Rapparees Starlights GAA

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Rapparees Starlights
Ropairí na Réaltsoilse
Founded:1972
County: Wexford
Colours:Red and Yellow
Grounds:McCauley Park, Bellefield
Playing kits
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Senior Club Championships
All IrelandLeinster
champions
Wexford
champions
Football: 0 0 15
Hurling: - - 2

Rapparees Starlights GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. The club fields teams in hurling as Rapparees and in Gaelic football as Starlights.

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History

The Rapparees Starlights club was founded in 1972, following an amalgamation between the existing St Aidan's and Shamrocks hurling clubs and the Starlights and Emmetts Gaelic football clubs. On 19 September 2021, they won their first Wexford senior hurling title since 1978 with a 6-18 to 1-17 win against St Anne's. [1]

Honours

Notable players

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References

  1. "Rapparees hit 6-18 to win first Wexford senior hurling title in 43 years". The 42. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.