Kill won the Junior A & B Championship on the same day in 1992, and won the Higgins Cup final against Eadestown. As a result, Kill was named 1992 Kildare Club Of The Year. In Intermediate ranks the following year they lost to Rathcoffey in the Northern final. They maintained their Intermediate status since 1993, having close calls in 2012 (v. Straffan), 2013 (v. Kilcullen) 2014 (v. Robertstown) & 2015 (v. Caragh) where they won all four relegation finals in a row, before finally being relegated in the Junior championship in 2019 against Ellistown.
In the 1962 Kildare Senior Football Championship Kill reached the semi-final stage, their best finish to date. Olly Harrington scored their goal as they went down to Kilcullen, 1-7 to 1-5. Area side Wolfe Tones qualified for the 1971 senior football semi-final and a three-point defeat to Carbury. The current players have improved greatly over the last few years, but have been suffering dearly at the hands of bigger clubs in recent history.
Hurling
Kill hurlers began contesting the Junior Championship in the 1950s. They won the Division 3 Hurling League in 2001, followed by the Division 2 Hurling league in 2002.
Kill also contested the Junior championship finals of 2002, 2003, 2004, before finally winning it in 2005 with a last second goal by Brian McMahon, winning by a point over Leixlip. They followed this by reaching the Intermediate Championship Final in 2006, losing narrowly to Ardclough. By reaching the Intermediate final, they then went on to represent Kildare in the 2006 Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship against Our Lady's Island from Wexford. More silverware followed in 2011, when they again went on to win the Intermediate B Championship by one point, beating a heavily fancied Confey team on a scoreline of 1-8 to 2-6.
Kill amalginated with Ardclough to form Killard for minor in 2008, winning the 2008 Kildare Minor 'A' Hurling Championship beating Naas in Leixlip 0-12 to 0-8. Also winning the Kildare under 16 'B' in 2009 beating Maynooth in Clane.
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