Naas GAA
Naas is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of eight Kildare county senior football championships, six senior hurling championships, four senior camogie championships and Kildare club of the year in 1981.
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| Founded: | 1887 | ||||||||||||||||
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| County: | Kildare | ||||||||||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and white | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Sallins Road, Naas | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53.224009°N 6.661406°W | ||||||||||||||||
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History
Naas played the Curragh on February 15, 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 seven 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.
Notable players
- Eamonn Callaghan, senior Kildare player and All Star Nominee 2010.
- Eoin Doyle, senior Kildare player and Kildare captain for 2016.
Honours
- Kildare Senior Football Championship: Winners (8) 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1990
- Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: Winners (7) 1951, 1952, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2019[1]
- Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: (1) 1984
- Jack Higgins Cup 1952.
- The Conor Moore Ms Pepperballs Puc Fada Leinster Championship 1991
- Kildare Junior Football Championship: 1913, 1919, 2009
- Kildare Junior A F Championship (1) 1981
- Kildare Junior V Football Championship Runners up 1961
- Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (7) 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1964, 1972, 1993, 2019
- Kildare Minor A Football Championship (1) 2016
- Kildare Minor Football Championship (2) 1981, 1883
- Kildare Minor Hurling Championship (6) 1981, 1883, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2019
- Kildare Under 21 Hurling Championship (4) 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016
- Kildare Under 21 Football Championship: 2016
- Kildare Senior Camogie Championship (4) 1942, 1959, 1960, 2018
- Kildare Senior Camogie League 1942, 1955, 1957
- The Sean Evans Cup 1984, 1985
- All Ireland U-14 Féile Football Div 2 Winners, 2006
- All Ireland U-14 Féile Football Div 1 Winners, 2014
- All Ireland U-14 Féile Hurling Div 3 Winners, 2006
- All Ireland U-14 Féile Hurling Div 2 Winners, 2014
References
- "Kildare SHC final: Naas complete the clean sweep". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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
