Raheens GAA
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| Founded: | 1925 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Kildare | ||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Heens | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and Saffron | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Tom Lawler Park, Gingerstown, Caragh | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°14′03″N 6°43′11″W / 53.23428°N 6.71962°W | ||||||||||||
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Raheens /ræˈhiːnz/ is a Gaelic football 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.
History
[edit]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. They climbed back onto the winner's podium with the help of Pat Dunny in 1964. A 1981 win led to Leinster club championship honours. In 2017, Raheens beat Kilcock to win the Intermediate Championship Final. Feather Thompson is a renowned figure within the club - Known for speed & technical ability on the field, he now spends his time praising the vast majority of the current senior team.
Camogie
[edit]Geraldine Dwyer, Teresa Lynch, Nuala Malone, Eileen Reilly and Marianne Johnson were selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century in 2000.
Honours Raheens
[edit]- Leinster Senior Club Football Championship: Winners 1981
- Kildare Senior Football Championship: Winners (10) 1935, 1936, 1943, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981
- Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: Winners (2) 1958, 2017
- Kildare Junior Football Championship: Winners (2) 1928, 1974* (1974 Won Junior B Championship and defeated Junior A Championship winners)
Honours Éire Óg
[edit]- Kildare Senior Hurling Championship Winners (8) 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Honours Prosperous
[edit]- Kildare Senor Camogie Championship (8) 1954, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981
- Kildare Junior Camogie Championship (1) 1939
- Kildare Senor Camogie League (8) 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
- Kildare Senior Football Championship Finalists 1901
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.