Kilrossanty GAA
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| Founded: | 1885 | ||||||||
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| County: | Waterford | ||||||||
| Nickname: | The Rossies | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green And Gold | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Pairc Naomh Brid, Leamybrien | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°09′58.22″N 7°31′03.87″W / 52.1661722°N 7.5177417°WCoordinates: 52°09′58.22″N 7°31′03.87″W / 52.1661722°N 7.5177417°W | ||||||||
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Kilrossanty GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Lemybrien, County Waterford, Ireland. Kilrossanty is one of the oldest GAA clubs in Waterford. It was founded in 1885 and took part in the very first Waterford senior football championship in 1885.Kilrossanty reached its first final in 1886 and also the following year,1887, before winning its first title in 1888 without a single score being recorded against them. Kilrossanty have won fifteen Waterford senior football titles and they also hold the distinction of being the longest club in Waterford to hold on to their senior status without ever been relegated to intermediate ranks. On winning the junior title in 1937, Kilrossanty were promoted to the senior grade and have remained there ever since. In their earlier years they had been up and down between senior and junior on a number of occasions. Kilrossanty is more noted for being one of the big footballing clubs in Waterford but they do play underage hurling and have also fielded a number of adult hurling team on a number of occasions. They won a junior B hurling title in 1990.
Honours
1888, 1919, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989,
- Waterford Junior Football Championships: 6
1918,1926,1937,1998, 2010, 2013
- Waterford Minor Football Championships: 1
2004,
- Waterford Under-21 Football Championships: 4
1983,1992,1993, 2011
- Waterford Junior B Hurling Championships: 1
1990
Famous players
- Declan Troy
- Tom Riordan
- Jimineen Power
- Jim Maher
- Noel Walsh
- Sean Ormonde
- Dick Maguire
- Mick Prendergast
- John Lonergan
- Mick Veale
- Jim Sayers
- Pa 'Gunner' Cunningham
See also
- Kilrossanty - the nearby village which gives the club its name
References
Sources
- http://www.kennyphoto.com/nationalist/1999/19991127.html
- https://www.fethard.com/nationalist/1999/19990626.html
- http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/fun-factor-gone-out-of-football-as-pressure-now-name-of-game-1318993.html
- http://www.hoganstand.com/obituaries/default.aspx?County=Waterford
- http://www.waterford-news.com/news/story/?trs=cweycwidsn
- http://www.blogigo.co.uk/boywondor
- http://fethard.com/nationalist/2000/20000129.html
- http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2000/09/16/current/spage_14.htm
- http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/GL/free/294323750322668.php
- http://kerrygaa.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=classic&action=print&thread=2730