Rathvilly GAA

{{short description|Gaelic football club in County Carlow, Ireland}}

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| irish = Rathbhile

| founded = 1888

| province = Leinster

| county = Carlow

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| grounds =Fr. Ryan Park, Rathvilly

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Rathvilly Gaelic Athletic Association is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Rathvilly, County Carlow, Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5YyyAAAAIAAJ&q=Rathvilly+GAA|title=Appropriation Accounts|first=Ireland Exchequer and Audit|last=Department|date=17 December 1992|publisher=Stationery Office|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://scoreline.ie/it-was-the-proudest-moment-playing-football-rathvilly-captain-brian-murphy-on-last-weekends-historic-county-title-victory-and-their-potential-leinster-voyage/|title='It was the proudest moment I've had playing football' - Rathvilly captain Brian Murphy on last weekend's historic county title victory and their potential Leinster voyage|date=20 November 2021}}

History

The club was founded in 1888. The teacher Edward O'Toole was the first captain of the club; he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and an early influence on Kevin Barry.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-y7-DwAAQBAJ&dq=rathvilly+1888+gaelic&pg=PT8|title=Kevin Barry|first=Carmel Uí|last=Cheallaigh|date=16 September 2020|publisher=Mercier Press Ltd|isbn=9781781177464|via=Google Books}} Rathvilly won its first Carlow Junior Football Championship in 1916. In 1979 Rathvilly were promoted to the Carlow Senior Football Championship In 1983 they founded their juvenile section and won their first county championship; since then, they have won eight more.{{Cite web|url=https://www.monaghangaa.ie/2017/06/inniskeen-welcome-rathvilly-feile/|title=Inniskeen welcome Rathvilly to Féile|date=22 June 2017}}

Rathvilly play at Fr. Ryan Park; in 2019, they received a €14,455 grant for floodlights.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/laois-sports/494398/where-is-the-37-million-in-sports-capital-grants-going-to-full-list-of-recipients.html|title=Where is the €37 million in Sports Capital Grants going to? Full list of recipients|website=www.leinsterexpress.ie}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/out-of-the-shadows-floodlights-a-priority-for-clubs-across-ireland-1.4183721|title=Out of the shadows: Floodlights a priority for clubs across Ireland|first=Philip|last=Reid|website=The Irish Times}}

The club crest displays the motto bene cultō nīl ōrnātiu[s]. This is Latin for "well cultivated, not ornate," and is derived from Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute: agro bene culto nihil potest esse nec usu uberius nec specie ornatius ("nothing can be more bountiful for use, or more ornate to the eye, than a well-cultivated farm").{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4424080|title=Ad Virgilium (Continued)|author=P. Hofman Peerlkamp|year=1861|journal=Mnemosyne|volume=10|issue=2|pages=113–163|jstor=4424080}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=bene|title=Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, bĕnĕ|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}} It also displays images of Saint Patrick, Rathvilly Moat, St. Patrick's Church and Rathvilly Bridge over the River Slaney.{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/10400104/rathvilly-bridge-bough-county-carlow|title=Rathvilly Bridge, PATRICKSWELL, Rathvilly, CARLOW|website=Buildings of Ireland}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rathvillykilteganparish.ie/church/st-patricks-church-rathvilly/|title=St. Patrick's Rathvilly – Rathvilly-Kiltegan Parish|website=www.rathvillykilteganparish.ie}}

Honours

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Carlow Senior Football Championship (10): 1983, 1985, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2021,{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40744290.html|title=Glory for Rathvilly as they end Éire Óg's five in a row bid|first=Kieran|last=Murphy|date=14 November 2021|website=Irish Examiner}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.clubinfo.ie/club/rathvilly-gfc/|title=Rathvilly GFC Profile - Total GAA - GAA Club Rankings|website=www.clubinfo.ie}} 2024
Carlow Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1973, 1978
Carlow Under-21 Football Championship (7): 1981, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2007
Carlow Minor Football Championship (5): 1982, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2004{{Cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/Carlow/ClubTitles|title=HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling|website=hoganstand.com}}
Carlow Junior "A" Football Championship (7): 1916, 1967, 1984, 1989, 2004, 2009, 2013
Carlow Junior "B" Football Championship (1){{Cite web|url=https://carlowgaa.ie/club/rathvilly/|title=Rathvilly | Carlow GAA}}
Carlow Junior Ladies Football Championship (1): 2015{{Cite web|url=https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2016/04/29/ladies-day-at-rathvilly-dinner-dance/|title=Ladies day at Rathvilly dinner dance|date=29 April 2016|website=Carlow Nationalist}}

Notable players

References

External links

[https://www.facebook.com/rathvillygaaclub/?ref=page_internal Facebook page]

Category:Gaelic games clubs in County Carlow

Category:Gaelic football clubs in County Carlow