Kinsale AFC is a soccer club situated in the town of Kinsale, near the historic site of Charles Fort[1] and within approximately 18 miles from Cork City, Ireland. They play in the Munster Senior League Senior Second 2nd Division, the fifth tier on the Irish football pyramid.
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| Full name | Kinsale Association Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1935 | |
| Ground | Madden Park Kinsale, Ireland | |
| Coordinates | 51°41′55″N 8°29′52″W / 51.6986391°N 8.497700399999985°W | |
| League | Munster Senior League Senior Division 2 | |
| 2016-17 | Munster Senior League Senior Division 2, 4th | |
| Website | http://www.kinsaleafc.net/ | |
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Grounds
editFollowing discussions with the local council in 1985, the club obtained facilities in Charles Fort in Kinsale. The club now has two pitches. The grounds were renamed Madden Park after the Honorary President, Mr. Paddy Madden.
Club background
editAs well as the successful men's team that compete in the Munster Senior League,[2] there is also a junior programme, founded in 1998, which has 300 participants in U7, U8, U9, U10, U11, U13, U14, U15, and U16 categories. Originally playing in the West Cork League, the underage boys are now part of the Cork Schoolboys League. The girls teams play in the Cork Women's and Schoolgirls Soccer League.[citation needed]
Recent success
editSome Kinsale players have represented Cork Athletic Union League in the Oscar Traynor Inter-League Cup. These include;
- Derek McCarthy
- Stephen O'Donovan
- Pat O'Regan
- Michael Bradfield
- Derek Varian
All of whom received winners medals with in 2009. Additionally, in the same year, Derek Varian and Derek McCarthy represented the Ireland national team at Junior level.[3]
Honours
edit- Cork Athletic Union League
- Winners: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11: 6
- Runners-up: 2006–07, 2008–09: 2
•Cork Schoolboys league
U12 division 2 runners up (2015–2016) Source:[4]
References
edit- ^ Charles Fort Kinsale
- ^ Munster Senior League
- ^ Irish independent
- ^ "Cork AUL Records" (PDF). corkaul.files.wordpress.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.