Valentine Lawless, Lord of Cloncurry, describes how Wogan Browne, an 18th-century grandee, lost his Justice of the Peace status for kicking off a football match in the Clane area, also in 1797.

John Wyse Power, then editor of local newspaper The Leinster Leader, attended the foundation meeting of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Thurles in 1884.

The current Kildare county board is structured as follows: Chairperson: Mick Gorman (St Laurence's) Vice-Chair: Colm Farrell (Johnstownbridge) Secretary: Christine Murray (Moorefield) PRO: Lorraine O'Connor (Naas) Treasurer: Alan Dunney (Caragh) Oifigeach Gaeilge: Seamus Ó Midheach (Ardclough) Kildare is very much a footballing county, with 105 teams from 45 clubs competing in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Football Leagues.

Kildare players invented the hand pass: a polished team tactic since 1903; [citation needed] The toe-to-hand was pioneered by the Roseberry (now Newbridge Sarsfields) club.

Tactics such as the hand pass were perfected by those early Kildare teams, but they also developed what became traditional catch-and-kick football.

Olympic high jumper Larry Stanley was regarded as one of the greatest fielders in the history of the game, and first winner of the all-time All Star award.

He returned in 1997, and guided the county to victory over Laois with 13 players and a dramatic, twice replayed series of matches with Meath (which they lost) that captured the imagination of the public and steeled the side for further honors.

In (2005), Kildare enjoyed mixed success and finished in the top six in the National Football League, but was knocked out of the championship by Sligo.

However Kildares season took a turn for the better after that by beating Cavan, Limerick and Fermanagh in the all- Ireland qualifiers to reach their first ever all-Ireland quarter-final.

However Kildare had a great run through the qualifiers beating teams like Antrim, Leitrim, Derry and Monaghan to once again reach the All-Ireland Quarter-final to face Leinster champions Meath which they got a slow start but enjoyed the 2nd half as they ran out winning 2–17 to 1–12.

On 29 August 2010 Kildare faced Down for the first time ever in the championship which turned out to be a very tense game but Down ran out winners 1–16 to 1–14 after a very frantic finish.

Kildare had a good run in the qualifiers beating teams like Laois, Meath & Derry to advance to the All-Ireland quarter-final to face Ulster champions Donegal which turned to be a very poor performance but the 2nd half was a real contest from both sides with the sides finishing level to drag the game into extra-time only to be defeated by a single point by Donegal.

Kildare's youngest club, Confey, became the reigning Senior Hurling Championship in 2007, winning over Coill Dubh in the final.

Newbridge, Naas, Blacktrench, Prosperous and Ballymore applied unsuccessfully for affiliation to Kildare GAA board in 1921.

Kildare contested senior finals in the Leinster championship, notably in 1939, and Ardclough contested the Leinster senior club final in 1968. Notable players include Broadford players Miriam Malone, who played from the 1960s to the 1980s and won a Junior Player of the Year award in 1989, Gradam Tailte winner Bernie Farrelly, and scoring forwards Marianne Johnson, and Susie O'Carroll from Celbridge who captained UCD to Ashbourne Cup honours and won a Soaring Star award in 2009.

[12] For more details on this topic, see here The Kildare Ladies' County Board was set up in March 1992 under the Chairmanship of Catherine Donohoe.

Kildare's ladies' football is administered by a separate county board structured as follows (2013 Executive); Chairman: Arthur Corrigan (Naas) Vice-Chair: MJ Smith (Carbury) Secretary: Gillian Dunne (St Laurences), PRO: Jackie Whelan (Castledermot) Treasurer: Sharon Dooley (Suncroft) Kildare Ladies' won the Leinster Junior championship in 2000, beating Laois by 2–13 to 2–5.

Kildare contested three All Ireland junior finals before eventually beating Sligo to qualify for senior status in 2004.

Grangenolvin dominated club competition in the sport, in which they won five in a row at the time the championship was elevated to senior status.

This brought a new impetus to Kildare Ladies Football where the captured 2 Leinster Intermediate Championships which moving on to win the all Ireland against Clare by a point in 2017.

Ollie Crinnigan (Carbury), Matt Goff (Leixlip), Pa Connolly (Clane), Glenn Ryan (Round Towers), Jack Higgins (Naas), Mick Carolan (Athy), Larry Stanley (Caragh), Pat Mangan (Carbury), Jack Donnelly (Ellistown), Paddy "Boiler" White (Sarsfields), Larry Tompkins (Eadestown and Castlehaven (Cork), Pat Dunny (Raheens), Tommy Carew (Clane), Paul Doyle (Suncroft).