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Grangenolvin G.F.C.

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Grangenolvin G.F.C. is a Gaelic football (GFC) club based in southern County Kildare, Ireland. The clubs Senior Mens Team competes in the Kildare Senior Football League Division 3 and Kildare Junior Football Championship. Grangenolvin are a former AIB club of the year winner in 1985. Mick Carolan was chosen on the Kildare football team of the millennium and was a Cuchulainn All Stars Award winner in 1966. In 2023, the club re-established its LGFA Senior Womens Team.

History

The 1890 RIC files show Kilkea Geraldines had 40 members with P. J. Kennedy, William Farrell, John B. Ryan and Martin Lawlor recorded as officers. Grangenolvin GFC was founded in 1955 and purchased its grounds at Ardree in 1971. Murphy Memorial park was officially opened in 1985.^[1]

Gaelic football

The arrival of Johnny Morrissey and Johnny Miller in 1963 transformed the club. They won Junior B championship in 1964, the Junior A championship and Jack Higgins Cup in 1965. Denis Wynne and Johnny Miller both featured on the Kildare U-21 team who won an All-Ireland against Cork in 1965.^[2] Kevin Wynne and Martin Mannion played inter-county from that team. Niall Connolly and Paul Doyle were on the Grange teams that won Junior B in 1985, Junior A in 1987 and were beaten Intermediate finalists in 1991.

Honours

Jack Higgins Cup Winners (3) 1965, 1987, 2005
Kildare Junior A Football Championship (3) 1965, 1987, 2005
Kildare Junior B Football Championship (2) 1964, 1985
Kildare Minor Football League (2) 1981, 1984
Dowling Cup Winners (1) 2022^[3]
Kildare Senior Football League Division 4 (1) 2022^[4]

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.

References

^ https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/gaelic-games/73101/Grangenolvan-are-building-towards-the-future.html
^ https://kildare-nationalist.ie/2020/04/03/class-of-65/
^ https://kildare-nationalist.ie/2022/05/03/strong-first-half-helps-grange-to-dowling-cup-success/
^ https://www.ireland-live.ie/news/kildare-now/847590/wins-for-athy-and-grangenolvin-in-kildare-football-finals.html

External links

Facebook page
Kildare GAA site
Kildare GAA club sites
Kildare on Hoganstand.com

Kildare GAA clubs

Football
Senior Football Championship	Allenwood Athy Carbury Celbridge Clane Confey Castledermot Eadestown Johnstownbridge Leixlip Maynooth Moorefield Naas Monasterevin Sarsfields Saint Laurence's
Intermediate Football Championship	Ballyteague Ballymore Castlemitchell Clogherinkoe Ellistown Kilcock Kill Round Towers Nurney Raheens Rathangan Sallins Saint Kevin's Straffan Suncroft Two Mile House
Junior Football Championship	Ardclough Athgarvan Ballykelly Cappagh Caragh Grange Kildangan Kilcullen Milltown Rathcoffey Rheban Robertstown

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)