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Haven Hire   SHC Final
                                                      31.07.2021
Photos courtesy of Sean Brilly

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                                              Throw in: 3pm
                                              Venue: St Conleth’s Park, Newbridge
                                              Reiteoir: Conor Daly
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Buíochas
I wish to thank both Confey and Naas for their help in compiling the programme. Also
special thanks to Pat Costello for his article along with Sean Brilly for photos. I also wish to
acknowledge Karl O’Sullivan in Pixelpress for the programme design. A big thank you to my
colleagues on the Kildare GAA PR Committee for all their assistance with this production.
Finally, I want to wish both Confey and Naas the very best of luck in their quest to win
today’s Senior Hurling Championship Final and we look forward to seeing a competitive and
sporting encounter.
Dave Cahill
Oifigeach Caidrimh Phoiblí

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Chairman’s
Address
Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur romhaibh go
léir go dtí Droichead Nua inniu agus tá súil
agam go mbainfidh sibh sár-thaitneamh as
an cluiche.
   On behalf of Kildare GAA, I want to welcome
you all to St. Conleth’s Park for the 2020
Haven Hire Senior Hurling Championship
Final between Confey and Naas at 3pm.
   I want to extend a warm welcome to both
teams and officials on their visit today and
I expect that we will all be treated to very       game. I also want to express my thanks to
enjoyable, exciting and competitive game.          Club Kildare who continue to raise funds for
   Today’s match referee is Conor Daly and I       Kildare GAA.
wish him the best of luck officiating today’s        Today’s competition sponsor is Haven
fixture. The County Referees Committee             Hire who is a fantastic and loyal supporter of
are currently recruiting new referees and          Kildare GAA - it is greatly appreciated. I also
all clubs are asked to try recruit. Without        wish to thank our main sponsor Brady Family
referees we will not be in a position to fulfill   and all our other sponsors for their continued
fixtures.                                          support, we are extremely grateful, and we
   To ensure the running of our organisation       wish you continued success.
and our games is of the highest standard it          Finally, I want to thank all our steadfast
requires a lot of work behind the scenes.          supporters and I hope you all enjoy today’s
On that note I want to thank my fellow             game.
officers, our stewards, and all who continue
                                                   Yours in sport
to volunteer their services to Kildare GAA.
Thanks also to our groundsmen for having           Mick Gorman
our pitch in excellent condition for today’s       Cathaoirleach

Today’s Match Official - Conor Daly
Today’s Senior Hurling Final Referee is Conor Daly from the Leixlip Club.
Conor is 37 years of age and is refereeing in Kildare since 2008. Today is
his first Senior Hurling Championship Final appointment. He has previously
refereed 2 Intermediate Hurling Finals and 2 Junior Hurling Finals. Conor
is currently a member of the Leinster and National Support Panels of referees and was the
man in the middle for the 2020 Leinster Minor Hurling Final meeting of Offaly and Kilkenny.
Today’s linesmen are Mattie Redmond (Stand-By Referee) and Eamonn Kelly with Owen
Murphy fulfilling the role of 4th Official.

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Confey and Naas can
put on a show
Pat Costello, Sports Editor Kildare Nationalist

I remember the day well. The day hurling       Success had come earlier though with the first
came to Confey GAA club. It was a              of their seven Junior Hurling Championships
Saturday morning, not long after the club      in 1942. No, I wasn’t born either for that one!
was formed in 1989. Michael Coleman,
                                               Just look at any Kildare county team over the
then a star hurler with Galway and uncle
                                               last number of years and it is populated by
to the Divilly brothers, Ciaran, Paul and
                                               Naas players, whether it be at Minor, U20 or
Michael, came along to Cope Bridge to
                                               Senior level. Brian Byrne has had the honour
formally launch the great Irish game to
Kildare’s newest GAA club and what a           of captaining Kildare to two Christy Ring
success it turned it out to be at the club.    titles and a Division 2B League title. They
                                               have also competed successfully at underage
Michael Coleman may have launched              level in Kilkenny.
hurling at the club but great hurling
men, and women, from counties like             Hurling has given the county a great lift in
Galway, Roscommon, Tipperary, Antrim,          these last number of difficult months starting
Cork, Wexford and many more of the             with that Christy Ring win last November
“traditional hurling” counties as well as a    and then promotion to the Joe McDonagh
few outside of that golden circle went on      Cup and Division 2B in the Allianz League.
to nurture, cajole, promote and in the end     Then we had the summer of hurling when
drive on hurling at Cope Bridge.               the U20s defeated Carlow and Wexford, yes
                                               Wexford, in the Leinster Championship and
Success soon followed on the pitch and         the Minors had similar success over Carlow
eventually at adult level as those kids, who   and Laois.
first came along to hear Michael Coleman
on that Saturday morning, grew into men        Both teams went out at the Quarter Final
with a love for the game and Confey            stage something that is more to do with the
firstly became county Minor Hurling B          inequalities of the Leinster Championship
Champions in 1998. That was followed           structure than anything wrong with the
by Senior Hurling Championships in             Kildare teams. The performances of the
2007, 2008 and 2012 and there were a           senior team in the Joe McDonagh Cup won
few Senior Hurling League wins along the       so many admirers as well.
way too.                                       Hurling has a new home in Kildare they said.
Hurling had found a new home in Kildare.       Talk to someone like former County Chairman,
Big Naoise Sheridan is well known and          Jack Wall, and he will regale you with stories
feted around Naas GAA Club as it was he        of successful Kildare hurling teams in the
who captained the club to its first Kildare    60s and 70s when the likes of Wall himself
Senior Hurling Championship title in           as well as Pat Dunny and Tommy Carew were
1951 and the County Town team has              staring for the Lilywhites and competing
gone on to win the Blue Riband of Kildare      in top-flight League and Championship
Hurling on a further six occasions and are     matches against the likes of Galway, Cork,
defending county champions.                    Tipperary, Offaly and Kilkenny.

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“  Hurling has given the
county a great lift in these last
                                             the show with 1-6. Kevin Aherne and Shane
                                             Ryan chipped in with a goal apiece also.
                                             The defending County Champions were in
number of difficult months
                                             rude good health then.
starting with that Christy
Ring win last November and                   It was the other semi-final that drew all the
then promotion to the Joe                    attention though. Celbridge were favourites,
McDonagh Cup and Division                    and rightly so, to advance to the final but

                                 ”
                                             as is their wont, Confey were out to cause a
2B in the Allianz League.
                                             shock, and cause it they did. The evergreen
                                             Kieran Divilly, the man who captained the
There is a tradition of hurling in Kildare
and the likes of Paul Divilly and John       club to their first county hurling title, got one
Doran in their GDA roles, Managers David     of their goals. Another stalwart, Frank Bass,
Herity, Pat English and Eoin Stapleton       the other in a 2-9 to 0-8 victory on the day.
will drive Kildare hurling to levels that    Unfortunately, the Covid lockdown denied
existed in Jack Wall’s playing days and      both teams of the opportunity of playing that
more. The drive and foresight of Hurling     County Final but thanks to the persistence
Committee Chairman, Colm Nolan, and          of Mick Mullin and his Competitions Control
his Committee members has seen a             Committee, they will get the chance to face
resurgence of hurling in Kildare, not        each other on Saturday and we will get the
only at county level but at club level too   opportunity to witness a good open final.
with the Awards Scheme and the recent
successes on the field of Sarsfields and     Those nine Naas players I referred to
Maynooth.                                    above have enhanced their reputations
                                             with the county in the intervening period,
None of this would have happened             most notably Rian Boran, Conor and Cathal
though without the willing and unstinting    Dowling, but a few more have snuck in with
support of the County Board. Gearóid         the Kildare U20s as well so Manager, Tom
Ó Tiarnáin is surely smiling down from       Mullally will be very happy with that progress.
heaven.
                                             For Confey, the outstanding Paul Divilly,
You all remember Sunday 4th October          David Slattery and Colm Chan have all been
last? Of course you do! It was a horrible    on the Kildare senior journey with Chan
wet Sunday but the hurlers of Confey,        making a late entry for the final two Joe
Celbridge, Naas and Éire Óg Corra Choill     McDonagh Cup games.
bravely battled the conditions to gain a
place in the Senior County Hurling Final.    On paper and with the quality of players
“Confey Shock Celbridge to Reach Senior      available to them, Naas will be firm favourites
Hurling Final” screamed one page of the      to bring home title number eight, but all eyes
following Tuesday’s Kildare Nationalist      will be on Confey Manager, Tom Moloney, to
while on the opposite page read,             see what magic he can conjure up again to
“Defending Champions Safely Through to       dethrone the champions. How he uses David
Final”.                                      Slattery might be the answer to that if Confey
                                             are to win their fourth title.
Business as usual then for Naas as they
accounted for the Donare club, 3-21          I don’t know who will win but let’s hope for
to 1 -11. That Naas side contained           a dry day so that we can witness the skills
nine players who would later go on to        that these players from Confey and Naas
win all those honours with the Kildare       have and they can show how hurling has
senior team with Brian Byrne leading         developed in Kildare.

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County Final Player Pen Pics

Player name       Age   Occupation            Most memorable         Your toughest
                                              game you played in     opponent
David Slattery    32    Health & Wellness     Christy Ring Final     Pa Curtain -
                        Coach                 Croke Park             Celbridge
Neil Ryan         19    Jockey                U16 Championship       Peter O’Donoghue
                                              Final
Frank Bass        24    Student Teacher       Ryan Cup Final         Mark Coleman
Kieran Divilly    39    Sales Rep             County Final 2007      Richie Hoban
                                                                     Ardclough
Fiachra Lynch     32    Quality Controller    First County           Evan Dempsey
                                              Championship
Paul Feerick      30    Foreman               2012 county final      An umpire with
                                                                     good vision
Niall Glennon     30    Plumber               2012 County Final      Joe Dempsey
Anthony Hoare     35    Service Dept          U21 County Final vs    Liam Rushe
                        Manager               Celbridge
Aidan Ryan        26    Accounts              2013 Intermediate      Ciaran Moran -
                        Administrator         final vs St Laurence’s Mayo
Philip Quigley    34    Process Engineer      Kildare
                                              championship final
                                              2008
Eamon McQuillan   30    Risk Analyst          Senior Championship Martin Fitzgerald
                                              debut vs Leixlip
Sean Leamy        32    Teacher               /                      /
Eoin Lynch        28    Technical Recruiter   Intermediate final     Willie Madden
                                              2013
Kevin Chan        37    www.chaiyo.ie         Beating Celbridge in   Elon Musk
                                              2012 county final
Padraic Keegan    32    Teacher               2012 county final      Tackle box with
                                                                     Flip Quigley/Birdie.
                                                                     Nightmare
Shane Lawless     36    Physiotherapist       2008 championship      When Conor
                                              semi-final             Feeney hits you a
                                                                     shoulder in training

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Player name         Age   Occupation             Most memorable       Your toughest
                                                 game you played in   opponent
Paul Divilly        34    Kildare GAA Athletic   Christy Ring Final   Richie Hoban
                          Development            2020                 back in the day at
                                                                      Kildare training!
Daniel Waldron      19    Student                Minor league final   Darragh Melville
                                                 with Kilardfey
Shane Quinn         27    Carpenter              2020 Championship    Padraic Keegan
                                                 Semi-Final
Mark Waldron        23    Software Developer     League Final         Naas
Daniel lynch        34    Carpenter              Under 21 county      Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
                                                 final
Ronan McNamara      27    Engineer               2020 Kildare         Ask me when I
                                                 championship         retire
                                                 semi-final
Conor Feeney        34    Airline Pilot          2007 county final    Richie Hoban
Kieran Kilbane      21    Physicist              U-16 Championship    Cian O’Sullivan
                                                 Final
Colm Chan           31    Teacher                County final 2012    Fennelly brothers
Michael Mullarkey   24    Environmental          Championship debut Early mornings
                          Officer                in Hawkfield
Ruairí Lynch        27    Secondary School       Intermediate         Gerry Keegan
                          Teacher                Championship Win
Michael Divilly     36    Project Manager        2012 county final    Paudie Reidy
Michael Mullarkey   24    Environmental          Championship debut Gerry Keegan
                          Officer                in Hawkfield

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Mark Nevin
What is your name? Mark Nevin

What age are you? 28

What is your Club? Naas

When did you make your Senior
League Debut & against who? 2012 vs.
Celbridge

When did you make your Senior
Championship Debut & against who?
2014 vs. Maynooth

Can you describe your Pre-Match Day
routine from the time you awake to
arriving at the venue? Very boring.           Who is the joker in the panel? Kevin
Eat plain foods, go for a walk with the       Aherne. Enjoys raging against the
headphones on                                 machine (Mullally)
Do you have any pre match rituals?            Who is the best dressed? Conor Dowling.
Frantically panicking about food and          Sponsored by the O Neills factory
whether I ate at the right time or not
                                              Who is the worst dressed? Richie Hogan.
Who has been your toughest opponent           A lot of red and faded salmon short-
and why? Paudie Ryan. Runs all day            shorts. Fairly sure the new boots are golf
Team you most like to beat? Wouldn’t          shoes as well
discriminate against anyone, Ill take any     What player do you admire from another
win in championship                           sport and why? Katie Taylor. Saves her
Proudest Day? 2019 county final win. A        best for the big day
long time coming, but worth the wait          What manager from another sport do you
Toughest or most disappointing day in         admire and why? Marcelo Bielsa. He’s the
GAA? 2017 County final. We’ll say no          second coming. MOT
more

Who has been the biggest influence on
your career? John O Malley. A made man
in Naas Hurling. Still the spiritual leader
of this team

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Confai
                                                         1
                                                 Shane Quinn
                                                   Sean Ó’Cuinn

                   2                                    3                                     4
         Fiachra Lynch                           Sean Leamy                             Paul Ferrick
         Fiachra Ó’Lionnsaigh                      Sean Ó’Leamai                         Pol Ó’Feeraigh

                5                                       6                                       7
          Anto Hoare                             Niall Glennon                          Shane Lawless
          Antoin de hOra                         Niall Mag Leannain                       Seán Laighléis

                                     8                                      9
                            Aidan Ryan                                Paul Divilly
                                Aodhan Ó’Riain                        Pol Ó’Diobhaile

               10                                       11                                      12
       Philip Quigley                             Eoin Lynch                                Colm Chan
         Pilib Ó’Coigligh                        Eoin Ó’Lionnsaigh                           Coilm Chan

              13                                        14                                        15
      Kieran Divilly                             Kieran Divilly                          David Slattery
       Ciaran Ó’Diobhaile                        Ciaran Ó’Diobhaile                          Dáithí Slatara

                            21 Frank Bass                          26 Eamon McQuillan               Bainisteoir
  Fir Ionaid                   Prioncias De Bass                      Eamon Mac an Chilin           Thomas Moloney

17 Daniel Waldron           22 Mick Divilly                        27 Michael Mullarky              Roighnóirí
                                                                      Mícheál Ó Maoilearca          Darragh Nolan
   Donal De Bhaldraith         Mícheál Ó’Diobhaile                                                  Adrian Kinsella
                                                                   28 Ruairi Lynch                  Will Maher
18 Mark Waldron             23 Neil Ryan                              Ruairi Ó’Lionnsaigh           Eamon Shields
   Marc De Bhaldraith          Niall O’Riáin
                                                                   29 Conor Feeney
19 Ronan McNamara           24 Kieran Kilbane                         Concobhar Ó Fiannaí
   Ronan Mac Conmara           Ciarán Mac Giolla Bháin

20 Kevin Chan               25 Dan Lynch
   Caoimhín Chan               Dónall Ó’Lionnsaigh

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Nas na Riogh
                                                        1
                                           Cormac Gallagher
                                                Cormac Ó Gallchóir

                   2                                    3                                      4
          Simon Lacey                          Richard Hogan                        Ian Blackburne
          Síomón Ó Laitheasa                    Risteaird Ó hÓgáin                    Ian Mac Duibhrinn

                   5                                    6                                       7
        Kevin Whelan                             Ross Kelly                            Harry Carroll
         Caoimhín Ó Faoláin                      Ross Ó Ceallaigh                         Anraí Ó Cearúil

                                    8                                       9
                               Rian Boran                    Seán MacDonnacha
                               Rian Ó Bóráin                        Seán Mac Donncha

               10                                       11                                       12
        James Burke                            Cathal Dowling                          Conor Dowling
         Séamus De Búrca                         Cathal Ó Dúlaing                         Conchúr Ó Dúlaing

              13                                       14                                          15
        Brian Byrne                            Jack Sheridan                               Shane Ryan
          Brian Ó Broin                          Jack Ó Sioradáin                             Seán Ó Riain

                                  21 Peter Moran                     27 Sean Gainey                   Bainisteoir
  Fir Ionaid                         Peadar Ó Móráin                    Seán Ó Geaibheannaigh         Tom Mullaly
                                  22 Eoin Ó Hehir                    28 Kevin Aherne                  Roghnóirí
16 Seán Burke
                                     Eoin Ó Hehir                       Caoimhín Ó hEathrín           Christy Kealy
   Seán De Búrca
                                  23 Ciaran Tobin                    29 Diarmuid Greene               Colm Mc Taigue
17 Jeff Keane
                                     Ciaran Toibín                      Diarmaid Ó hUaithne           David Delahunty
   Séathrún Catháin
                                  24 Donie Mac Sweeney               30 Shane Walsh                   John Blackburne
18 John McKeon                                                          Seán Breathnach
                                     Donál Mac Suibhne                                                John Burke
   Seán Mac Eoghain
19 Mark Nevin                     25 Kevin Kelleher
   Mark O’ Canimhain                 Caoimhín Ó Céileachair
20 Conor Gormley                  26 Robert Byrne
   Conchúr Ó Goirmleadhaigh          Roibeárd Ó Broin

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naas
County Final Player Pen Pics

Player name      Age   Occupation       Most memorable game           Your toughest
                                        you played in                 opponent
Kevin Whelan     29    Teacher          Christy Ring final 2018
Jack Sheridan    23    Carpenter        2019 County Final Win         Caolan Taggart
Jeff Keane       23    Quantity         Tullroan 2019                 Donie McSweeney
                       Surveyor
Michael Gainey   25    Garda            Minor Championship Final      Conor Gormley
James Burke      22    Student          Christy Ring Final 2018       Callum Lyons
Harry Carroll    21    Student          U21 county final 2019         Johnny Byrne
Dónal Mac        30    Teacher          2019 county final             Ritchie Coyle
Sweeney
Eoin O’Hehir     25    Trainee          Kildare debut vs Derry        Ronan Maher
                       Accountant
Sean Gainey      28    Site Foreman     2019 County Final             Conor Gormley
Peter Moran      25    Management       Kildare Senior Debut v        Padraig Walsh
                       Consultant       Westmeath in NHL 2017
Shane Ryan       23    Physiotherapist 2019 County Final              John Doran
Cathal Dowling   22    Student          2019 County final             Padraig Walsh -
                                                                      Tullaroan
Ben O’Reilly     21    Student/         Kildare Minor Final 2018      Sean Whelan -
                       Cheesemonger                                   Ardclough
Shane Walsh      35    Primary School   U12 South Tipperary Final     Eoin Kelly
                       Teacher
Rian Boran       21    Student          Christy ring 2020 final vs    Pierce McGuigan
                                        down                          (down)
Kevin Kelleher   20    Student          U20 Wexford game              Brian Crowe
Conor Gormley    25    Commercial       2019 kildare senior final     Jason Forde
                       graduate
Cormac Gallagher 28    Banking          2019 County Final             Jack Sheridan
Ciaran Tobin     22    Student          Kilkenny division 1 minor     Evan Shefflin
                                        shield final

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Player name       Age   Occupation         Most memorable game          Your toughest
                                           you played in                opponent
Diarmuid Greene   23    Student            U21 vs Kerry in the Gaelic   Simon Leacy
                                           Grounds
Liam Walsh        19    Student            Minor final                  Ben Noone
Conor Dowling     24    Sales Admin        2019 County final V Coill    Oisin Kelly
                        O’Neill’s Sports   Dubh
Seán Mac          22    Student            Leinster School’s Final      Shane Conway
Donncha
Ross Kelly        29    Business           2019 County Final            Padraig Walsh
                        Manager at
                        Glanbia
Seán Burke        20    Student            Kildare vs Wexford u20       Cian Molloy
                                           Leinster championship
Simon Leacy       23    Student            County final                 Niall Aherne
Robert Byrne      26    Dairy Herd         2017 Intermediate Hurling Conor McDonald
                        Manager            Final
Richard Hogan     22    Student            2019 county final            Jack McGarvey
Brian Byrne       25    Accountant         Kildare SHC 2019             Neil McManus,
                                                                        Antrim
Richy Hogan       22    Student            2019 county final            John Gorman
Mark Nevin        28    Physiotherapist Under 14 Leinster B             Paudie Ryan
                                        schools final vs. Wicklow
                                        Schools

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confey Captain’s Profile

Niall Glennon
What is your name? Niall Glennon

What age are you? 30

What is your Club? Confey

When did you make your Senior League
Debut & against who? 2009

When did you make your Senior
Championship Debut & against who?
2009 Championship semi final v Coill
Dubh

Can you describe your Pre-Match Day
routine from the time you awake to
arriving at the venue? No routine, just
try to keep busy until it’s time to go to
the venue.

Do you have any pre match rituals? None

Who has been your toughest opponent
and why? Joe Dempsey always gives a
tough battle.                               Who is the best dressed? Ian Baker
                                            closely followed by Eoin Lynch
Team you most like to beat? Any of the
local neighbouring teams                    Who is the worst dressed? Paul Feerick
                                            aka hardline
Proudest Day? Winning 2012 County
                                            What player do you admire from another
Final against Celbridge
                                            sport and why? Cheslin Kolbe - Unreal
Toughest or most disappointing day          speed and footwork
in GAA? Losing 2011 County Final to
                                            What manager from another sport do you
Celbridge                                   admire and why? Arsène Wenger - Could
Who has been the biggest influence on       do with him back with the gunners
your career? Michael Delaney did great
work underage

Who is the joker in the panel? Colm Chan

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