Dunboyne A.F.C. is an Irish

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club based in

Dunboyne Dunboyne () is a town in County Meath, Ireland, north-west of Dublin city centre. It is a commuter town for Dublin. In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 censuses, the population of Dunboyne more than doubled from 3,080 to 7,272 inhabitan ...

County Meath County Meath ( ; or simply , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is bordered by County Dublin to the southeast, County ...

. The club, which was founded in 1970, competes in the Leinster Senior League and plays its home matches at the Summerhill Road football ground. In 2009, the club won the Aviva "Club of the Year" award, which led to representatives from the club meeting the famed Brazilian footballer,

Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...

. In 2010, the club was awarded the

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Grassroots Bronze Medal for best grassroots club.

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*{{official website, https://www.dunboyneafc.ie/ Association football clubs in County Meath 1970 establishments in Ireland Leinster Senior League (association football) clubs Association football clubs established in 1970