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gaa · Saturday 8 August 2026 · Various 
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship Group D 2026
At Various · County Kildare
At Various · County Kildare
Club championship football in Kildare carries a particular intensity that county matches rarely match. Group D of the National Electrical Wholesalers Kildare Intermediate Football Championship brings together four clubs - Castledermot, Two Mile House, Ellistown, and Rathangan - across a round-robin group stage running from August through early September 2026. For anyone who wants to watch honest, committed Gaelic football without the crowd management or ticket queues of a county final, these games are the real thing.
Three rounds of fixtures make up the group stage. Round 1 kicks off on 8-9 August, Round 2 follows on 23 August, and the group concludes on 6 September. Each team plays the others once, with the results determining who advances from the group.
The four clubs come from different corners of Kildare. Castledermot is a South Kildare club steeped in local rivalry; Two Mile House, just outside Naas, fields strong sides year on year; Ellistown draws from a tight-knit community near Naas; and Rathangan, a market town on the River Figile, brings lively support to every game. Intermediate championship football sits a level below senior, which often makes for sharper, more unpredictable contests.
Fixtures rotate across several grounds: Manguard Park at Hawkfield (the Kildare GAA Centre of Excellence, with three pitches and Eirecode W12 H293), Cedral St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge (the county’s flagship stadium, recently reopened after an €18m redevelopment bringing capacity to 15,000), St Laurence’s GAA ground, and Round Towers GFC. Check kildaregaa.ie for specific venue and time details before travelling, as fixtures can be updated.
Kildare town sits on the main Dublin to Limerick rail line, with regular Irish Rail services from Heuston Station (roughly 40 minutes). Newbridge is one stop before Kildare on the same line and is the stop for Cedral St Conleth’s Park. By road, the M7 motorway runs through the county, with exits serving Naas, Newbridge, and Kildare town. Most GAA grounds in Kildare have on-site or nearby street parking; Manguard Park at Hawkfield has a dedicated car park at the venue.
The county is flat, horse-racing country, and the town of Kildare itself has the Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens a short walk from the train station - worth an hour if you are making a day of it. There is more to see in Kildare and across Co. Kildare.
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