Raheny GAA (

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: ''CLG Rath Éanna'' ), founded 1958, is a

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club based in

Raheny Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 CE ( Mervyn Archdall). The district shares Dublin's two largest municipal parks, Saint Anne ...

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History

The club was established in 1958, and was at first one of two clubs in the area, though the other, St Vincent's, with grounds at The Oval in central Raheny, served a different catchment. Raheny were the 2007

Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Intermediate Dublin Clubs. The finalists of this Championship qualify for the Dublin Senior Hurling B Championship the following seas ...

after they defeated

Ballyboden St Endas Ballyboden St Enda's (''CLG Baile Buadáin Naomh Éanna'' in Irish) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Knocklyon, South Dublin, Ireland. The Club serves the Rathfarnham, Knocklyon, Ballycullen, Ballyboden, Ballyroan, Firhouse ...

by 0–16 to 0–12 at O'Toole Park. Raheny last won the intermediate championship in 1970. Raheny won promotion to

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from

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Roll of Honour

Dublin Senior Football Championship The Dublin Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the '' Go-Ahead'' Dublin Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs. The winners of the ...

: Runners-Up 1970 *

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 ...

: Winners 1997 * Dublin Junior C Football Championship Winner 2014 *

Dublin Under 21 Football Championship The Dublin Under 21 Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the under-21 Gaelic footballers of Dublin clubs. The current (2017) under 21 champions of Dublin are Na Fianna who beat Ballyboden St ...

: Winners 1972 *

Dublin Minor Football Championship The Dublin Minor Football Championship "A" is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Dublin GAA between the top teams in minor (under-18) Gaelic football in County Dublin "Action to match our speech" , image_map ...

: Winners 1972, 1973 * Dublin Minor C Football Championship Winners 2013, 2018 * Dublin Senior Football League Division 2 Winners 2007 * Dublin AFL Div. 5 Winners 2012 *

Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship The Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition involving the second tier hurling clubs in Dublin. The winners of the Dublin B Hurling Championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Senior Hurling Cha ...

: Winners 2017 *

Dublin Senior B Football Championship The Dublin Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the '' Go-Ahead'' Dublin Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs. The winners of the ...

: Runners-Up 2017 *

: Winners 1990, 2007 *

Dublin Junior Hurling Championship The Dublin Junior Hurling championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic Association hurling competition of Dublin. The winners of the Junior championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship in the following year. The win ...

: Winners 1969, 2004 * Dublin Junior D Hurling Championship Winner 2012

Notable players

Club football players

; Dublin senior men's SFC inter-county footballers *

Brian Fenton Brian Fenton (born 2 March 1994) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Raheny club and for the Dublin county team. He was the 2018 and 2020 All Stars Footballer of the Year. Education and family His father (Brian senior), is from Spa, out ...

* Brian Howard * Seán MacMahon *

Paddy Gogarty Paddy Gogarty is a former Gaelic football corner forward for the Dublin county team. He played his club football for Raheny. Paddy won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal with Dublin in 1976. He won a National Football League ...

* David Henry * David Hickey * Alan Larkin *

Ciarán Whelan Ciarán Whelan (born 28 February 1976 in Raheny, County Dublin) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Raheny club and, formerly, for the Dublin county team. He is right-footed but can kick with both feet and usually plays in midfield. He wa ...

;Ladies footballers *

Siobhán Killeen Siobhán Killeen (born 21 September 1995) is a Republic of Ireland women's international footballer. She has also played for UCD, Raheny United and Shelbourne Ladies. In 2010, she was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that wer ...

– Republic of Ireland women's international footballer

References

External links

Official Raheny GAA Website
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