Kilcock GAA

Kilcock

Cill Chóca

County:

Kildare

Club colours:

Green and Gold

Coordinates:

53°23′40″N 6°40′05″W / 53.394538°N 6.668015°WCoordinates: 53°23′40″N 6°40′05″W / 53.394538°N 6.668015°W

Playing kits

Standard colours

Kilcock is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Kilcock, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of five county senior football championships(1914,1917,1955,1957,1958) and Kildare club of the year in 1983.

History

Kilcock town sports pre-date the GAA. Kilcock O’Connell’s were one of the strongest early GAA clubs in Kildare, losing to Clondalkin Round Towers by 0-2 to 0-3 at an August 1888 tournament. Christy Rochfort was the leading footballers and referee of the early team. Six Kilcock men have won All Ireland Senior Football Championships with Kildare(1905,1919). Kilcock last won the Kildare Senior Football Championship in 1958 when they defeated Round Towers on a scoreline of 3-12 to 3-8. In 2010 Kilcock were relegated to Intermediate level bringing an end to 28 years of Senior status.

Honors

Davy Dalton was chosen on the Kildare football team of the millennium and an All Stars Award winner in 1997. Larry McCormack captained the Leinster Railway Cup Team in 1957. He also went on to play for Ireland in the same year against a Combined Universities team. He lined out at centre half forward that day.

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Kildare GAA clubs

Football

Senior Football Championship	Allenwood Athy Ballymore Carbury Celbridge Clane Confey Leixlip Maynooth Moorefield Naas Monasterevin Sarsfield's Saint Kevin's Saint Laurence's Suncroft

Intermediate Football Championship	Ballyteague Caragh Castledermot Eadestown Ellistown Grange Johnstownbridge Kilcock Kilcullen Kill Round Towers Nurney Raheens Rathangan Robertstown Sallins

Junior Football Championship	Ardclough Athgarvan Ballykelly Castlemitchell Cappagh Clogherinkoe Kildangan Milltown Rathcoffey Rheban Straffan Two Mile House

Hurling

Senior Hurling Championship	Ardclough Celbridge Clane Coill Dubh Confey Éire Óg-Corrachoill Kilcock Leixlip Maynooth Naas

Other hurling clubs	Athy Broadford Kill Moorefield Naomh Bríd Ros Glas Saint Laurence's Sallins Sarsfields

Underage amalgamations	Balyna (Clogherinkoe and Johnstownbridge) Cill Éide (Eadestown and Kill) Cúchulainn Gaels (Athgarvan, Ellistown and Kildangan) Geraldine's (Castlemitchell, Grangenolvin and Rheban) Killard (Ardclough and Kill) Na Fianna (Allenwood, Ballyteague, Milltown and Robertstown) Saint Coca's (Cappagh and Kilcock) Saint Columba's (Confey and Leixlip) Saint Edward's (Rathcoffey and Straffan) Saint Oliver Plunkett's (Ballymore and Eadestown)