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Kinsale AFC is a soccer club situated in the town of Kinsale, near the historic site of Charles Fort[1] 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 football pyramid.
Full name | Kinsale Association Football Club | |
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Founded | 1935 | |
Ground | Madden Park Kinsale, Ireland | |
Coordinates | 51.6986391°N 8.497700399999985°W | |
League | Munster Senior League Senior Division 2 | |
2016-17 | Munster Senior League Senior Division 2, 4th | |
Website | Club website | |
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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.
As well as the successful men's team that compete in the Munster Senior League,[2] 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.[citation needed]
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.[3]
•Cork Schoolboys league
U12 division 2 runners up (2015–2016) Source:[4]
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