Letterkenny RFC
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| Full name | Letterkenny Rugby Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s) | Dave Gallaher Memorial Park, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland |
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| Chairman | Denis Faulkner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Letterkenny RFC is an Irish rugby union club based in Letterkenny, County Donegal. The team plays its home games at Dave Gallaher Memorial Park in Letterkenny.
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[edit] History
The club was founded in 1973 when the town's rugby players, who were travelling to Derry and Limavady for games each week, decided to form their own club. A team was entered into the Ulster league and initial games were played at Robinson's Field on Letterkenny's Port Road. The following year the club purchased four acres of land at Drumnahoagh near the Dry Arch Roundabout, not far from the town centre. In an ambitious move a club house and changing rooms were constructed. The club flourished for the next decade with a vibrant social scene and successfully ran three teams for many of those years. The club then opted a move to the Silver Tassie between Letterkenny and Ramelton and prepared new pitches to take the club to the next level and provide more space. In 1985 the club continued to flourish when the team won the Forester Cup in Ravenhill.
Unfortunately the ownership of the Tassie passed out of club hands and the club underwent a period of decline. The third team failed to field from 1992 and for a while local interest in rugby waned. It was now very clear that the playing surfaces at the fields of Halfway Line were inadequate for rugby especially during the winter months. It was an exposed site with lack of drainage and teams could not go for weeks without games due to conditions underfoot.[1]
[edit] Recent times
The club is still thriving today thanks to the selfless contribution of its members. The club returned to Letterkenny in 1999 to lands bought at the Glebe and usage of Moore's field next to it. This move improved playing surfaces and made the club more accessible to the large population of Letterkenny. The club was promoted during the seasons of 2004, 2005, 2006. Many of the first team are now home grown players from Donegal and with the rapidly expanding youth section this trend will continue to fill the senior teams.
[edit] See also
- Dave Gallaher Memorial Park
- Rugby union in Ireland
- IRFU
- Jeremy Worth
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Letterkenny & District Christmas Annual 2006
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