The final was played in Athy due to the war and Carlow defeated Dublin by a scoreline of 2–6 to 1–6.

Kerry fisherman-publican Paddy Bawn Brosnan kept Carlow from reaching an All-Ireland SFC final in 1944.

Other significant performances include reaching the Leinster Minor Football Championship final in 2007, when the team lost to Laois.

In the 1980–81 National League Carlow once fielded a one-club selection so that Éire Óg could prepare for their first Leinster Club final.

Carlow played Laois in a first round qualifier in 2013 — the first Friday night game in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

In the 2018 Leinster Senior Football Championship, he led Carlow to a quarter-final victory against Kildare at O'Connor Park.