Cill Dara golf club Kildare

Members Achievements

Cill Dara Golf Club won the ‘Kildare Mixed Shield’ ..... the tournament was played Millicent Golf Club in May 2023. The team on the day was Herbie Wilkins with Ann Doyle, Jim Hanafin with Stephanie O'Sullivan, Frederick Archbold with Catherine Doyle, John Conlon with Ann Ryan and Gerry King with Marguerite Rowan.

The Ladies of Cill Dara Golf Club qualified for the Quarter-Finals of the All-Ireland series of the Minor Cup at Slieve Russell Golf Club on Wednesday 7th September 2022.
They were drawn against the Ladies from Castle Golf Club and won their match by 3½-matches to 1½ -match.
First on the tee was Lori Solan who went up the 19th before relinquishing the point against Jennifer Wilson, she was followed by Maiella Howard who won her match by 2 and 1 against Kathryn Wilson, Esther Loakman halved her match with Marie O’Brien, in the penultimate match Maria Scully had a 1-hole win against Mary Whooley and the bottom match of Tracey Gallagher against Sarah Mahon went 4 and 3 to the Kildare Club.
They met the Ladies from Rockmount Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final the following day and lost out by 3-matches to 2-matches.
Lori Solan led them out again but lost her match by 3 and 2 against Patricia McDonnell, next on the tee was Maiella Howard who had a comfortable 5 and 3 win against Moyra Evans, she was followed by Ester Loakman who lost her match against Karen Gowdy by 4 and 3, in the penultimate match Maria Scully won her match against Alwyn Higham by the minimum and in the bottom and deciding match Tracey Gallagher lost out by the very minimum against Sue McDonagh.  

The Ladies of Cill Dara Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland Quarter-Final of the Challenge Cup at Slieve Russell Golf Club on Friday 9th September 2022 and lost their match against Greystones Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches.
First on the tee was Deirdre Garrett who had a comfortable 5 and 4 match against Celine Joyce, She was followed by Stephanie O’Sullivan who lost her match against Orla Rush by 5 and 5, next on the tee was Mary Conlan who went down by 7 and 6 against Regina Connaughton, in the penultimate Annette French halved her match against Wendy Lee and in the bottom Mairead Gray lost her match by 4 and 2 against Grace Dodd.                       

Cill Dara Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield in 2019 when they beat Castlecomer Golf Club in the Provincial Semi-Final by 3½-matches to 1½-matches and met Newlands Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches which was clinched on the 22th on 22th July at Greenore Golf Club.  

They made their way to Westport Golf Club to participate in the All-Ireland deciders.
They were drawn against Connacht Champions Castlebar Golf Club on 20th September and lost out by 3½-matches to 1½-matches to the Mayo club.
In the top match Mark Dowling with Paul Moran lost their match by 4 and 3 against Ray and Declan Prendergast, they were followed by Desmond Scahill with Anthony McCormack against Sean Haugh with Padraig Rice was recorded as a halve when called-in, next on the tee was Michael Malone with Christy Roche lost their match against David Molloy with Val Jennings by 5 and 3, in the penultimate match Colin O’Leary with Declan Loakman had a very comfortable 8 and 7 win against John Ouigley with Paul Fitzgerald and in the bottom match Nigel Flanagan with Eddie Cross lost out to Colin Dawson with Pat Waldron by 3 and 1.

Cill Dara Golf Club win the All-Ireland Jimmy Bruen Shield on Saturdat 17th September 2016 at Carton House Golf Club having won the Leinster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield at Howth Golf Club on Sunday 30th July 2016, when they beat Greenore Golf Club by 3½ matches to 1½ matches in the Semi-Final and accounted for Elm Park Golf Club by a similar score in the Leinster Final.

The made the short journey to Carton House to represent Leinster for the first time in the Cup & Shields and were drawn against Munster Champions Muskery Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final and again had a  3½ matches to 1½ matches over the Cork club.

They were led out by Ray Mackey with Christopher Harhen who halved their match against Andrew Gray with Tony Gardiner, they were followed by James Dunne with Ciaran Ryan who had a 4 and 3 win over Sean Geary with Gary Lucas, next on the tee were Tom Friary with Pat Garry who lost to Paul Herlihy with Fionn Hickey by 2 and 1 the penultimate match of David Fox with Declan Plunkett went 3 and 2 to Cill Darr against Fergal Murphy with Michael O’Brien in the bottom match Patrick Hopkins with Christy Roche clinched their place in the All-Ireland decider with a 5 and 3 win over Michael O’Callaghan with Jack Taylor.

They met Connacht Champions Athenry Golf Club in the All-Ireland Final, Athenry had accounted for Ulster Champions Fortwilliam Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches in their Semi-Final. They were led out again by Ray Mackey with Christopher Harhen who lost their match against Ethan Regan with Oisin O’Connell by 2 and 1, next up were James Dunne with Ciaran Ryan who recorded a 2-hole loss to David Flaherty with David Mooney 2, they were followed by David Kelly with Desmond Scahill who put the first points on the board with a 3 and 2 win over Sean O’Connell with Paul Molloy in the penultimate match David Fox with Declan Plunkett tied things up when they recorded a 2 and 1 win over beat Ian Kelly with Mark Moran, in the bottom match with the green pennant depending on the outcome Patrick Hopkins wit Christy Roche against Ciaran Coughlan with Seamus Burke went up the 19th before clinching Cill Dara’s First Green Pennant with a 3-matches to 2-matches victory in its long history founded in 1920. Well done lads.

Cill Dara Golf Club won the FBD Barton Cup in 2004, when the team was, Rory Cleary, Mick Murphy, Dessie Scahill, Niall Kennedy, Sean Dowling, Pat Doyle, Kit Harhen, Pat Hopkins, Dara Conlan, Tommie Kinane, Christy Roche, Paul Judge, John Cunneen, Martin Whiteley, they were managed by Joe Moran.

They won the Brennan Cup in 2003, when the team was, Joe Moran, Paul Ennis, John Cunneen, Christy Roche, Paul Magee, Pat Hopkins, James Dunne, Tommie Kinane, Rory Cleary, Joe Waters, David Gil,  they were managed by Ger Heffernan and Martin Whiteley.

They won the Cullen Trophy in 2003, when the team was, Dermot Corcoran, Pat Hopkins, Joe Moran, Christy Roche, Tommie Kinane, Ruth Conlan, Lily O'Connor, Kathleen King, Alice Moran, Mary Keegan and Phil Murphy.

Prior to 2001:

They were County Champions in the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 1996, when the team was, P. Dowling, S. Coughlan, J. Kennedy, J. Clohessy, J. Glenny, M. Fahy, K. Prendergast, R. Dolan, D. Bradley, F. Hyland and D. Sommers.

They won the Central Towns Trophy in 1995.

They won the Michael Moore Cup in 1994, when the team was, J. Kennelly, J. Kilbaine, D. O'Donnell, B. Gleeson, J. White, they were managed by P. Donnelly.

The Boys' of Cill Dara Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Fred Daly Trophy in 1995.

The Ladies of Cill Dara Golf Club won the ILGU Midland District League in 1992 and 1993.

Veteran Reg Dolan, 77 years young, won the Irish Independent Golfer of the Month for September, 2000. He was presented with a beautiful limited edition of a painting by Robert Ballagh and four rounds of golf at Druid's Glen. I, for one, would like to see lots more works of Art as prizes on the prize table. Reg plays his golf three times a week at his club, when he commutes from Dublin. He takes two buses across the city, gets the Arrow to Kildare town and walks the mile and a half to the club.

The day after his 20th birthday, Ger Hall smashed the course record when shooting a 64, beating the previous best by 3 shots.

History of Cill Dara

Instituted 1920 affiliated 1922

Cill Dara attempted to get permission from the War Department to use the Little Curragh for their golf course in 1914, but they said that the application would have to await "the Cessation of the Hostilities

The early records of the club are not available however, a rule book in the GUI archives, dated 1920, gives Mr. A. Anthony as the first Captain.