Monasterevin G.F.C.

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Monasterevan
Mainistir Eimhin
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Founded:1880
County: Kildare
Nickname:The Barrowside Blues
Colours:Blue and White
Grounds:Fr Prendergast Park, Cowpasture, Monasterevin
Coordinates: 53°08′26″N7°03′18″W / 53.1405°N 7.055°W / 53.1405; -7.055
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Senior Club Championships
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champions		Kildare
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Football: 0 0 3
Hurling: 0 0 3

Monasterevan G.F.C. is a Gaelic football club based in Monasterevin, County Kildare, Ireland. The club competes in the County Kildare GAA board league and cup system. They were Kildare "club of the year" in 1977. In 2012, Monasterevan G.F.C. won their first Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship, beating Raheens in the county final on a scoreline of 1-10 to 0-07 and O’Connells of Louth 0-04 to 0-03 in the Leinster.

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Monasterevan were the first club in Ireland to win a football and hurling double, defeating Clane by 1-3 to 1-2, in the 1890 Kildare football final, and defeating Moorefield in the Kildare hurling final the same year.[ citation needed ]

Rosglas

Rosglas (Irish for Rosegreen, sometimes written as "Ros Glas") GAA club was founded in 1974 as a juvenile club. It currently serves as a hurling club. It has won five minor championship and league titles and won county championships at under-12, under-14 and under-16 level.

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References

  1. ↑ "Monasterevin's heroes of '77 to be honoured on special night". Kildare Nationalist. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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