[1] Colonel Rochfort, a landowner of approximately 3,000 acres (12 km2) in counties Dublin, Laois and Carlow, was a keen sportsman of the time.

[2] County Carlow Football Club played unofficially for the first 25 years of its existence, with Trinity (Dublin University), Wanderers and Kingstown providing the most frequent early opposition.

[4] Affiliation of County Carlow FC to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU was achieved on 1 December 1899 when it was proposed by T.Thornhill of Wanderers and seconded by J.B. Moore of Lansdowne.

[6] 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).

In 1997/1998 - their first season as a senior club - County Carlow FC won Division 4 of the All Ireland League.