Kilmacud Crokes GAA
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| Founded: | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
| County: | Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | Crokes | ||||||||||||||||
| Club Colours: | Purple and Gold | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Páirc de Burca | ||||||||||||||||
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Kilmacud Crokes are a large Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland. Kilmacud football club was formed in 1959 following an historic public meeting in Saint Laurence's Hall, where Stillorgan shopping centre now stands. The first meeting of the club took place on March 12, 1959. Sixty people attended the meeting and donated a shilling each, meaning the club made IR£3.30 on the night. The club decided to use green and white jerseys, but they later decided to use the gold and purple colours, some say because of the local school Scoil Lorcain Naofa who also use gold and purple, others say it was because gold and purple are the colours of the crocus.
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[edit] Progress
In 1963 the club purchased a six and a half acre site behind the Ormonde Cinema as a permanent home pitch for themselves, Páirc dé Burca, and in 1965 the adjoining Glenalbyn House was bought. In April 1966, Crokes hurling club joined up with Kilmacud football club. The name of the joint football/hurling teams was changed from Kilmacud G.A.A. club to Kilmacud Crokes G.A.A. club in 1971. In 1972, St. Benburbs Football Club of Clonskeagh joined with Kilmacud Crokes. St. Benburbs FC was famous because the first ever All-Ireland Final was played on their ground in Clonskeagh in 1887. In 1973, a camogie section of the club was set-up and in February 1996 a Ladies' Gaelic football Section was set up.
The U16 Hurling team in 2006 won every game bar one in an unpredecented successful year guided by Pat Fenlon they won both the league and Championship.
[edit] Success
[edit] 90's
They won the All-Ireland football club championship final on St.Patrick's Day, 1995 under the management of Tommy Lyons. Kilmacud Crokes, captained by Mick Dillon, beat Bellaghy of Derry with a scoreline of 0-8 to 0-5 in front of 18,544 fans at Croke Park. Mick Pender famously saved Karl Diamond's (Bellaghy) penalty and won the title for Kilmacud. The game will be remembered as one of the coldest days club football final history.
[edit] 2000's
Crokes won the Dublin championship in 2004. Crokes were nearly disquailified from the 2005 champsionship during to confusion over the elibilty of player Mark Vaughan. Crokes had defeated 2003 champions, St. Brigids, it was claimed that Mark Vaughan was inelligible for the tie. Crokes claimed that they had received prior approval that Vaughan could play from the Dublin county board, who said the Dublin Championships and The Leinster Championships were different competitions. The Leinster council overuled the Dublin county board. St. Brigids offered Crokes a replay under one condition, that Vaughan could not play. He scored six points in Crokes original one point victory over Brigids. He had received the red card that caused the ban in the previous years defeat to Portlaoise. The DRA eventually awarded Crokes the match after agreeing that the two competitions were different. By this time Crokes' side of the draw was three games behind the other side of the draw. Kilmacud went on to win the 2005 Dublin Championship following a comprehensive 1-14 to 0-09 victory over Na Fianna and added to their success by winning the Leinster Championship following a 0-10 to 0-09 victory over Newbridge at Navan. Crokes were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final by Salthill-Knocknacarra on a scoreline of 1-09 to 1-07. Mark Vaughan was shown a straight red card, having already been on a yellow, for stricking a Salthill player.
[edit] Youth
Crokes has won the All-Ireland football féile final twice in the last three years, the first of these coming in 2003 when a Crokes 'B' team won the 'B' féile. This is often overlooked in Crokes because 'B' players are treated like second class citizens. The hurlers added to the club's success with an All-Ireland feile of their own in 2005. This Hurling victory was paticualry sweet because it was also the first time in its history that the club had won the Dublin Hurling Feile and only the second time a Dublin Club had won the All-Ireland Feile.
[edit] Famous players
Johnny Magee
Darren Magee
Ray Cosgrove
Liam McBarron
Mick Bermingham
Pat Cleary
Aodhan de Paor
Mark Vaughan
Paul Griffin
Tommy Lyons
Naomhán Ó Reardáin
Dáibhí De Paor
[edit] The Seven's
Crokes are also famous as the hosts of the Seven's football and hurling competition each year. The competition is held on the Saturday before the All-Ireland final at various locations around Stillorgan including Glenalbyn,Deer Park, St. Benildus College and Silverpark.The games are played with teams of seven players with 2 halves of 10 minutes each. Erin's Own of Cork and Castlewellan of Down were crowned Hurling and Football 7's Champions for 2006 respectively.
[edit] The Future?
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Plans are in the making to sell the club's flagship hurling pitch, Silverpark. The pitch, located in Leopardstown, could fetch upwards of €70-million which the club would use to improve the pitch and facilities at Glenalbyn. These plans were rumoured in the club during the summer of 2005 but are yet to be confirmed. The club has also installed a fully sized astro-turf GAA pitch at the paddock, an area formerly used as a carpark/training ground, a venture which was finished in September '06.
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St Vincents, St Judes, Thomas Davis, Round Towers (C), Lucan Sarsfields, St Marys (Saggart), Ballyboden St Endas, Na Fianna, Kilmacud Crokes, Ballymun Kickhams, St Sylvesters, St Brigids, St Marks, Trinity Gaels, Fingallians, Erins Isle. |
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St Oliver Plunketts, Fingal Ravens, St Annes, O'Tooles, Raheny, Ballinteer St Johns, Naomh Barróg, St Judes, Clontarf GAA, Parnells, Naomh Olaf, Whitehall Colmcille, Garda, St Brigids, Naomh Maur, Naomh Mearnóg. |
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