The Kildare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Kildare GAA between the top clubs in County Kildare, Ireland. The winners of the Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Club Championship, the winners of which progress to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current (2024) champions are Naas. The most successful club in Kildare is Sarsfields.
| Kildare Senior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 2024 Kildare Senior Football Championship | |
| Irish | Craobh Peile Sinsear Chill Dara |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Trophy | Dermot Bourke Cup |
| Title holders | Naas (12th title) |
Wins listed by club
edit| # | Team | Wins | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sarsfields
|
25 | 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
| 2 |  Clane
|
17 | 1888, 1892, 1895, 1897, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1916, 1963, 1967, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997 |
| 3 |  Naas
|
12 | 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1990, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 4 |  Carbury
|
11 | 1940, 1941, 1946, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1985 |
| 5 | Raheens
|
10 | 1935, 1936, 1943, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981 |
 Round Towers
|
10 | 1927, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1996, 1998, 2003 | |
| Moorefield
|
10 | 1962, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 | |
| 8 |  Athy
|
7 | 1933, 1934, 1937, 1942, 1987, 2011, 2020 |
| 9 |  Kilcock
|
5 | 1914, 1917, 1955, 1957, 1958 |
| 10 | Ellistown
|
4 | 1889, 1891, 1939, 1944 |
| 11 |  Caragh
|
3 | 1918, 1919, 1926 |
| Monasterevan
|
3 | 1890, 1911, 1977 | |
 Johnstownbridge
|
3 | 1983, 1988, 1989 | |
| 14 |  Maynooth
|
2 | 1896, 1913 |
| 15 | St Conleth's | 1 | 1921 |
| Rathangan
|
1 | 1925 | |
| Curragh | 1 | 1948 | |
 Ardclough
|
1 | 1949 | |
| Ballymore
|
1 | 1953 | |
| Military College | 1 | 1956 | |
 Eadestown
|
1 | 1970 | |
| Allenwood
|
1 | 2004 | |
| Celbridge
|
1 | 2008 | |
 St Laurence's
|
1 | 2009 |
Notes:
- Sarsfields includes 9 titles won under the Roseberry name.
- Round Towers includes 1 title won under the Kildare St. Patrick's name.
- Ellistown includes 2 titles won under the Mountrice Blunts name.
Finals listed by year
edit| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Naas | 1-07 | Celbridge | 1-06 |
| 2023[1] | Naas | 0-13 | Celbridge | 0-11 |
| 2022[2] | Naas | 1-12 | Clane | 0-06 |
| 2021[3] | Naas | 0-14 | Sarsfields | 0-12 |
| 2020[4] | Athy | 1-11 | Moorefield | 0-12 |
| 2019 | Sarsfields | 0-15 R:2-15 | Moorefield | 2-09 R:2-09 |
| 2018[5] | Moorefield | 2-12 | Athy | 2-09 |
| 2017[6] | Moorefield | 0-11 | Celbridge | 0-09 |
| 2016[7] | Sarsfields | 2-13 | Moorefield | 0-15 |
| 2015 [8] | Sarsfields | 0-17 | Athy | 1-12 |
| 2014[9][10] | Moorefield | 0-16 R:1-15 | Sarsfields | 1-13 R:1-06 |
| 2013[11] | Moorefield | 2-14 | Sarsfields | 0-13 |
| 2012[12] | Sarsfields | 2-11 | Carbury | 0-11 |
| 2011 | Athy | 2-11 | Carbury | 2-07 |
| 2010 | Moorefield | 0-13 | Sarsfields | 1-08 |
| 2009 [1] | St Laurence's | 1-13 | Moorefield | 0-06 |
| 2008 [2] | Celbridge | 0-07 R:1-09 | Sarsfields | 0-07 R:0-10 |
| 2007 | Moorefield | 2-09 | Sarsfields | 0-09 |
| 2006 | Moorefield | 0-10 | Allenwood | 0-09 |
| 2005 | Sarsfields | 0-11 R:1-11 | St Laurence's | 1-08 R:0-08 |
| 2004 | Allenwood | 0-11 | St Laurence's | 0-07 |
| 2003 | Round Towers | 2-14 | Kilcock | 1-09 |
| 2002 | Moorefield | 1-08 | Sarsfields | 0-07 |
| 2001 | Sarsfields | 0-10 | Moorefield | 0-08 |
| 2000 | Moorefield | 2-13 | Kilcock | 2-07 |
| 1999 | Sarsfields | 0-15 | Allenwood | 1-05 |
| 1998 | Round Towers | 2-08 | Clane | 0-04 |
| 1997 | Clane | 0-13 | Sarsfields | 0-08 |
| 1996 | Round Towers | 1-13 | Johnstownbridge | 0-10 |
| 1995 | Clane | 3-17 | Athy | 0-08 |
| 1994 | Sarsfields | 2-15 | Johnstownbridge | 0-09 |
| 1993 | Sarsfields | 0-11 R:1-15 | Clane | 0-11 R:0-16 |
| 1992 | Clane | 0-09 | St Laurence's | 0-07 |
| 1991 | Clane | 2-10 | Naas | 1-06 |
| 1990 | Naas | 1-14 | Clane | 2-09 |
| 1989 | Johnstownbridge | 1-07 | Clane | 1-05 |
| 1988 | Johnstownbridge | 0-10 1-10 (R) | Carbury | 0-10 0-08 (R) |
| 1987 | Athy | 2-09 | Johnstownbridge | 0-09 |
| 1986 | Sarsfields | 0-11 | St Mary's, Leixlip | 0-08 |
| 1985 | Carbury | 1-09 | Raheens | 0-05 |
| 1984 | Clane | 1-09 | Carbury | 0-10 |
| 1983 | Johnstownbridge | 2-07 | Sarsfields | 1-08 |
| 1982 | Sarsfields | 2-11 | St Laurence's | 1-04 |
| 1981 | Raheens | 2-09 | Sarsfields | 1-07 |
| 1980 | Clane | 1-07 | Raheens | 1-06 |
| 1979 | Raheens | 0-15 | Carbury | 0-10 |
| 1978 | Raheens | 3-14 | Athy | 2-06 |
| 1977 | Monasterevin | 2-08 | Carbury | 2-06 |
| 1976 | Raheens | 2-05 | Monasterevin | 0-06 |
| 1975 | Clane | 1-06 2-07 (R) | Carbury | 0-09 1-06 (R) |
| 1974 | Carbury | 2-09 | Ballyteague | 0-05 |
| 1973 | Raheens | 1-07 | Monasterevin | 0-04 |
| 1972 | Carbury | 3-14 | Ellistown | 1-07 |
| 1971 | Carbury | 1-11 | Allenwood | 1-08 |
| 1970 | Eadestown | 1-09 | Carbury | 0-10 |
| 1969 | Carbury | 0-10 | Clane | 0-07 |
| 1968 | Raheens | 2-07 | Carbury | 1-08 |
| 1967 | Clane | 4-06 | Carbury | 1-09 |
| 1966 | Carbury | 2-14 | Raheens | 0-07 |
| 1965 | Carbury | 3-13 | Moorefield | 1-09 |
| 1964 | Raheens | 3-10 | Clane | 1-09 |
| 1963 | Clane | 1-08 | Round Towers | 2-01 |
| 1962 | Moorefield | 2-12 | Kilcullen | 0-02 |
| 1961 | Round Towers | 3-08 | Carbury | 1-11 |
| 1960 | Carbury | 2-09 | Round Towers | 0-05 |
| 1959 | Round Towers | 5-05 | Clane | 0-07 |
| 1958 | Kilcock | 3-12 | Round Towers | 3-08 |
| 1957 | Kilcock | 1-06 | Round Towers | 1-05 |
| 1956 | Military College | 1-06 | Ballymore | 0-04 |
| 1955 | Kilcock | 3-13 0-09 (R) | Sarsfields | 4-10 1-04 (R) |
| 1954 | Round Towers | 0-03 | Carbury | 0-02 |
| 1953 | Ballymore | 1-06 | Carbury | 1-05 |
| 1952 | Sarsfields | 2-06 | Carbury | 0-04 |
| 1951 | Sarsfields | 2-11 | North Division | 1-07 |
| 1950 | Sarsfields | 1-09 | Carbury | 2-03 |
| 1949 | Ardclough | 1-08 1-11 (R) | Curragh | 1-08 2-06 (R) |
| 1948 | Curragh | 2-07 | Sarsfields | 2-04 |
| 1947 | Sarsfields | 1-07 | Curragh | 1-05 |
| 1946 | Carbury | 0-11 | Athy | 0-07 |
| 1945 | Sarsfields | 2-09 | Raheens | 1-05 |
| 1944 | Ellistown | 1-04 | Carbury | 0-04 |
| 1943 | Raheens | 1-03 1-01 (R) 1-04 (2R) | Ellistown | 1-03 1-01 (R) 1-02 (2R) |
| 1942 | Athy | 0-06 1-06 (R) | Carbury | 0-06 0-06 (R) |
| 1941 | Carbury | 1-09 | Athy | 1-06 |
| 1940 | Carbury | 1-05 | Kilcock | 0-04 |
| 1939 | Eiilistown | 3-02 | Kildare St Patrick's | 1-03 |
| 1938 | Kildare St Patrick's | w/o | Ellistown | conc. |
| 1937 | Athy | 3-06 | Sarsfields | 1-06 |
| 1936 | Raheens | 1-07 | McDonagh | 1-06 |
| 1935 | Raheens | 6-03 | Kildare St Brigid's | 1-00 |
| 1934 | Athy | 1-03 2-06 (R) | Raheens | 0-06 1-04 (R) |
| 1933 | Athy | 2-06 | Rathangan | 1-04 |
| 1932 | Naas | 2-04 | Curragh | 1-06 |
| 1931 | Naas | 6-07 | Kildare Round Towers | 0-03 |
| 1930 | Kildare Round Towers | 2-04 | Naas | 0-05 |
| 1929 | Kildare Round Towers | 3-02 | Naas | 1-02 |
| 1928 | Naas | 3-03 | Rathangan | 2-04 |
| 1927 | Kildare Round Towers | 2-06 | Athy | 1-05 |
| 1926 | Caragh | 3-04 | Athy | 3-03 |
| 1925 | Rathangan | 2-04 | Caragh | 1-03 |
| 1924 | Naas | 1-01 1-02 (R) | Kildare Round Towers | 0-04 0-03 (R) |
| 1923 | Naas | 2-05 | Athy | 0-00 |
| 1922 | Naas | 1-08 | Caragh | 1-03 |
| 1921* | St Conleth's | 1-02 | Caragh | 1-12 |
| 1920 | Naas | 1-06 | Caragh | 0-08 |
| 1919 | Caragh | 2-04 | Kilcock | 2-01 |
| 1918 | Caragh | 2-02 | Roseberry | 0-05 |
| 1917 | Kilcock | 5-00 | Kilcullen | 2-01 |
| 1916 | Clane | 2-02 | Maynooth | 0-02 |
| 1915 | Roseberry | 0-06 | Maynooth | 1-00 |
| 1914 | Kilcock | 1-04 | Clane | 0-04 |
| 1913 | Maynooth | 2-01 | Kilcock | 1-01 |
| 1912 | Roseberry | 2-06 | Monasterevin | 1-02 |
| 1911 | Monasterevin | 2-01 | Roseberry | 0-02 |
| 1910* | Roseberry | 1-02 0-03 (R) 1-03 (2R) | Monasterevin | 1-01 0-03 (R) 1-01 (2R) |
| 1909 | Roseberry | 0-04 | Clane | 0-01 |
| 1908* | Roseberry | Clane | ||
| 1907 | Roseberry | 1-04 0-07 (R) | Monasterevin | 1-04 0-04 (R) |
| 1906 | Roseberry | 0-07 0-05 (R) 1-11 (2R) | Clane | 0-07 0-05 (R) 1-02 (2R) |
| 1905 | Roseberry | Clane | ||
| 1904 | Roseberry | 0-14 | Naas | 0-03 |
| 1903 | Clane | Prosperous | ||
| 1902 | Clane | 4-07 | Moorefield | 2-03 |
| 1901 | Clane | 4-15 | Prosperous | 0-03 |
| 1900 | No Competition | |||
| 1899 | No Competition | |||
| 1898 | No Competition | |||
| 1897 | Clane | Maynooth | ||
| 1896 | Maynooth | 7-09 | Sallins | 0-03 |
| 1895 | Clane | 0-08 0-08 (R) | Maynooth | 0-07 0-01 (R) |
| 1894 | No Competition | |||
| 1893 | No Competition | |||
| 1892 | Clane | 0-03 | Kilcullen | 0-02 |
| 1891 | Mountrice Blunts | Kildare | ||
| 1890* | Monasterevin | 0-01 1-03 (R) | Clane | 0-02 1-02 (R) |
| 1889 | Mountrice Blunts | 0-02 | Kildare | 0-01 |
| 1888 | Clane | 0-04 | Naas | 0-00 |
- For those with an * beside the year see below:
- 1921 - Won on an objection
- 1910 - Replayed after disputed point in first game
- 1908 - According to Eoghan Corry's Kildare GAA A Centenary History, Clane were runners up but others regard Allen as runners up
- 1890 - Replayed after objection
References
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- ^ "Kildare SFC final: The Sash overcome 14-man Moorefield". Hogan Stand. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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