Rheban GAA

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Rheban
Riobáin
Founded: 1929
County: Kildare
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Club Colours: Blue and white
Grounds: The Field
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Rheban is a GAA club based in South Kildare. Twice winners of the 'Club of the year' in 1996-7, 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.

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[edit] History

Rheban was founded by brothers John and Tom Moore on February 6 1929. A club from nearby Bert affiliated to the GAA in the 1890s.

[edit] Gaelic Football

Paddy Myles was on the 1931 Kildare Junior Team. Rheban won the 1940 junior (beating Ardclough) and 1942 Intermediate (beating Straffan) titles they reached the county semi-final in 1945. Regraded in 1951 they lost Junior finals in 1955, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1966 and 1968 until William 'Wag' O'Keeffe's team won the championship and Jack Higgins cup in 1969. In 1970 the club scored a memorable victory over neighbours Athy in the intermediate championship final. A sweep of four trophies, including the Junior Championship of 1996 was followed up with the Intermediate championship in 1997.

[edit] Honours

  • Intermediate F Champions: 1942, 1997
  • Junior F Champions 1940, 1969, 1996.
  • Jack Higgins Cup 1969, 1996.
  • Senior Football League Division 3 1996.

[edit] Bibliography

  • 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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Kildare Gaelic Athletic Association
Affiliated Clubs
Senior Football Championship

Allenwood - Athy - Carbury - Celbridge - Clane - Confey - Ellistown - Kilcock - Kilcullen - Leixlip - Maynooth - Moorefield - Naas - Round Towers - Sarsfield's - St Laurence’s

Intermediate Football Championship

Ardclough - Ballymore - Ballyteague - Castledermot - Castlemitchell - Eadestown - Grange - Johnstownbridge - Kill - Monasterevin - Nurney - Raheens - Rathangan - Rheban - Sallins - St Kevin’s - Suncroft

Junior Football Championship

Athgarvan - Ballykelly - Cappagh - Caragh - Clogherinkoe - Kildangan - Milltown - Rathcoffey - Robertstown - Straffan - Two Mile House

Senior Hurling

Ardclough - Celbridge - Clane - Coill Dubh - Confey - Éire Og/Corrachoill - Kilcock - Leixlip - Maynooth - Naas

Other Hurling clubs

Athy - Broadford - Broadford - Ros Glas - Moorefield - Naomh Bríd - St Laurence's - Sallins

Underage Amalgamations

Cill Éide - Geraldines - Na Fianna - St Coca's - St Edward's