Two Mile House GAA
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| Founded: | 1885 | |
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| County: | Kildare | |
| Nickname: | 'The House' | |
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Two Mile House is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland. The club grounds are located on The Commons, just off the Dunlavin Road. Eircode is W91 RF84. The parish of Two Mile House is surrounded by the towns of Naas, Newbridge and Kilcullen.
Two Mile House won the 2014 All Ireland JFC Champions after defeating Fuerty of Roscommon 5-7 to 1-11 on 9 February 2014.
Gaelic football[]
- Jimmy O'Connor won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal with Kildare in 1919.
- Maurice Colbert (also won a leinster minor medal), Shane Darcy and Christopher Burke are all holders of Leinster Under-21 Football Championship medals.
- Peter Kelly won an All Star in 2010.
- Mark Sherry, Chris Healy, Adam Burke & Richard Drumgoole Maguire won a Leinster minor championship with Kildare in 2013. Mark Sherry captained the side and Chris Healy won the Man of the Match Award.
Underage development only really began in earnest in the early 1980s thereby making Two Mile House a relatively young club in real terms. From the late 1990s until recently the focus of the club had been exclusively on Gaelic football. Underage Hurling teams are now competing for Two Mile House.The club mens senior football team is currently playing in the Intermediate Championship and League Division 2.
Camogie[]
The camogie club competed in the 1950s and 1960s, beating Caragh 5-0 to 4-2 to win the 1967 county championship. The team got to the Leinster in the 1956 inter-provincial final, and also being selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century. Two Mile House camogie club revived briefly in 1991 and enjoyed many years of underage success until the late 1990s.
Honours[]
- Kildare Intermediate Football Champions 2018.
- Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship 2018.
- Leinster Junior Club Football Championship 2013[1]
- All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship: 2014[2]
- Kildare Junior A Championship: 1994, 2013
- Kildare Junior C Football Championship 1979
- Kildare Junior Football League 1935, 1979
- Kildare Senior Camogie Championship: 1967
- The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup 2000.
- Kildare Junior B Football Championship and League 2004.
- Kildare Minor Football League Div 4 2005.
- Kildare Minor B Football Championship 2006, 2017
- Kildare Senior Football League Division 3: 2008,2013,2017
- Dowling Cup 2013
- Jack Higgins Cup 2013
Underage Hurling
- Kildare Under-14 Div 3 League Winners 2016
- Kildare Under-12 Div 4 League Winners 2016
- Kildare Under-12 Div 3 League Winners 2017
- Kildare Under-13 Div 3 Shield Winners 2017
- Kildare Under-14 Feile C Winners 2018
Notable players[]
References[]
- ^ "Healy the Two Mile House hero". Irish Examiner. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "All-Ireland glory for five-goal Two Mile House | Daily News | GAA News". GAA.ie. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
Bibliography[]
- 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.
External links[]
- Gaelic Athletic Association clubs established in 1885
- 1885 establishments in Ireland
- Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Kildare
- Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare