Milltown is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
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club in
Milltown,
County Kildare
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Ireland
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History
Milltown have been affiliated to the GAA since 1888.
Milltown won the Junior Championship in 2008 defeating Robertstown by a single point.
[https://www.milltowngaa.com/history]
In 2017, the club's U21 team were the first U21 team from Milltown to win a championship title.
At some underage grades Milltown, along with Allenwood, Ballyteague & Robertstown, form part of the combined club which represents the parish of Allen, Na Fianna.
Achievements
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Leinster Junior Club Football Championship
The Leinster Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition between the winners of the Junior football competitions in 10 counties of Leinster GAA, Leinster, the Intermediate football champions of Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny, the In ...
: (1) 2023
* Jack Higgins Cup: (1) 1967
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Kildare Intermediate Football Championship
The Kildare Intermediate Football Championship, or Kildare I.F.C., is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Kildare GAA clubs since 1928. The winners currently receive the Hugh Campion Cup in honour of the Suncroft GFC, Suncr ...
: (1) 1972
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Kildare Junior Football Championship
The Kildare Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Kildare GAA clubs. The winning club plays in the Kildare Intermediate Football Championship in the following year. As of the 2022 season the ...
: (3) 2008, 2018, 2023
Bibliography
* Red Sashes and Proud Hearts: 125 Years of Milltown GAA, by Ronan Byrne (2013)
* Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by
Eoghan Corry
Eoghan Corry (; born 19 January 1961) is an Irish journalist and author. He has edited travel sections in national newspapers and travel publications since the 1980s. A former sportswriter and sports editor he has written books on sports histor ...
, CLG Chill Dara,
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
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* Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
References
External links
Milltown GAA club site
{{Kildare GAA clubs
Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare
Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare