F.C. Carlow
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| Full name | Football Club Carlow |
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| Nickname(s) | The Barrowsiders |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Ground | Hawkins Lane The Valley The Meadows |
| Chairman | Kieran Brennan |
| Manager | Paul Sheridan |
| League |
A Championship League of Ireland U20/U19 Division |
F.C. Carlow (Irish: Cumann Peile Ceatharlach ) was an Irish association football club based in County Carlow. Between 2009 and 2011 the club played in the A Championship. They were the first and to date so far, the only association football club from County Carlow to play in a senior national level league. During this time, the club also competed in the FAI Cup, the League of Ireland Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup.
F.C. Carlow developed from the South East Development Academy, a youth football academy that recruited players from Carlow, Wicklow and Wexford. During the mid-2000s the academy entered teams in the Foyle Cup and the Galway Cup, playing against youth teams representing Celtic F.C., Bohemians, Calgary Foothills F.C. and the Republic of Ireland U15s. In 2007 the academy announced their plans to enter a team in the League of Ireland U20 Division, using the name South East F.C., however they subsequently entered the division under the name F.C. Carlow. On 28 September 2008. The club made debut in the U20 Division with a home game against Cobh Ramblers.
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