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Éire Óg GAA (Carlow)

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Éire Óg
CLG Éire Óg
Founded:1956
County:Carlow
Nickname:The YI's
Colours:Red and White
Grounds:Páirc Uí Bhrian
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions
Carlow
champions
Football: - 5 31

Éire Óg are a GAA club based in Carlow town. The club are solely involved in the sport of gaelic football, fielding teams across all underage categories as well as adult competitions. Formed in 1958, the club has enjoyed tremendous success on the field and are one of the most successful clubs in the history of Carlow GAA. They have won the Carlow Senior Football Championship 31 times, the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship 5 times and were All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship runners up in 1993 and 1996. In November 2024, it was announced that former players Richard Mahon and Cormac Mullins would be taken over the Eire Og senior team for the upcoming 2025 season.

History

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Honours

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Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "Carlow SFC final: Eire Og are back". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Carlow SFC final replay: Eire Og back in the winners enclosure". Hogan Stand. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Huge loss for Éire Óg and Carlow GAA as Vinny Harvey passes away". The Carlow Nationalist. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

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