Rathmore is a

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club from Rathmore,

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. Together with 12 other football clubs (Cordal, Dr. Crokes, Currow, Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneeveguilla, Kilcummin, Legion, Listry, Rathmore, Scartaglin and Spa) they form the East Kerry Division of the GAA county of Kerry. Notable players include Paul Murphy, Shane Ryan, Aidan O'Mahony. Rathmore offer

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as well, but they do not play above intermediate level. They play in the Kerry Senior Football Championship. Rathmore GAA was founded in 1888. Their original colours were green. Their former residence was known as the "lawn". The East Kerry board runs its own competitions for clubs within the division. The most important is the

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which is awarded to the winners of the East Kerry Senior Football Championship. In 1963 they became the first rural club to win the championship. The club once played in the

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, making it to the final in 1932 but lost out to Causeway in the final. Now hurling is played at under-age level and in 2022 Rathmore will field a team in the Kerry County Junior Championship.

Achievements

;Football * Kerry County Club Championship (1) 2011 Runners-Up 2010, 2012 * Kerry County Football League Division 1: (1) 2002 * Kerry Intermediate Football Championship: (2) 1999, 2022 * Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship: (1) 2022 * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship: (1) 2022 * Kerry Junior Football Championship: (2) 1968, 1997 Runners-Up 1988, 1993, 1996 * Kerry Minor Football Championship: Runners Up 2001 (with Glenflesk) * East Kerry Senior Football Championship: (9) 1963, 1978, 1984, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024 * East Kerry Junior Football Championship: (3) 2009, 2012, 2015 ;Hurling *

: Runner-Up 1932 * Kerry Junior Hurling Championship: (2) 1987, 2023 Runners-Up 2022

Ladies Gaelic football

Rathmore Ladies club has also followed through the years with the men's club. The ladies decided in the year 2000 that they would go out on their own and not under the men's club anymore. This continued to be a great success for Rathmore winning many challenges throughout the years at all ages.the pat lawlor, the co championship division A 2005 defeat over Castleisland, players including Aoife O'Sullivan, Ashling Desmond, Jacinta Murphy, Noreen and Eileen Murphy, Marie Kelleher, Michelle Knee, Amy Murphy, Sheilann Moynihan, Jodie O Sullivan and many more and many under age levels won.

Famous players

* Din Joe Crowley Two time

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winner. * Declan O'Keeffe Two time

winner. Two time All-Star winner. * Tom O'Sullivan Five time

winner. Two time All-Star. 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Man of the Match. * Aidan O'Mahony Five time

winner. Two time All-Star. 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Man of the Match. * Paul Murphy Two time

winner. All-Star winner. 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Man of the Match. * Shane Ryan

winner. All-Star winner.

References

External links

* http://www.eastkerrygaa.com/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20080406073856/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/10/05/shead.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20091109031816/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/10/02/shead.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20090208134602/http://archives.tcm.ie/thekingdom/2007/06/14/story24355.asp {{DEFAULTSORT:Rathmore Gaa Gaelic games clubs in County Kerry Gaelic football clubs in County Kerry Hurling clubs in County Kerry