Injuries and retirements are among the reasons that it likely to be a very different looking Kildare football team in the early part of 2026

There was a lot of work put in during Brian Flanagan's first year in charge that will benefit Kildare in 2026

Naas came into the 2025 Senior Football Championship final looking for a fifth successive county title but came up against an Athy side who weren't going to settle for anything less than bringing the Dermot Bourke Cup back to the south of the county. In the other grades, Sallins and Grangenolvin proved to be outstanding champions

Brian Flanagan's team came from 11 points down at half-time to almost catch All-Ireland champions Kerry before losing by two at Cedral St Conleths Park

An 11 point lead was whittled down as the Carlow played with a strong wind in the second half but Grangenolvin stood strong to complete the greatest day in the club's history

The current Communications Officer will replace the outgoing Christine Murrary at Convention on Monday 8 December

It will be a clash between the Tailteann Cup champions and the Sam Maguire champions when Kildare take on Kerry at Cedral St Conleths Park five days before Christmas

The nominations for next month's County Convention have been confirmed

Athy backed up their county final win over Naas with a win over the same club in the Reserve A final

2026 is sure to be an exciting year for Kildare hurling after the fixtures for the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship were confirmed

The hurling was of the highest standard as Maynooth overcame Celbridge to win the Minor 'A' final

Congratulations to all the players on the Athy football panel, whether you played in the final or not.

An incident which occurred in early October is at the centre of online controversy

Celbridge man Mick O'Grady brings down the curtain on an inter-county career that spanned over a decade and saw him make well over 100 appearances in a Lilywhite jersey

Sallins fully justified their favourites' tag as they won their first Intermediate title since 2003

The Johnstownbridge man steps down after over a decade of service in the Lilywhite jersey

This Junior 'A' Championship semi-final seemed dead and buried until Ballykelly produced a stunning comeback in the final minutes 

The championships really take shape now that the group stages have concluded

This weekend sees the final round of games down for decision in the Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship with the games set to take place in Cedral St Conleth’s Park, Manguard Park and Clane’s Conneff Park.

Sallins continue to look awesome in the National Electrical Wholesalers Intermediate Football Championship but Round Towers have to settle for a place in the preliminary quarter-finals due to Castledermot's 13 point win over Ballyteague

The first of the National Electrical Wholesalers Intermediate Football Championship groups will be settled on Thursday evening

Places in the knockout stages will be confirmed this weekend

Bryan Murphy has been many things to Kildare GAA and now adds another string to his bow with his appointment as Head of Football Development

Brian Dowling Returns for a third year as manager of the Kildare senior hurlers and after a year in which Kildare won the Joe McDonagh Cup and gained promotion to Division 1B of the Allianz League the Kilkenny native sat down with The Kildare ...

Richard Commins assesses the intriguing addition of Davy Burke to Brian Flanagan's management team with the Kildare Senior Footballers for the 2026 season

After departing the role as manager of Roscommon after three years in Connacht, Davy Burke joins Brian Flanagan's management back in his native Kildare

Naas and Sarsfields, the top two in the betting for the Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship, will meet in the group stages for the third year in a row following last Sunday's round robin draw.

Barely twelve months into his four-year term as Kildare Senior Football Manager, Brian Flanagan sat down with The Kildare Nationalist to reflect on a year that brought promotion, the Tailteann Cup and Sam Maguire Football.

JOE MALLON MOTORS SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP  GROUP A  Celbridge Clogherinkoe Johnstownbridge Athy  GROUP B  Raheens Sarsfields Maynooth Naas  GROUP C  Clane Kilcock Moorefield Allenwood ...

Johnny Doyle came out of retirement to aid Allenwood's cause in the Senior Football Championship but unfortunately picked up a first half injury

Naas get this year's Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship underway on Thursday evening against Moorefield and they very definitely the ones to beat once again

The newly named National Electrical Wholesalers Intermediate Football Championship is renowned for it’s unpredictability and it would appear to the same again this year. RICHARD COMMINS tries to make sense of this week’s preliminary round ties.

Supporters around the world will be able to watch extensive coverage of the Kildare GAA Championships under the new link up

Brendan Cawley sat down with the Kildare Nationalist to discuss refereeing his first All-Ireland Senior Football final

All eyes were on Brendan Cawley on Sunday as he refereed the biggest football match on the GAA calendar but three days later it was back to the basics as he officiated an U14G Championship game

Brian Flanagan has laid a very solid platform for progression in 2026 after his first season in charge of the Kildare footballers

The story of the first Kildare man to referee an All-Ireland Football final is an interesting one to say the least 

The presence of club legend Eoin Doyle in the Naas camp was one of the factors that attracted serial All Ireland winner Philly McMahon to take over as manager of the Kildare champions. That and a reasonable commute, which always helps.

There a mix of joy and relief as Kildare lifted the Tailteann Cup at Croke Park last weekend

Less than 24 hours after helping the Kildare footballers win the Tailteann Cup, Brian Byrne made a late appearance off the bench as Naas made short work of Confey

Brian Flanagan's team had to survive a last gasp scare before captain Kevin Feely was able to lift the trophy on the steps of the Hogan Stand

Callum Bolton and Ryan Burke come into the starting 15

“Sure, isn’t Limerick a hurling county? There’s no way we should be losing to them. ” I heard those words, or ones to that effect, a few times over the past couple of weeks and hopefully it is an attitude that doesn’t seep into Hawkfield.