Sport
The village's Gaelic football team has won the Wicklow Senior Provincial Championship 30 times, most recently in 2010.
Rathnew's soccer club was founded in 1958. For a time there the village had two soccer teams, Rathnew Ernans and Rathnew Celtic. Rathnew Celtic was arguably the better of the two, as they were the only team to ever go through the Leinster Junior Cup without conceding a goal in 1978/1979 season. In 1986 both teams joined to make Rathnew A.F.C. a team which is still present today The team was recently granted a new pitch and stadium, Shamrock Park. Since late 2010, Rathnew A.F.C. has also played host to Rathnew Ladies A.F.C. soccer side, the first in the long history of the club, enjoying their most recent success in 2011 winning the DWSL shield.
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