Two Mile House GAA
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| Founded: | 1885 | ||
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| County: | Kildare | ||
| Nickname: | 'The House' | ||
| Coordinates: | 53°09′41″N 6°41′29″W / 53.161311°N 6.69136°WCoordinates: 53°09′41″N 6°41′29″W / 53.161311°N 6.69136°W | ||
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Two Mile House is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland.The club grounds are located on The Commons,just off the Dunlavin Road. The parish of Two Mile House is surrounded by the towns of Naas, Newbridge and Kilcullen meaning it occupies a very central location.
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[edit] History
Two Mile House club was founded under by Tiarnán O'Brien in 1887 and had 70 members in its first year. RIC records from 1890 show that Two Mile House St Auxilius had 50 members with officers listed as Revd R Byrne, Thomas Nugent and William Dempsey.
[edit] Gaelic Football
- Jimmy O'Connor won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal with Kildare in 1919.
- Jimmy Corly holds the record for the most scores in a Niall Smullen Cup final.
- Maurice Colbert( Also won a leinster minor medal ), Shane Darcy and Christopher Burke are all holders of Leinster Under-21 Football Championship medals, meaning a player has represented the club on Kildare's last three consecutive Leinster under-21 winning teams.
- Peter Kelly is the club's sole representative on the Kildare senior team. He has secured a starting position as right corner back. He was preceded by Niall Browne who was a regular on the county panel until recently.
- Conor Blake won an All Ireland Schools medal with Knockbeg in 2005.
Underage development only really began in earnest in the early 1980s thereby making Two Mile House a relatively young club in real terms. Since the late 1990s the focus of the club has been exclusively on Gaelic football.
The club senior team is currently playing division 2 league football. For the 2009 season, the team had the precarious record of being the fourth highest scorers in the league, however they conceded the second highest amount. Two Mile House lost the Junior A final to Straffan by a one point margin.In the 2010 season, the club senior team finished seventh in Division 2.The club senior team is currently managed by former Sarsfields senior county medal winner, Dave Clancy. Derren Casey is Captain of the senior team whilst his father Paddy Casey is currently club Chairman.
The club's grounds are currently undergoing an exciting new development.New land was acquired off The Commons with several new pitches being added. The grounds,which have been largely completed,should be ready for use nearing the end of 2012 making Two Mile House one of the foremost clubs in the county in terms of facilities and location.Furthermore,work has begun on the redevelopment of the existing dressing rooms and pavilion.
[edit] Camogie
The camogie club known as Geraldines competed in the 1950s and 1960s, beating Caragh 5-0 to 4-2 to win the 1967 county championship. Clare Monahan who played for Leinster in the 1956 inter-provincial final, was selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century. Two Mile House camogie club revived briefly in 1991 and enjoyed many years of underage success until the late 1990s. Clare Monahan was selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century.
[edit] Honours
- Junior A Championship 1994.
- Junior C Championship 1979.
- Junior F League 1935, 1979.
- Semi-finalists All Ireland junior sevens 1995.
- Kildare Senior Camogie Championship 1967.
- The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup 2000.
- Junior B championship and league winners 2004.
- Minor league Div 4 winners 2005.
- Minor championship B winners 2006.
- Senior league division 3 winner 2008.
- Kildare under 14 Feile winners 2008.
- Under 16 B championship winners 2010.
[edit] Bibliography
- Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, ISBN 0-9509370-0-2 hb ISBN 0-9509370-1-0 pb
- Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
- Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
