Kildare Senior Football Championship

The Kildare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Kildare GAA between the top clubs in County Kildare, Ireland. The winners of the Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Club Championship, the winners of which progress to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current (2023) champions are Naas. The most successful club in Kildare is Sarsfields.

Kildare Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 Kildare Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Peile Sinsear Chill Dara
Founded1888
TrophyDermot Bourke Cup
Title holdersNaas (11th title)

Wins listed by club

#TeamWinsYears won
1 Sarsfields251904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019
2 Clane171888, 1892, 1895, 1897, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1916, 1963, 1967, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997
3 Naas111920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1990, 2021, 2022, 2023
Carbury111940, 1941, 1946, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1985
5 Raheens101935, 1936, 1943, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981
Round Towers101927, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1996, 1998, 2003
Moorefield101962, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
8 Athy71933, 1934, 1937, 1942, 1987, 2011, 2020
9 Kilcock51914, 1917, 1955, 1957, 1958
10 Ellistown41889, 1891, 1939, 1944
11 Caragh31918, 1919, 1926
Monasterevan31890, 1911, 1977
Johnstownbridge31983, 1988, 1989
14 Maynooth21896, 1913
15St Conleth's11921
Rathangan11925
Curragh11948
Ardclough11949
Ballymore11953
Military College11956
Eadestown11970
Allenwood12004
Celbridge12008
St Laurence's12009

Notes:

  • Sarsfields includes 9 titles won under the Roseberry name.
  • Round Towers includes 1 title won under the Kildare St. Patrick's name.
  • Ellistown includes 2 titles won under the Mountrice Blunts name.

Finals listed by year

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
2023[1]Naas0-13Celbridge0-11
2022[2]Naas1-12Clane0-06
2021[3]Naas0-14Sarsfields0-12
2020[4]Athy1-11Moorefield0-12
2019Sarsfields0-15 R:2-15Moorefield2-09 R:2-09
2018[5]Moorefield2-12Athy2-09
2017[6]Moorefield0-11Celbridge0-09
2016[7]Sarsfields2-13Moorefield0-15
2015 [8]Sarsfields0-17Athy1-12
2014[9][10]Moorefield0-16 R:1-15Sarsfields1-13 R:1-06
2013[11]Moorefield2-14Sarsfields0-13
2012[12]Sarsfields2-11Carbury0-11
2011Athy2-11Carbury2-07
2010Moorefield0-13Sarsfields1-08
2009 [1]St Laurence's1-13Moorefield0-06
2008 [2]Celbridge0-07 R:1-09Sarsfields0-07 R:0-10
2007Moorefield2-09Sarsfields0-09
2006Moorefield0-10Allenwood0-09
2005Sarsfields0-11 R:1-11St Laurence's1-08 R:0-08
2004Allenwood0-11St Laurence's0-07
2003Round Towers2-14Kilcock1-09
2002Moorefield1-08Sarsfields0-07
2001Sarsfields0-10Moorefield0-08
2000Moorefield2-13Kilcock2-07
1999Sarsfields0-15Allenwood1-05
1998Round Towers2-08Clane0-04
1997Clane0-13Sarsfields0-08
1996Round Towers1-13Johnstownbridge0-10
1995Clane3-17Athy0-08
1994Sarsfields2-15Johnstownbridge0-09
1993Sarsfields0-11 R:1-15Clane0-11 R:0-16
1992Clane0-09St Laurence's0-07
1991Clane2-10Naas1-06
1990Naas1-14Clane2-09
1989Johnstownbridge1-07Clane1-05
1988Johnstownbridge0-10 1-10 (R)Carbury0-10 0-08 (R)
1987Athy2-09Johnstownbridge0-09
1986Sarsfields0-11St Mary's, Leixlip0-08
1985Carbury1-09Raheens0-05
1984Clane1-09Carbury0-10
1983Johnstownbridge2-07Sarsfields1-08
1982Sarsfields2-11St Laurence's1-04
1981Raheens2-09Sarsfields1-07
1980Clane1-07Raheens1-06
1979Raheens0-15Carbury0-10
1978Raheens3-14Athy2-06
1977Monasterevin2-08Carbury2-06
1976Raheens2-05Monasterevin0-06
1975Clane1-06 2-07 (R)Carbury0-09 1-06 (R)
1974Carbury2-09Ballyteague0-05
1973Raheens1-07Monasterevin0-04
1972Carbury3-14Ellistown1-07
1971Carbury1-11Allenwood1-08
1970Eadestown1-09Carbury0-10
1969Carbury0-10Clane0-07
1968Raheens2-07Carbury1-08
1967Clane4-06Carbury1-09
1966Carbury2-14Raheens0-07
1965Carbury3-13Moorefield1-09
1964Raheens3-10Clane1-09
1963Clane1-08Round Towers2-01
1962Moorefield2-12Kilcullen0-02
1961Round Towers3-08Carbury1-11
1960Carbury2-09Round Towers0-05
1959Round Towers5-05Clane0-07
1958Kilcock3-12Round Towers3-08
1957Kilcock1-06Round Towers1-05
1956Military College1-06Ballymore0-04
1955Kilcock3-13 0-09 (R)Sarsfields4-10 1-04 (R)
1954Round Towers0-03Carbury0-02
1953Ballymore1-06Carbury1-05
1952Sarsfields2-06Carbury0-04
1951Sarsfields2-11North Division1-07
1950Sarsfields1-09Carbury2-03
1949Ardclough1-08 1-11 (R)Curragh1-08 2-06 (R)
1948Curragh2-07Sarsfields2-04
1947Sarsfields1-07Curragh1-05
1946Carbury0-11Athy0-07
1945Sarsfields2-09Raheens1-05
1944Ellistown1-04Carbury0-04
1943Raheens1-03 1-01 (R) 1-04 (2R)Ellistown1-03 1-01 (R) 1-02 (2R)
1942Athy0-06 1-06 (R)Carbury0-06 0-06 (R)
1941Carbury1-09Athy1-06
1940Carbury1-05Kilcock0-04
1939Eiilistown3-02Kildare St Patrick's1-03
1938Kildare St Patrick'sw/oEllistownconc.
1937Athy3-06Sarsfields1-06
1936Raheens1-07McDonagh1-06
1935Raheens6-03Kildare St Brigid's1-00
1934Athy1-03 2-06 (R)Raheens0-06 1-04 (R)
1933Athy2-06Rathangan1-04
1932Naas2-04Curragh1-06
1931Naas6-07Kildare Round Towers0-03
1930Kildare Round Towers2-04Naas0-05
1929Kildare Round Towers3-02Naas1-02
1928Naas3-03Rathangan2-04
1927Kildare Round Towers2-06Athy1-05
1926Caragh3-04Athy3-03
1925Rathangan2-04Caragh1-03
1924Naas1-01 1-02 (R)Kildare Round Towers0-04 0-03 (R)
1923Naas2-05Athy0-00
1922Naas1-08Caragh1-03
1921*St Conleth's1-02Caragh1-12
1920Naas1-06Caragh0-08
1919Caragh2-04Kilcock2-01
1918Caragh2-02Roseberry0-05
1917Kilcock5-00Kilcullen2-01
1916Clane2-02Maynooth0-02
1915Roseberry0-06Maynooth1-00
1914Kilcock1-04Clane0-04
1913Maynooth2-01Kilcock1-01
1912Roseberry2-06Monasterevin1-02
1911Monasterevin2-01Roseberry0-02
1910*Roseberry1-02 0-03 (R) 1-03 (2R)Monasterevin1-01 0-03 (R) 1-01 (2R)
1909Roseberry0-04Clane0-01
1908*RoseberryClane
1907Roseberry1-04 0-07 (R)Monasterevin1-04 0-04 (R)
1906Roseberry0-07 0-05 (R) 1-11 (2R)Clane0-07 0-05 (R) 1-02 (2R)
1905RoseberryClane
1904Roseberry0-14Naas0-03
1903ClaneProsperous
1902Clane4-07Moorefield2-03
1901Clane4-15Prosperous0-03
1900No Competition
1899No Competition
1898No Competition
1897ClaneMaynooth
1896Maynooth7-09Sallins0-03
1895Clane0-08 0-08 (R)Maynooth0-07 0-01 (R)
1894No Competition
1893No Competition
1892Clane0-03Kilcullen0-02
1891Mountrice BluntsKildare
1890*Monasterevin0-01 1-03 (R)Clane0-02 1-02 (R)
1889Mountrice Blunts0-02Kildare0-01
1888Clane0-04Naas0-00
  • For those with an * beside the year see below:
  • 1921 - Won on an objection
  • 1910 - Replayed after disputed point in first game
  • 1908 - According to Eoghan Corry's Kildare GAA A Centenary History, Clane were runners up but others regard Allen as runners up
  • 1890 - Replayed after objection

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