Railyard Gaelic Football Club is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

club located in

Moneenroe Moneenroe () is a townland, electoral division and village in north County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster along the N78 road (Ireland), N78 road about from Kilkenny city in the south-east of ...

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. The club is solely concerned with the game of

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History

Located in the village of

, on the

Laois County Laois ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Hist ...

Kilkenny Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...

border, Railyard Gaelic Football Club was founded by local FCA members at the height of the Emergency in April 1943. The club was just six years old when it achieved senior status by winning the Kilkenny JFC title. After that initial victory, Railyard went on to dominate the next three decades by winning 17 Kilkenny SFC titles between 1951 and 1978, including a record-setting five titles in-a-row on two occasions. That 17th title put them equal with Glenmore at the top of the all-time roll of honour, however, the club went through a downturn that saw them lose seven finals before claiming their next title victory in 1992. Railyard entered its third century by claiming another title in 1999. Three successive final victories between 2014 and 2016 gave Railyard a record-setting 22 titles.

Honours

Kilkenny Senior Football Championship The Kilkenny Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Senior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Kilkenny GAA, ...

(22): 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1992, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2016 *Moremiles Cup (2): 1985, 1986 *Kilkenny Junior Football Championship (1): 1949 *North Kilkenny Junior Football Championship (1): 1988, 1992, 1993 *Kilkenny Special Junior Football Championship (1): 1993 *Kilkenny Under-21 A Football Championship (1): 2005 *Kilkenny Under-21 B Football Championship (2): 1987, 1999 *Kilkenny Minor A Football Championship (10): 1950, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 2000, 2001 *Kilkenny Minor B Football Championship (2): 1988, 2005 *Kilkenny Minor C Football Championship (1): 2011

References

External link

Railyard GAA website
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