Rathcoffey GAA
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Rathcoffey is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
club in County Kildare
, Ireland
. Teresa Lynch, Nuala Malone and Eileen Reilly were selected on the Kildare camogie
team of the century.
James Leahy branch of the GAA was set up under the chairmanship of Henry Travers in February 1888, having given assurances that it would accept no members from William O'Brien's club in Clane. They beat Staplestown 6-12 to nil in one of their first matches.
, played for Kildare
in the 1935 All Ireland final,
Rathcoffey forms St Edward’s
along with Ardclough
and Straffan for underage purposes and St Edward's fields teams at all levels from Under 9 to Under 21. Although Rathcoffey has few youths in the village it still manages to produce some of the finest juvenile footballers.
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 in 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
Republic of Ireland
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. Teresa Lynch, Nuala Malone and Eileen Reilly were selected on the Kildare camogie
Camogie
Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....
team of the century.
History
The RathcoffeyRathcoffey
Rathcoffey or Rathcoffy is a village in County Kildare, Ireland.- Churches :Rathcoffey church is part of the Clane & Rathcoffey Parish. The church was built in 1710.- Education :...
James Leahy branch of the GAA was set up under the chairmanship of Henry Travers in February 1888, having given assurances that it would accept no members from William O'Brien's club in Clane. They beat Staplestown 6-12 to nil in one of their first matches.
Gaelic Football
Rathncoffey gave a walkover in their only appearance in the county senior football semi-final in 1912. Jim Dalton, a Rathcoffeyman playing with ClaneClane GAA
Clane GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of 17 Kildare county senior football championships, 16 county senior hurling championships and Kildare club of the year in 1975. Clane players are credited with bringing the handpass into Gaelic football...
, played for Kildare
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...
in the 1935 All Ireland final,
Rathcoffey forms St Edward’s
St Edward's GAA
St Edward’s Gaelic Athletic Association is an amalgamation consisting of Ardclough, Rathcoffey and Straffan GAA clubs for the purposes of fielding juvenile football teams. Currently St Edward’s fields teams at all official age groups from Under 8 up to Under 21.The current chairman of St Edward’s...
along with Ardclough
Ardclough GAA
----Ardclough is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ardclough, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, whose biggest achievements include winning the Kildare County Senior Football Championship after a replayed final against the Army in 1949, winning 12 Kildare County Senior Hurling Championships,...
and Straffan for underage purposes and St Edward's fields teams at all levels from Under 9 to Under 21. Although Rathcoffey has few youths in the village it still manages to produce some of the finest juvenile footballers.