Grangenolvin G.F.C.
gaelic games club in County Kildare, Ireland
Grangenolvin G.F.C. is a Gaelic football (GFC) club based in southern County Kildare, Ireland. The club's Senior Men's Team competes in the Kildare Senior Football League Division 2 and Kildare Intermediate Football Championship. Grangenolvin are a former AIB club of the year winner in 1985. Mick Carolan was chosen on the Kildare football team of the millennium and was a Cuchulainn All Stars Award winner in 1966. In 2023, the club re-established its LGFA Senior Women's Team.
History
The 1890 RIC files show Kilkea Geraldines had 40 members with P. J. Kennedy, William Farrell, John B. Ryan and Martin Lawlor recorded as officers. Grangenolvin GFC was founded in 1955 and purchased its grounds at Ardree in 1971. Murphy Memorial park was officially opened in 1985.
Gaelic football
The arrival of Johnny Morrissey and Johnny Miller in 1963 transformed the club. They won Junior B championship in 1964, the Junior A championship and Jack Higgins Cup in 1965.
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