our history

Digby Bridge Tim Healys were the first club in the district with officers John Dunne and Thomas Malone listed as attending the 1889 convention. RIC records from 1890 show that Clongorey Campaigners had 38 members with Dan Kelly, John Murphy, Pat Fullam and James Kelly listed as officers.

In 1897 there were three clubs from the Parish in the county championship - Caragh, Digby Bridge and Prosperous. Blacktrench won the junior championship of 1916 with Larry Stanley as a key member of the side. Caragh and Blacktrench amalgamated for the 1918 Senior championship.

Honours

  • Senior F Champions 1918, 1919, 1926.
  • Intermediate F Champions 1931, 1995.
  • Junior F Champions 1917, 1949, 1993.
  • Leinster Leader Cup 1920.
  • Intermediate Football league 1942, 1944.
  • Senior Camogie champions 1958, 1965, 1966,
  • Senor Camogie League 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967.
  • Jack Higgins Cup 1993.

Gaelic Football

Caragh are the only club to have played in five successive county finals, 1918-23, winning two of them losing a third on objection and a fourth to a Naas goal scored before the backs had returned to their positions. They were also the first winners of the Leinster Leader cup when it was presented in 1920. Larry and Jim Stanley, Mick Buckley and Jack Dunne, a veteran of Kildare’s 1903 All Ireland team, backboned the club.

Caragh qualified for the 1925 county final having lost two and drawn one of the three matches they played, losing a replay against Athy by 2-3 to 1-3 and the semifinal against Roseberry by 12 points. Yet Caragh won both matches on objections and qualified. They won their third county title in 1926. An under-16 league and championship double in 1989, two appearances in the minor final, and Clane Community School’s All Ireland colleges victory, back-boned by Caragh players, gave cause for hope. Caragh eventually won Junior and Intermediate titles in a three year period.The club's minor team were defeated in extra time in the 2007 league final while the seinors are having some succes in division 3B.The clubs hope for silverware in the 2007 season rests solely on the minor teams shoulders with their championship trial commencing early July