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1971 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship ...
The 1971 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship was the 61st completed staging of the Wexford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Wexford County Board in 1889. Buffers Alley entered the championship as the defending champions. The final was played on 19 September 1971 at St Patrick's Park in Enniscorthy, between Rathnure and Enniscorthy District, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Rathnure won the match by 4–09 to 3–08 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title in four years. Results Final References {{Wexford Senior Hurling Championship Wexford Senior Hurling Championship Wexford Senior Hurling Championship Wexford Senior Hurling Championship The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Pettitt's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford GAA, Wexford County Board of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colours Of Kilkenny
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Rathnure GAA
Rathnure St Anne's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Rathnure, County Wexford, Ireland. Rathnure's most famous players are the Rackards and Quigley brothers. First AGM At a meeting in Rathnure in the year 1931, Rathnure St Anne's GAA Club was founded. Founder members on that night were Pat Byrne, James O'Leary, Pat Doyle, Thomas Murphy, Nick Mernagh, Denis Brennan and Master O'Rielly. Also on the night, the meeting was attended by two 14-year-old boys Mikey Redmond and Ned Caulfield. The first Chairman of the club was Mr. Hugh O'Rielly, the first Secretary was Pat Byrne and the first Treasurer was Pat Doyle. Early years In its first year in existence, Rathnure fielded in junior hurling. However success in terms of championship medals was slow, but more important players were given the opportunity to play their native game, a game that was eventually to flourish in the parish of Rathnure. From the outset great interest was aroused in the club, and it gradually grew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wexford Senior Hurling Championship
The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Pettitt's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Wexford GAA clubs. The Wexford GAA, Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1889. St Martin's GAA (Wexford), St Martin's are the title holders (2024 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship, 2024) after defeating St Anne's GAA (Wexford), St Anne's by 1-22 to 0-19 in the final. History The title has been won at least once by 28 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Rathnure GAA, Rathnure who have won a total of 20 titles. Since 1994 the Wexford County Championship has been sponsored by Wexford-based supermarket Pettitt's SuperValu. It is one of the longest sponsorship deals of any county championship in Ireland. Format The series of games are played during the spring and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Wexford Park, Chadwick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wexford GAA
The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford county teams. Wexford is one of the few counties to have won the All-Ireland Senior Championship in both football and hurling. The county hurling team last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1996. The county football team has won five All-Ireland Senior Football Championships, with the most recent win achieved in 1918. History Hurling has been played in Wexford from medieval times. Evidence of this can be found in the hurling ballads of the 15th and 16th centuries. The nickname "Yellowbellies" is said to have been given to the county's hurlers by Colclough baronets, Sir Caesar Colclough of Tintern Abbey (County Wexford), Tintern in south Wexford, following a 17th-century game between a team of hurlers under his patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship
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Buffers Alley GAA
Buffers Alley is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the villages of Kilmuckridge and Monamolin in County Wexford, Ireland. The club fields teams in Intermediate hurling, Gaelic football and camogie. It competes in Wexford competitions. History The Buffers Alley club is one of the oldest in Wexford, founded in the late 1870s. It came quickly to the fore and won its first title in 1905. Twenty-three lean years followed for the club but the spirit of the men of 1905 eventually bore fruit when they won another junior title in 1928. History repeated itself 23 years later – 1951 when the third junior title came. In 1952 they played St Aidan's again in the senior championship but were narrowly defeated. Having played senior for three years they reverted to the junior grade in 1955. In 1959 the Shamrocks defeated them in a memorable junior semi-final. With many young players coming from the Rackard League competitions, the club entered Intermediate competition in 1962 Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship
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Final
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Enniscorthy
Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mountains and Ireland's longest beach, Curracloe. The Placenames Database of Ireland sheds no light on the origins of the town's name. It may refer either to the "Island of Corthaidh" or the "Island of Rocks". The cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns is located in the town as well as an array of other historical sites such as Enniscorthy Castle and the key battle site of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, 1798 Rebellion. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the population of the urban area of Enniscorthy was 12,310. The town is twinned with Gimont, France. History Enniscorthy Castle Enniscorthy Castle is an imposing Norman stronghold, which dates from 1205 and was a private dwelling until 1951. The castle was built by the DePrendergasts. In the early 1580s, the poet Edmund Spense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1967 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship was the 57th completed staging of the Wexford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Wexford County Board in 1889. Geraldine O'Hanrahans entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kilmore-Rathangan in the first round. The final was played on 10 September 1967 at St Patrick's Park in Enniscorthy, between Rathnure and Buffers Alley, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Rathnure won the match by 4–13 to 1–04 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in six years. Results Final References {{Wexford Senior Hurling Championship Wexford Senior Hurling Championship Wexford Senior Hurling Championship Wexford Senior Hurling Championship The Wexford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Pettitt's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Wexford GAA c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Senior Hurling County Championships
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
