and League double. The Provincial League win of that year earned them a place in the All Ireland Round Robin qualifier competition with Midleton (Munster), Connemara (Connaught) and Omagh Academicals (Ulster). County Carlow won the play off, and became a senior club for the first time in its history for the 1997/1998 season. In 1997/1998 - their first season as a senior club - County Carlow FC won Division 4 of the All Ireland League. Promotion to Division 2 was achieved two years later, and by the end of the 2000/2001 season they attained Division 1 status, finishing second in Division 2 to UCD. Historically, County Carlow FC won the Leinster Senior Cup in 2003, becoming the only club to have won both the Provincial Towns Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup. The win in 2003 was also the first time in the 120-year history of the competition that the Leinster Senior Cup was won by a non-Dublin club. This historic win was repeated in 2004 when County Carlow FC recorded back to back wins, beating DLS Palmerston in the final on both occasions. County Carlow FC played for 5 consecutive seasons in Division 1 but were relegated to Division 2 for the 2006/2007 season and subsequently to Division 3 for the 2007/2008 season. The club currently plays in Division 1B of the Leinster Senior League. Club honours Leinster Senior Cup (2) 2003, 2004 AIB League Division 4 (1) 1998 Navan 10-a-side (1) 2002 Leinster Junior Challenge Cup (5) 1904, 1912, 1913, 1919, 1922 Provincial Towns Cup (12) 1929, 1931, 1933, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1977, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 Provincial Towns Plate (4) 1964, 1968, 1971, 1973 South East Cup (8) 1975, 1976, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996 IRFU Award Top Club in Leinster 1993 IRFU Award Top non-league club in Ireland 1997 References External links County Carlow Football Club Carlow County Museum Irish Sporting Heritage 1873 in Ireland Irish rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 1873 Rugby union clubs in County Carlow Sport in Carlow (town)