Cabinteely () is a

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club based in Kilbogget Park which serves the Cabinteely / Johnstown /

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areas of

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, Ireland.

History

Cabinteely GAA Club was founded in

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and shortly thereafter acquired home grounds at the newly developed Kilbogget Park, Cabinteely. The clubhouse at Kilbogget Park was opened in 1994 by which stage the club fielded juvenile teams, 2 adult football teams as well as an adult hurling team - Kerry GAA legends Eoin 'Bomber' Liston and Ogie Moran guested for the club in the exhibition game held on the day to honour the occasion. In the late 1990s, the club fielded its first girls' football teams and this would later lead to the formation of Foxrock Cabinteely. Cabinteely won two Dublin Junior Hurling Championships in the 1990s, in 1995 and in 1997. Both finals were against St Finian's (Swords).

Notable former players

* Dan Connor (former English Football League, League of Ireland and international soccer player) *

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(former Irish international cricketer) *

Sinéad Goldrick Sinéad Goldrick (born 2 May 1990) is a dual code footballer, playing at the highest level in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football. She captained Dublin ladies in the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final a ...

(inter county Dublin LGFA footballer, multiple senior All Ireland winner (club level with Foxrock Cabinteely , inter county with Dublin LGFA) and AFLW Aussie Rules 2022 (S7) Grand Final winner with

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) * Richard Boyd-Barrett (Irish politician) *

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(former Wicklow inter county footballer and inter county Dublin Masters footballer) * Ian McKeever (mountaineer and charitable fundraiser) *Shane O'Brien (inter county hurling player, coach and Manager Dublin GAA and Westmeath GAA) *Barry Drumm (former Irish International basketballer) *Eoghan Lawlor (inter county Kerry Masters footballer) *John O'Callaghan (former inter county Dublin GAA footballer and 1995 All Ireland Football Championship winner) * Jimi Shields (musician) *Larry O'Gara (former League of Ireland soccer player with UCD) *Robbie Griffin (former League of Ireland soccer player with UCD,

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, Waterford United, and Kildare County)

References

External links

Cabinteely on Dublingaa.ie

Cabinteely GAA Website

Cabinteely GAA on Facebook

Cabinteely GAA on Twitter
Gaelic games clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Gaelic football clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Hurling clubs in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown 1977 establishments in Ireland {{Dublin-GAA-club-stub