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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.HistoryRheban was founded by brothers John and Tom Moore on February 6, 1929. A club from nearby Bert (Newtownbert) affiliated to the GAA in the 1890s. Jack Maher went on to serve as club chairman for over forty years, stepping down in 2008 to be followed in the role by his brother Dick Maher. The club takes its name from the nearby Rheban Castle.Gaelic FootballPaddy Myles was on the 1931 Kildare Junior Team. Rheban won the 1940 junior (beating Ardclough) and 1942 Intermediate (beating Straffan) titles they reached the county semi-final in 1945. Regraded in 1951 they lost Junior finals in 1955, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1966 and 1968 until William 'Wag' O'Keeffe's team won the championship and Jack Higgins cup in 1969. InHonoursIntermediate F Champions: 1942,1970, 1997Junior F Champions 1940, 1969, 1996.Jack Higgins Cup 1969, 1996.Senior Football League Division 3 1996.SENIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WINNERS DIV 4 1984Dowling Cup 2008.The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup 1995, 1998, 2002, 2007.JUNIOR D LEAGUE WINNERS 1996U21 C CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 2014U21 B CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 1999MINOR B CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 1996U16 A CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 1997U16 B CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 1995U16 C CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 2012U16 B LEAGUE WINNERS 1995U16 DIV 2 LEAGUE WINNERS 2013MINOR LEAGUE DIV 4 WINNERS 2013LADIES JUNIOR C CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 2013CLUB OF THE YEAR 1969,1996, 1997
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