Naas GAA

Naas is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of ten Kildare county senior football championships, ten senior hurling championships, four senior camogie championships and Kildare club of the year in 1981. History Naas played the Curragh on 15 February 1885 to become one of eight clubs which share the distinction of being the first to play in a Gaelic football match. The GAA Naas Sunbursts and Naas Crom-A-Boo were listed as unaffiliated clubs in 1896 while nearby Thomastown was an affiliated club. Naas moved to Spooner's Field opposite the racecourse grandstand in 1913. Father Brennan park was opened in 1930. Naas GAA grounds are now situated on the Sallins Rd, the amenities include three new floodlight pitches, a cloths bank, one way traffic management system and a brand new clubhouse. In January 2025, Naas received widespread media coverage over its decision to appoint controversial former Derry manager Rory Gallagher as a coach. Hurling Naas has won the Kildare senior hurling championship ten times. The first of these titles came in 1951 the team was captained by Big Noise Sheridan and Naas successfully defended the title the following year. The club then entered a barren spell and it was not until some 42 years later in 1994 that the Naas men, captained by Richie Coyle, reclaimed the crown by defeating Coill Dubh. This was the beginning of a golden spell for the club, with further titles following in 1997, 2000 and 2001. The Kildare team that won the Christy Ring Cup in 2018 was captained by Naas’ Brian Byrne. After a seventeen year gap, Naas reclaimed the senior hurling championship in 2019, successfully defended their title in 2020 and completed their first three in a row in 2021. Notable players Eamonn Callaghan, senior Kildare player and All Star Nominee 2010. Eoin Doyle, senior Kildare player and Kildare captain for 2016.[1] Barry Reynolds, senior goalkeeper. Notable managers Tom Mullally managed the club's hurling team. Honours Football Kildare Senior Football Championship: (12) 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1990, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: (2) 1984, 2004 Kildare Junior Football Championship: (3) 1913, 1919, 1981 Kildare Junior B Football Championship (1) 1952 Kildare Under 21 Football Championship: (3) 1984, 2016, 2019 Kildare Minor Football Championship: (8) 1934, 1953, 1981, 1983, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2024 All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 1: 2014 All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 2: 2006 Hurling All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship: (1) 2021 Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship: (1) 2021 Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: (12) 1951, 1952, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (7) 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1964, 1972, 1993, 2019 Kildare Under 21 Hurling Championship 1994, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Kildare Minor Hurling Championship: 1955, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 2: 2014, 2018 All Ireland U-14 Féile Div 3: 2006 Camogie Kildare Senior Camogie Championship (8) 1942, 1959, 1960, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Kildare Senior Camogie League 1942, 1955, 1957 References Bibliography To Spooner's Lane And Beyond, Naas GAA 1887-1987 Céad Bliain Ag Fás by Liam McManus, Naas GAA 1987, 214pp. Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, ISBN 0-9509370-0-2 hb ISBN 0-9509370-1-0 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. The Eoin Hughes memorial cup 1947-1994 The Michael O'leary cup 1953-1999 External links Naas GAA site Naas GAA on Facebook Naas GAA on X Kildare GAA site Archived 21 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Kildare GAA club sites Kildare on Hoganstand.com