St. Kevin's Boys Football Club, is an

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club in four locations in

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and in The Ward,

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, Ireland, with more than 40 schoolboy teams who play in the Dublin District Schoolboys League and a number of senior sides who play in the Leinster Senior League. The club uses playing facilities at Ellenfield Park, Shanowen Road, St. Aidan's CBS, Ward Cross, the Royal College of Surgeons Cloghran, Collinstown, Hampstead Park, and Coolgrena. In 2018, St. Kevin's entered into a player development pathway, a five-year agreement, with

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History

Foundation and development

Founded in 1959, by Fr. Des Williams, the club grew into one of the biggest schoolboy clubs in the country, with a number of players progressing on to full time careers in England, and played for the Irish International side. Playing in Ellenfield Park, beside Whitehall Church. In 1984 the club built the clubhouse and hall in Larkhill. In the 2000s, the club developed an all-weather pitch on Shanowen Road, adjacent to their clubhouse in Larkhill.

Academy cup

To commemorate their 50th year, in 2009, the club started the invitational annual ''St. Kevins Boys Club Academy Cup'', which has hosted youth sides (under-13) from many of the best sides in Europe. Academy sides from Ajax, Arsenal, Benfica,

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, Celtic F.C., Celtic, Deportivo La Coruna, Borussia Dortmund, K.R.C. Genk, Genk, Bayer Leverkusen, Olympique Lyonnais, Real Madrid, and West Bromwich Albion have participated in the competition over the years.St Kevins Boys 2018 Academy Cup Launch
Dublin Gazette, February 12, 2018.

Bohemians academy agreement

In 2018, St. Kevins Boys entered into a player development pathway, a five-year agreement, with

. The academy has U13, U15, U17 and U19 teams which all play in the Football Association of Ireland, FAI Underage League of Ireland, National League.

Notable former players

* Liam Brady * Robbie Brady * Jack Byrne (footballer, born 1996), Jack Byrne * Stephen Carr * Ryan Cassidy * Trevor Clarke (footballer), Trevor Clarke * Sam Curtis * Damien Duff * Jimmy Dunne (footballer, born 1997), Jimmy Dunne * Evan Ferguson * Ronan Finn * Ian Harte * Jeff Hendrick * Danny Mandroiu * Karl Moore (footballer), Karl Moore * Michael O'Connor (footballer, born 1998), Michael O'Connor * Alex O'Hanlon * Josh O'Hanlon * Dara O'Shea * Eoghan Stokes * Luke Wade-Slater * Gavin Kilkenny

References

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