St. Kevin's Boys Football Club, is an association football club in four locations in Dublin 9 and in The Ward, County Dublin, Ireland, with over forty schoolboy teams who play in the Dublin District Schoolboys League and a number of senior sides who play in the Leinster Senior League. The club uses playing facilities at Ellenfield Park, Shanowen Road, St. Aidan's CBS, Ward Cross, the Royal College of Surgeons Cloghran, Collinstown, Hampstead Park, and Coolgrena. In 2018, St. Kevins entered into a player development pathway, a five-year agreement, with

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History

Foundation and development

Founded in 1959, by Fr. Des Williams, the club grew into one of the biggest schoolboy clubs in the country, with a number of players progressing on to full time careers in England, and played for the Irish International side. Playing in Ellenfield Park, beside Whitehall Church. In 1984 the club built the clubhouse and hall in Larkhill. In the 2000s, the club developed an all-weather pitch on Shanowen Road, adjacent to their clubhouse in Larkhill.

Academy cup

To commemorate their 50th year, in 2009, the club started the invitational annual ''St. Kevins Boys Club Academy Cup'', which has hosted youth sides (under-13) from many of the best sides in Europe. Academy sides from Ajax, Arsenal, Benfica, Barcelona,

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, Borussia Dortmund, Genk, Bayer Leverkusen,

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, and West Bromwich Albion have participated in the competition over the years.St Kevins Boys 2018 Acedemy Cup Launch
Dublin Gazette, February 12, 2018.

Bohemians academy agreement

In 2018, St. Kevins Boys entered into a player development pathway, a five-year agreement, with

. The Academy has U13, U15, U17 and U19 teams which all play in the FAI Underage National League.

Notable former players

* Josh Barrett * Liam Brady *

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* Jack Byrne *

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Ryan Cassidy Ryan Michael McClean Cassidy (born 2 March 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hayes & Yeading United. Club career Born in Dublin, Cassidy moved from St. Kevin's Boys to Watford in July 2017, and turned profess ...

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* Jimmy Dunne *

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Jeff Hendrick Jeffrey Patrick Hendrick (born 31 January 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Newcastle United, and the Republic of Ireland national team. Hendrick spent his childhood years with boyhood club St. Kev ...

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* Karl Moore * Michael O'Connor *

Alex O'Hanlon Alex O'Hanlon (born 24 April 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for St Mochta's in the Leinster Senior League. He has previously played for Liverpool, St Patrick's Athletic, Glentoran, Shelbourne & Wexford. Career Ea ...

* Josh O'Hanlon *

Dara O'Shea Dara Joseph O'Shea (born 4 March 1999) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for club West Bromwich Albion and the Republic of Ireland national team. Club career Born in Dublin, O'Shea began his career at St. Kevin's B ...

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* Luke Wade-Slater *

Gavin Kilkenny Gavin Kilkenny (born 1 February 2000) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for AFC Bournemouth. Club career Early life Raised in Beaumont, a suburb of northern Dublin, Kilkenny started out his footballing career at St Kevin's Boys, ...

References

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