Rathmore is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Rathmore,

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, Legion, Listry, Rathmore, Scartaglin and

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) they form the East Kerry Division of the GAA county of Kerry Notable players include Paul Murphy, Shane Ryan, Aidan o' Mahony. Rathmore offer

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as well, but they do not play above intermediate level. They play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. Rathmore GAA was founded in 1888. Their original colours were green. Their former residence was known as the "lawn". The East Kerry board runs its own competitions for clubs within the division. The most important is the O'Donoghue Cup which is awarded to the winners of the East Kerry Senior Football Championship. In 1963 they became the first rural club to win the championship. The club once played in the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship, making it to the final in 1932 but lost out to

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in the final. Now hurling is played at under-age level and in 2022 Rathmore will field a team in the Kerry County Junior Championship.

Achievements

;Football * Kerry County Club Championship (1) 2011 Runners-Up 2010, 2012 * Kerry County Football League Division 1: (1) 2002 * Kerry Intermediate Football Championship: (2) 1999, 2022 * Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship: (1) 2022 * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship: (1) 2022 * Kerry Junior Football Championship: (2) 1968, 1997 Runners-Up 1988, 1993, 1996 * Kerry Minor Football Championship: Runners Up 2001 (with

) * East Kerry Senior Football Championship: (8) 1963, 1978, 1984, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 *

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: (3) 2009, 2012, 2015 ;Hurling * Kerry Junior Hurling Championship: (1) 1987 Runners-Up 2022 * Kerry Senior Hurling Championship: Runner-Up 1932

Ladies Gaelic football

Rathmore Ladies club has also followed through the years with the men's club. The ladies decided in the year 2000 that they would go out on their own and not under the men's club anymore. This continued to be a great success for Rathmore winning many challenges throughout the years at all ages.the pat lawlor, the co championship division A 2005 defeat over Castleisland, players including Aoife O'Sullivan, Ashling Desmond, Jacinta Murphy, Noreen and Eileen Murphy, Marie Kelleher, Michelle Knee, Amy Murphy, Sheilann Moynihan, Jodie O Sullivan and many more and many under age levels won.

Famous players

Din Joe Crowley Denis Joseph Crowley (1945 – 19 February 2016) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder for the Kerry senior team. Born in Rathmore, County Kerry, Crowley was introduced to Gaelic football in his youth. At club level he lin ...

Declan O'Keeffe Declan O'Keeffe (born 1972 in Rathmore, County Kerry, Rathmore, County Kerry) is an Irish people, Irish former Gaelic footballer who played at various times with his local clubs Rathmore GAA, Rathmore in Kerry and Clooney/Quin and St Josephs Do ...

* Tom O'Sullivan * Aidan O'Mahony * Paul Murphy * Shane Ryan

References

External links

* http://www.eastkerrygaa.com/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20080406073856/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/10/05/shead.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20091109031816/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/10/02/shead.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20090208134602/http://archives.tcm.ie/thekingdom/2007/06/14/story24355.asp {{DEFAULTSORT:Rathmore Gaa Gaelic games clubs in County Kerry Gaelic football clubs in County Kerry Hurling clubs in County Kerry