SFC Final 2013

Minor A Football Championship Final

Athy v Two Mile House 13.30 – Referee: Brendan Cawley

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Sunday 13th OctOber 2013 –St. conleth's Park, newbridge

1.20 Athy Minor team arrive on the pitch.1.22 Two-Mile-House Minor team arrive on the pitch.1.30 Minor ‘A’ Football Championship Final:

Áth Í (Athy) v Two-Mile-House (Teach Dhá Mhíle).2.15 Commencement of second half of Minor Final.2.50 Presentation of Gilligan Cup to winning Minor Captain.2.55 Moorefield senior team arrive on pitch.2.57 Sarsfields senior team arrive on the pitch.3.25 Parade of the Senior Teams.3.28 Amhrán na bhFiann.3.30 Joe Mallon Motors RENAULT Senior Football Final

Achadh Mhórdha (Moorefield) v Na Sáirséalaigh (Sarsfields)4.05 Introduction and presentation of Johnstownbridge 1988/89 Jubilee Teams

– Kildare County Champions.4.10 Mini games – Moorefield v Sarsfields.4.20 Commencement of second half of Senior Final.5.00 Presentation of the Dermot Bourke Cup to the winning Captain.

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CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS

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a cháirde — Is mór an onóir domsa mar cathaoirleach agus ar son choiste chontae chill dara fáilte mór a chur le gach duine, na imreoirí, oifigigh acadh Mhordha, na Sáirséalaigh, Teach dhá Mhíle agus Áth Í. Fáilte mór freisin le lucht tacaíochta, na foirne uile atá anseo inniú. ba mhaith liom fáilte mór roimh na réiteoirí, maor líne agus na maoir cúil chun na cluichí inniu agus gúim gach rath orthu officiating ag na gcluichí. Ta súil agam go mbainigí go léir taithneamh as na gcluichí inniu.

as chairman of Kildare Gaa, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to St. conleth’s Park on county Football Final day 2013. a special welcome to our participating teams, their officials and supporters who will have the honour of representing their clubs on this the biggest day in the club calendar.

This year we will have new minor champions as Two-Mile-House and athy play for the Gilligan cup. Our minor championship this year gave some great and entertaining games which reflect the great work bring carried out at underage throughout the county. This work is also evident as Kildare are current Minor leinster champions and the standards are improving each year. It promises to be a very close and entertaining game.

In the Senior Final we all look forward to an epic game between the traditional and close rivals of Sarsfields and Moorefield. Sarsfields who are our current champions will not relinquish their title easily while Moorefield will be working very hard up upset their plans. The dermot bourke cup is a huge prize in Kildare and both teams will do all in their power to bring home the silverware. all our championship games this year were very close contests and we expect today’s contest to be no different. we all wish both teams their management and supporters the best of luck this afternoon.

I wish to thank Joe Mallon Motors RenaUlT for their spon sorship of our Senior Football championship in 2013. both Joe and anthony are great supporters and have a long established link with Kildare Gaa and we thank them for their continued support. a warm welcome to the boys and girls who will participate in the mini games this afternoon. I hope you will have an enjoyable day as part of county Final day. To the jubilee team of Johnstownbridge we welcome you back to St. conleths to remember your double victories in 1988 and 1989.

a special welcome also to Jason Ryan our new Senior Football Manager. Jason was appointed earlier this week and we all wish him, the players and his management team well for the future. I also wish to thank the clubs and all involved in the selection and ratification process for their help and efforts.

as usual our pitch at St. conleths is in great condition. Thanks to Patsy Power and his staff for their continued work. we have also working on improvements to our facilities which will give additional comfort to our supporters to help them enjoy our games, a special thanks to colm Farrell and his colleagues for their work.

I wish our referees niall colgan for the senior game and brendan cawley for the minor game, and their officials the very best this afternoon.a sincere thanks also to all our referees for their help throughout the year. Many thanks to my fellow county board Officers,stewards,media, programme sellers,public address/scoreboard staff, Gardai, medics ,ground staff and shop staff to ensure the smooth running of our games to-day and throughout the year..

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Kildare G.A.A. Referees Committee wish to express their thanks and gratitude to all Referees and linesmen who have officiated during the current season in all grades.

tOday’S reFereeSSenior Final RefereeNiALL COLgAN

Minor Final RefereeBRENDAN CAWLEY

Niall is 39 years of age, married to Veronica and has four children. H e w o r k s f o r Kildare Chilling and is a member of Monasterevan G A A C lub. He p l aye d hu r l i ng for Kildare at all levels, retiring from both hurling and football three years ago. He then took up training the Monasterevan Senior Ladies and refereeing which he enjoys very much. Niall refereed last year’s senior football final.

Brendan is 26 and a s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l teacher of Engineering and Technology. A member of Sars fields GAA club, he has been refereeing since 2004 and has refereed n u m e r o u s S e n i o r Football and Hurling Championship games over the past four seasons.

Brendan has previously taken charge of the 2011 JFC Final between Robertstown and Two Mile House and last year’s IFC Final between Monasterevan and Raheens.

Brendan is also a member of the Leinster panel of referees and in the past two years he has refereed numerous Leinster Minor, U21 and Club Championship games. He has also officiated in this year’s O’Byrne Cup and National League and he is ambitious and enthusiastic about his refereeing career.

Today’s programme was compiled by Kildare G.A.A. Communications Com-mittee under the chairmanship of Henry Barrett (County P.R.O.).

Front cover (courtesy Kildare Nationalist): when two tribes go to war – Moorefield captain Ross Glavin and Sarsfields captain Conor Tiernan with the Dermot Bourke Cup ahead of today’s SFC Final.

MooREFIELD MINI TEAM: Runo Aymuore, Seán Barry, Cian Casey, Dylan Clarke, Michael Conlon, Tadgh Connolly, Eoghan Corrigan, Shane Cousins, Jack Dowling, Scott Fitzpatrick, Kyle Gannon, Noah Gilroy, Conor Hanniffy, Adam Kavanagh, Tommy McGrath, Adam Morrissey, Conan Murray, Jay Naughton, Harry O Connor ,Alex O’Shea, Dara O’Toole, Cealan Power, Aaron Shelly, Jake Smith, Tadgh Liston, Michael O’Connell, Seán McNamara.

SARSFIELDS MINI TEAM: Fawaz Abiola, Gavin Anderson, Sean Buckley, JP Byrne, Mark Caffrey, Josh Callaghan, Diarmuid Corcoran, Niall Costigan, Graeme Gregoe, John Crofton, Jack Curran, Sean Donohoe, Paul Farrell, Sam Fitzgibbon, Aaron Heeney, Kyle Houlihan, Luke Hughes, Finn Mahon, Daniel McIntyre, Tadgh Nolan, Cian O’Brien, Cathal O’Connor, Ruadhrí Redican, Peter Roche.

TODAY’S LiNESMENMinor match: Dave Coady and Noel McKenna.Senior match: Fergal Barry, Brendan Hickey

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Adam Burke, the Two-Mile-House captain is a student at P.B.S New-bridge and was born on 2nd December 1995. He has played for Two-Mile-House and Kildare through all underage ranks. His best position is full forward. Adam made his senior championship debut this year 2013. and he is an established regular on the team. He cites Jim Stynes as the sports star he most admires.

Athy Captain: PASCHAL CONNELL

Paschal Connell is a member of the Kildare minor panel and played a prominent role on the Kildare minor victory over Westmeath in the Leinster final in Croke Park this year (2013). Paschall has represented his club at all underage levels and won a club county minor medal in 2010 when he came on as a sub in the county minor final, Athy v Celbridge in Newbridge. He played school football with Ardscoil na Trionóide in Athy and is currently a student at DCU in Dublin.



THE ATHY MINOR fOOTbALL PANEL 2013

Front Row (left to right): Tomas Foley, Tony Martin, niall Foley, Mark Prior, Paddy Ryan, Kieran Farrell, Gavin Mcdonnell, Stephen May.

Middle Row (left to right): daragh Roycroft, donal Harrington, anthony O’Keeffe, conor O Toole, barry Kelly, John Moran, dominic Fennelly, Kevin Maher.

Back Row (left to right): darren Robinson, Rory Feely, Tadgh Foley, ciaran Hyland, Michael Kelly, Paschal connell, Mark Hyland, Paul Hyland, Paddy Keogh.

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AThY MiNOR pROFiLESname d.O.b. Height Position

MARC pRiOR 8/8/97 5ft10 Goalkeeper

DONAL hARRiNgTON 24/6/95 5ft11 corner back

DOMiNiC FENNELLY 13/1/96 5ft11 Full back

NiALL FOLEY 17/10/96 5ft10 corner back

TOMÁS FOLEY 10/12/97 5ft9 Half back

MARK hYLAND 18/9/96 6ft1 centre back

STEphEN MAY 25/2/96 6ft Half back

TADgh FOLEY 25/6/96 6ft2 Midfield

pASChAL CONNELL 8/4/95 6ft3 Midfield

JOhN MORAN 5/7/96 5ft11 Half Forward

RORY FEELY 3/1/97 6ft2 centre Forward

KEviN MAhER 2/5/96 5ft10 Half Forward

TONY MARTiN 26/1/97 5 ft11 corner Forward

BARRY KELLY 23/1/97 5ft8 Full Forward

DARAgh ROYCROFT 30/1/98 5ft11 corner Forward

CONOR O’TOOLE 19/8/96 5ft11 Goalkeeper

pADDY RYAN 6/1/97 6ft corner back

pAUL hYLAND 6/3/98 6ft3 Half Forward

CiARAN hYLAND 13/6/95 6ft6 Full Forward

gAviN McDONNELL 22/4/97 5ft11 corner Forward

KiERAN FARRELL 11/8/98 5ft9 corner Forward

DARREN ROBiNSON 4/3/95 5ft11 corner Forward

ANThONY O’KEEFFE 28/1/95 5ft7 corner back

MiChAEL KELLY 9/1/96 5ft9 centre Forward

pADDY KEOgh 14/8/95 6ft4 Midfield



TWO-MiLE-hOUSE MiNOR pROFiLESnaMe d.O.b. HeIGHT POSITIOn

RiChARD DRUMgOOLE-MAgUiRE

20/03/1995 6ft Goalkeeper

JACK O’DEA 11/8/1995 5ft 8 corner back

gLEN BURKE 25/5/1995 6ft 1 Full-back

gAviN BURKE 25/5/97 5ft 7 corner-back

DYLAN COADY 04/8/1995 5ft 11 Half-back

JOE DARCY 17/6/1995 5ft 11 Half-back

JACK COUghLAN MURRAY

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ROBBiE BRASiL 06/11/1996 6ft 1 Half-back

MATT STApLETON 03/9/1995 6ft 1 centre field

MARK ShERRY 13/1/1995 6ft 2 centre field

ChRiS JULiAN 17/8/1995 5ft 10 Half-forward

ChRiS hEALY 18/10/1995 5ft 8 Half-forward

CAOMhÁN DOOLAN: 27/8/1997 5ft 8 Half-forward

iAN CAFFREY 10/9/1996 6ft 2 Half-forward

ADAM BURKE 02/12/1995 5ft 11 Full-forward

DYLAN WALKER 26/8/1997 5ft 9 Forward

ALAN COADY age: 18 5ft 7 Half-forward

BARRY FiShER 07/8/1995 5ft 8 Half-forward

CiAN ROE 30/4/1995 5ft 8 corner- back

JOhN BRENNAN 27/7/98 5ft 7 Goalkeeper

NEiL ShANNON 07/5/1996 6ft Half-forward

BRiAN MCgRATh 15/2/1996 5ft 10 corner-forward

CONOR LYNCh age 16 corner-back

phiLip CURTiS 07/8/1995 6ft Half-forward

CONOR DOYLE 18/8/1995 6ft 2 Half-back

CONOR KEOgh age: 16 4ft 10 Half-forward



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THE SToRy of organised gaelic football in Two Mile House goes back to the founding of the Saint Auxilius’ Club in 1887. The first recorded trophy success was the Junior Football League in 1925 defeating Kildangan in Newbridge.

The club was denied victory in the 1935 Championship ‘because one of the Two Mile House players had a pony in a Gymkhana organised by a Cricket Club’

The player who put Two Mile House GAA on the map nationwide was the late Jimmy O’Connor of Mylerstown, who played beside the famous Larry Stanley on the 1919 All-Ireland winning senior football combination against Galway. He was the teams chief goalscorer as he chalked up a total of 7 goals in six championship games that year including a record 4 goals against Westmeath.

Barron years followed for the club before some revival and success came to the village. The team won the Junior C Championship in 1979 with Tommy Barrett as team captain beating Robertstown on a scoreline of 3-5 to 0-5. Coupling this rare silverwear at the time was the acquisition of the Harristown playing field and community centre which is the clubs base since 1982. Over the years the team had used pitches in Valentine’s, Muldoon’s, Punchestown, the Commons and Lar Lynch’s so it was a landmark to finally have a permenant home.

The GAA centenery year in 1984 marked the clubs successful re-entry into under age Bord na nOg activities with the winning of the under 11 and under 12 league competitions. It would prove to be another landmark for the club as our underage structure grew from there and we now have teams competing in all age groups.

1994 saw our senior footballers mark the clubs biggest accolade when winning the Junior A Championship for the first and to date only time in the clubs history defeating Maynooth in

HiStOry OF tWO-Mile-HOuSe GaaNewbridge. Since then the club has won a Minor B Championship in 2006 and also an under 14 Feile Championship in 2008.

The senior team have competed at Junior level since 1998 after some years playing at intermediate level and in recent years have been very unlucky not to have added to the solitry championship win. In 2007 they lost to Ballykelly on a scoreline of 2-10 to 0-10. In 2009 they lost at the final hurdle this time to Straffan who scored a goal with the last kick of the game to win on a scoreline of 1-11 to 0-13.

In 2011 Robertstown defeated The House on a score of 2-10 to 2-7 and again in 2012 they lost on the big stage when another last minute goal saw Two Mile House defeated. This time Clogherinkoe the victors on a scoreline of 2-10 to 2-8.

2013 has been a successful season so far at senior level as we won the Dowling Cup in the spring. We followed that up with a good league run leading to promotion to division 2 and also the Division 3 league title. Our minor team have also had a fine season so far having finished runner up to Sarsfields in the Division 1 Minor league.

We now have a juvenile hurling section in the club as well as a very strong ladies juvenile set-up. We have teams competeing at all levels in boys underage from under 6’s right up to under 21’s. We have recently opened our new second playing field and our club is going from strength to strength with a hard working committee. We recently launched our new club website, www.twomilehousegaa.ie and we also keep people abroad up to date with all our club events through Twitter, Facebook and also printed Newsletters throughout the year.

In 2013 we also opened our Official Club Shop where patrons can order playing, trainig and leisure wear which in time will hopefully lead to a good fundraising point for the club.



Athy Gaelic Football Club was formed on the 1st of September 1887. the first Chairman of our club was a local priest Rev. J Carroll and the first Captain was P.J. Lawlor. the club has continued each year since 1887.

It is on record that the first football tournament organised by Athy G.F.C. was in 1889 and the chief organiser of this tournament was thomas Deegan - who was employed in Minch’s Malting firm – a native of Cork. Four teams participated in this tournament – Monastervin, Kellyville, Mountrice and the host club, Athy. Athy were the victors.

the playing pitch in these early days changed several times until 1905. In 1905 the club rented a field at the Dublin road from the South Kildare Agricultural Society – the present day Geraldine Park. the club had the initiative in those early days to erect a paling around the pitch and were the first club in Leinster to do so. this initiative and club’s effort were rewarded when the All Ireland finals were played in Athy in 1906 and 1907.

Athy won their first Kildare championship in 1907 in the junior grade. the club struggled in the senior grade for several years before reverting to intermediate.

In 1929 Fintan Brennan {later a Leinster Council Chairman} became Secretary of the club and with the able assistance of Willie Mahon {grandfather of the 1987 Chairman, also Willie}, set about reorganising the club. Willie Mahon filled the position of Chairman until 1945 and this coincided with the golden era of Athy GFC. We won the Intermediate Championship in 1932 and the Senior Championship in 1933, 1934, 1937, 1942. Athy lost the senior championship final in 1946 and this signalled an ebb in the fortunes of the club until the late 1960’s and early 1970’s when men like ted Wynne and Gerry O Sullivan resurrected the fortunes of Athy, especially in underage competitions. the club won the minor championship in 1966 and 1973 and won the Intermediate Championship in 1974.

After returning to the senior ranks in 1974 Athy struggled to win a senior championship, beaten finalists in 1978, until

1987 when we defeated Johnstownbridge {2.09 to 0.09} to win our first senior title in 45 years. Athy has maintained its senior status since 1974 and has been a major force in Kildare football over the last 34 years.

Athy GFC has provided many outstanding footballers, since it’s foundation in 1887, up to the present day who have represented Kildare at all grades and indeed several county board officers and Leinster Council delegates.

Players such as tommy Mulhall, Mick Carolan, and Sean McGovern played with great distinction in the county colours.

In the current era Michael Foley is a stalwart on the senior panel and he has been joined this year by David hyland and Niall Kelly.

A number of our current panel have been involved with county minor and U/21 panels in recent years, with Cian Reynolds captaining the Minor team that reached the Leinster minor final in 2009.

In 2013 nine Leinster medals were won by Athy players on the Junior, Minor and U/21 squads that delivers provincial honours.

In 1987, the clubs centenary year, the club finished and opened its new clubhouse in Geraldine Park.

today, Athy is as well equipped as any club in the county and our facilities are among the best in the county.. We have a strong and successful underage section winning 3 Minor Championships in a row in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

In 2010 the Club celebrated its first ever win at U/21 level with a win over Clane in the final. the side, captained by Brian Kinahan, was made up entirely of players who were also eligible to play at U/21 level again in 2011.

2011 was a glorious year in the club’s long history, Athy’s sixth senior championship was clinched with a four point win over a gallant Carbury side. the team was captained by Michael Foley, who capped a wonderful year by being named on the all-star team, the first player from the club to achieve the honour. the U/21s finished the year in style by retaining the championship, beating Naas in the final on the Sunday before Christmas.

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BETWEEN them they’ve scored 18 goals in this year’s championship but there’s no guarantee we’ll see a green flag raised in this year’s county final.

Moorefield have been a goal machine in 2013 – netting 11 times in five games – and if there is to be a goal in the final, then they are the ones most likely to get it. In four senior finals against Sarsfields since 2001, the Moores have found the net three times. The Sash have failed to find the net in three of those finals.

Although Sarsfields have been no slouches in front of goal this year – they are second to Moorefield in the goal-scoring charts – they are not as clinical as Moorefield when it comes to bagging goals. Their 0-19 to 1-10 victory over Naas in the semi-finals was the perfect illustration of how they have performed in 2013. Despite dominating the game and recording 19 scores to Naas’ 11, they won by less than they should have and a number of attacks ended with points when goals were there for the taking.

By contrast, Moorefield won their semi-final by five points yet they only scored 11 times (2-9). They conceded 10 scores but their ability to get goals at crucial times ensured they won comfortably and were well ahead long before the finish. While Sarsfields are more than capable of winning with points alone – they scored 19 in round 1 against Ballymore, 16 in round three against Monasterevin and 15 in the quarter-final against Confey – they’ll probably need a goal to win the title although they lost the 2010 final to Moorefield, despite scoring the game’s only goal.

If this year’s final follows the trend of recent meetings between the Newbridge neighbours, then we could be in for a low-scoring game. Sarsfields have scored 1-36 in the four finals, an average of less than 0-10 while Moorefield’s average is 11.75 (3-38 scored in total).

Ronan Sweeney is the only man to score in all four finals although Paddy Murray is the top scorer in those four games with 1-12. That pair are also the only players to start all four finals

THE gOAL gETTERSBy BRENDAN COFFEY, Kildare Nationalist

although Pádraig O’Flynn, Mikey Browne and Pádraig Brennan, another prolific scorer in these finals, have all appeared at some stage.

Moorefield’s scoring average of 19.4 points this year is just behind Sarsfields (19.6) although Sarsfields have averaged 21 in their last three games while the Moores have slipped below 18. Defensively the Moores have the edge – conceding 0-12 on average as against 13.4 for Sarsfields – but over the last three games the Sash defence has become meaner, taking their average concession down to 12.

Whatever about the scoring totals at the finish, if the winning margin is tight then a defender, rather than a forward, could swing the game. Scoring defenders are nothing new in football and this year the Moores’ back six have contributed 1-5 in five games. Sarsfields have mined 0-7 from their defenders – captain Conor Tiernan a significant threat at wing-back having scored 0-4 this year. He is one of three Sash defenders to hit the target – Barry Coffey and Conor Duffy the other two – while four Moorefield defenders have got on the scoresheet. Corner-back Pádraig O’Flynn

Moorefield’s Eddie Heavey has scored three goals in this year’s championship.



has an impressive 1-1 to his name while Lee Murphy, Kevin Murnaghan and James Lonergan have scored 0-1 each.

Up front Sarsfields will look to Ray Cahill – who is averaging 0-5 a game this year – and Alan Smith who has bagged 2-14 in total. If you fancy backing a player to score the first goal then look no further than Moorefield’s Niall Hurley-Lynch. He has hit the net four times this year, the only player to score four goals in 2013. Teammate Eddie Heavey has three goals to his name but unfortunately misses the final because of work commitments with the Defence Forces. Adam Tyrrell is another player to watch in the final – he is the Moores’ top scorer in 2013 with 2-14.

MooREFIELD V SARSFIELDS – CoUNTy FINALS SINCE 2001

2001: Sarsfields 0-10 Moorefield 0-82002: Moorefield 1-8 Sarsfields 0-72007: Moorefield 2-9 Sarsfields 0-92010: Moorefield 0-13 Sarsfields 1-8

ToP SCoRERS – SARSFIELDSRay Cahill (Sarsfields) 0-26Alan Smith 2-14Robbie Confrey 1-5Declan McKenna 2-1Dan Nea 1-4

ToP SCoRERS – MooREFIELDAdam Tyrrell 214Eddie Heavey 3-3Niall Hurley-Lynch 4-0Ronan Sweeney 0-10Ciaran Kelly 1-7

BEST INDIVIDUAL DISPLAySNiall Hurley-Lynch (Moorefield) 3-0 v

Celbridge, Round 2Alan Smith (Sarsfields) 1-6 v Ballymore,

Round 1

PATHS To THE FINALMooREFIELD

Round 1: Beat Leixlip 1-9 to 0-6Round 2: Beat Celbridge 6-14 to 0-9 Quarter-Final: Drew with Clane 1-15 to 2-12Q-F Replay: Beat Clane 1-17 to 1-11Semi-Final: Beat Athy 2-9 to 0-10

Total – F: 11-64 (97) Avg: 19.4; A: 3-48 (60) Avg: 12.0

SARSFIELDSRound 1: Beat Ballymore 1-19 to 1-5Round 2: Lost to Athy 0-16 to 1-8Round 3: Beat Monasterevin 3-16 to 0-10Quarter-Final: Beat Confey 2-15 to 2-14Semi-Final: Beat Naas 0-19 to 1-10

Total – F: 7-77 (98) Avg: 19.6 A: 4-55 (67) Avg: 13.4

Ray Cahill is Sarsfields leading scorer in 2013 with 0-26

Sarsfields’ Conor Tiernan has scored 0-4 from wing-back in this year’s senior football championship



tHe derMOt bOurKe cuPT H E w i n n e r s o f t o d a y ’ s county senior fo ot b a l l f i na l will receive the Dermot Bourke Cup. It was first p r e s e n t e d i n 1975 when Clane defeated Carbury in a replayed decider.

The name Dermot Bourke is synony mous with Carbury football and Broadford hurling. In a lenghty career he won county senior and junior championship medals in both codes.

Dermot, who was born in 1907, lined out at right corner forward on the Kildare team that beat Westmeath in the 1931 Leinster senior football final. A year later he won a Railway Cup medal with Leinster. The Carbury national school teacher represented Kildare on the G.A.A.’s Central Council from 1951 until his death in 1974. He also served as secretary of Carbury G.F.C. from 1938 to 1972.

In 2009, the club embarked on an Underage Development Structure plan to further enhance its reputation of not only being one of the best club in Kildare, but to be one of the best clubs in the country to foster and develop underage activity. As we know success does not happen by chance, and years of planning and development need to be put in place to ensure success will carry forward into the senior section of the club. With this comes a huge responsibility to cater for these young players, and the need to have the right mentors and structures in place to encourage them to continue to play our games.

As a result of this work, Sarsfields GAA Club can boast player numbers of above 500 players within the underage section, and fields 25+ teams weekly in all competitions underage (Football, Hurling & Camogie). Last year, the Clubs Underage Academy was re-launched under the name of one of the greatest GAA players ever to grace GAA pitches all over the country, Dermot Earley (Snr.), and will now be known as the “ Dermot Earley Academy” going forward. It is hoped that Dermot’s spirit will live on with all our young players, who no doubt will continue to hear about Dermot’s heroic and legendary performances for club and county.

Almost four years later, some of the fruits of this plan are already coming to fruition. Success at U14 and under 16 level. The 2012, U16 Championship win was followed up this season with a league and Championship double and an U16 B Championship win over Moorefield and the U14 Boys team won the Kildare Féile with several other final appearances at underage has the club back competing at the highest level when it comes to Bord na nOg competitions. We also have several players representing County Kildare at every underage level in the county including this year’s minor representatives, Cian McConnell, Diarmuid Hartley, Sean Dempsey and Ben McCormack, to continue the path paved by such players as Niall “Nuckser” Buckley, Dermot Earley, Gary White, Alan Smith and many others prior to them; and to also wear the Lilywhite jersey with the same pride as the Sash colours.

Our juvenile players are the future of the club, creating the structures to develop these players

into some of the best senior players is what the underage section of the club are about. Unless underage victories come about through player and coach development, winning underage championships can become fruitless if these players do not make the senior ranks in high numbers.

The Club’s Underage Development plan is be about developing as many players for Sarsfields to continue the great success of this club, and even to achieve further success far beyond its current records of achievements. The club continues to face stiff competition with other clubs, sports and activities, and this is another reason why we have put new structures in place. The future of Sarsfields teams are with us today, with the continued support from its current and future members we continue to build on this great club to further enhance this very proud club of ours.

—STEPHEN MURPHY,Juvenile Chairman, Sarsfields GAA Club

Sarsfields Gaa club dermot earley academy



SENIOR fOOTbALL CAPTAINSSarsfields Captain:

CONOR TIERNANConor Tiernan was appointed senior team captain this y e a r f o l l o w i n g Padraig Brennan’s successful tenure last season. Today Conor wil l play i n h i s f o u r t h Kildare SFC final. He won his first K i l d a r e s e n i o r

championship medal last year, following Sarsfields first championship title since 2005, in additional to winning a Leinster Leader SFL medal and Aldridge Cup medal as Sarsfields won all three senior competitions in 2012.

Conor is another successful graduate from Sarsfields underage ranks. He has won an U14 Féile championship in 2001, U16 in 2003, minor championship in 2005 and U21 championship in 2007.

Conor has tremendous pace and his ability to unhinge defences as he moves forward with determination from the halfback line linking defence with the attack will be a feature of his game today. Whether in training or in a competitive game Conor leads by example. At only 27 Conor is already a veteran in terms of the length of his career to date and is a role model for the younger players. Conor’s desire is to help Sarsfields claim a second successive Kildare senior championship today – a first since 1994 when Seamus ‘Chilly Byrne’ was captain and to bring a Leinster and All-Ireland title to Sarsfields and Kildare.

Moorefield Captain: ROSS gLAVIN

Ross is an officer in the Defence Forces, is 28 years of age and stands 6ft 1in. tall. The Glavins were a very competitive family growing up. No-one wanted to lose, whether it was darts, draughts,

bowls, basketball or snooker. My teammates have been a major part of my sporting life since Under 12 and a lot of us are still pushing each other on now.

Winning the All Ireland with t h e P a t r i c i a n Secondary school basketball team was a highlight. Scoring a goal in Leinster Under 21 final for Kildare 2004. But nothing beats winning Leinster Club Championship in 2006. Career lows include missing a few sitters and losing the Leinster final to Dublin in Croke Park in 2005. Losing to Dr. Crokes in All Ireland Club semi-final 2007.

Ross is one of the many success stories of Moore field’s excellent underage; he joined Moorefield at 10 years of age and won league and championship titles at Under 12(1996, 1997), Under 14 (1998, 1999) and Under 16 (2000, 2001). He won his first senior championship medal at the age of 17 in 2002 and captained the Moorefield team that won the Minor championship the following year. His second senior championship medal came in 2006. He was a vital part of the Moorefield team that also won the Leinster Club Championship in 2006 with him and Daryl Flynn forming a perfect midfield partnership that no team could compete with. 2007 saw him win his third senior championship medal with another good run in Leinster.

In his 11th year of senior football his hunger for success is greater than ever and his experience and leadership will be vital for the team today. He was honoured to be named captain of the team earlier this year and hopes to lift the Dermot Bourke today for the panel, management, Moorefield workers, Moorefield supporters and hopes to join Toss McCarthy, Martin Ryan, Leslie Hogan, Kenny Duane and Patrick Murray on the Winning Captains Roll of honour



tODAy is the fifth meeting between Sarsfields and Moorefield in a Kildare SFC Final. the first ever was in the 2001 final when Sarsfields defeated the then reigning Champions. the record stands at three to one in Moorefield’s favour with Sarsfields winning in 2001, Moorefield in 2002 , 2007 and 2010. the strength of Gaelic football in Newbridge can be gauged by the fact that today the most prestigious prize in Kildare football, the Dermot Bourke who has become accustomed to his home in Sarsfields over the last year will remain in Newbridge for an impressive tenth time since 1999. Moorefield have claimed the Dermot Bourke Cup on five occasions and Sarsfields on four in that time span. the last championship meeting between the two great rivals was in the final in 2010. Sarsfields led by seven points at one stage but the defining moment of the game came with Captain Gary White’s withdrawal at halftime due to illness. After the break with the loss of Gary White and the introduction of Darryl Flynn the momentum swung firmly in Moorefield’s favour and they emerged victorious on a score line of 0-13 to 1-8.

In 2008 Sarsfields as underdogs dethroned the reigning Kildare Champions in the semi-final. Moorefield were chasing their third successive title and thus were prevented from equalling Sarsfields three in a row record from 1950-52, a feat that has never been achieved by any other Kildare club. this historical achievement is proudly revered and jealously guarded in Sarsfields.

today marks Sarsfields’ 14th County Final appearance and eight Championship win since the breakthrough in 1982. this remarkable statistic is in stark contrast to Sarsfields 30 year famine from 1952 to 1982. After the 1955 County final replay loss to Kilcock with Sarsfields heading for obscurity there were to be no more autumnal football banquets for Sarsfields. Instead, eclipsed by new emerging powers, the once mighty and proud Sash were ignominiously reduced to trawling the backwaters and by ways of Kildare football having to console themselves with occasional scraps from the tables of the nouveau riche of Kildare football, the new power elites; Kilcock, Carbury, Clane and Raheens who between them amassed a total of 21 Senior championships before a ravenous Sarsfields tasted championship success again in 1982, 30 years after the three in a row achievement had become a distant memory.

Moorefield themselves suffered an even longer

Sarsfields and Moorefield: An intense Rivalry Renewed

By TONY RYAN, Sarsfields Secretaryfamine than Sarsfields. Indeed the lack of success of both Newbridge teams prompted discussions about an amalgamation between both clubs and the contentious issue even went to a vote in the 1960’s where it was narrowly defeated. however both clubs joined together as Droichead Nua at minor level in the 1970’s and won six minor titles before reverting back to their own clubs in the 1980’s. Moorefield won their very first title in 1962 against Kilcullen, but had to wait until 2000 to claim their second title when they accounted for Kilcock in the final. Since Moorefield made the breakthrough in 2000 they have added four more; 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2010. today will be Moorefield’s seventh County Final appearance since 2000.

the meeting of Sarsfields and Moorfield in the championship, especially in a County Final provokes fierce passion and debate locally and interest beyond Newbridge. today’s clash is given added significance by the fact that Sarsfields are reigning County Champions. Since the final pairing was known last Sunday week after Moorefield’s impressive display in dispatching favourites Athy in the semi final following Sarsfields six point defeat of Naas, there has been much talk about the prospects of both teams in Sarsfields’ and Moorefield’s clubhouses, in the Sarsfields hostelries of Coffey’s and Johnson’s at the bottom of the town and Moorefield’s headquarters in Neesons and the Curragh Inn at the top end as well as pubs such as the Granary owned by the Sarsfields McIntyre family, Swifts and Flanagans.

Con Cummins’ pub on the main street is unaligned with either of the combatants, strategically placed between the partisan pubs of the two football tribes of Newbridge. It is in Cummins’ that supporters of both teams meet on neutral territory, where the ambience is conciliatory rather than confrontational. It is football’s equivalent of an ecumenical gathering as the clientele in Con’s is fairly evenly mixed between Sarsfields and Moorefield supporters and there is always good-natured banter and some quick witted repartee especially on the day of the final and during the run up to a Sarsfields/ Moorfield ‘old firm’ clash.

While there is intense rivalry between the Sarsfields and Moorefield there is also friendship between many supporters and players at all levels and in some cases marriage and even siblings have divided loyalties. But for the duration of the final those friendships will be cast aside. Comrades who soldier and travel together in white



AN iNTENSE RivALRY continued

in support of Kildare will be divided by their allegiance to the green of Sarsfields and Moorefield. Many today will be conspicuous by their absence from each other’s company, preferring to watch the game with their own supporters. In Coffey’s, Greg Pollard. part time barman, student and Moorefield Junior C player will be anxious to avoid duty after the game should Sarsfields claim successive titles. My friend James Mathews a Coffey’s regular and avid Moorefield supporter will be migrating south to Neeson’s win lose or draw.

the friendship that exists is best epitomised by the late Mick O’Keeffe of Sarsfields and timmy Durney of Moorefield who were lifelong friends and were for over 40 years a pantomime duo act. Every year at the pantomime there was plenty of adlibbed Sarsfield /Moorfield ribbing between the two of them. Fittingly the timmy Durney/ Mick O’Keefe Memorial Cup was inaugurated in their memory and is played annually between Sarsfields and Moorefield in football.

A Sarsfields-Moorefield final is a unique occasion with the town bedecked with both teams’ colours and the now de rigour face painting for the very young fans. But it’s not an occasion for the fainthearted. the stakes are high in any final but that much higher when Sarsfields and Moorefield collide.

Prior to the game nerves are strung as taut as steel cables and a little lubrication beforehand is requisite for most supporters to ease the mounting tension as the throw in time approaches. For others though an appeal to divine authority is their only salvation, a prayer in the quiet solitude of the Parish Church being a therapeutic aid for the stomach churning nervousness.

After the final as the pints are being dispensed in Con Cummins by Maureen and Con the winning and losing supporters will have a tacit understanding of each others emotional state and a diplomatic détente will pervade all discussion of the game compared to the more exuberant displays of tribal joy that will take place in the winner’s partisan pubs. In Con’s, Maureen herself a Sarsfields supporter and aunt of Sarsfields player Michael Browne, wont tolerate any language or discussion bordering on provocation and if anyone from either side crosses the line of acceptable behaviour a stern admonishment from Maureen will put the would be transgressor firmly in place. that will be unlikely though as mutual respect between the regulars temporarily divided will be the norm as it has been in the past.

the cruellest moment will arrive if end of the long whistle signifies defeat for one team and their supporters. Elation and anguish are the twin contrary emotions from the opposite end of the spectrum that

await the victors and the vanquished. Both emotions magnified because Sarsfields/Moorefield rivalry is the most intense in Kildare football. the additional prize for the winner is to represent Kildare in the Leinster Championship. Moorefield became only the second Kildare team after Raheens to win a Leinster title at their first attempt in 2006 while Sarsfields have lost two Leinster finals; to Na Fianna in 1999 and to Kilmacud Croke’s in 2005 by a single point. Our ambition is not only to emulate Moorefield’s great achievement in winning a Leinster title but also to become the first Kildare team to win an All-Ireland Club Championship. Irrespective of the result today Sarsfields’ ambition will remain undiminished. With talented minors emerging into Sarsfields senior ranks this season and with former minors and U21 players maturing the future is promising. Whether Sarsfields can fulfil part of that promising future will be revealed at around 4.50pm this afternoon after the latest chapter in the ongoing compelling saga between the two most successful teams in Kildare over the last thirteen years.

Sarsfields SponsorsSarsfields would like to thank our main sponsor for the past three seasons, P g Duffy & Sons Citroen Dealers generous sponsorship of the Senior footballers in addition to the sponsorship of the team tops for today’s final. Many thanks also to newbridge Medical and dental who came on board last year in partnership with the dermot earley academy.

additionally the club thanks the following firms and individuals for their kind Sponsorship.� intel� Centra, Roseberry hill,� Tony Donohoe� Newbridge Credit Union� Johnsons Bar.� All sponsors of our golf Classic.� All sponsors of our Feile teams.� All contributions from club members.If we have inadvertently left anyone out they will be acknowledged in the Sarsfields notes in the local Papers.



ATHY SPONSORSathy GFc wish to thank our club Sponsor

and all our other generous local sponsors including Maxwell Motors, liffey Mills and topaz.

Round 1naas 4-6, Kilcock 0-10celbridge 1-9, Two-Mile-House 1-15Round Towers 2-11, Maynooth 3-10athy 1-10, Moorefield 1-7Sarsfields 3-19, balyna 4-7Round 2athy 2-10, balyna 1-11Maynooth 1-10, Sarsfields 2-12Round Towers 3-11, Two-Mile-House 1-11Kilcock 0-14, celbridge 4-4naas 6-14, Moorefield 1-6Round 3celbridge 2-9, athy 2-14Kilcock 1-15, Moorefield 1-8Maynooth 2-11, balyna 2-10Round Towers 0-8, naas 1-10Two-Mile-House 3-8, Sarsfields 1-15Quarter-finalsnaas 2-10, celbridge 1-9Sarsfields 2-16, Kilcock 1-7Maynooth 1-11, Two-Mile-House 2-10athy 1-11, Round Towers 0-10Semi-finalsSarsfields 0-17, athy 3-9Two-Mile-House 1-10, naas 1-10ReplayTwo-Mile-House 2-10, naas 2-8

Minor a Football championship results

2013

Joe Mallon Motors renault Senior Football

championship results 2013

Round 1ballymore eustace 1-5, Sarsfields 1-19Monasterevan 0-7, clane 1-12allenwood 0-10, St laurence's 2-10celbridge 1-9, naas 0-8athy 6-13, carbury 0-10confey 2-12, St Kevin's 0-12Moorefield 1-9, leixlip 0-6Suncroft 1-9, Maynooth 0-14Round 2naas 1-9, carbury 1-7ballymore eustace 0-10, leixlip 2-15allenwood 1-15, Suncroft 0-11Moorefield 6-14, celbridge 0-9St Kevin's 0-7, Monasterevan 1-6St laurence's 1-14, confey 2-13clane 1-8, Maynooth 0-12athy 0-16, Sarsfields 1-8Round 3leixlip 0-8, naas 1-6St laurence's 0-9, celbridge 0-16Sarsfields 3-16, Monasterevan 0-9allenwood 1-13, clane 2-16Quarter-finalsathy 0-10, celbridge 1-6confey 2-14, Sarsfields 2-15Moorefield 1-15, clane 2-12Maynooth 0-10, naas 0-11Quarter-final Replay Moorefield 1-17, clane 1-11Semi-finalsSarsfields 0-19, naas 1-10athy 0-10, Moorefield 2-9Relegation Semi-finalballymore eustace 1-6, carbury 0-17St Kevin's 1-16, Suncroft 0-9Relegation Final ballymore eustace 0-12, Suncroft 0-9



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(2) l. Ó Murchú (3) G. Ó neachtain (4) P. Ó Floinn LEE MURphY gER NAUghTON pÁDRAig O’FLYNN

(5) c. Ó Muirneacháin (6) I. Ó longargáin (7) S. Ó longargáin KEviN MURNAghAN iAN LONERgAN JAMES LONERgAN

(8) R. Ó Gláimhín (9) c. Ó néill ROSS gLAviN (c) KEviN O’NEiLL

(10) P. Ó hainbhith (11) P. Ó Muirí (12) a. Tirial FRANK hANNiFFY pATRiCK MURRAY ADAM TYRRELL

(13) n. Ó loinsigh (14) R. Ó Suibhne (15) c. Ó ceallaigh NiALL hURLEY LYNCh RONAN SWEENEY CiARÁN KELLY

Fir Ionaid: (16) P. Ó ceannubháin pAURiC CANAvAN(17) c. Ó longargáin COLiN LONERgAN(18) P. Ó Mactíre phiLLiE WOLFE(19) c. Ó duáin KEiTh DUANE(20) l. Ó ceallacháin LiAM CALLAghAN(21) e. Ó ceallacháin EAMONN CALLAghAN(22) a. Ó Maoláin AARON MULLiNS(23) d. de Faoite DAviD WhYTE(24) R. Ó Móra RYAN MOORE(25) R. Ó hUallacháin RYAN hOULihAN(26) l. Ó hÉilí LiAM hEALY(27) e. Ó conchúir EOiN O’CONNOR(28) n. Ó Gealbháin NiALL gALviN(29) d. Ó Ruagáin DES ROgAN(30) d. Ó Floinn DARYL FLYNN(31) e. Ó hÉimhigh EDDiE hEAvEY

SELECTORS:paddy Archboldpaul Dempsey

John McCormackTRAiNER:

Brian McgroganSTATiSTiCS: Joey haydeKiT-MAN:

Cully haydenphYSiO:

Derek Curley

An Captaen:ROSS gLAVIN

Manager:LUKE DEMPSEY

mooReFielDDathanna: gREEN AND WHITE



Dathanna: gREEN WITH WHITE SASH

Manager:JOHN CROfTON

An Captaen:CONOR TIERNAN

SELECTORS:Enda FreaneyEd Donoghoe

TRAiNER:John Doran

phYSiOS:Ken & Susie Coffey

STATS: Mark Dunning

KiT MAN: Noel SherryMAOR UiSCE

Seán Sheridan Darragh Murphy

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(2) S. Ó hUrthaile (3) d. Mac dónaill (4) c. Ó dufaigh ShANE hURLEY DONNAChADh McDONNELL CONOR DUFFY

(5) c. Ó Tiarnáin (6) n. Ó ceallacháin (7) b. Ó cofaigh CONOR TiERNAN (c) NiALL O’CALLAghAN BARRY COFFEY

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(13) d. Mac nia (14) R. Mac confraoich (15) a. Mac Gabhann DAN NEA ROBBiE CONFREY ALAN SMiTh

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SARSFiELDS SENiOR pROFiLESNAME POSItION AGE hEIGht OCCUPAtION DEBUtPATRICk O’ SuLLIvAN Goalkeeper 26 6-1 Electrician 2007SHANE HuRLEy Corner Back 19 6-1 Defence Forces 2001DONNACHADH MCDONNELL Fulback 22 6-1 Student 2010CONOR DuFFy Corner Back 30 5-11 technician 2003CONOR TIERNAN half Back 26 5-10 Defence Force 2007NIALL O’CALLAgHAN Centre Back 29 6-1 Surveyor 2010 BARRy COFFEy half back/forward 19 5-11 Student 2011DECLAN MckENNA half Forward 22 6-1 Student 2011SEáN CAMPBELL Defender/Midfielder 23 6-1 Defence Forces 2007MICHAEL BROWNE half Forward 32 5-8 Fitter 1999RAy CAHILL Forward 23 6-0 Defence Forces 2009RONAN FITzgIBBON half Forward 19 5-11 Student 2013DAN NEA half Forward 20 5-11 Student 2010ROBBIE CONFREy Full Forward 25 5-11 Plumber 2007ALAN SMITH half Forward 26 6-1 Bank Offical 2007JOHN MELIA Goalkeeper 23 5-10 technician 2009gARy WHITE Centre back/Midfield 26 6-1 Defence Forces 2007DERMOT EARLEy Midfielder 35 6-3 Defence Forces 1997SEáN DEMPSEy Midfielder 17 6-1 Student 2013ROBERT MuRPHy half Back 28 5-11 Accountant 2007CIARáN McINERNEy ASPELL half Back 23 5-11 Defence Forces 2012BEN McCORMACk Midfielder/Forward 17 6-1 Student 2013PáDRAIg BuCkLEy half Forward 22 6-1 Student 2012AIDAN McLERNON half Back 31 5-10 Planning Consultant 2007 PáDRAIg BRENNAN Corner Forward 34 6-0 Defence Forces 1997JOE BuCkLEy half Back 24 5-11 Student 2013IAN MuLLIgAN Corner Back 19 5-11 Student 2012DIARMuID HARTLEy half Bacl 17 5-8 Student 2012CIAN McCONNELL Corner Back 17 6-0 Student 2013 ALAN SCuLLy Corner Back 17 6-0 Student 2013DEAN DOMICAN Midfielder 23 6-0 Student 2013 DARRAgH McHugH half Forward 17 6-1 Student 2013 CONN WHELAN half Forward 17 5-11 Student 2013 CON kAvANAgH Midfielder 17 6-1 Student 2013 CIARáN CAREy Corner Back 25 5-11 Defence Forces 2007



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Kevin MurnaGHan half Back 28 5-10 Block Layer 2007

tOM KinSella Goalkeeper 19 6-4 Student 2013

lee MurPHy Corner Back 27 5-11 Accountant 2009

Ger nauGHtOn Full Back 28 6-0 Plumber 2006

PadraiG O’Flynn Corner Back 31 5-10 Architect 2000

JaMeS lOnerGan half Back 28 5-10 Carpet Fitter 2001

Kevin O’neill Midfield 32 6-2 Carpenter 2000

daryl Flynn Midfield 28 6-3 Electrical Engineer 2003

david WHyte Midfield 25 6-3 Defence Forces 2006

eddie Heavey half Forward 23 5-10 Defence Forces 2011

FranK HanniFFy half Forward 30 5-11 Carpenter 2001

rOnan SWeeney Forward 32 6-4 Architect 1998

adaM tyrrell half Forward 21 5-10 Defence Forces 2011

niall Hurley lyncH Forward 25 5-8 Defence Forces 2006

PHiliP WOlFe Forward 34 6-0 Defence Forces 1996

ciaran Kelly Forward 26 6-0 Engineer 2005

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PatricK Murray Forward 34 5-11 Carpenter 1996

liaM callaGHan Back 31 5-10 Mechanic 2006

eaMOnn callaGHan half Forward 23 5-10 Defence Forces 2013

aarOn MullinS Forward 25 5-8 Safety Co-Ordinator 2011

cOlin lOnerGan Corner Back 22 5-10 Carpet Fitter 2010

KeitH duane Forward 27 5-8 Alarm Installer 2004

Pairic canavan Goalkeeper 34 5-9 Dealing Manager 1998

ryan MOOre Midfield 19 6-2 Defence Forces

ryan HOuliHan half Back 18 5-11 Defence Forces

liaM Healy Corner Back 19 6-0 Student

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By CORMAC O’MALLEYTOMMY CALLAgHAN Leinster LeaderWAS IT A GOOD YEAR FOR FOOTBALL IN KILDARE? Any year Kildare can win a minor, U21 and Junior provincial title (not forgetting the U16s) must be regarded as a good year and while the senior boys crashed out at the semi final stage before giving way to Mickey Harte’s side in the Qualifiers, overall the answer has to be yes, it was a good year.FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHT OF 2013: No doubt the three provincial wins; the trick now is to build on that success.BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Personally, the decision not to reappoint Kieran McGeeney as senior manager.COUNTY FINAL PREDICTIONS: Moorefield by a whisker. Athy in the minor.

bRENDAN COffEY –Kildare NationalistWAS IT A GOOD YEAR F O R F O O T BA L L I N KILDARE?Any year in which Kildare win a championship is a good year but to win both the minor and under-21 Leinster titles is something to get excited about. The seniors disappointed in the championship but there was plenty to admire throughout the league and introducing so many new players was an important development. It’s been a good year of club action too.FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHT OF 2013? Too many to choose from really but Confey against Sarsfields in the senior championship quarter-finals was just spellbinding. It was to club football what Kerry v Dublin was to the inter-county season – it had everything including a brilliant winner from Conor Tiernan.BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT IN 2013? The way in which Kieran McGeeney was ousted as manager. No manager should ever have to go through such an unseemly process let alone a man who gave so much to this county.

FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR? Chris Healy has

tHe FOOtball year tHat WaS 2013been magnificent for club and county so too David Hyland but at the moment Sean Hurley shades it for his tour de force in the intermediate final for Johnstownbridge.

COUNTY FINAL PREDICTIONS: Senior – Very hard to call with players missing on both sides and some still uncertain to be available. If both sides were at full strength I’d favour Moorefield but I think the absentees will hurt them too much, especially in the closing stages, where I think Sarsfields will edge three or four clear. Minor ‘A’ - The replayed semi-final against Naas was probably the making of Two Mile House. Athy rode their luck big time against Sarsfields. If the occasion doesn’t get to them, the House should have four or five to spare.

CORMAC O’MALLEY – Freelance JournalistWAS IT A GOOD YEAR F O R F O O T BA L L I N KILDARE?: With Leinster Junior, Under 21 and Minor titles, a semi-final place in Division One of the National League and an O’Byrne Cup win over treble (league, Leinster and All Ireland) winners Dublin, some counties might construe that as a relatively successful year, but it wasn’t a good year for football in Kildare overall.

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: The criticism directed towards the under 21 footballers by certain so-called supporters after their defeat to Galway in the under 21 All Ireland semi-final.

FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR? I would have to plump for Johnstownbridge’s Sean Hurley. He helped his club finally cross the Rubicon last week in the Intermediate championship and alongside his starring role for the Kildare under 21’s he was outstanding for NUI Maynooth in the Sigerson Cup and showed huge promise for the Kildare Senior team as well

COUNTY FINAL PREDICTIONS: Senior – This is very close to call. Sarsfields haven’t managed to put back to back titles together for a while, but they are due a win in a final against their great rivals having lost the last three. I’ll edge towards Sarsfields but possibly after a replay. Minor ‘A’ – Athy shocked most people when they snuck past a very talented Sarsfields side in the semi-final while Two Mile House will be battle hardened after their duel with Naas in the other side of the draw. A hesitant nod to Athy on this one



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THERE were moments when Sarsfields must have doubted they'd even get this far.

Well-beaten by Athy (0-16 to 1-8) in the second round, they were in a hole against Monasterevin during a frustrating round three game. Despite having an extra man for 52 minutes, they were 8-6 down early in the second half. Half an hour later they had 3-16 on the board but the cracks appeared again in the quarter-finals against Confey. With 12 minutes to go, they trailed by four points. That they ended the game in front surprised their captain, Conor Tiernan, as much as anyone else.

“I was very surprised that we fought back like that,” says Tiernan. “Ususally Sarsfields teams wouldn't be renowned for fighting back like that but all the lads dug deep and we came out with the result and it lifted us big time.”

It has been a frustrating year for Sarsfields but then it was never likely to be as smooth as 2012, when they won all three senior titles in Kildare. Recapturing the style and spirit which took them to the county title was made all the more difficult by the loss of midfielders Matty Byrne and Gary White, who had to travel overseas on duty with the Defence Forces.

“It's been tougher coming back this year. Training-wise, we've kind of done the same.

tiernan PleaSantly SurPriSedBy BRENDAN COFFEY, Kildare Nationalist

Missing the two lads (White and Byrne) has been tough. Everyone's been writing us off and everyone is surprised that we actually got this far but fair play to our lads. They've been training hard and they all believe, that's why we're here,” says Tiernan, who is a three-star private in the Defence Forces.

The 25-year-old was chosen as captain at the start of the year but he has become a veteran by default. With White and Byrne absent along with the injured Dermot Earley, Tiernan suddenly became one of the most experienced players on the pitch. This will be his fifth county final, having been part of the squad as a teenager in 2005, when the Sash reached the Leinster final. It will also be his third time to face Moorefield in the final.

“It's totally different,” he says of the all-Newbridge clash. “The build-up to it, the town, the buzz. Everything. It's totally different to playing a county final against anyone else – everyone's just totally focused. There's the pride of the town and everyone's friends because we all grew up together and we all went to school together.”

Friendships will be put to one side, for 60 minutes at least, because for Tiernan and his teammates they have yet to experience a victory against their great rivals in the finals. If revenge wasn't enough motivation, the Sash are also seeking to emulate the Moorefield teamwho won back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007.

“We don't really think about two in a row, it's another county final and there's only going to be a kick of a ball in it,” says Tiernan. “A Sarsfields-Moorefield county final is always helter-skelter stuff.”

Winning a second would be all the sweeter for Sarsfields, considering the hurdles they've had to overcome in 2013. At half-time against Confey, their manager, John Crofton, laid it on the line to them.

“Crofton said to us, 'everyone's writing us off and we've nothing to lose',” Tiernan recalls but on Sunday they have to put their title on the line against the greatest rivals. Expect fireworks.



� Sarsfields captain Conor Tiernan will be hoping to be the only Captain since Seamus ‘Chilly’ Byrne in 1994 to help bring a second successive Kildare SFC title to Sarsfields. Chilly Byrne also has the distinction of captaining Sarsfields winning Championship teams at U21, Minor and U16 level.

� Joyce Conlan who won All-Ireland medals with Kildare in 1905 and 1919 holds the record of having won most senior football medals in Kildare. Joyce Conlan made an enormous contribution when Sarsfields won seven Kildare senior championships between 1904 and 1910. to the seven in a row. He won two more in 1912 and 1915 bringins total to nine with Sarsfields. He also won a championship medal with St. Conleths’s when the short lived club won their only title in 1921. Joyce Conlan also had the distinction of being appointed Kildare’s first ever team manager in 1946.

� When the Junior C team managed by Chairman John Holden narrowly lost out to Moorefield this year following a replay there were three brothers on the team. Alan, Kevin and Padraig Scully played throughout the season.

� Tom and Liam Brenna are the only twins to have won Kildare SFC medals.

� When Sarsfields captain, Mick Geraghty accepted the Senator Cummins Memorial Cup following Sarsfields 3 in a row from 1950 to 52 he and most of the team would have been taught by the popular Cork native. Senator Cummins is now permanently associated with Sarsfields after the County Board presented the Cup to Sarsfields in recognition of Sarsfields’ treble, when the Dermot Bourke was inaugerated in 1975.

Sarsfields Snippets� Congratulations to Jimmy McMullen who

managed the Kildare junior Camogie team to All-Ireland success in September and was ably assisted by Mark Sexton in bringing the title to Kildare.

� Congratulations to Ryan Houlihan and Jamie Connolly who were members of the Kildare minor team which won the Leinster title this year after a lapse of 22 year.

� Congratulations to James Murray who was a member of the Kildare Under 21 panel who won the Leinster Championship.

� Congratulations to Kate Hannon and Carrie Pedley who were members of the Kildare Under 14 team who won the Leinster title.

� Functions: The club now caters for big and small functions (christenings, birthdays, weddings, communions, confirmations, etc.) Any Moorefield members interested in having a function in Moorefield contact John at [email protected] or 086-8047333.

� Moorefield Merchandise is now for sale in the club shop every Saturday morning from 11am-12.30pm.

� The Moore’s “Mid Term Disco” for 1st-3rd year students. Friday 25th october, 8-11pm. Venue: Moorefield. Admission €5.

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MOOREFiELD MASCOTSToday’s mascots are Jamie Wolfe and twins Zach and Corey McGrogan. Jamie is the son of Moorefield senior footballer Philie Wolfe and Zach and Corey are the sons of the team’s trainer Brian McGrogan. The three boys have gone to all the senior games this year and are very excited to be mascots today. They joined Team Moorefield Underage training this year and are enjoying learning the skills of the game from our coaches and senior footballers.



IIN hIS history of Moorefield Club, published in 1984, Alex Whelan wrote:

“In 1882 two brothers in the Moorefield area, John O’Kelly of Moorefield Road and James O’Kelly of Ballymany decided to start a Gaelic football game to combat the game of soccer in the town. they gradually persuaded most of the locals to change from playing soccer to play the Gaelic game and the first Gaelic football team in Newbridge was formed.

“Calling the team the J J O’Kelly’s after the O’Kelly brothers, they duly acquired a football field on W. Cummins’s land beside the railway on the old coach road from Ballymany to Milltown”.

As there was no County Committee and no championships until 1888, “the club arranged matches against teams from Eyrefield, Monutrice, Monasterevan, Kildare town and Milltown”. the Moorefield tournament was a highlight of the Kildare GAA calendar in the early years, and acted as an unofficial trial for the team that played in the 1903 All-Ireland final.

When the GAA was formed in 1884 the club changed its name from J J O’Kelly’s to Moorefield, the name of the local townland. Royal Irish Constabulary records from 1890 show that Moorefield J J O’Kelly’s had 100 members with officers listed as James Callaghan, John Langton, thomas Lannery and John Dixon.

the club’s first county title was in junior football in 1932 and was followed by intermediate titles in 1937 and 1939. triple Leader Cup success (1958-60) put Moorefield on the map as a serious force leading to victory in the 1962 championship - on 12 May 1963. the senior hurlers also won the county title that year (1963), 20 years after their first win in that grade, and won again in 1991.

the Millennium year, 2000, heralded unprecedented success for Moorefield in Adult Football, hurling, Camogie and Ladies Football.

the adult football section have been one of the most successful clubs on the field over the last 13 years having won a Leinster Club Championship (2006), five Senior championships (2000,2002,2006,2007,2010) five league titles (2001,2008,2010,2011,2013) Minor championship (2003) three Under 21 championships (2000,2001,2003) Senior B championship (2004), Reserve A championship (2011,2012), Reserve C Championship (2013)Junior A Championship (2002) Junior C Championship (2001,2002,2003,2006) Junior B Championship (2007), Jack higgins Cup (2006,2012). this has been a golden era for the club and it can be attributed to the outstanding underage coaching structure which nourishes “Dedicated to Excellence” from day one.

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the Ladies football section has gone from strength to over the past decade. Since its foundation in 2000 the Ladies football section have won the following: five Junior titles (2009 Championship, 2010 League and Championship, 2012 League, 2013 League), two Minor titles (2007 and 2011) and several underage titles: U-12 (2005 B, 2011 B, 2012 C), U-13 (2010 C), U-14 (2011 D, 2012 E), U-15 (2010 D, 2011 D) and U-16 (2006 B, 2011 D). the Camogie Section of the club was founded by the late Mary McMullen in 1986. Since its formation the Camogie club has flourished and enjoyed success at various grades winning two Senior B titles, an Intermediate title, several junior titles and numerous underage titles. Earlier this year the Camogie club, in partnership with the hurling club, introduced a new coaching programme for 4 – 8 year olds; “Mum, Dad and Me”. this initiative allows the parents/guardian to learn the basic skills of the game along with their child/children. this programme has proved to be a great success with 30 plus young boys and girls enjoying the game of Camogie/hurling in Moorefield GAA.

In 2006 the hurling section of the club re-entered adult competition and were Junior champions in 2007 and Intermediate B champions in 2008. In 2010 the Intermediate A Championship was achieved. In 2011 the cub fielded in the Senior League and Championship and won the Junior League, but found the going tough at senior level due mainly to emigration and retirements. Relegation followed and the club operates at intermediate A for 2013. this year the team won the timmy Durney cup beating Sarsfields 2-14 to 1-13 and lost out to eventual Intermediate Championship winners in the semi-final of the championship.

the Chairman Martin Murray would like to thank all our Moorefield members, players, mentors and supporters who have worked hard and supported the club throughout the year, its greatly appreciated.

Speaking at the opening of the clubhouse on Moorefield Road in February 1950, Mr tim Clarke, county secretary, stated that Moorefield was “the oldest club in Co Kildare, being first registered in 1887”. (Leinster Leader 25 February 1950). the Leader reported that the county secretary “ Was glad to see the flag still flying [in 1950] and that the team had been successful in the junior championship”. that the green flag is still flying proud and high in 2013 is a tribute to the men and women who built the club in so many ways over the past 130 years. Let the present generation of players, members and supporters ensure that the Moorefield Club remains a leading club in County Kildare.



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FOR the first ten minutes of the 1962 senior football championship final at Droichead Nua on Sunday spectators had visions of an epic encounter but the best wine came at the beginning and for the remainder of the match the superiority of the Droichead Nua side was too marked to lend anything more than passive interest to the long postponed encounter.

Moorefield won easily and fully deserved the victory but full marks to Kilcullen for a game display against a vastly better side.

While the result of the game was generally anticipated, for the first ten minutes it looked as if Kilcullen were all set to fill the role of giant killers in this opening period they fielded beautifully, passed adroitly and combined so well generally that they looked a better team than the home side, rattled and unsettled by the unexpected co-ordination and speed of the visitors.

But the picture changed completely in the thirteenth minute when a high shot from Moorefield sharp-shooter harry Fay found the back of the Kilcullen net.

From then on Moorefield were always shaping the better and at half-time it was obvious that only a miracle would prevent the Droichead Nua team from winning their first ever senior football title.

Deserved MoreBut Kilcullen battled back right gallantly in this first half and while

they gained only one other point they deserved a little more being in very bad luck on at least one occasion when a high dropping ball which seemed to have the defence well beaten dropped in a muddy patch on the goal line and was scrambled clear.

And the visiting defence was best during this period when many Moorefield raids were broken up or cleared. the fact that Moorefield had eleven wides in the first half was by no means entirely due to inaccurate shooting but was to a great extent brought about by the wholehearted efforts and close policing of the Kilcullen defence.

Kilcullen had only three wides in the first half and one of them was from a 14 yards free almost directly in front of the goal-mouth.

After the interval positional changes were noted on the Kilcullen lineout but they proved of little avail against the rival side which became more the masters as the second half progressed.

In retrospect, the outcome of the game came as no surprise, for the Moorefield team, even on paper, seemed to outclass the opposition so completely that their victory was assured. yet all honour to Kilcullen for a valiant effort, especially in the early stages.

this was their first venture in senior standard for a number of years and they did well to reach the county final and put up such a spirited display against a side with the services of three county regulars and quite a number of “possibles” for All White jerseys.

While Moorefield shaped the better in all sectors their greatest

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asset lay in attack where Fay, McCarthy and Farrell were outstanding, Fay being particularly accurate on most occasions and McCarthy using his weight and undoubted football “brains” and experience to play a captain’s part in his comparatively new role as centre forward.

In the centre, Paddy Moore and Paddy Anderson had the edge on t. Connell and Shamie Aspell, although at times Moore found himself with his hands full trying to cope with the resourceful Kilcullen captain, Connell.

Joe Moran, Jimmy Cummins and Jim McDermott were most noted in a sound Moorefield defence and one must again record the fine efforts of Jimmy Cummins, surely one of the best “small men” in football in the province to-day.

For Kilcullen, full-back, J. Barker had a great game and he was ably assisted in the defence by B.Doyle and B. Duffy. In the circumstances, the midfield pairing of Connell and Aspell did quite well, while in attack the Mitchell brothers, J.Kelly and C. Aspell did well.

THE PLAy:Moorefield opened the scoring when McCarthy sent over in the third minute but the advantage was short lived as Kilcullen shaping really well, stormed back and C. Mitchell sent over the bar from a free.

Kilcullen continued to press without avail and the next score, in the thirteenth minute, was a Moorefield point punched over by John Farrell.

Seconds later came harry Fay’s grand goal, and sustained Moorefield pressure brought points from Fay (18th minute) and McCarthy (21st)) before Sean Lambe sent over for Kilcullen in the 24th minute.

Moorefield were soon rampant again and had points from Fay (26th) and McCarthy (29th) to leave the interval score – Moorefield 1-6, Kilcullen 0-2.

It was very much a case of one-way traffic in the second half with Moorefield always on top and their rivals mounting only occasional and ineffective attacks.

Seven minutes after re-start, Dowling sent Moorefield further ahead with a point, a minute later McCarthy punched another and in the 14th minute Clinton had a Moorefield goal.

Moorefield were then complete masters to the end, further scores coming from Fay who had three points to leave the final tally Moorefield 2-11; Kilcullen, 0-2.

Moorefield - D. Craddock, F. Whyte, M. Behan, J. McDermott, J. Cummins, J. Moran, D. Stapleton, P. Moore, P. Anderson, R. Clinton, t. McCarthy, J. Dowling, J. Farrell, h. Fay, J. Gibson.

kilcullen – t. Lynch, S. Schwer, J. Barker, N. Emanuel, B. Doyle, B. Duffy, t. Aspell, t. Connell, S. Aspell, G. Mitchell, h, Mitchell, J. Kelly, S. Lambe, C. Aspell, M. Lambe. Sub –M. Kennedy for Emanuel.

Referee - Kevin Burke.



The Early years: Sarsfields has over a century of history behind it. In 1897, the club was founded with its headquarters in Roseberry and registered as “ Sons of Sarsfield Gaelic Football Club”. The green jersey with the Sash was the chosen club colours and has continued to the present day.

On the playing fields Sarsfields won its first championship within seven years, annexing the 1904 title when beating Naas in Clane, in a delayed final played in January 1905. Combining with Clane, Sarsfields under the captaincy of Jack Murray won the 1905 All Ireland as Kildare representatives.

Nine Sarsfields players played on the Kildare team that reached the All Ireland final in 1903, Jack and Mick Fitzgeralds, Jim and Mick Murray, Jack Gorman, Matt Donnelly, Jem Scott, Mick Kennedy and Frank ‘Joyce” Conlan. A nephew of the team captain Jack Murray was Mick Geraghty who featured in the emergence of the new Sarsfields club that won five titles in seven years after 1945, including a three-in-a-row 1950-2. For the next decade Sarsfields dominated Kildare football, only a Monasterevin intervention in 1911 prevented the Sash winning nine titles in a row.

1945-1952: The next golden era was the 1945-1952 period, winning championships in 1945, 1947 and culminating in a three in a row 1950-1952. Remarkably, considering the quality of teams from Carbury, Raheens, Clane and indeed Sarsfields over the years no club has managed to win thee in succession since that time.

The 1980’s: Sarsfields had to wait thirty years for their next championship win when a team, including Dermot Earley, John Courtney, Ray O Sullivan and Shay Fahy (later an All Ireland winner with Cork) and John Crofton defeated St. Lawrences. Sean O Sullivan, current manager, featured at wingback. Four years later in 1986 Sarsfields won both minor and senior titles.

The Sash also won the All Ireland sevens in 1983 and 1984. In 1983, the team which included Kildare manager, John Crofton, Steve Kinneavy, John Courtney, Mick Walsh, Bernie Geraghty, Christy Sweeney, Des Bergin, Shay Fahy and Joe Murphy defeated Scotstown,

Sarsfields gAA Club 1897-2013Monaghan in the final on a score line of 1-21 to 2-15 in extra time. In the all Kildare final of 1984 the Sash accounted for Johnstown Bridge, winning on a score line of 4-15 to 2-8. Sean O Sullivan, manager of Sarsfields 2005 county championship winning team, played in that game.

1990-2005: The nineties saw the emergence of the phenomenally talented Niall Buckley and in 1993 with the experienced John Crofton, recently installed as county senior football manager, as captain, a young Sarfields team were champions again. To crown a fantastic year the minor and under twenty -one titles were also annexed. David Earley, Enda Freaney and John Whelan played in all three finals. The Dermot Burke Cup was retained in 1994 and the three in a row seemed a real possibility. Ballyteague, however, ended that dream in 1995.

In 1999 Sarsfields youth policy produced the goods again. With the emergence of such talents as Dermot Earley (junior) and Padraig Brennan (scorer of 10 points in the 1996 minor final),another championship was won despite the loss of Niall Buckley to suspension. The club reached its first Leinster final only to lose to Dublin’s Na Fianna.

Sarsfields twentieth title was captured in 2001 when neighbours, Moorefield were defeated. Na Fianna from Dublin defeated the Sash in the Leinster semi-final but used six substitutes, one more than allowed. The penalty was forfeiture of the game but Sarsfields offered to replay it. In a thrilling game, with Dermot Earley outstanding, Sarsfields were beaten in extra time with literally the last kick of the game.

2005 was another outstanding year for the Sash, winning the minor and senior championships. Sarsfields reached their second Leinster Final, narrowly losing out to Kilmacud Crokes. Gary White and Alan Smith, emulated the 1993 minor trio of JohnWhelan, Dermot Earley and Enda Freaney by playing on both teams. However, the minors were denied their opportunity of sharing the county final day with the seniors as Laurence’s, finalist in minor and senior finals were granted their request of postponing the minor game to allow their minors play with the senior team.



AROUND the mid-1980s Moorefield Executive Committee saw the need to reorganise the Underage Section and give it a higher profile. This proved to be an inspired decision and was probably the most momentous decision every taken by the club in terms of games development. The task of turning this vision into reality was given to Timmy Durney, RIP, Seanie Whyte, RIP, and Martin Phillips.

They quickly assembled a willing band of coaches, team managers and mentors. Special emphasis was placed on recruiting young players and giving them the opportunity of playing football and hurling in a friendly and non-competitive environment. Underage activities were well organised and supervised. The children received top-class tuition from dedicated club coaches and all were encouraged to reach their full potential.

Progress was slow at first but by the end of the eighties “green shoots” started to appear and the early 1990s saw the first signs of success. At the club AGM of 1992 the secretary reported: “This year the club has won more honours at underage level than at any other stage in its history”. That year the club won the U-14 Football Championship for the first time and received the Bord na nÓg Club of the Year Award. They retained the title the following year and added three more titles before the end of the decade. They won Féile “A” Football Titles in 1998 and 1999 and represented Kildare at the All-Ireland Féile Competition in Donegal and Clare. They reached the semi-final on both occasions, going out to the eventual champions each time.

Success at U-14 football level was quickly followed by U-16 Championships in 1993 and 1994. In 1998 the club commenced an amazing run of five consecutive U-16 Football Championship final appearances, winning four

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of them. The foundation of Moorefield success at senior level was truly laid during that period. Under-16 Football League titles followed in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2009. Numerous other underage titles at every age level were also won over the past 20 years and all contributed to the present high standard of adult football in the club, and the five senior championship and several other titles since 2000.

Moorefield have now established a tradition of excellence and achievement and this is maintained by the highest level of coaching practice through

“A system that ensures quality coaching for every child, no matter what their level of ability, a total enjoyment philosophy based on gradual development, non-competitive games where children are allowed to express themselves and well-organised and well-supervised underage activities will ensure our continued success into the future”.



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Back Row: Shauna Kendrick, Ciara Morris, Karla O’Reilly, Anna Lawless, Emily Ausberry.Front Row: Laura Scales, Molly price, Melissa O’Brien, gemma harnett, Emma Lyons (captain)

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Did You Know that…MOOREFIELD played in the very first Kildare senior football championship match against Irish Harpers (Hazlehatch) at Naas on 1 April 1888.

Moorefield set the record of playing more game time than any of the other 11 clubs in in the 1888 championship - four matches, two going to extra-time, totalling 300 minutes, the next closest being Clane and Maynooth, each with three matches, one with extra-time. The other nine clubs were Naas, Athy, Mountrice, Newbridge, Monasterevin, Kilcock, Hazlehatch, Straffan, Milltown & Rathbride.

Moorefield took part in nine of the first ten senior championships – only Clane took part in all ten. Moorefield clubrooms were the venue for many county committee meetings in the early years of the GAA

Moorefield hosted Leinster football and hurling championship matches between Kildare and Dublin “in glorious weather and before a large gathering of spectators … on the Moorefield grounds, Newbridge…The grounds, which are situated near the railway station, were in good condition”. Kildare won the football match by 3-7 to 3-4 and Dublin’s Faughs defeated Kildare, represented by St Conleth’s, in hurling. (Kildare Observer 6 June 1903)

The 1902 Moorefield team “included a pin-point free-taker, Jim Scott, and three Fitzgeralds. Their transfer to Roseberry for the 1903 championship was significant in the annals of Newbridge GAA”. (Kildare GAA by Eoghan Corry).

These players, and M Kennedy who also transferred to Roseberry, lined out in the 1905 All-Ireland final, played at Thurles on 16 June 1907 when Kildare beat Kerry by 1-7 to 0-5. In an article on the county team in 1905, The Kildare Observer noted that before he played with Roseberry, Mr J Scott “Started his football with Moorefield, as also did M Kennedy and the Fitzgerald brothers. He seldom fails to score, and his kicks are noted for length and accuracy”.



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Leixlip boys team.

Leixlip girls team.

THE BEST in underage handball players took to the courts as players fought for titles in both 40x20 and 60x30 over the weekend 5th to 7th July at Féile na nGael in Limerick. Kildare was represented by a boys and girls 40/20 teams.

Boys 40/20: The Boys 40/20 captured the Division 4 40/20 title. The Girls were runners up in the Girls division 2 40/20 competition. Leixlip boys emerged winners from teams from Kilkenny, Galway, Dublin, Laois and Cork. They beat Mallow 2 in the final on a score of 35 aces to 22..

The Boys team was Kal Cribben , Aaron Doonan and James Killeen, : James Bowden and Jamie Muddiman.

Girls 40/20: The reach the division 2 final from a group of teams from Limerick, Wexford, Tipperary, and Tyrone. Leixlip lost a dramatic final on a score 33 aces to 31 aces.

The girls team was Mollie Dagg, Niamh Masterson, Niamh Spence. Ciara Harrington and Leah Doyle (Captain)

Girls 40/20 Skills: Leah Doyle Leixlip achieved second in the girls 40/20 skills competition. She finished runner up to Ella Donnellan of Kilkishen, Clare and ahead of Sinead Meagher of Nenagh, Tipperary.

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Cha Fitzpatrick, Lorcán O’Rourke, Dermot Earley, Jimmy Magee, Glenn Ryan and Johnny Doyle

Moorefield Know your Sport champions 2013

IT WAS with deep regret that we learnt of the passing of Kevin Brennan late on Thursday night March 21st.

Kevin was a lot of things to a lot of people. Firstly he was a loving husband to Anne, a loving father to sons Andrew, Eoin, daughters Caoimhe and Niamh and a doting grandfather to Aoibhe, Sara and Tadgh. He also left behind three caring brothers, John, Christy and Michael, extended family and many friends.

In his 43 years working in Cosgrove’s Chemist, Kevin helped the people of Newbridge with their medication and health matters. Sport was Kevin’s great passion particularly GAA. He also loved Rugby. Kevin claimed he never liked Soccer but I think that he secretly watching it just to give out about it.

Kevin loved getting a few friends together and heading to the races. But it was Sarsfields that Kevin loved most of all. Kevin served as Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of Sarsfields. As a club officer Kevin was involved in the purchase of the club’s grounds in Rickardstown and the building of the original clubhouse in 1984. He was also active in setting up the underage section.

As a Sarsfields club officer Kevin said what he thought. You always knew where you stood with Kevin. Everything Kevin did was always done in the best interests of Sarsfields.

Kevin was a selector on various teams down through the years. He was never one to be quiet at a match especially when he was a selector. At one match where the referee who knew Kevin well, made a harsh call against Sarsfields, Kevin let him know in no uncertain terms what he thought of him. The ref

remembering Kevin brennan - a true Gael and loyal Son of Sarsfields 1954- 2013 by BRENDAN RYAN, former Sarsfields chairman

walked to the sideline and asked Kevin his name. Kevin said “you know my name”. The ref replied that he had to hear Kevin say it, and when the ref wrote Kevin’s name in his book, turned to Kevin and said “I have waited years to do that”. After the match Kevin met the ref in the bar, shook his hand and asked him what he was drinking. That was Ke v in . What happened on the field stayed on the field.

Kevin took great pride in seeing Sarsfields win county titles and when Sarsfields players represented Kildare. He also enjoyed the celebrations and was known to sing a verse of “the winner tales it all” late on county final night. In the weeks heading to a county final Kevin loved to put flags up around the town. While he drove the van with the flags he made sure his loyal friends, Pauric Moran and Barney Breslin along with the rest of the flag crew put the flags up correctly.

The people of Newbridge, the GAA family, particularly Sarsfields, sorely miss Kevin but Anne, Andrew, Eoin, Caoimhe and Niamh feel the greatest loss. Kevin might be gone but he most definitely will not be forgotten.

– FROM ALL HIS FRIENDS IN SARSFIELDS.



THREE years is a long time for a modern Moorefield footballer to wait for a county final.

An injury victim in 2010, this year’s team captain Ross Glavin has endured an even longer absence, one that his generation are not used to. The 28-year-old, who is a Captain in the Defence Forces as well, won his first championship in 2002 and Sunday’s clash with Sarsfields will be the club’s fifth final since then.

After bowing out at the quarter-final stage last season, the Moores could only watch on as their neighbours won the title.

“It’s an added incentive,” says Glavin when asked if Sarsfields’ success motivated the Moores. “The fact we haven’t won or been near a final in three or four years is enough incentive in itself to get our own act together and make sure we’re well prepared.”

glavin fighting to win the race against timeBy BRENDAN COFFEY, Kildare Nationalist

The passage of time is something that Glavin is all too aware of and having suffered serious knee injuries in recent seasons, he knows that time waits for no one.

“We haven’t been there since 2010 and everyone’s getting on a bit now so we feel that we might be running out of a bit of time so while we’re there we’ll try to make the most of it.”

Glavin has moved into defence this year, slotting in at centre-back without much difficulty, but he may well have to revert to midfield on Sunday as Moorefield count the cost of their absentees – Daryl Flynn and David Whyte. An older and wiser footballer, Glavin knows where the team’s strengths now lie.

“We might have lost a bit of pace but what we’ve lost there we’ve gained in experience so we’ll be looking to use that to our advantage,” he says. “If I can stay in third gear as long as I can, I’ll be happy.”

Third-gear action is not what you’d expect from a county final featuring the two Newbridge sides. Already the tension is building around the town.

“It does bring an extra bit of spice being a local derby – you’ll have some people fighting over a flagpole in the town,” Glavin admits. “There’ll be territorial aspects to it too. There’ll be a good buzz around the town but once that whistle blows, it doesn’t matter who you’re playing, it’s just about that 60 minutes and it’s just about lifting that cup and coming out on top.”



ANSWERS. 1, He was the first man to be presented with the Sam Maguire Cup. 2, 22 years. 3, Ronan ‘Roli’ Sweeney. 4, Martin Lynch, Clane. 5, 1945. 6, Pat Dunney, Raheens. 7, Three (1906, 1910, 1943). 8, Moorefield. 9, Frank Burke (with Dublin 1917 and 1920in hurling and 1921/22/23 in football). 10, 2004. 11, Roseberry. 12, Handball. 13, Dermot Earley. 14, Dave Stapleton. 15, 1991. 16, Six times (1975/76/78/79/80/82). 17, 1920 (First won by Caragh). 18, Broadford. 19, Seamus ‘Sos’ Dowling. 20, The Polo Grounds, New York.

20 QueStiOnS tO teSt yOur Gaa KnOWledGeby lOrcán Ó ruairc

1. What unique honour did Kildare captain, Bill ‘Squires’Gannon have in 1928?

2. Kildare won the Leinster minor football title in 2013 after how many years?

3. Who retired from the Kildare panel in 2013 after 14 years having scored 10-62 in league and championship?

4. Name the second Kildare player to win an All Star award.

5. In what year did Sarsfields first win the Kildare SFC title?

6. I won a Kildare SFC medal while I was County Chairperson. Who am I?

7. How many Kildare SFC finals went to two replays?

8. Which Kildare club won the 2006 Leinster Club Championship?

9. Name the only Kildare man to win All-Ireland hurling and football medals.

10. In what year did Allenwood win the Kildare SFC title for the first and only time?

11. Which club won the Kildare SFC title every year from 1904 to 1910?

12. In which sport did Tommy O’Rourke from Ballymore Eustace win a world title in 1984?

13. My father was an All Star in 1974 and 1979. I won two such awards in 1998 and 2009. Who am I?

14. I won Kildare SFC medals with the Military College (1956) and Moorefield (1962) and later became Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces. Who am I?

15. In what year did Mick O’Dwyer first manage the Kildare team?

16. Newbridge reached the county minor football final 8 times between 1975 and 1982. How many times did they win the title?

17. In what year was the Leinster Leader Cup introduced in Kildare football?

18. Dermot Bourke played football with Carbury … but with which club did he play hurling?

19. My father won SFC (1962 cham pionship) and SHC medals with Moorefield in 1963 and I played in the 1998 All-Ireland football final. Who am I?

20. Where was the 1947 All-Ireland football final played?

Moorefield Know Your Sport Championship

The club is especially grateful to the following players and personalities who took part in the recent Moorefield Know your Sport championship for which Jimmy Magee was question master:

Johnny’s All Stars: Johnny doyle, dermot earley, Glenn Ryan, James ‘cha’ Fitzpatrick (winners).

Katie’s Ladies: Katie walsh, nina carberry, Hazel Mulligan, louise Keatley.

Ruby’s Rogues: Ruby walsh, Roger loughman, david casey, alan crowe.

Tommy’s Scribes: Tommy callaghan, brendan coffey, Killian whelan, Ger Mcnally.



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Back Row L-R: Bernard Doran, Tony Kerrigan, Phelim Farrell, Fergal Langan, Peter Farrell, Eamon O’Donoghue, Ricky Doran, Kieran Flynn, P.J. Doran, Joe O’Donoghue, Pat McDonnell and Paddy O’Donoghue.

Front Row L-R: Seán Murray, Ken Dixon, Noel Kerrigan, Dermot Doran, Christy McNally, Kevin Cooney, Ger Ennis, Declan Kerrigan, Colm Farrell, Barry O’Donoghue, Val Callanan, John Cooney, Alan Sullivan and Derek O’Brien.

Inserts L-R: Denis Bourke, Gabriel Flynn, Luke Dempsey and Ger Haslam (R.I.P.).

Jubilee Team – Johnstownbridge 1988/89

It is widely acknowledged by the G.A.A. public In Kildare that JohnstownBridge senior footballers were the kings of Kildare during the 1980's. Through the decade, from 1980 to 1989 they won three Senior Championships and three Leinster Leader Cups and further success was to accrue for them in the 1990's.

Today we honour the Senior Champions of 1988 and 1989 marking the 25th

Anniversary of that successful two in a row team from JohnstownBridge.

RoLL oF HoNoUR1980 Leinster Leader Cup1983 Senior Championship1985 Leinster Leader Cup1987 Leinster Leader Cup1988 Senior Championship1989 Senior Championship1990 Leinster Leader Cup



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gABLES LEiSURE CENTRE NEWBRiDgEcongratulations to Johnstown bridge Senior champions of 1988 and 1989

Best of luck to the Sash and the Moores in the County Final



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