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Caragh Caragh or Carragh () is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located on the R409 regional road between the River Liffey and the Grand Canal and is located 6.1 km north-west of Naas. The village is also 7.9 km from Clane and ...

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senior club championship in 1981, 10 county senior football championships, first winners of the Kildare club of the year in 1973 and winners again in 1976. The separate hurling club, formerly known as Éire Óg, has now amalgamated to become

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History

Raheens won the first of ten Kildare titles in 1935 with a 6-3 to 1-0 win over Kildare St. Brigid's. They won their second in 1936 and third in 1964. A win in 1981 led to Leinster club championship honours. In 2017, Raheens beat Kilcock to win the Intermediate Championship Final.

Honours

;As "Raheens" *

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are K ...

: Winners 1981 *

Kildare Senior Football Championship The Kildare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Kildare GAA between the top clubs in County Kildare, Ireland. The winners of the Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Senior ...

: Winners (10) 1935, 1936, 1943, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981 * Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: Winners (2) 1958, 2017 * Kildare Junior Football Championship: Winners (2) 1928, 1974* (1974 Won Junior B Championship and defeated Junior A Championship winners) ;As "Éire Óg" *

Kildare Senior Hurling Championship The Kildare Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the UPMC Kildare Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kildare SHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Kildare GAA, Kildare County Board o ...

Winners (8) 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 ;As "Prosperous" * Kildare Senor Camogie Championship (8) 1954, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981 * Kildare Junior Camogie Championship (1) 1939 * Kildare Senor Camogie League (8) 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986 *

Finalists 1901

Bibliography

* Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by

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, hb 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.

External links

Raheens GAA website
(archived 2007)
Facebook page
{{Kildare GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Kildare Gaelic football clubs in County Kildare Hurling clubs in County Kildare 1925 establishments in Ireland