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| Founded: | 1964 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Wicklow | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°54′12″N6°36′26″W / 52.903406°N 6.607208°W /52.903406; -6.607208 | ||||||||||||
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Kiltegan GAA Club (official title "Naomh Teagáin GAA club") is aGAA club located inKiltegan,County Wicklow. The club was founded in 1964, and its catchment area covers the villages of Kiltegan,Rathdangan, and surrounding areas.[1]
The club is represented in youth competitions by the juvenile clubMichael Dwyers which is a combination of the GAA clubs in Kiltegan, Ballymanus and Knockananna.
Kiltegan won its firstWicklow SFC title in 1986 and followed this up by winning its firstWicklow SHC title in 1987. Kiltegan subsequently won the Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001.[2] Kiltegan won the Wicklow Senior Football Championship in 2008[3] in a historic year for the club where they also captured the Wicklow Junior A and Junior C titles.
Notable club members includePeter Keogh, who was an administrator and journalist with the localWicklow People newspaper.[4]
Seanie Furlong scored 32–305 in a Wicklow Senior football career spanning from 2008 until 2021[5][6]
Rory Finn played Senior football for Wicklow from 2007 until 2021[7]
Pádraig O' Toole is a current member of the Wicklow Senior Football team.[8] He has also enjoyed success with IT Carlow, named wing forward on the 2020 Higher Education GAA team of the year after IT Carlow's run to the Sigerson Cup final[9]