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Rheban GAA

Coordinates: 53°01′24″N 7°00′16″W / 53.023309°N 7.004353°W / 53.023309; -7.004353
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Rheban
Riobáin
Founded:1929
County:Kildare
Colours:Blue and white
Grounds:Tom Moore Memorial Park, Newtownbert, Kilberry
Coordinates:53°01′24″N 7°00′16″W / 53.023309°N 7.004353°W / 53.023309; -7.004353
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Rheban /ˈrɛbən/ is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in southwest County Kildare, Ireland, near Kilberry. Twice winners of the Club of the year in 1996-1997, they competed in the senior championship in the 1940s, reaching the semi-final in 1945, and after winning the Junior and Intermediate championships in successive years in 1996-7. The club takes its name from nearby Rheban Castle.

Honours

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  • Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: (3) 1942, 1970, 1997
  • Kildare Junior Football Championship: (3) 1940, 1969, 1996
  • Jack Higgins Cup (2) 1969, 1996
  • Kildare Senior Football League Division 3: (1) 1996
  • Kildare Senior Football League Division 4: (1) 1984
  • Dowling Cup (1) 2008
  • The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup (4) 1995, 1998, 2002, 2007
  • Kildare Junior D Football League (1) 1996
  • Kildare Under-21 C Football Championship (1) 2014
  • Kildare Under-21 B Football Championship (1) 1999
  • Kildare Minor B Football Championship (1) 1996
  • Kildare Under-16 A Football Championship (1) 1997
  • Kildare Under-16 B Football Championship (1) 1995
  • Kildare Under-16 C Football Championship (1) 2012
  • Kildare Under-16 B Football League (1) 1995
  • Kildare Under-16 Div. 2 Football League (1) 2013
  • Kildare Minor Football League Div. 4 (1) 2013
  • Kildare Ladies Football Junior C Championship (1) 2013
  • Kildare Club of the Year (3) 1969, 1996, 1997

Bibliography

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  • Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, ISBN 0-9509370-0-2 hb ISBN 0-9509370-1-0 pb
  • Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
  • Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board.
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