Dunboyne A.F.C. is an Irish

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Dunboyne Dunboyne () is a town in Meath, Ireland. 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 inhabitants. Location Dunboyne is centred on the ...

Co. Meath County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the s ...

. It was one of the first soccer clubs established in the county of Meath, and was founded in 1970. One of the club's values is to promote the game of soccer in its community, in a

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

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dominated country. Dunboyne A.F.C. was recognized with the UEFA Grassroots Bronze Medal for best grassroots club in 2010, and won the AVIVA Club of the Year award in 2009, with representatives from the club meeting with Brazilian football legend, Pele.

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{{Reflist Association football clubs in County Meath 1970 establishments in Ireland Leinster Senior League (association football) clubs