Maynooth Town Football Club, and briefly known as Maynooth University Town F.C. from 2017 to 2022, are an

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club from

Maynooth Maynooth (; ) is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is home to Maynooth University (part of the National University of Ireland and also known as the National University of Ireland, Maynooth) and St Patrick's College, Maynoo ...

County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...

, in

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. The club compete in the Leinster Senior League. In 2021, they reached the quarter-finals of the

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where they lost 4–0 against

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. After agreeing a 5-year partnership with

Maynooth University Maynooth University (MU) (), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. Maynooth University was formerly known as National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ). It was Ireland ...

, the club was known as Maynooth University Town F.C. from 2017 to 2022.

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