Round Towers GAA (Kildare)
'Round towers is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in Kildare in County Kildare, Ireland winner of 10 Kildare county senior football championships , six as Round Towers, three as Kildare and one as St Patrick's. Glenn Ryan featured on the Kildare football team of the millennium and was an All Stars Award winner in 1997 and 1998. Karl O'Dwyer (son of the Kerry Great Micko Dwyer) and Brian Lacey were All Stars Award winners in 1998, and former Wexford hurler and 1989 All Star Eamon Cleary played for the team in the 1990s. A separate club, Naomh Bríd or St Brigid's organises hurling in the town. Three Naomh Bríd players, Tommy Burke, Jack O'Connell, and Pat White were chosen on the Kildare hurling team of the millennium. The Fitzpatrick family founded another club, Mooretown, in the district – its only honour was the Junior C Championship of 1982.
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| Founded: | 1880 | ||||||||
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| County: | Kildare | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and Amber | ||||||||
| Grounds: | St Brigid's Park, Kildare Friary Field, Kildare | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53.16113°N 6.914263°W | ||||||||
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History
Round Towers were relegated to intermediate football in 2012 after a defeat by one point to St Kevin's in the relegation play-off.
Honours
- Kildare Senior Football Championship: Winners (10) 1927, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1996, 1998, 2003
Senior Committee 2014
| Club Chairman | Brendan McGee |
| Vice-Chairman | Niall Daly |
| Club Secretary | Padraig Gill |
| Assistant Secretary | Mark Searing |
| Club Treasurer | Rebecca Carroll |
| Assistant Treasurer | Frank McMahon |
| Registrar | Brendan Barber |
| P.R.O | Edward Gibbons |
| County Board Delegate | Paddy Gibney |
| Coaching Officer | Glen Ryan |
| A.S.A.P Officer | |
| Youth / Children's Officer | Valerie Barry |
| Club Safety Officer |
Underage Club Officers 2014
| Chairman | Kieran Ryan |
| Vice-Chairman | Fergal Stynes |
| Secretary | Bill McDonald |
| Registrar | Brendan Barber |
| Youth / Children's Officer | Valerie Barry |
| A.S.A.P Officer | |
| Coaching Officer | Glen Ryan |
Bibliography
- Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, ISBN 0-9509370-0-2 hb ISBN 0-9509370-1-0 pb
- Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000– in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
- Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904–2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.