Kildare county hurling team


The Kildare county hurling team represents Kildare in hurling and is governed by Kildare GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Joe McDonagh Cup and the National Hurling League.
Kildare's home ground is St Conleth's Park, Newbridge. The team's manager is Brian Dowling.
The team has never won the Leinster Senior Championship, the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League.

History

Kildare hurlers came within minutes of reaching a Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final in 1976, holding a four-point lead over eventual All-Ireland SHC finalists Wexford until the closing stages of the semi-final. That performance earned Johnny Walsh a replacement All Star award.
The county's major hurling successes were four All-Ireland Senior B titles, an intermediate All-Ireland, and two junior All-Irelands. The closest it came to playing in the top division of the National Hurling League was when it lost a four-point lead in the last ten minutes of a Division 1B promotion play-off against Clare in 1971.
Kildare defeated Waterford in the league in two successive years, was tied at half-time against Tipperary in the 1971 National League quarter-final, and lost to the same team by six points in the quarter-final of 1976. Kildare also lost a promotion play-off against Waterford in 1974.
Kildare participated in the Christy Ring Cup, reaching the 2007 final where defeat to Westmeath followed.
In 2014, Kildare won the Christy Ring Cup for the first time in its history, defeating Kerry by a scoreline of 4–18 to 2–22 in the final.
Kildare later won the 2018 Christy Ring Cup.
Kildare later won the 2020 Christy Ring Cup. The winning manager, David Herity, was previously the Kilkenny goalkeeper.
Kildare beat Carlow and then Laois in the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup. Kildare followed this with a win over Down, thus qualifying for the final against Laois.

Panel

Recent players include:

Management team

Managerial history

Morgan Lalor 2001–2005
Ben Dorney Cork 2005–2007
Andy Comerford Kilkenny 2007–2010
Michael O'Riordan 2010–2011
Willie Sutherland Wexford 2011–2013
Brian Lawlor Tipperary 2013–2015
Joe Quaid Limerick 2015–2018
David Herity Kilkenny 2018–2023
Brian Dowling Kilkenny 2023–

Players

Captaincy

Team of the Millennium

Jimmy Curran, Tommy Burke, Richard Cullen, Seamus Malone, Tommy Christian, Pat Dunny, Tony Carew, Bobby Burke, Jack O'Connell, Johnny Walsh, Tommy Carew, Pat White, Mick Dwane, Mick Moore, Mick Mullins.

Honours

All-Ireland titles

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

League titles

Provincial titles