sentences:  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).County Carlow won the play off, and became a senior club for the first time in its history for the 1997/1998 season.In 1997/1998 - their first season as a senior club - County Carlow FC won Division 4 of the All Ireland League.