Glyde Rangers GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is based in the County Louth village of Tallanstown, eleven kilometres southwest of Dundalk.
As of 2025, the club competes in the Louth Junior Football Championship and Division 3 of the county football Leagues.
At underage level, Glyde Rangers regularly combine with Tallanstown parish neighbours Westerns, Seán McDermott's and John Mitchels to enter teams in competitions under the banner of 'Baile Talún'.
The club also has a Ladies' Gaelic football team that competes in the county Intermediate Championship.
History The club was founded in 1926 and takes its name from the eponymous river, which flows through Tallanstown village. The club's sole success in the Louth Senior Football Championship came in 1934, when they defeated Wolfe Tones of Drogheda in the county final by 1–03 to 0–04.
Honours Louth Senior Football Championship (1): 1934 Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (1): 1932 Louth Junior Football Championship (6): 1929, 1948, 1962, 1969, 1990, 1996, 2023 Louth Senior Football League Division 1B (1): 2003 Louth Intermediate Football League (2): 2000, 2008 Louth Junior A Football League (4): 1969, 1986, 2015, 2017 Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (3): 1928, 1933, 1944 Louth Junior 2B Football Championship (1): 2000 Drogheda and Dundalk Dairies/Kevin Mullen Shield (3): 1986, 2017, 2025 Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4C (1): 1993 Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4B (3): 1999, 2000, 2002
Inter-county players Glyde Rangers players who have represented Louth at senior inter-county level include:
Jimmy Coyle Jimmy Kelly Eugene Callan Paddy Fox Richie Barry Gerry Sheridan Richie Brennan Niall Flynn Conor Sheridan David Devaney Trevor O'Brien Niall Sharkey
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