Kilkerley Emmets GFC explained

Club Gaa:Kilkerley Emmets
Irish:Emmití Chill Choirle
Founded:1940
Province:Leinster
County:Louth
Colours:Yellow and Blue
Grounds:Páirc Chill Choirle, Tankardsrock, Kilkerley, County Louth
Coordinates:54.0093°N -6.4672°W
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Kilkerley Emmets GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA.

As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Intermediate Championship and Division 2 of the county football Leagues.[1] Former Louth goalkeeper Seán Connor is the manager of the senior team.[2]

Situated in an area of north Louth that contains several GAA clubs, Kilkerley's local rivals are considered to be Roche Emmets[3] and St Bride's.[4]

History

The club was founded in 1940[5] and is located in the townland of Tankardsrock[6] in Kilkerley parish, four miles from Dundalk town centre.

The Emmets enjoyed a significant period of success in the late 1970s, winning the Junior 1 League in 1977 and then beating Dreadnots in the final of the 1978 Louth Intermediate Football Championship. The jump from junior to senior football in the space of two years was made possible in no small part by being able to call on the services of county players J.P. O'Kane and the Lennon brothers, Terry and Pat.

More silverware was won in 1980 when Kilkerley defeated Cooley Kickhams 1–09 to 2–05 in the final of the Cardinal O'Donnell Cup to claim their first ever senior trophy. Later that year, forward Pat Lennon was tragically killed in a car accident.[7]

In 1982 the club contested the final of the Louth Senior Football Championship for the first time, but lost to Geraldines by six points.[8]

They returned to the county final in 1986, this time losing narrowly by 3–05 to 2–07, against a strong Newtown Blues team that completed a clean sweep of senior competitions.[9]

The club's third appearance in the county decider in 1999 was a forgettable one, as they succumbed to an eleven-point hammering at the hands of Stabannon Parnells in Haggardstown.[10]

In December 2014, Shane Lennon, full-forward for Louth in the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final, announced his retirement from inter-county football.[11] He departed as the all-time record goal scorer for his county.[12]

Honours

Shared with Naomh Malachi

§ Shared with Naomh Malachi and Roche Emmets

Inter-county players

Kilkerley Emmets players who have represented Louth at senior inter-county level include:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Division 2 Reports: St Kevins and Kilkerley take control of fight for promotion. . 14 July 2023.
  2. Web site: Louth GAA club management teams begin to take shape with several recent appointments. . 6 December 2022.
  3. Web site: GAELS TALES -Mark Dowdall's Roche memories and dream team. ClubZap.
  4. Web site: Louth IFC Final Preview: Kilkerley Emmets v St. Brides. LMFM. 24 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Emmets celebrate their 80th year. . 14 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Tankardsrock Townland, Co. Louth. Irish Townlands.
  7. Web site: Louth GAA in mourning for young star. The Argus. 20 October 2010.
  8. Web site: Remember 82?. . 30 November 2001.
  9. Web site: Blues did the treble in '86 . . 30 November 2007.
  10. Web site: All too easy for Stabannon . Irish Times. 20 September 1999.
  11. Web site: Shane Lennon calls time on Louth career. . 10 December 2014.
  12. Web site: Personal milestone is irrelevant for Lennon. . 12 June 2013.
  13. News: 'The club owes me nothing' - Willie Quigley has given sterling service to Kilkerley and Louth GAA. . 29 April 2020.
  14. News: Kilkerley 14 hang on for victory. . 4 November 1988.
  15. News: Kilkerley Emmets and St Bride's have their sights on a big prize. . 24 September 2020.
  16. News: IFC replay: Kilkerley come good . . 6 October 2015.
  17. Web site: Lennon steers Kilkerley back to senior ranks at first attempt. . 13 December 2002.
  18. Web site: Kilkerley parish district history. Willie Quigley.
  19. News: Kilkerley claim Sheelan Shield as Roche win Mullen Plate. . 2 April 2019.
  20. Web site: Peter Hoey had a life-long association with Louth GAA. . 27 July 2016.
  21. Web site: Kilkerley parish district history. Willie Quigley.
  22. Web site: Kilkerley parish district history. Willie Quigley.
  23. Web site: Micheal Begley Kilkerley Emmet/Naomh Malachi Captain receives the U18 Division 1 League from Minor Board Chairman Alan Smith. . 2 August 2019.
  24. Web site: GAA -Another championship for Kilkerley. Dundalk Sport. 14 October 2017.
  25. Web site: Kilkerley parish district history. Willie Quigley.
  26. Web site: Kilkerley parish district history. Willie Quigley.
  27. Web site: Kilkerley parish district history. Willie Quigley.
  28. Web site: Farming and football were his life's passions. . 7 July 2010.
  29. Web site: Louth team of the Millennium. Drogheda Independent. 21 January 2000.
  30. Web site: Over 40 sets of brothers have played for Louth at senior level – are there more, though?. . 17 April 2023.
  31. Web site: Louth GAA's greatest import? John P O'Kane was a Wee star that contended for an All Star. Dundalk Democrat. 30 May 2020.
  32. Web site: Louth were relegated last time sides met. . 27 November 2000.
  33. Web site: Sporting Headlines. The Argus. 15 October 2008.
  34. Web site: Louth and Longford stats ahead of O'Byrne Cup final. . 20 January 2023.
  35. Web site: Kirk Peter. . 31 July 1992.
  36. Web site: They deserve a medal .. and they each got one!. . 2 February 2001.
  37. Web site: Neary adds power. . 31 January 2003.
  38. Web site: Páidí off the mark. . 5 January 2004.
  39. Web site: Louth open O'Byrne Cup campaign with narrow Royals win. . 8 December 2019.
  40. Web site: Clare ease past relegated Louth to sign off on high. . 26 March 2018.

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