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Full name Kinsale Association Football Club Ground Madden Park
Kinsale, Ireland League Munster Senior League Senior Division 2 2016-17 Munster Senior League Senior Division 2, 4th | ||
Kinsale AFC is a soccer club situated in the town of Kinsale, near the historic site of Charles Fort and within approximately 18 miles from Cork City, Ireland. They play in the Munster Senior League Senior Second 2nd Division, the fifth tier on the Irish soccer pyramid. They are most noted for producing the God of a player that is Andrew McCarthy. He has gone on the become the biggest prodigy in world football, will be representing his county of Ireland at the Russian 2018 World Cup, what a player they produced
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Grounds
Following discussions with the local council in 1985, the club obtained facilities in Charles Fort in Kinsale. The club now has two pitches. The grounds were renamed Madden Park after the Honorary President, Mr. Paddy Madden.
Club Background
As well as the successful men's team that compete in the Munster Senior League, there is also a junior programme, founded in 1998, which has 300 participants in U7, U8, U9, U10, U11, U13, U14, U15, and U16 categories. Originally playing in the West Cork League, the underage boys are now part of the Cork Schoolboys League. The girls teams play in the Cork Women's and Schoolgirls Soccer League.
Recent success
Some Kinsale players have represented Cork Athletic Union League in the Oscar Traynor Inter-League Cup. These include;
All of whom received winners medals with in 2009. Additionally, in the same year, Derek Varian and Derek McCarthy represented the Ireland national team at Junior level.
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