Caragh GFC

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Caragh

Cearach
Founded:	1888
County:	Kildare
Colours:	Maroon and White
Grounds:	St Farnan's Park, Downings
Coordinates:	53°17′03″N 6°45′45″W / 53.284152°N 6.762428°W / 53.284152; -6.762428
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Kildare champions Football: 0 0 3 Camogie: 0 0 3

Caragh GFC, Prosperous is a Gaelic football club in Prosperous, County Kildare, Ireland, winner of three county senior football championships and the only club to play in five successive county finals, club of the year 1978 and home club of Larry Stanley, All Ireland medalist in 1919, Olympic athlete in 1924, first winner of the All-Time All-Star award for Gaelic Football and a member of the Kildare team of the millennium. Two of Kildare's winning All Ireland captains came from the club, Larry Stanley and Mick Buckley. Mick's grandson Niall played on the 1998 Kildare All Ireland team. Another county senior football title was lost on objection over a player that was "on the run" during the Civil War. Caragh and Raheens share a parish and while the Raheens grounds are in Caragh village, the Caragh grounds are in Prosperous.