Naas GAA
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| Founded: | 1887 | ||||||||||||||||
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| County: | Kildare | ||||||||||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and white | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Sallins Road, Naas | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°13′26″N 6°39′41″W / 53.224009°N 6.661406°W | ||||||||||||||||
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Naas is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of nine Kildare county senior football championships, nine senior hurling championships, four senior camogie championships and Kildare club of the year in 1981.
History
Naas played the Curragh on 15 February 1885 to become one of eight clubs which share the distinction of being the first to play in a Gaelic football 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, senior Kildare player and All Star Nominee 2010.
- Eoin Doyle, senior Kildare player and Kildare captain for 2016.[1]
Notable managers
Tom Mullally managed the club's hurling team.[1]
Honours
FOOTBALL
- Kildare Senior Football Championship: (9) 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1990, 2021[2]
- Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: (2) 1984, 2004
- Jack Higgins Cup 1952.
- Kildare Junior Football Championship: 1913, 1919, 2009
- Kildare Junior A F Championship (1) 1981
- Kildare Junior V Football Championship Runners up 1961
- Kildare Under 21 Football Championship: (2) 1986, 2018
- Kildare Minor A 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
- The Sean Evans Cup 1984, 1985
HURLING
- Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship: (1) 2022
- Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: (9) 1951, 1952, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2019, 2020,[3] 2021[4]
- Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (7) 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1964, 1972, 1993, 2019
- Kildare Minor Hurling Championship (7) 1981, 1983, 1991, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2019
- Kildare Under 21 Hurling Championship (4) 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016
- All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 2: 2014
- All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 3: 2006
CAMOGIE
- Kildare Senior Camogie Championship (4) 1942, 1959, 1960, 2018
- Kildare Senior Camogie League 1942, 1955, 1957
References
- ^ "Kilkenny native Mullally takes the reins in Carlow". RTÉ. 22 January 2021.
- ^ Callaghan, Tommy (7 November 2021). "Kildare GAA: Naas crowned senior champions". Kildare Now. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Kildare SHC final: Naas complete the clean sweep". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ Callaghan, Tommy (14 November 2021). "Kildare GAA: Naas hurlers make it three-in-row". Kildare Now. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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 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. The Eoin Hughes remorial cup 1947-1994 The michael O'leary cup 1953-1999
