Matters Of Fact

The club was founded in Mick Treacy's boot and shoe repair workshop, at 13 Lock Lyons, in August 1936 with Mick Treacy as Chairman, Dan Graham as Treasurer
and Johnny O'Grady as Secretary.
In January 1937 they held their first AGM and had collected 26.00 pounds - supporters paid a 3 penny a week collection and 6 pence at the end of each month.
Mick Treacy and Johnny O'Grady travelled to Dublin to buy the first set of jersey's, socks and shorts for the club in Elvery's at
a cost of £23/15s/0d
The original colours of Ardclough were green with white collars and cuffs. But after they became unavailable from Elvery's they changed to
the black, red and yellow hooped jersey's, which are used today, as the material was easier to come by after WWII.

The first team to represent Ardclough GAA was the football team of :
Sonny Cullen, Tom McDonald, Paddy Farrell, Joe Meaney,
Paddy Graham, Jimmy Nolan, Tom Meaney, Mick Burke, Dan Graham, Paddy Bermingham,
Bill Bergin, Frank Graham, Jimmy Higgins, Tommy Forde, Paddy Nolan.
Subs: Tom Christian, Dick Murphy and Jack Thompson.

Club Chairmen:	Club Presidents:	Club Secretaries:
1936 - 1938 :Mick Treacy	2006 - 2007 : Patrick "Sonny" O'Connor & William Cullen	1936 - 1936 : Johnny O'Grady
1938 - 1939 :Jim Higgins	2007 - 2008 : Patrick "Sonny" O'Connor	1936 - 1986 "Sonny" O'Connor
1939 - 1942 : Leonard Cullen	2008-Current: Patrick "Sonny" O'Connor & Seán Meaney	1986 - Current : Billy Cullen
1942 - 1948 : Jim Maguire
1948 - 1963 : Tom Meaney
1963 - 1965 : Frank Graham
1965 - 1966 : Tom Christian
1966 - 1967 : Andy Christian
1967 - 1974 : Jackie Molloy
1974 - 1996 : Tom O'Brien
1996 - 2006 : Tom Maguire
2006 - Current : Maurice Byrne

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