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Two Mile House is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland.
[edit] History
Two Mile House club was founded under by Tiarnán O'Brien in 1885 and had 70 members in its first year. RIC records from 1890 show that Two Mile House St Auxilius had 50 members with officers listed as Revd R Byrne, Thomas Nugent and William Dempsey.
[edit] Gaelic Football
- Jimmy O'Connor won an All Ireland medal with Kildare in 1919.The U15s might start up again this summer 2008 all welcome
[edit] Camogie
The camogie club known as Geraldines competed in the 1950s and 1960s, beating Caragh 5-0 to 4-2 to win the 1967 county championship. Clare Monahan who played for Leinster in the 1956 inter-provincial final, was selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century. Two Mile House camogie club revived briefly in 1991. Clare Monahan was selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century.
[edit] Honours
- Junior A Championship 1994.
- Junior C Championship 1979.
- Junior F League 1935, 1979.
- Semi-finalists All Ireland junior sevens 1995.
- Senior Camogie champions 1967.
[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.
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