Evergreen FC at Kells Road
Evergreen FC brings a 1946 Kilkenny identity to Kells Road, with academy, youth, adult and Football for All pathways around a large community club base.
Evergreen FC in Kilkenny
Evergreen FC is a Kilkenny football club founded in 1946, with a long established home on Kells Road and a green and white identity that has become one of the best known club marks in the city.
The current club crest connects Evergreen F.C., Kilkenny, the 1946 foundation year and the castle symbol in one identity. For the 2026 season, the anniversary version adds 1946 to 2026 and an 80th Anniversary mark around the same shield and laurel design.
Founded in 1946
The 1946 foundation gives Evergreen more than eight decades of club history in Kilkenny football. That matters for families because the club is not a short term team name, but a local organisation with generations of players, coaches, volunteers and supporters behind it.
The foundation year also sits at the centre of the club identity. It links the senior, youth, academy and inclusion work under one shared Evergreen name rather than leaving each group to feel separate.
Kells Road home
Evergreen is based at Kells Road in Kilkenny, with Evergreen Park Astro and Kells Road Astro used as the practical ground references. The planning address also connects the club with Dundaryark, Kilkenny and the R95 HX65 area.
For visiting families, Kells Road is the key travel reference. The ground setting includes pitches, astro activity, flood lighting, parking movement and club facilities, so visitors should still confirm the exact pitch with their team contact before travelling.
Large community club scale
Evergreen is one of Kilkenny’s largest community football clubs, with more than 1,150 members and around 80 teams noted in local sports facility context. That scale helps explain why the club needs academy, youth, adult, inclusion, volunteer and facility systems working together.
A club of that size gives families several entry points. Younger children can begin through the academy, older players can move through youth football, adults have their own pathway, and inclusion football sits inside the same club setting.
Academy entry point
The 2026 to 2027 membership path includes academy places for children born in 2018, 2019 and from 2020 to 2022, with the club noting that children must have started primary school to join.
The academy route makes Evergreen accessible before competitive youth football becomes the main focus. It gives new players a structured first step, while also giving parents a clear way to join the club at the right age and stage.
Youth pathway
Evergreen’s youth membership path covers players born from 2009 to 2017. In practical terms, that supports the school age section between early youth football and the older teenage years.
The youth pathway sits at the centre of the club’s family value. It gives children a route after academy football, keeps schoolboys and schoolgirls connected to the same Kilkenny base, and helps players remain part of a club with adult teams ahead of them.
Football for All
Evergreen has a Football for All route for children with additional needs. The programme is part of the wider inclusion picture in Kilkenny football, and it gives families a clear sign that the club is not only built around mainstream team structures.
The Football for All strand is important because it sits beside the academy, youth and adult pathways rather than outside them. It makes the club more complete and gives more children a football home at Kells Road.
Adult men and women
Evergreen’s 2026 to 2027 membership options include adult men and adult women, which gives the club a football structure beyond underage teams. That senior presence helps younger players see a longer pathway inside the same club.
The adult route also strengthens the volunteer and coaching base. Community clubs need older players, coaches, committee members and families to keep the younger sections active, and Evergreen’s senior structure supports that wider club life.
Schoolboys and schoolgirls
Evergreen’s team base includes schoolboys and schoolgirls as part of the wider club. That breadth matters because Kilkenny families can see the club as a home for boys and girls rather than a narrow route for one group only.
The combination of school age football, adult football and Football for All makes Evergreen a broad community club. It also means new families should look at the right age group, the right team contact and the right pitch before each visit.
All weather football facilities
Evergreen’s Kells Road facilities include full size floodlit all weather football use, which supports football across more of the year than grass pitches alone can manage. Flood lighting and astro access are central to the club’s training and match capacity.
Planning and facility activity around Kells Road also points to sports pitches, dressing room and storage structures, fencing, car parking movement and a training pitch setting. Those details show why Evergreen functions as a facility hub as well as a team name.
Stand, clubhouse and lighting projects
Recent facility development has included work around a spectator stand and continuing support for clubhouse, stand and astro lighting projects. That type of investment matters because a large club needs safe spaces for players, families, coaches and volunteers.
Better facilities make weekend football easier to manage. They support year round training, help visiting teams understand the ground layout, and give the club a stronger base for camps, academy sessions and community use.
Camps, events and fundraising
Evergreen’s club activity includes camps, events, fundraising, lotto support and policy information alongside the football. Those areas are part of the practical work that keeps a large community club operating through a season.
For parents, this means the club is more than a set of teams. Membership, camps, safeguarding information, fundraising and communication all sit around the weekly football and help families understand how Evergreen is organised.
Contacts for families
Evergreen separates common contact routes for families. Membership queries go through registrar@evergreenfc.ie, juvenile team queries go through juvsecretary@evergreenfc.ie, junior team queries go through secretary@evergreenfc.ie, and general queries go through info@evergreenfc.ie.
That split is useful because a parent looking for an academy or youth place does not need the same contact route as an adult player or general enquiry. It also gives visiting teams a practical way to find the right person before match day.
Badge and colours
Evergreen’s club colours are built around green and white, with gold detail used in the anniversary identity. The badge includes the Evergreen F.C. name, E.F.C. initials, Kilkenny, the castle symbol, laurel branches and the 1946 foundation year.
The anniversary crest for 2026 keeps the same identity while marking 1946 to 2026. It works well for a club that is both historic and active, because the shield still feels like Evergreen while the anniversary detail marks the scale of the milestone.
Visiting Evergreen
Use Evergreen FC, Kells Road, Dundaryark, Kilkenny, R95 HX65 as the main visitor reference. The ground is associated with Evergreen Park Astro and Kells Road Astro, so families should allow time to find the correct pitch and meeting point.
The map below is included for the Kells Road football base. For academy sessions, Football for All, youth games, adult games or camps, use the club contact for the exact meeting point before travelling.