Kilcock GAA
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| Founded: | 1887 | ||||||||
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| County: | Kildare | ||||||||
| Nickname: | "The green and gold" | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green and Gold | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Branganstown, Kilcock | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°23′40″N 6°40′05″W / 53.394538°N 6.668015°WCoordinates: 53°23′40″N 6°40′05″W / 53.394538°N 6.668015°W | ||||||||
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Kilcock is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Kilcock, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of five Kildare Senior Football Championship: (1914, 1917, 1955, 1957, 1958) and Kildare club of the year in 1982. Located on the border with County Meath, Kilcock has a long and proud tradition of Gaelic Games. Traditionally Kilcock draws it players from the village itself as well as the surrounding rural areas of Laragh, Ballycaghan, Clonfert and Belgard.
Kilcock GAA began life as Kilcock O’Connell’s and were one of the strongest early GAA clubs in Kildare. Christy Rochfort was a prominent footballer and referee of the early years. Six Kilcock men have won All Ireland Senior Football Championships with Kildare(1905,1919).
Kilcock won their first Senior Football Championship in 1914 beating Clane GAA 1-4 to 0-4. Kilcock repeated this success in 1917 beating Kilcullen GAA by 5-0 to 2-1.
The 1950s was a glorious decade for Kilcock. Winning the Junior A and overall Junior championship of 1950, the club won promotion to the senior ranks in 1953 and won the Leader Cup (Division One League) the same year. This was followed by Senior Football Championship titles in 1955, 1957 and 1958. Kilcock last won the Kildare Senior Football Championship in 1958 when they defeated Round Towers GAA (Kildare) on a scoreline of 3-12 to 3-8. On each occasion the Kilcock team were welcomed home to the Fair Green in the village where it is said that the porter flowed uninterrupted for days on end and the bonfires burned long into the night.
Unfortunately however our success would not last and the 1960s saw Kilcock decline as a senior power. Relegation to intermediate level in 1968 was a blow to the club however our spell at intermediate level was short lived as the club went on to win the Intermediate Championship in 1969.
In 1970 a major decision was made which saw the formal unification of Kilcock and Cappagh GAA as a senior team. As both clubs come from the same parish and often pull players from the same areas it was felt that such an amalgamation would benefit all within the parish of Kilcock & Newtown. However this amalgamation did not last long and when Cappagh acquired their own field in Ballyvoneen in May 1971, both clubs went their separate ways. After the break up, Kilcock were re-graded to Junior A and football was to languish in the doldrums for the rest of the decade.
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