Confey GAA - Hurling

Hurling

The club formed its first adult team in March 1993. In its first year the adult men's team reached the junior hurling league semi-final and captured the Junior 'B' hurling championship, defeating Moorefield on a scoreline of 0-13 to 1-5. In 1997 the club won the S.H.L. Div. 2 title, defeating Clane 3-11 to 1-7. The club had to wait until 2002 to capture its next adult hurling titles when the club, led by captain Alfie Keenahan, won both the Intermediate League and Championship. The club has competed in the Senior Hurling championship ever since. In 2005 Confey lost to Celbridge in the semi-final, the furthest the team had reached in the competition to that point. The following year they were finalists, but were defeated by Ardclough. The club won its first Senior County Hurling Title in 2007, defeating Coill Dubh 3-8 to 0-10. The team was captained by Kieran Divilly, and man of the match was Oisin Lynch who scored 0-5 on the day. The team in 2007 was managed by Liam Dowd, who was aided by selectors Tony Hoare and Eamon Fennelly and 'special advisors' Davy Fitzgerald and Bertie Sherlock. The club fielded a second adult team for the first time in 2004 and in their first year they captured the Junior hurling league and championship. Since then the club's second team play in the Intermediate league and championship.

  • Confey had five representatives on the Kildare senior hurling team in 2007: Kieran & Paul Divilly, Oisin Lynch, Paul Keegan and Daragh Nolan.

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