 In 2008, a landmark was reached when the Primary Schools team won the Roinn B championship in Nowlan Park by beating Gowran by 5-6 to 2-2. In 2009, the School followed up with victory in the Roinn A final. It came after a replay with Thomastown in Nowlan Park when they comprehensively won by 10-1 to 1-2 Jennifer Norris and Sinead McCarthy became the first Piltown girls to play inter county for Kilkenny when they were part of the 2009 Leinster Under-14 Championship squad. Jennifer Norris went on the win a Leinster Blitz medal with Kilkenny when they beat Kildare in Carlow Town in the 2009 Division 3 final. It was the first time Kilkenny had won a Leinster ladies football blitz title. In 2010, the interest in Ladies Gaelic Football rocketted. Owning and Templeourm National Schools combined to compete in the schools championships. Furthermore a club was setup in Piltown. The year was memorable in that Piltown National School won their third County Title in a row (2nd Roinn A) and Owning/Templeorum won the Roinn D title at the first attempt. Two primary schools county titles in the one year! Sheila Norris started work on the new club. She was joined by Siobhan McCarthy and Fran McGrath while further recruiting got a top class trainer in the form of Wicklow man John Kavanagh. On the 15th April 2010, another historic first took place in Thomastown when Piltown fielded their first ladies Gaelic football team in a match. The minor team took on the might of the Kilkenny County Under-14 team who were in the Leinster semi final doing well despite defeat.
Team: Niamh Dermody, Claire Power, Antonia Power (Capt), Stephanie Falconer, Debbie Phelan, Sarah Murphy, Jennifer Norris, Edel Long, Lorraine Long, Joanne Bourke, Lisa Walsh, Siobhan Dermody, Sinead McCarthy, Jean Power, Jessica Poyntz Subs: Sarah Walsh, Lisa McCarthy, Ciara O’Dwyer, Leanne O’Hara, Aisling Briscoe Mentors were John Kavanagh and Sheila Norris The club's first ever win came in an International Under-16 Blitz on 10 July 2010 when they beat Roanmore 2-1 to 2-0 at W.I.T. in Carriganore.
Panel: Lorraine Long (Capt), Lisa Walsh, Katelynn Phelan, Stephanie Falconer, Sinead McCarthy, Debbie Phelan, Jennifer Norris, Laura Grace, Joanne Bourke, Caroline O’Shea. Claire Power, Shannon Keever, Sarah Walsh, Aisling Briscoe, Sarah McTiernan, Lisa Norris. On 31 July 2010, the Under-16's beat Mullinavat in the Shield Final of the county 7-a-side blitz to record the club's first county title. This took place at the O'Loughlin Gaels grounds. This was followed up by victory in the Under-14 county blitz held in Freshford a few weeks later to cap a magnificent first year of the club. Under-14 Squad: Claire Power (Capt), Stephanie Falconer, Jean Power, Leanne O’Hara, Sarah Murphy, Alice Talbot, Siobhan Dermody, Katelynn Phelan, Lisa McCarthy
In 2011, Piltown entered an Under-16 and Minor team in the Tipperary league/Championship, reaching the semi finals of the Under-16 Roinn C and Minor Roinn D championships. In 2012, the club fielded an Under-12 and were unbeaten in five games in a 7-A-Side blitz in Thomastown. Team: Máire Beth Kirby (Capt), Lisa Norris, Megan
Byrne, Alanna Gallagher, Aoife Doyle, Sophie Holden, Caoimhe O’Callaghan.
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