In recent years, Kildangan and Nurney have played alongside each other for the u23s grade with Rheban joining the amalgamation in 2024 to form Finnery Gaels.

In the Kildangan area, Riverstown Charles J Kickhams affiliated in 1888,[1] with officers James Mooney and Patrick Murray listed as having attended the 1889 convention.

Subsequently, a Gaelic football team was formed in 1913 in Kildangan,[2] playing their first game against Booleigh on Sunday 4 October 1913.

[3] After a hiatus of some ten years, Kildangan GAA reformed in 1925 and appeared in the 1925 Junior League Final against Two Mile House.

The score in the final was Ardclough 2-12 Kildangan 1–3, the game was played in front of a then record attendance of 1658 spectators in Newbridge.

The following years were somewhat barren, and the club ceased to exist in the 1960s, due mainly to high unemployment and an exodus of some of the more gifted players, such as Paddy and Eddie O'Loughlin to Round Towers.

The club was relaunched in 1970, some players from this era were John Casey, Noel Forde, Ollie Hickey, Eamon Foley, Willie Dunne, Paddy White, Pat Kelly and the Lawless brothers Jimmy and Aiden.

The demographics of Kildangan and its hinterland altered considerably at the start of the new millennium, the Celtic Tiger brought a significant increase in population to the area.

[6] In early 2009, Kildangan GAA moved to a new location, complete with dressing rooms and a clubhouse, named More O'Ferrall Park.