C.L.G. Ard an Rátha
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| Founded: | 1921 | ||||||||
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| County: | Donegal | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green and yellow | ||||||||
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C.L.G. Ard an Rátha (Ardara GAA in english) is a GAA club based in Ardara in County Donegal.
History
The club was founded on 21 October 1921.[1]
One of their county's more successful teams, they have won the Donegal Senior Football Championship on 6 occasions. Their most recent success was in 2004.[2]
The team is perhaps most famous at national level for being the home club of Anthony Molloy, the first Donegal senior captain to lift the Sam Maguire Cup.[3]
Paddy McGrath, a member of the 2012 All-Ireland winning inter-county team, currently plays for them.[4] McGrath, along with Ardara teammates Conor Classon and Peter McNelis,[5] was part of the Donegal U21 squad which qualified for the All-Ireland U21 Final.
In June 2012, one of the club's players, Thomas Maguire, was killed in a car crash in Australia.[6]
In February 2013, their ladies' team famously quit Facebook in a dispute over online bullying.[7][8]
In May 2013, the men's team were forbidden from entering the All-Ireland Gaeltacht.[9]
Honours
- Donegal Senior Football Championship (6)
- 1923, 1926, 1928, 1981, 2000, 2004; runners-up 1936, 1938, 1980, 1983, 1984
Notable players
- Martin Gavigan (1992 All-Ireland winner)[10]
- Paddy McGrath (2012 All-Ireland winner)[5]
- Anthony Molloy (All-Ireland winning captain)[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.ardaragaa.ie/?page_id=73
- ↑ "DONEGAL SFC : Brilliant Boyle is Ardara ace". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 4 October 2004. Retrieved 4 October 2004.
- 1 2 "The heroes of '92 – Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ↑ "Will McGuinness be good for Donegal?". BBC Sport. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- 1 2 Craig, Frank. "Cadbury's Ulster Under-21 Football final". Ardara.ie.
Ardara trio Conor Classon, Paddy McGrath and Peter McNelis all played their part in helping Jim McGuinness' men secure a famous win over the Breffni blues. Both Classon and McGrath were again two of the side's most influential operators – with McNelis entering the fray late in the second half.
- ↑ Harkin, Greg (6 June 2012). "Donegal GAA star killed in Perth...". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
If he didn't emigrate he could have expected to make the Donegal senior GAA football squad soon.
- ↑ "Donegal Ladies GAA team quits Facebook". Donegal Daily. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ Harkin, Greg; O'Halloran, Georgina (26 January 2013). "GAA girls to quit social media over web bullying". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ardara refused permission to go to All-Ireland Gaeltacht". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ↑ "Ardara's Martin Gavigan: The man the Donegal fans call 'Rambo'". Hogan Stand. 30 April 1993.