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| Baile Riobaird | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded: | 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
| County: | Kildare | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club colours: | Blue & White | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Brockagh Park | ||||||||||||||||
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Robertstown is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland, affiliated to Kildare GAA. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A GAA county or County board is a geographic region of control within the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA originally based on the Counties of Ireland For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara is an Irish County located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship.
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History
The first Robertstown club was founded in 1888 despite objections from Allen Fionn McCumhals. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
Gaelic Football
Tom Donoghue, a boat-man from Robertstown, played for Kildare in the 1926 All Ireland final. For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank "Sambo" Dowling played for Kildare in the 1935 All Ireland final. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Dalton played with Kildare in the 1960s. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969
Honours
- Junior F B Champions 1983.
- Junior F C Champions 1980.
Bibliography
- Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, ISBN 0-9509370-0-2 hb ISBN 0-9509370-1-0 pb
- Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000
- Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board. Eoghan Corry (born 19 January 1961) is an Irish columnist author of sports history and founding story-editor of the Gaelic Athletic Association The year 1984 in literature involved some significant events and new books
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