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Gaelic games club in County Kerry, Ireland
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Kilgarvan
Cill Gharbháin
Founded:1889
County:Kerry
Colours:Red & White
Grounds:Clontoo
Coordinates:51°54′14.54″N 9°26′57.24″W / 51.9040389°N 9.4492333°W / 51.9040389; -9.4492333
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster
champions
Kerry
champions
Hurling: - - 3

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.

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.

Honours

Hurling

Football

  • Munster Junior B Football Championship: (2) 2018, 2023
  • Kerry Novice Football Championship: (2) 2018, 2022
  • Kerry Novice Shield 2: (2) 1999, 2001
  • Kenmare District Board Senior Championship (Finnegan Cup): (1) 1961
  • Kenmare District Board Intermediate Championship (Murphy Cup): (1) 2003
  • Kenmare District Board Junior Championship (Purcell Cup): (2) 1991, 1998
  • Kenmare District Board Senior League (Spillane Cup): (1) 1983

County Championship Winning Captions

  • 1953: Ritchie Purcell
  • 1956: Paudie Healy
  • 1958: Denis Hegarty

References

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

External links

Kerry GAA clubs
Individual club*
East Kerry
Mid Kerry
North Kerry
South Kerry
West Kerry
St Brendan's
Kenmare District
St Kieran's
Tralee District
Other divisions
Former clubs
*=Competing as individual club in 2010 Senior Football Championship
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