Sallins is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Sallins, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of Kildare club of the year in 2001.HonoursKildare SF Finalists 1896.Intermediate F Champions 1968.Junior F Champions 1967Leinster Junior Football Champions 2000Jack Higgins Cup Winners 2001Kildare Junior F Champions 2001Kildare Intermediate F Champions 2003The Niall Smullen Cup 1925, 1946, 1954, 1971, 1985HistorySallins is one of eight clubs which shares the distinction of playing the first matches under Gaelic rules on February 15, 1885. On February 14, 1885 the Leinster Leader advertised that "Football - next Sunday for the first time for a few years a match of football will be played under GAA rules in Naas. Sallins v Naas". In mid-1888 it was announced that Sallins Robert Emmets were being renamed Sallins John Mandevilles. RIC records from 1890 show that Sallins John Mandevilles had 45 members with officers listed as Thomas Daly, Thomas Coughlan and Thomas Moran. Myles Murray attended the 1889 convention. The club was revived in 1894 and by Phil Purcell in 1901.In 1925 they won the Niall Smullen cup, beating Timahoe by 3-15 to 0-1 and again in 1946, beating Athy by 4-6 to 2-7. They went on to win it 3 more times before it was cancelled in 1995.In 2009 & 2010 Sallins Minors won the B championshipGaelic FootballSallins were one of the strongest clubs in the 1890s, reaching the county semi-finals in 1891, 1892 and 1895 and eventually the county final of 1896. Unfortunately it was the most one-sided of all time, they lost 7-9 to 0-3 to Maynooth. Sallins-based butcher, James Maguire played in the 1935 All Ireland final. Sallins won the Junior Championship in 1967 and Intermediate Championship in 1968 to re-enter senior football. Denis Dalton and Eamonn O'Donoghue played with Kildare in the 1970s.