{"id":4323,"date":"2022-08-31T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T09:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ashbournerugby.ie\/?page_id=4323"},"modified":"2022-08-31T10:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T10:22:56","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ashbournerugby.ie\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2022 Ashbourne reached the final of the Provincial Towns cup going down to Kilkenny who got some revenge for their loss in 2014. The club finished 4th on the league to qualify for the 2022\/2023 AIL Junior Cup. It was deemed a success after a very slow start in…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> All Ireland Junior Cup Winners – Ashbourne 16 Enniscorthy 11, Edenderry RFC. Pride in place goes the 3 in a row success the club has in the All Ireland Junior Cup, and it is the first club in Ireland to achieve this status. This was a great achievement for the…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> All Ireland Junior Cup Winners – Ashbourne 18 Kilfeacle & District 9, Portlaoise RFC – to make it 2 in a row! Ashbourne won the Leinster league and gained entry to the AIL Round Robin to gain entry to the AIL. Unfortunately, they did not make it but it was…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> All Ireland Junior Cup Winners – Ashbourne 22 Enniscorthy 20, Energia Park<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The club open its 4th pitch in in 2015 which was a full sized 4G pitch and it was floodlit. The club had to acquire an extra 5 acres of land to expand the grounds and left the club with 4 state-of-the art pitches.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> 2013\/2014 was milestone season with the club winning promotion to Div. 1a and the Provincial Towns Cup and in the process staying unbeaten. The 2nd XV won their Provincial Towns Cup while the 3rd XV won the McGee Cup. A remarkable season! The club also progressed on the youth front,…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> In February 2012 Dr Al Moroney passed away. Al was the only capped player to play for Ashbourne and he got 3 caps in the early 60\u2019s playing in the front row. The Moroney Family presented one of Al\u2019s caps to the club, a generous gesture that was much appreciated.…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> In 2011\/2012 our youth section really started making its presence felt with a number of teams putting markers down. The U17 side won Div. 1 of their Leinster League and also won the U17 league in the North East. The U15\u2019s were runners up in the NE Shield while the…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> In 2010\/2011 saw Ashbourne return to Division 1 or as it was now known as Division 1b. In 2009 the club lost a promotion\/relegation game in Coolmine against Garda to narrowly miss out; so the job was done the following season. The club went about consolidating its position. The clubs…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Also in 2009 the club hosted its biggest event up to then when the 84th Provincial Towns Cup was held in Ashbourne between Boyne and Tullamore. Boyne was the winner and a crowd of over 3,000 attended a great day. In 2009\/2010 Ashbourne finished second in Div. 2 to Portarlington,…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Though relegated in 2008, this was the season of the famous victory over Skerries in the league. On a miserable day Ashbourne scored the only try of the game in what can only be described as \u201cMunsteresque\u201d rugby at its best. Winning a line out on the halfway line Grimes…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> 2007 was an important year as the first phase of the Development plan launched in 2005 was delivered on, when Roscrea played a league match on a Friday night to turn on the new floodlights on the 30th of September. It rained solid during the game and the pitch was…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> 2006\/2007 was the season that Dermot Grimes had his \u201810 in Row\u2019 side that won Division 2 and it created a great buzz in the club. Dermot led by example, and he had the wounds to show for it. Our under 16\u2019s were runners up in the NE Area league.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> On the playing side in 2005\/2006 Ashbourne 2nd XV won the Provincial Towns Cup Plate beating Athy in North Kildare. Our Under 16\u2019s were runners up Leinster League Division 1 that season, as well. This was also the season, which saw the launch of the Club Development plan, which mapped…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> In 2004, following the wedding of Allan and Eimear Gallagher, the attendees moved from Nenagh down to Clonmel to support Ashbourne\u2019 s Women team when they took on Blackrock in an All-Ireland final, a game that they won by a score of 5 points to 3 and it is the…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> If 2001 was to be remembered as the Foot and Mouth year where travel was limited, it can also be remembered as the year that Ashbourne won the Provincial Towns Cup Plate final in Portlaoise beating Roscrea. It will also be remembered as the Judas final when a certain Robert…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>