Raheens GAA
Encyclopedia
Raheens is a Gaelic Athletic Association
club based in Caragh
, County Kildare
, Ireland
, winner of the Leinster
senior club championship in 1981, 10 county senior football championships, first winners of the Kildare club of the year in 1973 and winners again in 1976. The separate hurling club, formerly known as Éire Óg, has now amalgamated to become Éire Óg-Corrachoill
. Pat Dunny was the only player chose for both the Kildare football and hurling teams of the millennium, one of two players to play hurling and football for Leinster on the same day, a Cuchulainn All Stars
Award winner in 1967 and later chairman of Kildare GAA
county board. Mick Mullins was also chosen on the Kildare hurling team of the millennium.
, Digby Bridge and Prosperous. Dick Radley of Prosperous spearheaded the 1901 GAA revival in Kildare and Prosperous contested the county final of 1903. Blacktrench was formed in 1915, amalgamated with Caragh and then Raheens was formed. The relationship between Caragh and Raheens is a complicated one. The Raheens pitch is in Caragh
, and the Caragh pitch is in Prosperous.
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club based in Caragh
Caragh
Caragh or Carragh is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located on the R409 regional road between the River Liffey and the Grand Canal approximately 4 km north-west of Naas...
, County Kildare
County Kildare
County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
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, winner of the Leinster
Leinster
Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...
senior club championship in 1981, 10 county senior football championships, first winners of the Kildare club of the year in 1973 and winners again in 1976. The separate hurling club, formerly known as Éire Óg, has now amalgamated to become Éire Óg-Corrachoill
Éire Óg-Corrachoill
Éire Óg-Corrachoill is a hurling club based in the parish of Caragh in County Kildare. The parish of Caragh includes the village of Caragh itself, surrounding townlands and Prosperous village which is situated about 3 km north-west from the village. The club is the result of an amalgamation...
. Pat Dunny was the only player chose for both the Kildare football and hurling teams of the millennium, one of two players to play hurling and football for Leinster on the same day, a Cuchulainn All Stars
GAA All Stars Awards Past Winners (Football)
This is a list of all past winners of the official GAA All Stars Awards since the first awards in 1971. As an insight to the prominent players of the 1960s, it also includes the unofficial "Cuchulainn" awards presented from 1963 to 1967 under the auspices of Gaelic Weekly magazine.For each year...
Award winner in 1967 and later chairman of Kildare GAA
Kildare GAA
For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Kildare GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kildare...
county board. Mick Mullins was also chosen on the Kildare hurling team of the millennium.
History
The inaugural meeting of a Prosperous & Blackwood team, Sir T Esmonde's, attracted 140 members in February 1888 under the patronage of Caragh parish priest, Father Kinsella, and a British army veteran, Captain Fitzpatrick. Their rivals, Tim Healy's, were set up at Digby Bridge and reached the Kildare senior football semi-final in 1890. In 1897 three clubs from the Parish entered the county championship, CaraghCaragh
Caragh or Carragh is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located on the R409 regional road between the River Liffey and the Grand Canal approximately 4 km north-west of Naas...
, Digby Bridge and Prosperous. Dick Radley of Prosperous spearheaded the 1901 GAA revival in Kildare and Prosperous contested the county final of 1903. Blacktrench was formed in 1915, amalgamated with Caragh and then Raheens was formed. The relationship between Caragh and Raheens is a complicated one. The Raheens pitch is in Caragh
Caragh
Caragh or Carragh is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located on the R409 regional road between the River Liffey and the Grand Canal approximately 4 km north-west of Naas...
, and the Caragh pitch is in Prosperous.
Blacktrench
Blacktrench, from which the Raheens club evolved, won the Junior Championship in 1916 with a team that included three Heaveys (a fourth was substitute), two Campbells, three Malones, and three Stanleys. They beat defending champions Maynooth in their first senior championship match but lost to Kilcock after a fiery game that was the subject of a county board investigation.Raheens
Raheens, beaten by Athgarvan in the 1927 junior semi-final, won the junior championship in 1928. The parish team, a combined Raheens/Caragh selection, entered the 1932 championship as St. Peter's and lost to Carbury. Raheens were promoted without winning the Intermediate championship and went to the 1934 senior county final, when they lost a six-nil half-time lead and were beaten by Athy. Peter Waters and John Crofton played on the 1935 Kildare All Ireland final team. Raheens won the first of ten Kildare titles in 1935 with a massive 6-3 to 1-0 win over Kildare St. Brigid's. They won their second in 1936 defeating McDonagh by a point in the county final with the help of Larry Stanley, making his last appearance for the club, and scoring four points despite the fact he was now 40 years of age. Raheens were regraded in 1949 and it was 1958 before they regained senior status. They climbed back onto the winner's podium with the help of Pat Dunny in 1964, and equalled Carbury's magnificent seven in the post-sixties period with a 1981 win that led to Leinster club championship honours.Camogie
Geraldine Dwyer, Teresa Lynch, Nuala Malone, Eileen Reilly and Marianne Johnson were selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century.Honours Raheens
- Leinster Senior Club Football ChampionshipLeinster Senior Club Football ChampionshipThe Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of senior football clubs in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are Portlaoise from Laois. Offaly side Gracefield were the first winners of the Leinster senior club...
Winners 1981 - Kildare Senior Football Championship Winners 1935, 1936, 1943, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981
- Intermediate F Champions 1958.
Honours Éire Óg
- Kildare Senior Hurling Championship Winners 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972.
Honours Prosperous
- Senor Camogie Champions 1954, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981.
- Junior camogie champions 1939.
- Senor Camogie league 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977. 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986.
- Senor F finalists 1901.