Anthony Rainbow is a

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and former player from

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. He played with the Kildare county team for almost 20 years, winning two

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medals, in 1998 and 2000. He played in the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, which Kildare lost to

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. He won an

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in 1998. He also won an

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medal in 2003. He played for Ireland in the

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in 2001. He announced his retirement after Kildare's defeat to Down in the 2010 All-Ireland SFC semi-final. In late 2012, he was appointed manager of the senior

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, having been a member of the backroom team. Rainbow was managing Dublin club Ballyboden St Enda's during the

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, at which time he was held within

to stop the spread. He was part of manager Glenn Ryan's Kildare backroom team from October 2021.

Honours

* 2

s (1998, 2000) * 2

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s (1989, 2007) * 1 All Stars Award (2000) * 1

(2001)

References

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