 1947-1994 The michael O'leary cup 1953-1999

External links

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