Erin's Own Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1885 and since then has been the main sporting organization in the Castlecomer area in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

In 1979, Erins Own reached their only Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final, opponents on the day were Ballyhale Shamrocks.

The game was a draw (0−14 apiece) and the replay was abandoned midway through following an accidental pull by an Erins Own player which resulted in a mass brawl.

In the '70s and '80s the club regularly loaned the pitch to the local soccer team while they were acquiring and developing their own premises next door.

When the team was training for the Championship in '58 they would finish up a session with a run to the Deerpark Mines, where they were allowed use the "Baths" (new hot showers for the miners).

The field was leveled and a fine pitch constructed and there was enough money in the kitty to commence building a clubhouse.

With the club's day-to-day running costs so high, any plans for building were put on the back burner.

This was unanimously agreed, and work commenced developing adventurous plans and deciding how the funds would be raised.

Marty Connolly, Gordon Byrne, Paul Mullins, Paddy Coady and Nicky (the builder) Walsh later went on to represent Kilkenny in the much coveted Tommy Murphy Cup.