Eadestown GAA
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Eadestown is a GAA club in Kildare, based in the smallest parish in the diocese of Dublin, winners of the Kildare county senior football championships in 1970. Kill and Eadestown combine for juvenile purposes under the name 'Cill Éide.' Larry Tompkins was a member of the Kildare Gaelic Football team of the millennium.
History
RIC records from 1890 show that Eadestown Seaghan O'Neills had 40 members with officers listed as James Walsh, John Byrne, John Walsh and Joseph Malone. Rathmore Rovers played Maddenstown five times in the Kildare junior final of 1909. Rathmore lost four matches and drew another, but succeeded in getting four replays through various technical objections. Between 1910 and 1912 the name of the team was changed from Rathmore to Eadestown.
Eadestown beat Ballymore to win the Junior League in 1914. A single junior league final appearance in 1941 (when they were beaten in a replay by Sarsfields) distinguished their career until 1960, although Ger Headon played for the county in the late forties. In 1960 Eadestown pulled off the junior championship from the B division, the first team ever to do this. Eadestown progressed from Junior B to senior football champions in a ten year period 1960-70. They were county semi-finalists in their very first year in the senior championship in 1961. Tony and John Hayden, Christy Magee, and Ned and Pat Grainger came to the attention of senior selectors. They regarded to Intermediate in 1966 and winning the championship thanks to a great display from Tony Hayden in 1968 and were semi-finalists again in their first year back in 1969, at one stage threatening not to finish their semi-final against Carbury as a protest against the sending off of one of their players. Eadestown qualified for the 1970 county final with a surprisingly big win over Clane and twelve-point defeat of Castledermot selected side, St. Laurence O'Toole's. The match swung Eadestown's way in the 35th minute when Noel Grainger hit the post. Sean Dowling followed it up with a goal. Noel Grainger captained the team, and the performance of Offaly star Larry Coughlan at centrefield alongside Liam Casey was a decisive factor in winning the match. With Dave Kavanagh and the Tompkins bothers, especially Larry, on board they regained senior status in 1983, having won the Junior B championship of 1980, lost the Junior A final in 1981, and then won Junior A and intermediate in succession to compete at senior level once more.. In 2004 former soccer international Niall Quinn played with Eadestown in Kildare league and championship matches.Honours
- Kildare SF Champions 1970.
- Intermediate F Champions 1960, 1968, 1983, 1996.
- Junior F Champions 1915, 1982, 1991.
- Jack Higgins Cup winners 1960.
- Junior B Champions 1960, 1980.
Bibliography
- Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, ISBN 0950937002 hb ISBN 0950937010 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.
External links
| Kildare Gaelic Athletic Association (2006) | ||
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| Affiliated Clubs | ||
| Senior Football Championship | ||
| Allenwood - Athy - Carbury - Celbridge - Clane - Ellistown - Kilcock - Kilcullen - Leixlip - Maynooth - Moorefield - Naas - Round Towers - Sallins - Sarsfields - St Laurence’s | ||
| Intermediate Football Championship | ||
| Ardclough - Ballymore - Ballyteague - Castledermot - Castlemitchell - Confey - Eadestown - Grange - Johnstownbridge - Kill - Monasterevin - Raheens - Rathangan - Rheban - St Kevin’s - Suncroft | ||
| Junior Football Championship | ||
| Ballykelly - Cappagh - Caragh - Clogherinkoe - Milltown - Nurney - Rathcoffey - Robertstown - Straffan - Two Mile House | ||
| Senior Hurling | ||
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Ardclough -
Celbridge -
Clane -
Coill Dubh -
Confey -
Éire Og/Corrachoill -
Kilcock -
Leixlip -
Maynooth -
Naas | ||
| Other Hurling clubs | ||
| Athy - Broadford - Broadford - Ros Glas - Moorefield - Naomh Bríd - St Laurence's - Sallins | ||
| Underage Amalgamations | ||
| Cill Éide - Geraldines - Na Fianna - St Coca's - St Edward's | ||
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