Kill GAA (County Kildare)

Kill
	An Chill
County:	Kildare
Nickname:	"The Jungle"
Colours:	Green and Gold
Grounds:	Greenhills, Kill
Coordinates:	53°14′38″N 6°35′56″W / 53.24398°N 6.598792°WCoordinates: 53°14′38″N 6°35′56″W / 53.24398°N 6.598792°W
Playing kits
	Standard colours
	Standard colours
Senior Club Championships

Kill is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. They combined with Ardclough to form area side Wolfe Tones in the 1970s.

History

RIC records from 1890 show that Kilteel 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 Junior A & 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 still maintain 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.

In the 1962 Kildare Senior Football Championship Kill reached the semi-final stage, their best finish to date. Olly Harrington scored their goal as they went down to Kilcullen, 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 Leixlip. 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 in the 2006 Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship 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 Maynooth in Clane.

Camogie

Kill Camogie team have the clubs sole Senior Championship title, winning the 1957 championship. They completed an league & championship double in 2018, winning the Division 2 League final versus Cappagh GAA & Intermediate Championship final versus a Rathcoffey/Straffan amalgamation.

Kill hosted the 1939 Leinster final in a field behind the church where the dual carriageway now runs.

Honours

Kildare Senior Camogie Championship: 1957
Kildare Senior Football Championship: Semi-finalists 1962.
Kildare Junior A Football Championship: 1992
Kildare Junior B Football Championship 1992
Kildare Intermediate Hurling Championship: Runner-Up 2006
Kildare Intermediate B Hurling Championship: 2011
Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (1) 2005
Kildare Intermediate Camogie Championship: 2018
Kildare Div. 3 Hurling League 2001
Kildare Div. 2 Hurling League 2002
Kildare Minor A Hurling Championship: 2006 (with Ardclough as Killard)
Kildare Minor D Football Championship Runner Up 2017 (with Ardclough as Killard)
Kildare Under-16 B Hurling Championship: 2009 (with Ardclough as Killard)

Bibliography

Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, ISBN 0-9509370-0-2 hb ISBN 0-9509370-1-0 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.

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