Beggsboro A.F.C.

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Beggsboro A.F.C.
Full name Beggsboro Athletic Football Club
Founded 1938
Ground Kilkiernan Road
League Leinster Senior League

Beggsboro A.F.C.is an Irish association football club based in Cabra, Dublin. They were founded in 1938. The club plays at Kilkiernan Road. Beggsboro compete in the Leinster Senior League. The club competed in the 2013 FAI Cup, but did not make it out of the first round. [1]

Cabra, Dublin Inner western Northside suburb of Dublin, Ireland

Cabra is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin city in Ireland. It is approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the city centre, in the administrative area of Dublin City Council. It was commonly known as Cabragh until the early 20th century. Largely located between the Royal Canal and the Phoenix Park, it is primarily a residential suburb, with a range of institutions and some light industry. Cabra is governed by Dublin City Council, and served by bus, light rail and mainline rail; it lies across one of the main roads from central Dublin to the orbital motorway, the Navan Road.

Events from the year 1938 in Ireland.

Leinster Senior League (association football) soccer league

The Leinster Senior League is an association football league organised by the Leinster Football Association. In 2015–16 the Leinster Senior League operated twenty divisions. It also organises various cup competitions. Its Senior Division is a third level division in the Republic of Ireland football league system. Leinster Senior League teams also compete in the Leinster Senior Cup, the FAI Cup, the FAI Intermediate Cup and the FAI Junior Cup. In recent seasons the winners of the Senior Division have also qualified to play in the League of Ireland Cup. Despite using the Leinster name in its title, the vast majority of its member clubs are based in the Greater Dublin Area.

Honours

The FAI Junior Cup is a cup competition organized by the Football Association of Ireland for junior association football clubs from the Republic of Ireland. The inaugural winners were Brideville. The competition's most successful clubs have been Fairview Rangers of the Limerick & District League and Cherry Orchard who have been winners eight and seven times respectively. According to the FAI, the FAI Junior Cup is one of the largest national amateur cup competitions in Europe. The 2012–13 competition saw an estimated 600 clubs enter the cup. The competition also serves a qualifier for the senior FAI Cup with the four semi-finalists all invited to take part in the FAI Cup.

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