GAA

The Kilrush-Askamore GAA club as presently constituted had its genesis in the winter of 1946-47, when a series of meetings were held to amalgamate three existing clubs in the parish.

As a result, Jack Lancaster, Kiltilly and Aidan Daly, Ballyroebuck, cycled to Gorey to register the team for the 1947 Gorey District Junior Football Championship.

The officers of the club around that time were:

Chairman: Mylie Moore
Secretary: Jim White
Treasurer: Aidan Daly

They collected the price of a football, which cost 19 shillings, by levying each player at sixpence per man. Martin O’Neill looked after getting the boots.

Four years later saw the formation of a hurling club, which evolved from a group of hurlers who played in Ryan’s field, Kilrush, each evening after the Mission which was being held that summer. Initially it was known as Kilrush Hurling Club, with Lar Walsh as Chairman, Mark O’Connor as Secretary and Joint Treasurers Martin Ryan (Church) and Martin Gilbert.

By the mid-50s the hurlers played under the banner of Askamore, and the footballers continued to be known as Kilrush, both playing under the umbrella of Kilrush / Askamore GAA Club, as it is to the present day.

Club Officers of the past 20 years:

Year	Chairperson	Secretary	Treasurer
2012	Lorcan Higgins	Michael Murphy Jnr	Mary Tomkins
2011	Lorcan Higgins	Mick Kenny	Mary Tomkins
2010	Tomas Hayden	Mick Kenny	Edmond Kenny
2009	Owen Doyle	Colm Buttle	Paddy Nolan
2008	James Owens	Davy Owens	Colm Buttle
2007	James Owens	Davy Owens	Colm Buttle
2006	Michael Murphy	Gerard Kinsella	Colm Buttle
2005	Owen Doyle	Margaret Nolan	Elizabeth Doyle
2004	Owen Doyle	Margaret Nolan	Joe Kenny
2003	Owen Doyle	Margaret Nolan	Martin Hayden Snr
2002	Pat O’ Rourke	James Owens	Paul Doran
2001	Pat O’ Rourke	James Owens	Paul Doran
2000	Pat O’ Rourke	James Owens	Larry Butler
1999	Pat O’ Rourke	James Owens	Larry Butler
1998	Michael Murphy	Joe Kenny	Owen Doyle
1997	Michael Murphy	Joe Kenny	Owen Doyle
1996	Luke Byrne	Mick Byrne	Tom Kenny
1995	Paddy Nolan	Owen Doyle	Pat Butler
1994	Paddy Nolan	Owen Doyle	Pat Butler
1993	Michael Murphy	Tom Kenny	Matt Boggan
1992	Michael Murphy	Tom Kenny	Matt Boggan
1991	Paddy Fox	Pat Tomkins	Pat Tobin
1990	Paddy Fox	Pat Tomkins	Pat Tobin