Maynooth GAA
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| County: | Kildare | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | Crom Abu | ||||||||||||||||
| Club Colours: | Black and White | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Moyglare Rd., Maynooth | ||||||||||||||||
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Maynooth is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Kildare, winner of two county senior football championships in 1896 and 1913 and two senior hurling championships in 1937 and 1939. William Reilly was regarded as one of the best players in the game in the 1890s and played on the international team that played England at Stamford Bridge in 1896.
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[edit] History
Maynooth Crom a Boos (named for the war cry of the FitzGeralds in the 16th century), wearing green, orange and black, played Straffan on March 13, 1887, a game that may not have been the first between the teams. Maynooth were semi-finalists in the very first championship, and after the 1889 semi-final withdrew from competition because Thomas Cullen died after an accidental blow to the head playing against Mountrice. At the time Crom-a-Boos had played 70 matches against teams from Dublin, Louth, Meath, and Kildare, and lost only ten of them. RIC records from 1890 show that Maynooth Crom A Boo had 83 members ,with officers listed as Con Buckley, James Gill, William Flood and Pat Gorman. Maynooth opened their grounds in 1966.
[edit] Gaelic Football
Maynooth lost a replayed final against Clane in 1895 and won their first championship under captain William Reilly in a one-sided final against Sallins in 1896. On May 30, 1897, Crom-Abu footballers represented Kildare against Dublin Young Irelands in the Leinster final and put up one of the finest Kildare performances of the pre-1903 period before losing by four points, 1-12 to 2-13. They lost the 1897 county final on objection to Clane. Maynooth became the first team to win Junior and Senior honours in successive years, in 1912 and 1913. Maynooth beat Kilcock 0-3 to 0-2 on the field of play and by one vote in the council chamber when an objection and counter objection were heard. They won the junior championship with a replay win over Castledermot. Dan Buckley's Maynooth side won 1947 Junior and 1948 Intermediate titles to compete at senior again. Maynooth won the Intermediate Championship in 1999 with a replayed victory over St. Kevins. Following one season in Senior Football Maynooth defeated St Kevins again in 2005 (1-11 to 0-04) to win the Intermediate Championship.
[edit] Hurling
Maynooth withdrew from the 1888 county final because they were too tired from playing a semi-final the same afternoon. They were county finalists again in 1903. Jack Maguire and Lar Keely won Leinster junior medals with Kildare in 1905. They beat Clane on objection to win the county championship of 1913. Seamus Bourke won a Leinster junior medal with Kildare in 1935. Bourke, Peter Delaney, Joe Murphy, and Mick Sullivan starred in the Maynooth team that won the Kildare SH championship of 1937. Maynooth won back the championship in 1939 after beating Curragh in a semi-final that had to be postponed twice and Broadford in a final that pitted members of the Bourke family against each other. Peter Delaney and Donal Buckley featured on Kildare’s championship winning teams of the 1950s.
[edit] Honours
- Leinster Senior F finalists 1896.
- Kildare Senior F Champions 1896, 1913.
- Kildare Senior H Champions 1937, 1939.
- Intermediate F champions 1948, 1999, 2005.
- Junior F Champions 1912, 1947, 1995.
- Senior F league 1934.
- Intermediate F League 1954, 1955.
[edit] Bibliography
- Maynooth GAA Club History, 1966.
- 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.
[edit] External links
| Kildare Gaelic Athletic Association (2006) | ||
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| Affiliated Clubs | ||
| Senior Football Championship | ||
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Allenwood - Athy - Carbury - Celbridge - Clane - Ellistown - Kilcock - Kilcullen - Leixlip - Maynooth - Moorefield - Naas - Round Towers - Sallins - Sarsfields - St Laurence’s |
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| Intermediate Football Championship | ||
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Ardclough - Ballymore - Ballyteague - Castledermot - Castlemitchell - Confey - Eadestown - Grange - Johnstownbridge - Kill - Monasterevin - Raheens - Rathangan - Rheban - St Kevin’s - Suncroft |
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| Junior Football Championship | ||
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Ballykelly - Cappagh - Caragh - Clogherinkoe - Milltown - Nurney - Rathcoffey - Robertstown - Straffan - Two Mile House - Kildangan |
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| Senior Hurling | ||
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Ardclough - Celbridge - Clane - Coill Dubh - Confey - Éire Og/Corrachoill - Kilcock - Leixlip - Maynooth - Naas |
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| Other Hurling clubs | ||
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Athy - Broadford - Broadford - Ros Glas - Moorefield - Naomh Bríd - St Laurence's - Sallins |
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| Underage Amalgamations | ||
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Cill Éide - Geraldines - Na Fianna - St Coca's - St Edward's |
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