Club History

County Championships Won by Kildysart

Source: C.L.G. Chill an Disirt 2000-2011 plus year on year updates 

Senior Football Championship: 1889
Intermediate Football Championship: 1967, 1986, 2003
Intermediate League (Banner Cup): 1991, 1992, 1995, 2010, 2012
Junior A Championship: 1945, 1953, 1961 (losers championship), 1966, 1984, 2008
Junior A League: 1984
Junior B League: 1981
County Grounds Division: 1975
Junior Novice Hurling: 1968
Under 21 B Championship: 1983, 1987, 1998
Under 21 C Championship: 1995, 2011, 2017
Minor B Championship: 1944, 1959
Minor C Championship: 2007, 2012 (with Coolmeen), 2013 (with Coolmeen), 2015, 2016, 2017
U17 A Championship: 1995 (with Clondegad)
U16 B Championship: 2013 (with Coolmeen)
U16 C Championship: 1992, 1994, 2010 (with Coolmeen), 2014, 2016
Juvenile (U15) Championship: 1941, 1957
U14 B Division: 1976, 1977
U14 C Division: 2014, 2016
U12 Division 2 Mini League: 2011, 2012, 2013
U12 C Championship: 1988, 1992
U12 C Division: 1988, 1990, 1996

Note: In 1944, Kildysart players played on the Coolmeen team which won the Cusack Cup and the Clondegad team which won the intermediate championship.

West Clare Championships
U15A: 2013 (Kildysart/Coolmeen), 2015 (Kildysart/Coolmeen), 2016 (Kildysart/Coolmeen)
U15B: 2003, 2005, 2011 (Kildysart/Coolmeen), 2015 (Kildysart/Coolmeen)
U12B: 2010, 2011, 2014 (Kildysart/Coolmeen)
U11B: 2011
U10B: 2009, 2011

LADIES:  Formed in 2013
U16 C Shield  2017
U15 Jonny Hayes Tournament Shield 2016
U14 D Cup:    2016
U14 D Shield: 2015
U14 League: 2017
U12 Championship: 2017



In 2011 the club celebrated 125 years in existence.  To mark this momentous occasion, the club launched a DVD covering the year 2011, with highlights of matches from the 1980's and interviews with past and present players.  A book was also launch detailing the history of the club from the 2000's.  This book picks up where the previous book detailing the history of the club ended.  The DVD cost €20 and the book cost €20 and special offer for 2 books covering the club over it's entire history costing €25.  These are now on sale from any club officer. 


  
A brief History - Kildysart GAA club was founded in 1886, just a few years after the GAA itself was formed. While the clubs main activity has been the playing of gaelic football, it has been involved in a wide variety of activities over the years.
In gaelic football, the club has been relatively successful, winning at least one championship in almost every decade since the 1930's. Indeed Kildysart won the county senior football championship in 1889, the clubs only senior title to date. In 1939, Kildysart won the county Junior Championship.
The clubs next major success was in 1945, when the Junior Championship was won. Kildysart beat Scariff by 1-5 to 0-3 in the final at Ennis. The Junior Championship was won again in 1948, 1950 and 1953. In the late 1950's the club had success at underage level, winning a Juvenile Championship in 1957 and a Minor Championship in 1959. Kildysart became County Junior Champions again in 1961, and also won the title in 1966. In 1967, the club went on step further and won the Clare Intermediate Championship, beating Coolmeen in the final.
In the 1980's the club had a very successful period, starting with Clare under-21 B Championship victory in 1983. The following year the Junior Championship was won at the expense of Naomh Eoin in the GAA's Centenary year. In 1986, Kildysart had its most famous victory in recent times, when Coolmeen was defeated on a scoreline of4-4 to 1-7 in the Intermediate final.
In the 1990's, Kildysart won the Intermediate League on three occasions. In 1995, a Kildysart/Clondegad team won the County Under-17 title, and Kildysart won the Under 21 C Championship. Intermediate & Junior titles were also won in the '00's. Its just the beginning ..........