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1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier Inter county, inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 26 November 1972 and ended on 9 December 1973. Blackrock GAA, Blackrock of Cork were the 1971-72 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being defeated by St. Finbarr's GAA, St. Finbarr's in the opening round of the 1972 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Cork Championship. On 9 December 1973, Glen Rovers GAA, Glen Rovers won the championship after a 2-18 to 2-08 defeat of St. Rynagh's GAA, St. Rynagh's in the 1973 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final. It was their first ever championship title. Qualification Results Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship Craobh Rua V Carrick 21/01 Tremane V Toureen 21/01 Quarter-finals S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Coughlan
Denis Coughlan (born 7 June 1945) is an Irish former hurler, Gaelic footballer and manager who played for Cork Senior Championship clubs Glen Rovers and St. Nicholas'. As a dual player he played for the Cork senior teams for 15 years, during which time he played as a back, a midfielder and a forward. Coughlan is regarded as one of Cork's greatest-ever dual players. Coughlan began his career at club level as a hurler with Glen Rovers and as a Gaelic footballer with St. Nicholas'. His club career spanned three decades from the 1960s until the 1980s, the highlight of which was winning All-Ireland Club Championship medals with Glen Rovers in 1973 as captain and again in 1977. Coughlan also won a combined total of four Munster Club Championship medals and seven Cork County Championship medals across both codes. At inter-county level, Coughlan was part of the successful Cork junior football team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1964 before later winning the All-Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tremane HC
Tremane Hurling Club () is a hurling club based in Knockadanagan, east of Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland. In 1976, the club won the Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship. Honours * Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1976 * Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship The Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Roscommon GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Roscommon, Ireland. Since 2008, the champions qualify to the Connacht Intermediate C ... (11): 1956, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1995 References External links Official site Gaelic games clubs in County Roscommon [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arklow Rock Parnells GAA
Arklow Rock Parnells GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. The club is solely concerned with the game of hurling. Honours * Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship The Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Lightning Protection Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Wicklow SHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Wicklow County Bo ... (6): 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1985 External linksArklow Rock Parnells GAA site Gaelic games clubs in County Wicklow Hurling clubs in County Wicklow {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
The Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the champion senior clubs in the province of Leinster in Ireland. It is the most prestigious club competition in Leinster hurling. Introduced in 1970-71 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship, 1971, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open to all 12 county senior champions from the 1970 championship season. The competition is currently limited to the eight champion club teams from the strongest hurling counties in Leinster. In its current format, the Leinster Club Championship begins in November following the completion of the individual county championships. The eight participating teams compete in a single-elimination tournament which culminates with the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athleague
Athleague () is a village and a parish in the Diocese of Elphin on the River Suck in the west of Ireland in County Roscommon, near the town of Roscommon. The village is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. As of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the village population was 296. Its church was founded sometime around 500 by Manchán of Athleague, Maenucan Atha Liacc ('Maonagán of Athleague'). The name is derived from ''Áth Liag'' ('the ford of the flagstones'), indicating its use as a crossing point between the kingdoms of the Uí Maine and Uí Briúin. The village is 8 km south-west of Roscommon town, at the junction of the N63 road (Ireland), N63 National secondary road, national route and the R362 road (Ireland), R362 Regional road (Ireland), regional road. The R357 road (Ireland), R357 leaves the N63 south of the village. The town has a gristmill, mill and a restored church. The church is the local parish for the surroundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athleague GAA
Athleague Hurling Club is a hurling club located in Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland. They were founded in 1901; soon after, they challenged a team from Athlone. Their grounds, Waldron Park, are often used by Roscommon Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ... hurling team. A camogie team was founded in 1979. Honours * Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship (19): 1908, 1909, 1910, 1916, 1928, 1929, 1937, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1975, 1978, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2018,2021 * All-Ireland Junior Club Camogie Championship Runner-Up 2015 * Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship: Runners-Up 1975, 2003, 2006 References External linksAthleague GAA site(archived) * Gaelic games clubs in County Roscommon Hurling clubs in County Roscommon {{Connac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sligo
Sligo ( ; , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of 20,608 in 2022, it is the county's largest urban centre (constituting 29.5% of the county's population) and the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, 24th largest in the Republic of Ireland. Sligo is a commercial and cultural centre situated on the west coast of Ireland. Its surrounding coast and countryside, as well as its connections to the poet W. B. Yeats, have made it a tourist destination. History Etymology Sligo is the anglicisation of the Irish name ''Sligeach'', meaning "abounding in shells" or "shelly place". It refers to the abundance of shellfish found in the river and its estuary, and from the extensive shell middens in the vicinity. The river now known as the River Garavogue, Garavogue (), perhaps meaning "little torrent", was originally called the Sligeach. It is listed as one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markievicz Park
Markievicz Park () is the principal GAA stadium in County Sligo, Ireland, home to the Sligo Gaelic football and hurling teams. Built in 1955 in Sligo town (due mostly to Seán Forde who single-handedly gathered the funds necessary to build the stadium), it is named after Constance Markievicz, one of the participants of the 1916 Easter Rising, the first woman elected to Dáil Éireann and the first female elected to the British parliament, although she refused to take up her seat there. A ten-year project to redevelop Markievicz Park completed work in 2009 and cost €2.4 million. This raised the safe capacity from 10,500 to 18,558 (3,585 seated under a covered stand, 14,936 standing terraced and 37 disabled spectator places). consulting engineers website On 25 July 2003, Irish v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollymount
Hollymount () is a village in County Mayo, Ireland. It is in the plains of south Mayo, on the R331 road midway between the towns of Ballinrobe and Claremorris. The village was named after the nearby Hollymount Estate, although the village lies largely within the townland of Kilrush. History Hollymount Estate, for which the village is named, was acquired by John Vesey, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam in December 1698. He built a large manor house on the estate in the early 18th century. Roman Catholic records for Hollymount commenced in 1857. Surviving Church of Ireland records commenced in 1845 and civil records commenced in 1864. Gravestone inscriptions go back to the early 18th century. Amenities Hollymount village has a post office, a mini-mart, a community centre (Cois Abhainn), a small fuel/petrol station, health clinic and several public houses. The local Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tooreen GAA
Tooreen Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Tooreen, County Mayo, Ireland. Tooreen is located in the parish of Aghamore approximately four miles (6.4 km) from the town of Ballyhaunis in eastern County Mayo which is the county's hurling stronghold. Players are drawn from the Tooreen area as well as from the Aghamore, Ballyhaunis, Kilkelly and Knock areas. The club is affiliated, as an exclusive hurling club, to the Mayo County Board. History The club was formed in 1957 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007. The club won its first Mayo Senior Hurling Championship title in 1966 and is the holder of 33 county senior titles and is the current (2023) champion. In 2017, the club became the first Mayo team, and the first from outside Galway, to win the Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. They were four-point winners over Ballinderreen of Galway in Athleague, winning by 1 -14 to 1- 11. The club has many dual players who p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship
The Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship was an annual hurling tournament played between the senior hurling clubs in Connacht contested from 1970 until 2007 when it was discontinued due to a lack of meaningful opposition for the Galway champions. The Galway champions now qualify directly for the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship semi-final. Throughout the competition's existence the Galway champions automatically qualified for the final. In 2007, the competition's final year, this competition was won by Portumna from Galway. The competition had long since become a formality for the Galway teams. The Mayo and Roscommon champions now compete in the Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. Sligo and Leitrim champions participate in the Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship, again with the Galway side entering the competition at the final stage. History Given traditional lack of meaningful competition for Galway within the province, the competition wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballycran GAA
St Joseph's GAA Club, Ballycran, referred to mononymously as Ballycran, is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Rubane, County Down, Northern Ireland. The club is exclusively concerned with hurling and camogie. The club competes in Down GAA competitions and in Division 1 of the Antrim Hurling League. The Club's grounds are called 'McKenna Park' and include the John Mallon Stand (capacity 5,000). While the county football team play out of Pairc Eslar in Newry, McKenna Park is the home ground for the county hurlers, reflecting the dominance of the Ards peninsula in Down hurling. With 27 county championship wins, Ballycran are the most successful hurling club in the county domestically. The club has also won three Ulster senior club hurling championships. the most recent in 1993. Achievements *Down Senior Hurling Championships: 27 ** 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
