Cill Dara RFC
TeamnameCill Dara RFC
FullnameCill Dara Rugby Football Club
UnionIRFU
Leinster
Founded1976 (age 50)
GroundSilken Thomas Park, Kildare
CountryflagIRE
Countryflagvarrugby
ChairmanBrian Flanagan
Pattern b 1_red_halfshoulders
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Rightarm 1000000
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Cill Dara RFC is an Irish rugby union club based in Kildare, Leinster, playing in Division 2A of the Leinster League. The club's colours are a combination of red, white and black.

History

Rev. Father E.D. O' Connor, O. Carm, and former president, Joe Flanagan, were the driving forces behind the founding of the club in 1976. The club affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU the next year.[citation needed]

The fledgling club found little success in their first seasons, but did field two teams.[citation needed]

The club grew over the next 40 years and counts Fergus McFadden as a former youth player. It currently has over 200 mini and youth members and fields two senior men's and one senior women's teams in an amalgamation with Naas, Newbridge, and Portarlington rugby clubs.[citation needed]