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"club of the year" award on several occasions, including in 1996 and 1997. They competed in the senior championship in the 1940s, reaching the semi-final in 1945, and after winning the Junior and Intermediate championships in successive years in 1996-7. The club takes its name from nearby

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Honours

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 ...

: (3) 1942, 1970, 1997 *

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) 1940, 1969, 1996 * Jack Higgins Cup (2) 1969, 1996 * Kildare Senior Football League Division 3: (1) 1996 *

Kildare Senior Football League Division 4 Kildare Senior Football League Division 4 is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the Kildare GAA The Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), or Kildare GAA, is one of 12 county boards governed by the Lei ...

: (1) 1984 * Dowling Cup (1) 2008 * The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup (4) 1995, 1998, 2002, 2007 * Kildare Junior D Football League (1) 1996 * Kildare Under-21 C Football Championship (1) 2014 * Kildare Under-21 B Football Championship (1) 1999 * Kildare Minor B Football Championship (1) 1996 * Kildare Minor Football League Div. 4 (1) 2013 * Kildare Ladies Football Junior C Championship (1) 2013 * Kildare Club of the Year (3) 1969, 1996, 1997

Bibliography

* Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by

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, hb 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.

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