Anthony Rainbow

Anthony Rainbow is a Gaelic football manager and former player from County Kildare, Ireland. He played with the Kildare county team for almost 20 years[1][2] with whom he won two Leinster Senior Football Championship medals, in 1998 and 2000. He played in the 1998 All Ireland Senior Football final where Kildare lost out to Galway. He won an All Star in 1998. He also won an O'Byrne Cup medal in 2003. He played with Ireland in the International Rules Series in 2001. He announced his retirement after Kildare's defeat to Down in the All Ireland semi-final in 2010.

Anthony Rainbow
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half back
Born Kildare, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
1990s - present
 Suncroft
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1992 - 2010
 Kildare
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
All Stars 1

In late 2012, he was appointed manager of the senior Carlow county football team, having been a member of the backroom team.

Rainbow was managing Dublin club Ballyboden St Enda's during the COVID-19 pandemic when he was held within County Kildare to stop the spread.[3]

Honours

References
  1. "Rainbow to light up field one last time". Hoganstand.com. 5 November 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. "No end in sight for Rainbow". Hoganstand.com. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. "'Things have been difficult': How Ballyboden got by with their manager in lockdown Kildare". The42.ie. 31 August 2020.
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