Glyde Rangers GFC
{{Short description|Louth-based Gaelic games club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox GAA club
| club gaa = Glyde Rangers
| irish = Raonairi Gluide
| founded = 1926
| province = Leinster
| county = Louth
| colours = Sky Blue and Navy
| grounds = Páirc Uí Thaibh, Tallanstown
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Glyde Rangers GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is based in the County Louth village of Tallanstown, eleven kilometres southwest of Dundalk.
As of 2025, the club competes in the Louth Junior Football Championship and Division 3 of the county football Leagues.
At underage level, Glyde Rangers regularly combine with Tallanstown parish neighbours Westerns, Seán McDermott's and John Mitchels to enter teams in competitions under the banner of 'Baile Talún'.
The club also has a Ladies' Gaelic football team that competes in the county Intermediate Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/gaa/naomh-mairtin-and-glyde-rangers-win-louth-lgfa-ifc-clashes-with-dreadnots-and-ardee-st-marys/41963237.html|title=Naomh Máirtín and Glyde Rangers win Louth LGFA IFC clashes with Dreadnots and Ardee St Mary's|work=The Argus |date=5 September 2022}}
History
The club was founded in 1926{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/county/louth/article/index/71614|title=Striving for that title|work =Hogan Stand|date=30 November 2006}} and takes its name from the eponymous river, which flows through Tallanstown village. The club's sole success in the Louth Senior Football Championship came in 1934, when they defeated Wolfe Tones of Drogheda in the county final by 1–03 to 0–04.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/glyde-rangers/26965208.html|title=Glyde Rangers|work =Drogheda Independent|date=18 July 2012}}
Honours
- Louth Senior Football Championship (1): 1934{{cite web|url =https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/othersports/louth-legends-pre-1950/26919641.html | title = Final chance to select your Louth Legends| work= Drogheda Independent|date =6 December 2002}}
- Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (1): 1932{{cite news|title=The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record|work=Fr.John Mulligan (1984)}}
- Louth Junior Football Championship (6): 1929,{{cite web|url =https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/othersports/louth-legends-pre-1950/26919641.html | title = Final chance to select your Louth Legends| work= Drogheda Independent|date =6 December 2002}} 1948, 1962, 1969, 1990, 1996, 2023{{cite web |url= https://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/gaa/1317503/glyde-rangers-led-from-pillar-to-post-to-win-christy-bellew-cup.html|title= Glyde Rangers led from pillar to post to win Christy Bellew Cup
|work=Dundalk Democrat|date=7 October 2023}}
- Louth Senior Football League Division 1B (1): 2003{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/drogheda-news/strong-finish-pays-off-with-league-joy-for-tallanstown/27112846.html|title=Strong finish pays off with League joy for Tallanstown|work=Drogheda Independent|date=7 November 2003}}
- Louth Intermediate Football League (2): 2000,{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/othersports/glyde-presented-with-toner-cup/26924514.html|title=Glyde presented with Toner Cup|work=The Argus|date=22 September 2000}} 2008{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/glyde-rubber-stamp-promotion/26927793.html|title=Glyde rubber-stamp promotion|work=The Argus|date=29 October 2008}}
- Louth Junior A Football League (4): 1969, 1986, 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/county/louth/article/index/246724|title=FL3 playoff: Glyde crowned champions
|work =Hogan Stand|date=12 November 2015}} 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/gaa/glyde-are-forced-to-fight-for-title-glory/36098670.html|title=Glyde are forced to fight for title glory
|work=The Argus|date=9 September 2017}}
- Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (3): 1928, 1933, 1944
- Louth Junior 2B Football Championship (1): 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/drogheda-news/mcgahon-injury-puts-damper-on-glyde-joy/27124634.html|title=McGahon injury puts damper on Glyde joy|work=Drogheda Independent|date=6 October 2000}}
- Kevin Mullen Shield (3): 1986, 2017, 2025{{cite web|url=https://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/louth-sport/1767094/louth-gaa-club-glyde-stage-second-half-comeback-to-win-kevin-mullen-shield.html|title=Glyde stage second-half comeback to win Kevin Mullen Shield|work=Dundalk Democrat|date=1 April 2025}}
- Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4C (1): 1993
- Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4B (3): 1999, 2000, 2002
Inter-county players
Glyde Rangers players who have represented Louth at senior inter-county level include:
- Jimmy Coyle{{cite web|url=https://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/sport/530628/inside-track-born-in-1911-paddy-cluskey-played-for-louth-in-an-all-ireland-minor-final-20-years-later.html|title=Born in 1911, Paddy Cluskey played for Louth in an All-Ireland minor final 20 years later|work=Dundalk Democrat|date= 30 March 2020}}
- Jimmy Kelly{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/sport/other-sports/louth-team-of-the-millennium-27121125.html|title=Louth team of the Millennium|work=Drogheda Independent|date=21 January 2000}}
- Eugene Callan{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/drogheda-news/select-your-legends-from-this-mouth-watering-list/27118000.html|title=Select your legends from this mouth-watering list
|work=Drogheda Independent|date=6 December 2002}}
- Paddy Fox
- Richie Barry{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/othersports/gaa-men-in-chase-after-opening-round/26924173.html|title=GAA men in chase after opening round|work=The Argus|date= 1 September 2000}}
- Gerry Sheridan{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/gaa/louth-have-lost-14-times-in-championship-clashes-with-dublin-since-1973/a1405728257.html|title=Louth have lost 14 times in championship clashes with Dublin since 1973|work=The Argus|date= 13 May 2023}}
- Richie Brennan{{cite web|url=https://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/sport/419241/who-remembers-the-day-louth-last-defeated-dublin-in-the-leinster-championship.html|title=Who remembers the day Louth last defeated Dublin in the Leinster Championship?|work=Dundalk Democrat|date= 24 May 2019}}
- Niall Flynn{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/b-title-is-honey-sweet-for-louth/26201989.html|title='B' title is honey sweet for Louth|work=Irish Independent|date=10 November 1997}}
- Conor Sheridan{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/louth-opt-for-four-debutants/25983657.html|title=Louth opt for four debutants|work=Irish Independent|date=6 May 2005}}
- David Devaney{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/devaney-fights-for-a-different-tribe/26442328.html|title=Devaney fights for a different tribe|work=Irish Independent|date=1 July 2004}}
- Trevor O'Brien{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/mceneaney-is-expecting-a-different-antrim-this-time/26906229.html|title=McEneaney is expecting a different Antrim this time
|work=The Argus|date=}}
- Niall Sharkey{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2023/05/14/mickey-harte-believes-dublin-have-found-an-angst-in-their-game-again-after-21-point-trimming/|title=Mickey Harte believes Dublin 'have found an angst in their game again' after 21-point trimming|work=Irish Times|date=14 May 2023}}
References
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{{Louth GAA clubs}}
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