Edenderry RFC

Edenderry Rugby Football Club were founded in 1951 in Edenderry, County Offaly.^[2] They first started playing on a rugby pitch given to them near the town's golf course.^[1] In 1969, Edenderry won the Leinster Provincial Towns Cup. shortly after the victory, the club decided to move grounds across the county border to Carbury in County Kildare with a new clubhouse being constructed in 1974 and extended in 1986.^[1] A further fundraising effort to improve the clubhouse was spearheaded by Moss Keane who played with a team of Irish internationals against an Edenderry XV in a charity match in 1990.^[1] The renovations were finished in 1999 with the Irish Minister of Finance, Charlie McCreevy and the President of the Irish Rugby Football Union, Billy Lavery opening it.^[1]

Edenderry have been used as hosts for the Provincial Towns Cup by the Leinster branch of the IRFU.^[2] They have also hosted training sessions for the Leinster Rugby provincial side.^[3] In 2018, the IRFU selected Edenderry to host the final of the national All-Ireland Junior Cup.^[4] In 2019, Edenderry received a grant of €24,878 to install new floodlights at their ground.^[5]

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