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Rathkeale GAA, formerly known as St Mary's/Seán Finn's GAA, 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 in
Rathkeale Rathkeale () is a town in west County Limerick, in Ireland. It is 30 km (18 mi) southwest of Limerick city on the N21 road to Tralee, County Kerry, and lies on the River Deel. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same n ...
,
County Limerick County Limerick () is a western Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Reg ...
,
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. The club fields teams in both
hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...
and
Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
.


History

Located in the town of
Rathkeale Rathkeale () is a town in west County Limerick, in Ireland. It is 30 km (18 mi) southwest of Limerick city on the N21 road to Tralee, County Kerry, and lies on the River Deel. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same n ...
, in west
County Limerick County Limerick () is a western Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Reg ...
, the club was founded as St Mary's GAA Club in 1885. It was later given the name of Sean C. Finn (1897–1921), a local
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commander who was killed in a battle with
Black and Tans The Black and Tans () were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) as reinforcements during the Irish War of Independence. Recruitment began in Great Britain in January 1920, and about 10,000 men enlisted during the conflic ...
near
Foynes Foynes (; ) is a town and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary. The population of the town was 512 as of the 2022 census. Foynes's role as sea ...
in 1921. The club has spent most of its existence operating in the junior grades, winning West Limerick JAHC titles in 1968 and 2017. In Gaelic football terms, Rathkeale won the Limerick JAFC in 1991 before claiming their second title in 2011. Two years later the club won the Limerick IFC title after a 4-17 to 1-10 defeat of
Oola Oola ( or ) is a village in County Limerick in Ireland. It is near the border with County Tipperary in the midwest of the country. The village is home to a Catholic church ( Church of the Sacred Heart), a petrol station, a convenience store, ...
in the final. Rathkeale won a secon Limerick IFC title in 2024 and reclaimed top flight status once again.


Honours

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Limerick Intermediate Football Championship The Limerick Intermediate Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Griffin Coaches County Intermediate Football Championship and abbreviated to the Limerick IFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Limeri ...
(2): 2013, 2024 *Limerick Junior A Football Championship (2): 1991, 2011 *West Limerick Junior A Hurling Championship (2): 1968, 2017 *
Munster Junior B Club Hurling Championship The Munster Junior B Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by Killeedy GAA Club in Limerick since 2005 for the champion junior B hurling teams in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are played d ...
(1):
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