Fingal Ravens is a

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club based in

Rolestown Rolestown, (Irish: ''Baile Rothluis''), is a small village six miles (10 km) north-west of Swords along the R125 in Fingal, Ireland. It lies about halfway between Swords and Ashbourne. It is located around two parallel roads intersected b ...

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. Fingal Ravens won the 2007

Dublin Intermediate Football Championship ''See also Dublin Senior Football Championship'' The Dublin Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Dublin GAA between second-tier Gaelic football clubs in County Dublin, Ireland. Qua ...

and are therefore in the Senior championship for 2008. The Senior team won the

in 2007 and booked a place in the Leinster Intermediate Semi Final against Suncroft. The Senior team won the Lenister Intermediate Semi Final on Sunday 25 November 2007 against Suncroft of

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. They eventually went on to the final against neighbours and local rivals Donaghmore/Ashbourne. It proved an interesting game because the Fingal Ravens manager

Mick Deegan Mick Deegan (born 1964) is a former manager of the Dublin junior Gaelic football team and Fingal Ravens. He is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer for Dublin, and a former footballer for Crusaders. Playing career Mick won his first inter-c ...

was a resident of Ashbourne in

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. Ravens won the IFC title with a goal to spare in

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on Sunday 9 December 2007.Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling
/ref> Fingal then went on to the

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semi final against Ballinagh of

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. Ravens won the semi against Ballinagh by 0-11 to 0-08 to seal their place in the 2008 all-Ireland intermediate club final. Fingal Ravens went on to play the All Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship Final in Croke Park, but didn't come home All Ireland Champions. With all this success, 2007–2008 was the greatest in the club's history to date. Ravens then went on to win AFL Division 2 in November 2008 and also securing promotion to Division 1.

Roll of honour

: Runners-Up 2008 *

Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship The Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the Intermediate football champions of the 12 counties of Leinster. The winners will represent the province in the semi-final of the All- ...

: Winners 2007-08 *

: Winners 2007 *

Dublin Junior Football Championship The Dublin Junior Football championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football competition of Dublin. The winners of the Junior championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship. The winners will ...

: Winners 1969, 1999 * Dublin Junior B Football Championship: Winners 2007 * Dublin Minor B Football Championship: Winners 2004 * Dublin Minor C Football Championship: Winners 2011 *

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: Winners 2008, 2014

Notable players

Darren Daly Darren Daly (born 11 March 1987) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Fingal Ravens GAA, Fingal Ravens club and, formerly, for the Dublin county football team, Dublin county team. In April 2013, Daly was part of the Dublin team that defeate ...

References

External links

Dublin Club GAA

Dublin GAA

Fingal Ravens Official Website
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