Kildare club launch history book with GAA President Jarlath Burns

The rise of Confey GAA Club from small beginnings to the prominent place it occupies in the Kildare GAA community today will be told in a new book The Heritage and History of Confey GAA Club (1989-2024) which will be launched next week by GAA President Jarlath Burns.

The book is available for pre-sale at special price of €30 from THIS LINK.

The almost 300-page book is a must read for anyone with even a passing interest in Confey GAA Club. It outlines the club’s humble beginnings in 1989 when training was done under car lights at the Bowl in Riverforest and on the green at Glendale and highlights the huge community support offered by the people of Confey to the fledging club. 

For a relatively young club, Confey GAA has enjoyed remarkable success, including winning three Senior Hurling Championships, four Ladies’ Senior Football Championships, reaching the Ladies’ Leinster senior final, becoming men's Leinster Intermediate Football champions and Senior League Division 1 winners.

Confey GAA chairman Mick Crean said the book is something our members will be very proud of and outlines not only the unbelievable success the club has enjoyed in its brief history but also the spirit which makes the club unique and special.

The full-colour book is packed with photographs and memorabilia from the early days of the club, right up to the teams of today. It includes interviews with the numerous club players who have been called upon to pull on the white jersey and represent Kildare at a senior level, and it also shines a spotlight on the club’s youngest members. The social side of the club is also explored and readers will be left in no doubt about the key role Confey GAA plays in the lives of the community it serves.

The Heritage and History of Confey GAA Club (1989-2024) was researched and written by Mick Crean, Eamon Fennelly, Alison Healy , Mick Kenny and Ian Baker (in the earlier stages) and published by My Club History, the publishing company set up by former Meath footballer Liam Hayes. It is dedicated to those past and present who had the vision to set up Confey GAA, and who built it into the special club it is today. The book also carries several tributes to club members who played a key role in Confey GAA before they died.

The book launch will take place on February 19 at Confey GAA Club at 8pm. The Heritage and History of Confey GAA Club (1989-2024) will be on sale on the night and will also be available to purchase from SuperValu in Riverforest, the club’s valued partner and sponsor. All are welcome to come along and be part of this historic occasion for the club. 

(For more information, contact Mick Crean 086-8258346 or Chairperson.confey.kildare@gaa.ie)