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{{Use Irish English, date=April 2021 Keadue Rovers Football Club is a football club based in
Keadue Keadue, officially Keadew (), is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is on the R284 and R285 regional roads close to the borders of County Leitrim and County Sligo. Keadue is the burial place of the great Irish harper, Turlough O'Car ...
,
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, currently playing in the Premier Division in the Donegal Junior League. Founded in 1896, Keadue played their home games at Central Park. Nicknamed "The Gulls", Keadue are the most successful club in the history of the Donegal Junior League. The club's most famous past player is Packie Bonner, who signed for
Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...
at the age of 17 from Keadue Rovers. Other famous sons to don the clubs famous candy stripes were Dennis Bonner
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, Tony Boyle, All Ireland winner with
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in 1992, Adrian Hanlon, All Ireland winner in 2012,
Adrian Sweeney Adrian Sweeney is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for CLG An Clochán Liath, An Clochán Liath and the Donegal county football team, Donegal county team. Considered one of the finest forwards of his generation, he often played alon ...
, Martin Ferry (formerly of Ayr United and Limavady United), Lee Boyle (formerly of
Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...
) and Mark Forker (formerly of Hearts an
Finn Harps
, Carl McHugh who played for Bradford City in the 2013 English League Cup Final. Other names synonymous with the club are its most successful manager, Manus McCole, and groundskeeper, Anthony "Dutch" Doherty. The club celebrated its centenary in 1996 with
Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...
playing a game at Central Park. In 2021 Keadue played the first game on their new pitch adjacent to the old pitch in Central Park. The new pitch is among the finest in the country. In August 2023 the club started work on an extension to the club house to facilitate the rapidly growing number of players at the club.


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Official website
1896 establishments in Ireland Association football clubs in County Donegal The Rosses Ulster Senior League (association football) teams