Kilgarvan GAA

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Kilgarvan
Cill Gharbháin
Founded:1889
County: Kerry
Colours:Red & White
Grounds:Clontoo
Coordinates: 51°54′14.54″N9°26′57.24″W / 51.9040389°N 9.4492333°W / 51.9040389; -9.4492333
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Kilgarvan is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland. They play in the Intermediate Hurling Championship and Division 2 county league. Kilgarvan play football in Division 5 of the county league and in the Kenmare District Board championship and County Novice Championship.

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History

The club was founded in 1889. It was one of the five founding clubs of competitive hurling in Kerry. In 1889 Kilgarvan was one of five clubs who competed in the first Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. Kilgarvan won three Kerry Senior Hurling Championship in 1953, 1956 and 1958. In 2007 Kilgarvan became the first Kerry club to win a Munster Hurling club game when they beat Caherline from Limerick in the Quarter-final of the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship on a scoreline of 2-11 to 2-09. Later they were then beaten by Moyle Rovers 2-17 to 4-05 in the semi-final. In 2008 made more history by becoming the first Kerry club to make it to a Munster Final when they made the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship Final, however they lost out to Cork side Dripsey on a scoreline of 2-11 to 1-03. [1]

Honours

Hurling

Football

County Championship Winning Captions

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References

  1. "O'Sullivan double sets up Dripsey". Irish Independent. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2024.