Straffan GAA club was described in 1934 as the "cradle of the GAA in Kildare Straffan". JL Carews played Sallins In their first match on the same day, 15 February 1885, that Maurice Davin's first rules of Gaelic football were being agreed by GAA Central Council in Cork. The club were successful in the 1966 Intermediate championship, and promoted to the Kildare senior championship from 1967 until 1979. In that period, Thomas Walsh played senior football for Kildare having won an All-Ireland Under 21 medal in 1965. In 2009, Straffan won the Junior football championship. Straffan now has two teams competing in the Kildare Senior division 2 and division 4 Football Leagues and at intermediate level in the championship.