C.L.G. Ard an Rátha


C.L.G. Ard an Rátha is a GAA club based in Ardara in County Donegal. The Ard an Rátha in the club's title is the place name in Irish, while C.L.G. refers to "GAA".

History

The club was founded on 21 October 1921.
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.
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.
Paddy McGrath, a member of the 2012 All-Ireland SFC winning county team, currently plays for them. McGrath, along with Ardara teammates Conor Classon and Peter McNelis, was part of the Donegal under-21 squad which qualified for the 2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship final.
In June 2012, one of the club's players, Thomas Maguire, was killed in a car crash in Australia.
In May 2013, the men's team were forbidden from entering the All-Ireland Gaeltacht.

Notable players