Full name | Kilkenny United Women's Football Club |
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Founded | 2015 |
Ground | The Watershed, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny |
Chairman | Shane Murray |
League | Women's National League |
Website | Club home page |
Kilkenny United Women's Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Cill Chainnigh Aontaithe na mBan) is an Irish women's football team, based in Kilkenny. In July 2015 the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) announced the formation of the club as an expansion team for the upcoming 2015–16 Women's National League season.
The club played its first match on 19 July 2015, hosting Celtic at Buckley Park. Ahead of the first WNL season experienced campaigner Sylvia Gee was signed, to add experience to a youthful squad.