Kilgarvan GAA


Kilgarvan is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland. They play in the Intermediate Hurling Championship and Division 2 county league. Kilgarvan play football in Division 5 of the county league and in the Kenmare District Board championship and County Novice Championship.

History

The club was founded in 1889. It was one of the five founding clubs of competitive hurling in Kerry. In 1889 Kilgarvan was one of five clubs who competed in the first Kerry Senior Hurling Championship. Kilgarvan won three Kerry Senior Hurling Championship in 1953, 1956 and 1958. In 2007 Kilgarvan became the first Kerry club to win a Munster Hurling club game when they beat Caherline from Limerick in the Quarter-final of the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship on a scoreline of 2-11 to 2-09. Later they were then beaten by Moyle Rovers 2-17 to 4-05 in the semi-final. In 2008 made more history by becoming the first Kerry club to make it to a Munster Final when they made the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship Final, however they lost out to Cork side Dripsey on a scoreline of 2-11 to 1-03.

Honours

Hurling

Kerry Senior Hurling Championship: 1953, 1956, 1958Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1972, 1981, 1982, 1984, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship: Runners-up 2008Kerry Junior Hurling Championship: 2005Kerry Under-21 hurling championship: 1972, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2019 Kerry Minor Hurling Championship: 1959, 1983, 2010 Kerry Senior Hurling League Division 2: 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2019Kerry Senior Hurling League Division 3: 1994, 2007South Kerry Senior Hurling Championship: 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019South Kerry Senior Hurling League: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014South Kerry Junior Hurling Championship: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012South Kerry Junior Hurling League: 2006, 2007

Football

Munster Junior B Football Championship: 2018, 2023Kerry Novice Football Championship: 2018, 2022Kerry Novice Shield 2: 1999, 2001Kenmare District Board Senior Championship : 1961Kenmare District Board Intermediate Championship : 2003
  • Kenmare District Board Junior Championship : 1991, 1998
  • Kenmare District Board Senior League : 1983

County Championship Winning Captions