Kilmacud Crokes GAA

Kilmacud Crokes (Irish: Cill Mochuda Na Crócaigh) is a large Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Stillorgan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

Kilmacud GAA club was formed in 1959 following a historic public meeting in Saint Laurence's Hall, where Stillorgan shopping centre now stands.

In 1963 the club purchased a 6+1⁄2-acre site behind the Ormonde Cinema as a permanent home pitch for themselves, Páirc de Burca, and in 1965 the adjoining Glenalbyn House was bought.

[1] The club has installed an astro-turf GAA pitch at the paddock, an area formerly used as a carpark/training ground, a venture which was finished in September 2006, and constructed indoor and outdoor hurling walls during 2007.

Kilmacud Crokes won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final on St. Patrick's Day, 1995 under the management of Tommy Lyons.

Mick Pender famously saved Damian Cassidy's (Bellaghy) penalty and won the title for Kilmacud.

Wins over James Stephens, Kilkenny and Stradbally, Laois set up one of the most memorable Leinster club finals in recent years.

On 27 October 2008, Kilmacud won their sixth Dublin Senior Football Championship at Parnell Park.

On 7 December 2008 Kilmacud won the Leinster Senior Football Championship for the third time, beating Rhode of Offaly by a scoreline of 2–07 to 1–07.

Kilmacud also went on to win the Dublin Senior Championship with a victory over St Brigid's in 2010, before bowing out in the All-Ireland series to Crossmaglen Rangers at the semi-final stage.

Kilmacud Crokes won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final in 2023 defeating Derry champions Glen 1-11 to 1-09.

[4][5] However the match caused significant controversy as Kilmacud had an extra player on the pitch during the last play of the game, breaching rule 2.1 of the GAA rulebook.

[7][8] In 2023, Kilmacud made history by winning 3 in-a-row Leinster titles beating Naas (KE) by a scoreline of 1-14 to 0-10.

In 2008 the U-14A hurling team again reached the All-Ireland Féile group stages, but after a tough match in the pouring rain they lost to James Stephens from Kilkenny.

A fourth title was added in 2009 when the Pat Halpin managed team that had won the All Ireland Feile in 2005 defeated St Vincents in the final.

Kilmacud Crokes club house