Rheban GAA explained
| Club Gaa: | Rheban |
| Crest: | Rheban GFC.jpg |
| Irish: | Riobáin |
| County: | Kildare |
| Coordinates: | 53.0233°N -7.0044°W |
| Colours: | Blue and white |
| Founded: | 1929 |
| Pattern B: | _whitehorizontal |
| Leftarm: | 0000ff |
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| Shorts: | FFFFFF |
| Socks: | 0000ff |
Rheban is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based in southwest County Kildare, Ireland, near Kilberry. Twice winners of the Club of the year in 1996-1997, they competed in the senior championship in the 1940s, reaching the semi-final in 1945, and after winning the Junior and Intermediate championships in successive years in 1996-7. The club takes its name from nearby Rheban Castle.
Honours
- Kildare Intermediate Football Championship: (3) 1942, 1970, 1997
- Kildare Junior Football Championship: (3) 1940, 1969, 1996
- Jack Higgins Cup (2) 1969, 1996
- Kildare Senior Football League Division 3: (1) 1996
- Kildare Senior Football League Division 4: (1) 1984
- Dowling Cup (1) 2008
- The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup (4) 1995, 1998, 2002, 2007
- Kildare Junior D Football League (1) 1996
- Kildare Under-21 C Football Championship (1) 2014
- Kildare Under-21 B Football Championship (1) 1999
- Kildare Minor B Football Championship (1) 1996
- Kildare Under-16 A Football Championship (1) 1997
- Kildare Under-16 B Football Championship (1) 1995
- Kildare Under-16 C Football Championship (1) 2012
- Kildare Under-16 B Football League (1) 1995
- Kildare Under-16 Div. 2 Football League (1) 2013
- Kildare Minor Football League Div. 4 (1) 2013
- Kildare Ladies Football Junior C Championship (1) 2013
- Kildare Club of the Year (3) 1969, 1996, 1997
Bibliography
- Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by Eoghan Corry, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, 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.
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