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Kilkerrin-Clonberne manager Willie Ward celebrates with daughters Louise (L) and Nicola after their side's triumph

Kilkerrin 'just love to prove that they're the best'

Kilkerrin-Clonberne manager Willie Ward said there was an insatiable desire within his squad after the Galway champions pushed on to claim their fourth consecutive AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Championship football title.

Womens football • 16 Dec 24

Kilkerrin-Clonberne manager Willie Ward celebrates with her daughters Louise Ward, left, and Nicola Ward

Recap: Kilkerrin-Clonberne 0-13 Kilmacud Crokes 0-09

Read how it all unfolded as Kilkerrin-Clonberne completed a four in a row.

Womens Football • 14 Dec 24

Jacqui Hurley will be keeping pace with Kilmacud Crokes women's football as they bid for their first All-Ireland title on Saturday

Hurley swaps the mic for Crokes Maor Uisce bib

Work will be the last thing on RTÉ Sport's Jacqui Hurley's mind as she arrives at Croke Park on Saturday, where she will enter through the players and support staff door for the All-Ireland Senior Club Championship final.

GAA • 14 Dec 24

Michelle Davoren of Kilmacud Crokes is tackled by Denise Tierney of Eadestown

Davoren ravenous as Kilmacud cruise to Leinster glory

Michelle Davoren helped herself to an outstanding haul of 2-03 at Glenisk O'Connor Park as Dublin's Kilmacud Crokes secured their third AIB Leinster LGFA Senior Club Championship title in succession with a 4-14 to 0-03 victory over Eadestown.

Eadestown • 10 Nov 24

Na Fianna captain Donal Burke, left, and teammate Peter Feeney lift the cup

Na Fianna defeat Kilmacud at the death in Dublin final

Na Fianna retained their Go-Ahead Ireland Dublin Senior Hurling Championship title when overcoming 2021 and 2022 winners Kilmacud Crokes by the slimmest of margins at Parnell Park on Saturday night.

Hurling • 26 Oct 24

Glen centre-back Ciarán McFaul celebrates scoring a point in the All-Ireland semi-final victory over Kilmacud Crokes

O'Malley: Battle-hardened Glen favourites for final

Glen's experience, big-game players and dynamic defence is likely to swing the All-Ireland club football final against St Brigid's in their favour, according to Austin O'Malley and Kyle Coney.

Football • 08 Jan 24

Glen and Kilmacud Crokes players compete for the ball in Newry

Weather warning: Condensed calendar hampered by climate

On a day when many fixtures fell by the wayside, the All-Ireland club semi-finals were able to escape the axe - with player safety still the number one factor considered.

Football • 09 Jan 24

Conor Glass of Watty Graham's Glen in action against Luke Ward of Kilmacud Crokes during last January's All-Ireland final between the clubs

All-Ireland club SFC semi-finals: All you need to know

All you need to know ahead of Sunday's AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Football semi-finals.

Football • 07 Jan 24

Conor Glass celebrates two-in-a-row in Ulster

Glass eager for crack at Kilmacud after Ulster triumph

Glen midfielder Conor Glass admitted that the upcoming rematch with Kilmacud Crokes quickly moved to the forefront of his mind after they sealed back-to-back Ulster titles by beating Scotstown.

Football • 11 Dec 23

Kilmacud beat Ballyboden in October's Dublin SFC final

Ballyboden claim league title as Kilmacud fail to field

Ballyboden St Enda's have been awarded the 2023 Dublin Division 1 League title after county champions Kilmacud Crokes announced they were unable to field a team.

Football • 08 Dec 23

Kilkerrin-Clonberne players, from left, Chloe Costello, Hannah Noone and Katelyn Mee celebrate after their extra-time victory

Kilkerrin-Clonberne see off Kilmacud in extra time

Defending champions Kilkerrin-Clonberne will face Ballymacarbry in the currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Senior Club Championship decider as points from Meave Flanagan and Olivia Divilly helped them to overcome Kilmacud Crokes after extra-time in a pulsating semi-final encounter at Parnell Park.

GAA • 03 Dec 23

Kilmacud Crokes captain Shane Cunningham lifts the Sean McCabe Cup with kitman Vinny Patterson

Mannion: It's easy when you're winning

Paul Mannion says motivation comes easy to Kilmacud Crokes as the holders continued their winning ways in the club football championship.

Football • 02 Dec 23

Kilmacud Crokes forward Shane Walsh celebrates his injury-time goal against Naas in the Leinster final

Walsh on song as Crokes seal Leinster three-in-a-row

Shane Walsh blasted 1-08 at Croke Park as Kilmacud Crokes surged into the history books as the first ever club to win three Leinster SFC titles in a row.

Football • 07 Jan 24

Michelle Davoren in action for Dublin in 2021

Crokes' open-door policy adds interest to club clash

It might be the first time they've collided in the competition, but there will still be some sense of familiarity when Michelle Davoren and Kilmacud Crokes face defending champions Kilkerrin-Clonberne in the All-Ireland Senior Club Championship semi-final at Parnell Park on Sunday.

GAA • 02 Dec 23

Kilmacud Crokes captain Shane Cunningham says the hurt of past defeats still drives him on

Record-chasing Crokes still hurting despite success

Kilmacud Crokes captain Shane Cunningham isn't thinking about history-making as his side prepare for this Saturday's Leinster Club Football Championship final against Naas, a game you can watch live on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.

Football • 30 Nov 23

Naas captain Eoin Doyle during the launch of the 2023 AIB GAA Leinster senior club championship finals at Croke Park

Naas looking to break Crokes' Leinster stranglehold

Naas have suffered successive defeats to Kilmacud Crokes in the last two Leinster club football campaigns, but captain Eoin Doyle is looking to make it third time lucky against the Dublin club this weekend.

Football • 28 Nov 23

Shane Walsh's side face Naas in the final

Mannion and Walsh relieved as Crokes eye three in a row

Shane Walsh described Kilmacud Crokes' win over St Mary's of Louth as a "cheap lesson" after an imperfect display led to a few scares for the three-in-a-row seeking champions.

Football • 20 Nov 23

Shane Walsh of Kilmacud Crokes in action against Carl Gillespie of Ardee St Mary's

Kilmacud withstand Ardee challenge to reach final

Kilmacud Crokes are an hour from a historic three-in-a-row of Leinster club SFC titles after hanging tough in Ardee to secure their final spot at Croke Park next month, winning 1-16 to 1-11

Football • 19 Nov 23

Kilmacud Crokes captain Emer Sweeney hoists the Bill Daly Trophy aloft

Kilmacud Crokes defend Leinster club title

Kilmacud Crokes completed back-to-back Leinster LGFA Senior Club Championship titles on Saturday afternoon with an emphatic 4-18 to 1-10 triumph at the expense of Naomh Ciaran at Coralstown/Kinnegad.

GAA • 11 Nov 23

Kilmacud Crokes prove too strong for Éire Óg

Kilmacud Crokes march on after enjoying a 1-12 to 0-04 victory over Carlow champions Éire Óg in the Leinster SFC championship quarter-final at Netwatch Cullen Park.

Football • 04 Nov 23

Andy McGowan, centre, and team-mates celebrate with the trophy

Kilmacud clinch historic Dublin SFC three-in-a-row

Reigning All-Ireland club title holders Kilmacud Crokes beat Ballyboden St Enda's 1-14 to 0-09 in the Dublin senior football championship final at Parnell Park to clinch a historic three-in-a-row.

Football • 22 Oct 23

Brian Fenton of Raheny in action against Crokes' Liam Flatman

All-Ireland champs Crokes survive county semi shootout

All-Ireland champions Kilmacud Crokes edged their way into the Dublin SFC final by the skin of their teeth having survived a penalty shootout against Raheny in a cracking encounter at Parnell Park on Saturday afternoon.

Football • 07 Oct 23

Mannion and his team-mates savour last month's All-Ireland triumph

Mannion now enjoying the best of both club and county

Dublin sharpshooter Paul Mannion on a successful inter-county return and why his love of the club scene is as strong as ever.

Football • 23 Aug 23

Lengthy bans handed out after alleged umpire assault

Members of Naomh Fionnbarra and Clanna Gael Fontenoy have been handed suspensions after an Under-18 hurling league game between the two sides was abandoned following the alleged assault of an umpire.

GAA • 03 May 23

Shane Cunningham (L) and Joey Holden pictured before January's All-Ireland Hurling and Football Senior Club Championship Finals

Cunningham and Holden named Club Players of the Year

Shane Cunningham of Kilmacud Crokes and Joey Holden of Ballyhale Shamrocks have been named as the AIB GAA Club Footballer of the Year and Hurler of the Year respectively at Croke Park this evening.

Football • 10 Mar 23