Erin's Own GAA (Kilkenny)
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| Founded: | 1885 | ||||||||
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| County: | Kilkenny | ||||||||
| Nickname: | Rogha Éireann | ||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Canon Kearns Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°48′20.99″N 7°12′43.72″W / 52.8058306°N 7.2121444°WCoordinates: 52°48′20.99″N 7°12′43.72″W / 52.8058306°N 7.2121444°W | ||||||||
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Erin's Own Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1885 and since then has been the main sporting organization in the Castlecomer area in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Erin's Own fielded teams in 11 different grades of hurling and in 7 grades of gaelic football in 2006, and is currently undertaking major development at its new ground, Canon Kearns Park.
With a membership of about 200 adults and about 100 youths the club is in the enviable position of having two properties, the first, The Prince Grounds, in the town, and the second, Canon Kearns Park, on the outskirts of the town, towards Kilkenny.
Erin's Own has enjoyed senior status since 1958, and while the Senior title remains elusive, hundreds of players and supporters have derived great enjoyment from the club over the years.
In 1979, Erins Own reached their only Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final, opponents on the day were Ballyhale Shamrocks. The game was a draw (0−14 apiece) and the replay was abandoned midway through following an accidental pull by an Erins Own player which resulted in a mass brawl. The score at the time was Ballyhale 3−12, Erins Own 1−6. The team on the day was: Eddie Mahon, Tom Cloney Brennan, Martin Coogan (Capt), Donal Dunne, Tommy Brennan, Peter Boran, Martin Fogarty, Eamonn Wallace, Joe O' Neill, Michael Nash, Mick Cloney Brennan, Seamus Brennan, Eamonn Brennan, Mick China Brennan, Terry Brennan
The club has won titles in all grades of Hurling and Football except the two big ones, Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship and Kilkenny Senior Football Championship. In 2001 both titles were in sight, with the Hurlers losing the League final and reaching the Championship semi-final, while the footballers went even closer, losing the final in a replay. Erins Own won Senior Football finals in 2002 & 2006 when Barry "Baz" Dunne scored a deliberate and deftfully-taken goal from the left wing, lobbing the keeper who hasn't been seen since.
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