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Golden Kilfeacle 1885-2015

20150511_142708  The 1969 Golden Kilfeacle team which one the 1969 West Senior Hurling championship.

History of the Club

  • Golden Kilfeacle was established in 1885, one year after the GAA was officially founded in Hayes Hotel in Thurles.
  • In 1935 the Irish Land Commission granted the club five acres to create the GAA grounds which are still on that site today.
  • Golden Kilfeacle is one of few clubs in the West that have won both the senior hurling and senior football west championship
  • The golden era for the club was in the mid 1960’s to the mid 1970’s