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KILDARE 0-16 WEXFORD 0-8 An eight point win over Wexford in Chadwick’s Wexford Park tonight was enough to secure a quarter-final place for Kildare in the Eirgrid Leinster Under 20 Football Championship. Manager Brian Flanagan rang the changes for the…
By Richard Commins First Published in the Kildare Nationalist 11 January 2023 Is there any man whose impact on Kildare GAA was as diverse and widespread as that of Jim Clarke, the Ballymore Eustace man and long-time Naas resident who…
As expected David Herity has been forced to name a very experimental team for tomorrow's Kehoe Cup opener against Carlow in Netwatch Cullen Park (4pm). With Naas, ironically managed by Carlow manager Tom Mullally, in action earlier in the afternoon…
It's hard not to have one eye on Kerry when perusing the Kildare selection for tonight's O'Byrne Cup Group C meeting with Carlow in Netwatch Cullen Park (7.30 pm). In stark contrast to his predecessor Jack O'Connor, now back for…
KILDARE Hurling manager David Herity has named twelve newcomers in a 36-strong panel ahead of the Kehoe Cup campaign which throws in next Sunday away to Carlow. Five of the newcomers come from beaten county finalists Celbridge - Andy Shanagher,…
New Kildare manager Glenn Ryan may have to plan without explosive Naas forward Darragh Kirwan for the early stages of the Allianz Football League after the youngster was forced to miss the county champions' AIB Leinster Club Final defeat to…
Pre-Leinster Final Interview with Kildare Manager Jack O'Connor By Richard Commins Eight months after his only Championship defeat to Dublin as a manager and Jack O’Connor was still smarting with the perceived injustice of it all. The decision to appoint…
After Kildare went out of the Leinster Under 20 Championship to Westmeath, a clearly riled Kildare manager Brian Flanagan decried the decision not to make senior panellist Alex Beirne available for the clash with the Lakesiders, who by contrast had…
Watching the ever-brilliant Laochra Gael episode on Dermot Earley Junior on TG4 tonight and seeing Kieran McGeeney interviewed about Dermot reminded me just how big an influence the Armagh man was on that group of players. Peter Kelly alluded to…
I took the plunge yesterday and launched a series of Twitter polls (@kildaregaa365) aimed at gauging whether Kildare football supporters share some or all of my concerns about the state of the Kildare senior football team and set-up. Firstly, I…