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at Kieran's insistence, was that the grounds be named "Canon Kearns Park" in memory of Canon John Kearns, former parish priest of
Castlecomer. This was unanimously agreed, and work commenced developing adventurous plans and deciding how the funds would be raised. The project would be known as "Canon Kearns Park − Millennium Project" and while everybody was hopeful that major progress would have taken place by the turn of the new millennium, realistically it was agreed that it could in fact take the next millennium to complete them!
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On 19 May 1986, Erin's Own acquired a second property at
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on the roof. This facility really stood the test of time and served the club right up until the present building was erected in 1994. When the team was training for the
Championship in '58 they would finish up a session with a run to the Deerpark Mines, where they were allowed use the "Baths" (new
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