OFFICERS OF NAAS G.A.A. CLUB

1887 Dr. Smyth 1888 Dr. Smyth 1889 Dr. Smyth 1980 Dr. Smyth 1891 None 1892 None 1893 None 1894 None 1895 None 18% None 1897 None 1898 None 1899 None 1900 None 1901 None 1902 John Jennings 1903 James Hyland 1904 James Hyland 1905 James Hyland 1906 James Hyland 1907 James Hyland 1908 None 1909 None 1910 None 1911 None 1912 None 1913 Captain T. Brookes 1914 Captain T. Brookes 1915 Captain T. Brookes 1916 Fr. Hipwell 1917 Fr. Hipwell 1918 William Tyndall Sm. 1919 William Tyndall Sm. 1920 William Tyndall Snr.

CHAIRMEN

1921 William Tyndall Sm. 1922 William Tyndall Sm. 1923 William Tyndall Snr. 1924 William Tyndall Sm. 1925 William Tyndall Snr. 1926 William Tyndall Sm. 1927 William Tyndall Sm. 1928 Joe McDonald 1929 Joe McDonald 1930 Joe McDonald 1931 Joe McDonald 1932 Joe McDonald 1933 Joe McDonald 1934 Joe McDonald 1935 Joe McDonald 1936 Joe McDonald 1937 Kit McGlynn 1938 Kit McGlynn 1939 Kit McGlynn 1940 Kit McGlynn 1941 Kit McGlynn 1942 Gus Fitzpatrick 1943 Gus Fitzpatrick 1944 Jack Higgins 1945 Jack Higgins 1946 Jack Higgins 1947 Jack Higgins 1948 Jack Higgins 1949 Jack Higgins 1950 Jack Higgins 1951 Jack Higgins 1952 Jack Higgins 1953 Jack Higgins 1954 Jack Higgins

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1955 Jack Higgins 1956 Gus Fitzpatrick 1957 Gus Fitzpatrick 1958 Gus Fitzpatrick 1959 Gus Fitzpatrick 1960 Gus Fitzpatrick 1961 Gus Fitzpatrick 1 %2 Gus Fitzpatrick 1%3 Gus Fitzpatrick 1964 Tom (Towe) Wheeler 1965 Ger Grehan 1966 Ger Grehan 1967 Ger Grehan 1%8 Ger Grehan 1%9 Eugene Smyth 1970 Barney McPoland 1971 Barney McPoland 1972 Barney McPoland 1973 Barney McPoland 1974 Eugene Smyth 1975 Padraig McManus 1976 Declan McGovern 1977 Liam McManus 1978 Liam McManus 1979 Liam McManus 1980 Liam McManus 1981 Liam McManus 1982 Liam McManus 1983 Malachy Vallely 1984 Pat O'Shea 1985 Pat O'Shea 1986 Paddy Ryan 1987 Paddy Ryan

1887 J. M . (Dents) Ginnane 1888 P. J. Doyle 1889 P. J. Doyle 1890 P. J. Doyle 1891 None 1892 None 1893 None 1894 None 1895 None 1896 None 1897 None 1898 None 1899 None 1900 None 1901 None 1902 D. O'Farrell 1903 D. O'Farrell 1904 D. O'Farrell 1905 D. O'Farrell 1906 D. O'Farrell 1907 D. O'Farrell 1908 None 1909 None 1910 None 1911 None 1912 None 1913 J. Tyrrell

J. C. P. Mooney 1914 J. C. P. Mooney 1915 John Jennings 1916 John Jennings 1917 John Jennings 1918 J. C. P. Mooney 1919 J. C. P. Mooney 1920 J. C. P. Mooney 1921 J. C. P. Mooney

SECRET ARIES

19221. C. P. Mooney 1923 1. C. P. Mooney 19241. C. P. Mooney 1925 1. C. P. Mooney 19261. C. P. Mooney 1927 J. C. P. Mooney 1928 Tom Wheeler 1929 Tom Wheeler 1930 Tom Wheeler 1931 John Norton 1932 John Norton 1933 John Miley 1934 John Miley 1935 John Miley 1935 John Miley 1936 John Miley 1937 Jack Higgins 1938 Jack Higgins 1939 Eddie Marum 1940 Eddie Marum 1941 Eddie Marum 1942 Nicholas Murphy 1943 Nicholas Murphy 1944 Ger Grehan 1945 Ger Grehan 1946 Ger Grehan 1947 Ger Grehan 1948 Ger Grehan 1949 Ger Grehan 1950 Ger Grehan 1951 Ger Grehan 1952 Bill Walshe

Eddie Marum 1953 Eddie Marum 1954 Eddie Marum 1955 Eddie Marum

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1956 Eddie Marum 1957 Eddie Marum 1958 Eddie Marum 1959 Eddie Marum 1960 Tom Hickey 1961 "Pa" O'Connor 1962 Patsy Walsh 1963 Patsy Walsh 1964 Patsy Walsh 1965 Timmy Kenny 1966 Joe Cronin 1967 Joe Cronin 1968 Liam McManus 1969 Liam McManus 1970 Liam McManus 1971 Liam McManus

M. Nolan 1972 Pat O'Shea 1973 Pat O'Shea 1974 Pat O'Shea

P. McNulty 1975 Pat McNulty

M. Lalor 1976 Morgan Lalor 1977 Bro. Keane 1978 Bro. Keane

D. Synnott 1979 Seamus Mooney 1980 Mick Nolan 1981 Mick Nolan 1982 Mary Sherry 1983 Paddy Ryan 1984 Paddy Ryan 1985 Paddy Ryan 1986 Mary Sherry 1987 Mary Sherry

THE OLD HURLER'SSONC (TO HIS ASH)

I'm eighty years come M;chaelmas, and shaking is this hand of mine; Your shape recalls the happy days when I was young and gay ;

Last eve at dusk when stripping tha~h, I found you on the rafter-line­My oldCamawn, that served me well, from Cork to Baliyhay.

'Twas coming from the Fair of Ross. I saw that bend of growing ash, And swore I'd cut that .. makings" true, before the night was dene ;

Tho' tyrants held the woodland then, close guarded by Black ThadY Nash-

I shoudered home t1~Ht .. soople" tree. before the morning sun.

Right carefully we seasoned it, ,.bove. the turf-fire's m'ellow smoke, , And wa ited till the moon was full to split the p!anks in tw,tin ;

One S2amus Oge O'Leahy, too, who came of good Tip 'r a ry fo 'k­He helped to slope the handle-blade, and lanes of rugged grain .

It W :.IS upon this homely hearth I fashioned you most lovingly, And planed you r sides w :th patient hand, tm ev:?ry vein d id shine ;

You r " so ie" was w ide; your .• nose" was siim; your g racefu;·" waist " wa s maidenlY, ,

A nd :; wce tly balanced was the spring, of beauty every line.

My love was there. that Chr:s lmas Day. I took you to the goa ling filcl , To lry your steel against the might of camans stout galore; .

She cheered' your work. my nutbrown maid; when city s tars were forc ed to yield .

'Twa" you r broad boss that showed the way, and whiPPc'd the winning score

Yuu madt:! y uu l' Il arlle in chamlJiunships. whe ll G;I(~ lic men railgcd side by side.

St. Finbarr's, Reds, Dungourney . with B' ackrock in the van ; T ip-rary's fame, Ki lk t-nny's p ride, the feBrlcss men from Shanno~l ' s tide­

But by my word, my honest a sh, you never maimed a mall!

Whim we retired from playing fields, we sided with the Irish sort, Near Padraig Pearse at Rossa's grave, we both remember we 'l;

At Martyr's night s in Patrick Street; we held the gate at "Mu ~'phy's Fort,"

,And often timc~ we marched behind the sorrows of P a rnell.

When Tans were ra iding for our sons. my Ma ry there w;th me and vou, We faced them on the. threshold stone, and gave ours time to c ,~ar ;

That yt-ar I did my time in jail. with Turlough and Dan Fraher, 'feo, 'Whil st M(1ry hid you 'neath the thatch. with many a sa!t~ tear .

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We're w"iting now the final flag, and God's goo,d home is on our view, Two SO') 5 a re goae-they nobly fought and died our land to save;

You're wrinkled, too, my Mountain Ash, and few are left to fondle you . When wc're a ~; eep , you'll rest with us and share a Feni<l n's grave,

THE LURE OF THE HURL

I.

"Cut m'e a 'hurl," says the sturdy youth, His limbs were straight and strong.

I liked his eyes of budding truth Alight to righ~ a wrong .

.. My mates, play. other games." he said­I saw his Proud lip curl .

.. I'll p!ay the game that my grand-dad played­I want to hurl."

II .

.. Cut me a hurl." says the colleen dheas. Her brown eyes smiled at me .

.. For I can take acam6g pass Too fast for you to see.

I huld my. left hand down like all, I strike with ne'er a furl.

Just watch me hit the flying ball­.. Cut me a hurl"

~Il.

"Tut me a hud·le." SilyS the lisping Iloy.

As he climbed his daddy's knee. My chain and medals were his joy­

., What are the~·. dad '! " said he. The gracc of God was in his face.

!;lis head had m:l! ny a curl. With pleading. eyes h~ pressed his case­

"Tut me a hud'Ie."

IV.

50 I cut the hurls in the ashen lane. When Christmas fires burned clear .

. I ,shaped them true with t.he ·serr;ed gra il! . When Springtime days were near.

Mayhap; in life'sm.ore l!erioUs , play. Or in some final's whirl.

We'll bless the hour when our youth all ~a'y-'

" Cut me a hurl."

i>+,;; '~'+"'+++++++++++~++++++++.f\+++++++++ · ' . , ... :~: (EPILOGUE) ~ ~ + "l> ' 'rhe grandfathe1,an old champion hurler, was reading • ~: th.e newspaper.. ' at ,one side. of the hearth, of an evening, ~ ,,~, ¥ary, his life's companion, at the other side, was setting ... ,,~, her fa\'ourite brown teapot to .. draw" at the turf ·fire. ... · ... <g~ A sh~dow at the d<wr-Grandson Paud from school, ... "~ satchel ovel: shoulder, and swinging a wee hur:ey, With .. ~ ~ ~ ~.,. easy grace he pulls on the" Ciarawn ',' of turf at the door- ~"

,,~, step-hits it towards the hearth. where it ought to be. "g" ~.\ T d I H' h b t h F 0." , rage y , Its t e ., fown eapo.! :mq smas es it, uming. ~ + "l' grandmother seize.s her stick, •. Wisha, forgive him for { .. ,:~.; this time, Mary." pleads grandfather. holding her arm. '&" "g" ,. Sure didn't he hit it sweet off the leit ," ,g" ~~ ~

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of the alllho,. , .l1r. 1', lJ. Jiehill'u' ("Curb"!'!I,"!

NAAS - ALL-IRELAND 6G SP6RT WINNERS 1984 Back row: Kieran Behan, Tommy Trundle, Ray Hanley, Daragh McKevitt,

Stephen Cassidy, Johnny McDonald, Declan McGovern (manager). Front row: Don Drewitt, Paul O'Reilly, Robbie Reilly, Martin Kane, Tommy

Lenehan.

Dan Shelly and Declan Slattery

NAAS - INTERMEDIATE "B" WINNERS 1983 Back row: Jer Higgins, Bertie O'Sullivan, Paul Doyle, John Woods, John

Mulhall, James Waldron, Michael Keogh, Harry Coyle, Ja{!les Bergin, Timmy Coyle, Philip McAuley, Brian Phelan.

Front row : Niall Clince, Liam Dunne, Fran Higgins, James Woods, Decian McGovern, Garry O'Toole, Eamonn Grogan, Paul Curtis , John Cassidy.

CUMANN U1THCLEAS GAEL NAs NA RI wishes to thank the following

for sponsoring the photographs in this book:

P. J. Farrell and Co., Solicitors Eoin O'Connor and Co., Solicitors John P. Greely, Chartered Accountants A.C.C. Finan's Joe Mallon Motors Ltd. Dermot Fullam, Solicitor Bill and Maureen Kinsella Brown and McCann, Solicitors Brian McCarthy, Naas Betting Centre Anonymous Bill McCormack, Main Street

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/. M. (ncllIs) Ginnallt', who II ~/S /II:/Il;/i,er oFthc 'Lcinster Le:/(Ier' at . the timt'. Their hi:,'! cluhroof}] II:/S iht' '[(mn flaIl Ixillr()of)] in

II hich thel ' erc( 'tcdgl 'J7lnasth' equil)fl1t'1lt and held lI't'ck(I' dt'Ix/lt's. Tht'l pl:l\ 't>d /IIost oft heir /i)ot/J;ill in thc C;II'ZI ' ,1 't';I1:~ :/1

the Knock" ncauht' elllal at T:/Il(~I ' :- 8rj(~~t'.

In 1913 a held II~/,' IC;lscd liml1 the U!iX/Il District (()Uncil at '''i)I)( Jl)C1:" Llllt' iust ot/'the Tli1jJer Road T/lJ:"' IJit( h W:lS their 1]( 1/11t'

ul7til 1933. The l1\ ·CIl!.I · .1 ·t';II:'>' SIJt'17t ;/t ,'>i)()one/:<; L/Ile were the f}]ost success/iii in the c1uh :.,. hislOJ1 : 717e cluh hought tht'ir own

jJi{( 17 ill 19:ti alld I1:111lecl it Fi: Brellll:ln Mt'/IIori:iI Park.

t.>;:1( '! ~I ' ti)rl1 ',I'e:II:"' /:itcr a Ilell ' jJlJ:lsc hcgall "'ith the huiiding of:I social Ct'ntrc cons/:.,·t ing oFa 1:IJ'f{e hall, dre,":"ing roO/llS and:1 Ixll:

The Mus C.AA. C1uh heg:/IJ ill the 7im'n Hall :/Ilcl is, 100ye:II:<; /:ite/: thriling in the FI: 8rennan i\IelJ)ori:iI Park. '[hi<; hook relates the grea( I icrories ancln:IlTi)ll' dt'Feats. the le:ln ,I 'e:II:~ :IS 1''.'(:,11 as thc

gill J(/, (he I ~/rious di'~/grt't'/IIt'nt.~ tlur art' IXltf :lnd jJ:m:eI oFel 't'/~ ' club.

Ir is:1 hook til/TOU. tht' f}]t'l71ht'/:~ :lnd 1)I:lI'e/:" otN:l:ls G.A.A. clown thrOl~~h the .1 'C:lI:';. ;/Ild ,I'(){/r relations, f hOlk' ,I 'OU 'Illikc it.

Researched and written by Ham McManus.

Published by NAAS GAA CLUB