History
Maynooth Crom Abu (pronounced aboo, named for the war cry of the FitzGeralds in the 16th century), wearing green, orange and black, played Straffan on March 13, 1887, a game that may not have been the first between the teams. Maynooth were semi-finalists in the very first championship, and after the 1889 semi-final withdrew from competition because Thomas Cullen died after an accidental blow to the head playing against Mountrice. At the time Crom-Abus had played 70 matches against teams from Dublin, Louth, Meath, and Kildare, and lost only ten of them. RIC records from 1890 show that Maynooth Crom Abu had 83 members, with officers listed as Con Buckley, James Gill, William Flood and Pat Gorman. Maynooth opened their grounds on the Moyglare Road in 1966.
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