Castlemitchell GAA

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Castlemitchell
Caislean Mistéil
Founded: 1939
County: Kildare
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Club Colours: Green and White
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Castlemitchell is a GAA club in Kildare, who reached senior status in the 1950s and again in the 1990s from a small catchment area and is home club of 1998 All Ireland finalist Christy Byrne.

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[edit] History

The area south of Athy has had organized football since the foundation of the GAA. RIC records from 1890 show that Foxhill club had 50 members with officers listed as Lewis Higgins, Laurence Cullen and Thomas Malone. Joe Bermingham and Jim Connor founded Castlemitchell club in 1939. They purchased their own field in 1999.

[edit] Gaelic Football

Castlemitchell played in a replayed Junior final in 1943. They were promoted in 1945, contested the intermediate final of 1952 and won the championship in 1953. They won a junior championship in 1983 and an intermediate championship in 1992. Christy Byrne featured on the 1998 Kildare All Ireland team.

[edit] Honours

  • Intermediate F champions 1953, 1992.
  • Junior F champions 1983.
  • Kildare SF semi-finalists 1959.
  • SF League Div 2 champions 1975.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

Kildare Gaelic Athletic Association (2006)
Affiliated Clubs
Senior Football Championship

Allenwood - Athy - Carbury - Celbridge - Clane - Ellistown - Kilcock - Kilcullen - Leixlip - Maynooth - Moorefield - Naas - Round Towers - Sallins - Sarsfields - St Laurence’s

Intermediate Football Championship

Ardclough - Ballymore - Ballyteague - Castledermot - Castlemitchell - Confey - Eadestown - Grange - Johnstownbridge - Kill - Monasterevin - Raheens - Rathangan - Rheban - St Kevin’s - Suncroft

Junior Football Championship

Ballykelly - Cappagh - Caragh - Clogherinkoe - Milltown - Nurney - Rathcoffey - Robertstown - Straffan - Two Mile House - Kildangan

Senior Hurling

Ardclough - Celbridge - Clane - Coill Dubh - Confey - Éire Og/Corrachoill - Kilcock - Leixlip - Maynooth - Naas

Other Hurling clubs

Athy - Broadford - Broadford - Ros Glas - Moorefield - Naomh Bríd - St Laurence's - Sallins

Underage Amalgamations

Cill Éide - Geraldines - Na Fianna - St Coca's - St Edward's