Athy Hurling Club

Adult hurling returns to Athy after 17 year hiatus By John Harrington For the first time in 17 years an Athy adult hurling team will take to the field when they play Round Towers in the Kildare Junior Hurling Championship on Sunday. The man behind the renaissance of hurling in the south Kildare club is Paul Whelan, who hurled

It’s time. This weekend marks the start of the UPMC Junior Hurling Championship and the first competitive outing of our mens hurling team.

Throw in is at 3:30 pm in Manguard Park on Pitch 1. Tickets are available on the Kildare Gaa website. Use the link below to get your tickets:

https://kildaregaa.ie/tickets/

All support is welcome and would be greatly appreciated.

Wishing team and management the very best. It is going to be brilliant seeing the maroon and white of Athy Hurling Club back in action 🥎

Hurling returns to Athy after almost two decades - News - Kildare Nationalist After an absence of almost 20 years, Athy will field a team for a hurling Championship game when they take on Round Towers on Sunday in Manguard Park

Athy make their return to Kildare hurling championship in busy weekend of fixtures

Congratulations to our minor team and management last night on a brilliant win against Moorefield in the first round of the 2026 Future Ticketing Minor C Hurling Championship. A very strong start to their championship campaign.

They will play Broadford in the next round on Wednesday the 9th of September in Broadford 🥎

Congratulations to our U16 team and management for a brilliant win against Ardclough last week in the first round of the Life Credit Union U16 B Hurling Championship

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The lads play Celbridge in the next round of the championship on Friday the 21st of August in Athy. 🥎

We are delighted to announce our jersey sponsors for our mens hurling team. The support from the community has been overwhelming and it is reflected through the sponsorship from these 4 Athy town businesses. We cannot thank you enough for your help in driving Athy Hurling Club on this year as we re-establish our mens hurling team. Seeing the maroon and white take the field again will be an unbelievable occasion and we are tremendously proud to have you take the field with us.

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Jerseys by , brilliant quality 🥎

Picture 1&2: Paul Whelan (club captain), Judith O’Brien (Owner O’Briens Bar and Grocery), Eddie Lawler (Club President)

Picture 3: Finn Kane, Conor Cuddy, Niall Coffey, Seán Ronan, Shane Coffey

Picture 4&5: Paul Whelan, Stephanie Defreitas (Owner The Clubhouse Brew)

Picture 6&7: Paul Whelan, Seán Clare (Owner SC Performance Coaching)

Picture 8&9: Paul Whelan, Aaron Meade (Owner Aaron Meade Plumbing)

Ár míle buíochas do gach uile dhuine a chuidigh linn 🥎

🥎Jersey Sponsorship opportunity available🥎

We are getting closer and closer to the throw in of the UPMC Junior Hurling Championship and we have sponsorship spaces available on our men’s team jersey.

This is a wonderful opportunity to put your business in front of a large local audience. If you would like your logo proudly displayed on the Athy Hurling Cub jersey then contact:

Paul : 083 - 807 - 4044

The fixture schedule for our mens team in the 2026 UPMC Junior Hurling Championship 🥎

1 neutral, 1 home and 1 away venue. The excitement continues to build and we cannot wait for the first ball to be thrown in, in our first competitive fixture against Round Towers in Manguard Park on the 16th of August.

The lads will then gear up for the first competitive mens hurling match in Athy for 17 years against Cappagh on the 27th of August. Put the date in your diary now and come up to support the lads and create a cracking atmosphere for the game.

We round out the group stages travelling to Kilcock on the 12th of September for what is sure to be another exciting tough challenge.

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The draw for the 2026 UPMC Hurling Championship has been made. Our mens team have been drawn in Group A with Kilcock, Round Towers and Cappagh🥎

Wishing the team and management the very best in this year’s championship. The excitement is starting to build 🥎