Two Mile House GAA

Two Mile House is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland. The club grounds are located on The Commons, just off the Dunlavin Road. Eircode is W91 RF84. The parish of Two Mile House is surrounded by the towns of Naas, Newbridge and Kilcullen.

Two Mile House
Teach Dhá Míle
Founded:1885
County:Kildare
Nickname:'The House'
Playing kits
Standard colours

Two Mile House won the 2014 All Ireland JFC Champions after defeating Fuerty of Roscommon 5-7 to 1-11 on 9 February 2014.

Gaelic football


Underage development only really began in earnest in the early 1980s thereby making Two Mile House a relatively young club in real terms. From the late 1990s until recently the focus of the club had been exclusively on Gaelic football. Underage Hurling teams are now competing for Two Mile House.The club mens senior football team is currently playing in the Intermediate Championship and League Division 2.


Camogie

The camogie club competed in the 1950s and 1960s, beating Caragh 5-0 to 4-2 to win the 1967 county championship. The team got to the Leinster in the 1956 inter-provincial final, and also being selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century. Two Mile House camogie club revived briefly in 1991 and enjoyed many years of underage success until the late 1990s.

Honours


Underage Hurling

  • Kildare Under-14 Div 3 League Winners 2016
  • Kildare Under-12 Div 4 League Winners 2016
  • Kildare Under-12 Div 3 League Winners 2017
  • Kildare Under-13 Div 3 Shield Winners 2017
  • Kildare Under-14 Feile C Winners 2018

Notable players

References
  1. "Healy the Two Mile House hero". Irish Examiner. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. "All-Ireland glory for five-goal Two Mile House | Daily News | GAA News". GAA.ie. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

3. http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/two-mile-house-punching-well-above-their-weight-29419959.html

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.
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