Four points down deep into injury-time, Kildare needed a hero in the Leinster Minor Football Championship Final. Step forward Logan Tennyson.

Birthday boy Tennyson lords it in Portlaoise as Kildare win dramatic Leinster Minor Final

U20 All-Ireland winning joint-captain Shane Farrell returns to the Kildare bench after nearly two years out with injury but Brian Flanagan has made just one starting to the starting XV for the All-Ireland Championship Round 1 tie against Galway

Defeat to Kilkenny in Nowlan Park, coupled with Offaly's win over Wexford, means an immediate return to the Joe McDonagh Cup for Kildare

The group stages for the three Kildare Football Championships have been made

Kildare's Leinster Championship hopes have been bolstered by the return of James Burke after almost a year out but it will be an emotional day for manager Brian Dowling as he leads the team into Championship battle against his native Kilkenny

Kildare put in a huge effort in the second half but paid the price for a lacklustre first-half

In a close Leinster semi-final, one goal was always likely to be enough and it was Jack Doran who came up with the big moment for Kildare in the 53rd minute

Kildare held a wind-assisted ten point lead at half-time and it was only in the last ten minutes that Galway were able to pull away 

There were disappointments for Senan Gallagher in Leinster the last two years at minor level so he was delighted to make up for that at the first attempt at Under 20

A final that ebbed and flowed ended with Jimmy Lynch and Ronan Kelly getting the crucial scores to seal a two point over Louth in the Leinster U20 Final at Parnell Park

Maurice Colbert won a Leinster U21 title back in 1992 alongside some of Kildare's greatest ever players and on Wednesday evening his son Daniel proved once again that he is a chip off the old block

During his four years as Kildare minor manager, Niall Cronin suffered some tough defeats but he finally tasted Leinster glory after moving up to Under 20 level

After scoring seven points against Louth, Ronan Kelly savoured the fulfilment of a dream but then immediately turned his focus to an All‑Ireland

Kildare are looking for their first Leinster U20 title since 2023 against a Louth side competing in this final for the third successive year. 

Kildare scored five first-half goals in Mullingar on the way to beating Westmeath

Kildare face a trip out West to face Galway in the opening round of the All-Ireland Football Championship 

A late Alex Beirne equaliser sent the Leinster semi-final into extra-time but it was Westmeath who pulled clear from there

A number of key men return to the squad for the clash against Westmeath

Kildare and Westmeath are set to go face each other in Tullamore on Sunday

Ben Ryan's second half tackle on Meath's John Harkin summed up the lengths that Kildare were willing to go to in order to reach the Leinster U20 Football Championship Final

Kildare played some wonderful football as they saw off Meath in the Leinster U20 Football Championship semi-final

Jimmy Lynch and Ronan Kelly scored 1-15 between them as Kildare overcame Westmeath to reach the last four of Leinster

It's been a frustrating, injury-hit season so far for James McGrath but he hopes that is all behind him after helping Kildare to a Leinster Championship win over Laois

Ben Loakman and Darragh Kirwan scored the goals as Kildare finished as five point winners over Laois in Cedral St Conleths Park

Kildare were level at half-time before Wexford pulled clear after the break

There is some good news on the injury front in the team named by Brian Flanagan but Kildare are still short some key men

Brian Dowling has picked his team for the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship tie against Wexford from a near full strength squad

TJ Nolan suffered a 'significant injury to his lower leg' late in the first half and although the game resumed and played out until half-time referee Ian Howley made the call to abandon the game due to concerns over player welfare in difficult conditions in Kinnegad

Kildare’s minor footballers were denied top spot in their group and an automatic semi-final place by defeat to Louth

Shane Farrell has missed out on nearly two years of football but marked his return with three points after being introduced as a second half substitute in Kilcock's Division 3 win over Robertstown

Logan Tennyson scored a first half goal as Kildare beat Meath to set up a table topping clash with Louth in the final round of Group 1 in Leinster Minor Football Championship 

After an injury disrupted National League, Kildare captain Kevin Feely is hoping to be back to full fitness in time for Kildare's opening Championship game

A second win in the competition sees Kildare move in the quarter-finals of the Leinster U20 Football Championship as winners of Group 3

Jack Reilly scored 1-6 in the win over Laois

Results elsewhere suited Kildare but a fifth successive defeat means an immediate return to Division 3 for next season

The Keadeen Hotel has been announced as new scoreboard sponsors in Manguard Park

Kildare showed some spirit in the second half to make the final scoreline in Pairc Uí Rinn somewhat respectable but the damage had been done by then by a ruthless Cork attack

Kildare football manager Brian Flanagan will have been glad of the fortnight’s break after the demoralising fourteen-point defeat to Meath that plunges them deep into a relegation battle from Division 2 of the National Football League.

Suncroft were stubborn opponents but Two Mile House pulled away in the final stages of the Keogh Cup final 

An early Cian Costigan goal set the Newbridge outfit on their way

There are potential new opportunities for the club to expand

With Alex Beirne suspended for Sunday's crucial National League game away to Cavan, Kildare vice-captain Darragh Kirwan makes a timely return from injury to make his first start of 2026