Anthony Rainbow is a Gaelic football

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and former player from County Kildare,

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. He played with the Kildare county team for almost 20 years with whom he won two

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medals, in 1998 and 2000. He played in the 1998 All Ireland Senior Football final where

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lost out to

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. He won an All Star in 1998. He also won an

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medal in 2003. He played with Ireland in the

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in 2001. He announced his retirement after Kildare's defeat to Down in the All Ireland semi-final in 2010. In late 2012, he was appointed manager of the senior

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, having been a member of the backroom team. Rainbow was managing Dublin club Ballyboden St Enda's during the

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when he was held within County Kildare to stop the spread."'Things have been difficult': How Ballyboden got by with their manager in lockdown Kildare"
The42.ie. 31 August 2020.

Honours

* 2

s (1998, 2000) * 2

Kildare Intermediate Football Championship The Kildare Intermediate Football Championship, or Kildare I.F.C., is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Kildare GAA clubs since 1928. The winners currently receive the Hugh Campion Cup in honour of the Suncroft official w ...

s (1989, 2007) * 1 All Stars Award (2000) * 1

(2001)

References

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