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Are you ready to crown Kildare's greatest sporting moment?

We want you, our readers, to help us choose Kildare's greatest sporting moment, beginning next week as our 'Top 10 Sporting Moments' supplement hits the shelves free inside your regular Leinster Leader. We have trawled through the archives, summoned ...

26 Jan 2018 at 15:44

Kildare Sport

No stopping Gerry Ross as Naas win first Towns Cup

The venue was Kilkenny RFC and in action were Enniscorthy and Naas in the final of the 1995 Town Cup, at that time sponsored by Smithwick's Naas had never lifted the famous trophy and before a tackle was made in the competition in 1995 Naas were ...

30 Jan 2018 at 13:14

Kildare Sport

Magical move sees Kilcullen AFC crowned Women's FAI Junior Challenge Cup champions

2013 saw the beginning of a long journey for the women of Kilcullen AFC and who could ever imagine what was going to unfold in the next few months. Following their double winning success in the KDFL of 2012 Manager Tadhg Shanagan and his ...

30 Jan 2018 at 13:12

Kildare Sport

Dermot Weld and Vintage Crop make history with Melbourne Cup victory

Dermot Weld travelled across to the other side of the world in 1993, most of the horse racing fraternity probably thought he was mad. Most of the equine folk on these parts had only heard of the Melbourne Cup, the race which supposedly ...

30 Jan 2018 at 13:10

Kildare Sport

Willie Burke and Santa Claus sweep to Irish Derby glory at the Curragh

Following Santa Claus' magnificent win in the 1964 Irish Sweeps Derby, the richest race in Ireland at the time, bonfires lit up the road way between Newbridge and Naas to welcome home jockey Willie Burke back to his native Naas, and ...

30 Jan 2018 at 13:06

Kildare Sport

Roli Sweeney and Moorefield win Leinster club SFC in Portlaoise thriller

It may only have been some weeks ago but there is no doubt, that this is one moment that will live long in the memory of Kildare football fans, but even more importantly Moorefield football supporters. The Newbridge Club had been ...

30 Jan 2018 at 13:05

Kildare Sport

Conor Casey's exploits give Kildare and District Football League a day to remember

Kildare and District Football League’s first venture into representative football turned out to be an unqualified success as they entertained a very competitive Defence Forces side in the Oscar Traynor Inter League competition ...

30 Jan 2018 at 13:00

Kildare Sport

History maker Jenny Egan brings home World canoeing medal

Saturday, September 9, 2017 — race day at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Senior Canoe Mara thon World Champion ships, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (26.2km and 6 portages) was an historic day and memorable moment ...

30 Jan 2018 at 12:59

Kildare Sport

Bryan Murphy's strike finally ends Kildare's Leinster SFC drought

It was Mick O'Dwyer's second year in charge of Kildare and in his second term with The Lilies. Kildare had been involved in an epic three game saga the previous season against Meath; a saga that had the entire GAA world ...

30 Jan 2018 at 12:57

Kildare Sport

Magic as Ruby, Ted and Papillon win the Aintree Grand National

It is regarded by most as the greatest steeplechase in the world, the Aintree Grand National, and in the year 2000, Ruby Walsh, a 20-year-old jockey from Kill in Co. Kildare, having his first ride in the race, defied ...

30 Jan 2018 at 12:55

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