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1995 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1995 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 107th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 11 December 1994. The championship began on 14 May 1995 and ended on 24 September 1995. Carbery entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Erin's Own in the second round. The final was played on 24 September 1995 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Na Piarsaigh and Ballyhea, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Na Piarsaigh won the match by 1–12 to 3–01 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in five years. Niall Ahern was the championship's top scorer with 4–17. Team changes To Championship Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship * St. Catherine's Results First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Permanent TSB
Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc, formerly Irish Life and Permanent plc is a provider of personal financial services in Ireland. Irish Life Assurance plc and the Irish Permanent Building Society merged to form the Irish Life and Permanent Group in 1999 and the merged entity acquired the Trustee Savings Bank in 2001. The group has no connection to the UK's TSB Bank. History The bank is historically derived from three different companies: * Irish Life Assurance * Irish Permanent Building Society * Trustee Savings Bank (no relation to the British bank of the same name) Irish Life Assurance plc (founded 1939) and the Irish Permanent Building Society (founded 1884) merged to form the Irish Life and Permanent Group in 1999 and the merged entity acquired the Trustee Savings Bank (founded 1816) in 2001. Irish Life Assurance Irish Life was a life assurance company created in 1939 with state assistance and concentrated on life assurance and investment products. * The City of Dublin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the second tier intermediate clubs in the county of Cork in Ireland. It is the fourth tier overall in the entire Cork hurling championship system. The Cork Intermediate Championship was introduced in 1909 as a competition that would bridge the gap between the senior grade and the junior grade. At the time of its creation it was the second tier of Cork hurling. In its current format, the Cork Intermediate A Championship begins in July. The 12 participating club teams are drawn into three groups of four teams and play each other in a round-robin system. The three group winners and the three runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Rinn. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Páirc Uí Rinn
Páirc Uí Rinn (), also known as Páirc Chríostóir Uí Rinn, is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium located between Ballinlough and Ballintemple in Cork. It was previously known as Flower Lodge and was used as an association football stadium. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Flower Lodge served as the home ground of three League of Ireland clubs – Cork Hibernians, Albert Rovers and Cork City. It also hosted friendly matches featuring Manchester United, Liverpool and the Republic of Ireland national football team. In 1989 it was purchased by Cork GAA and subsequently renamed after Christy Ring, a former Cork and Glen Rovers hurler. During the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, Páirc Uí Rinn has served as Cork GAA's second home after Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It regularly hosts National Hurling League, National Football League, National Camogie League and All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship fixtures. History Early years In 1947 members of AOH F.C., the association footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
UCC GAA
UCC is a football and hurling club associated with University College Cork. UCC teams play in the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship as well as the two main third-level competitions namely the Sigerson Cup in football, the Fitzgibbon Cup in hurling and the Ashbourne Cup in camogie. They also competed against inter-county sides in the pre-season McGrath Cup (football) and Waterford Crystal Cup (hurling). The piratical skull and crossbones logo on the team shirt, which first appeared on the rugby team of what was then known as Queen’s College Cork (composed mostly of medical students, hence the bones) was appropriated in the mid-1910s by the GAA clubs, and in 1929 by the UCC hockey club. Notable players ;Football * Johnny Buckley * Maurice Fitzgerald * Paul Galvin * Moss Keane Maurice Ignatius "Moss" Keane (27 July 1948 – 5 October 2010) was a Gaelic footballer and a rugby union footballer who played for Ireland and the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Youghal GAA
Youghal GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Youghal, in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club fields both Hurling and Gaelic football teams and also has junior camogie and ladies football teams. The club is a member of Cork GAA and Imokilly GAA, Imokilly divisional board. History In 1891, the men of Youghal formed the Youghal GAA Football club (Cumann Luthcleas Gael Eochaill). Organised Gaelic football was played in Bill Farrell's field at Frogmore. The club then transferred to another field up towards the Asylum Cross in 1894, and to Copperalley in 1899. Gaelic handball was also played, but declined in the early 1900s, and was revived in the early 1920s, for a long period of time, when the Garda Barracks, at Catherine Street, had a ball alley. Hurling began its growth in Youghal in the 1940s. The grounds at Copperalley were not owned by the club. Negotiations began in 1966 for the outright purchase of the grounds and negotiations were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Glen Rovers GAA
Glen Rovers is a Cork (city), Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. The club was founded in 1916 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. They have been historically part of the ''Big Three'' of Cork hurling along with Cork city, city rivals Blackrock GAA, Blackrock and St. Finbarr's GAA, St Finbarr's. History Hurling had been played in the Blackpool area for some time before the Glen Rovers club was established. Areas like the Commons Road and Thomas Davis Street in particular had fielded teams from time to time. In 1910, Brian Dillons GAA, a hurling club honouring the Fenian leader Brian Dillon was established at Dillon's Cross. In 1915, the five-year-old club won the county Cork Minor Hurling Championship, minor hurling championship (minor was open to all ages back then) but due to World War I the winners’ medals were not presented. The following year Dillon's lost to Lisgoold GAA, Lisgoold in the county Cork Junior Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Imokilly GAA
Imokilly GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the east of Cork, Ireland. The division includes towns such as Midleton, Cobh, and Youghal. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. In addition, the division selects football and hurling teams from the adult teams playing at junior level or county intermediate level, and these then compete for the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship. The division is known best for its hurlers, and in recent times, players from here have dominated on the Cork GAA senior hurling team. Clubs * Aghada * Ballinacurra * Bride Rovers * Carrignavar * Carrigtwohill * Castlelyons * Castlemartyr * Cobh * Cloyne * Dungourney * Erin's Own * Fr. O'Neills * Glanmire * Glenbower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Midleton
Midleton (; , meaning "monastery at the weir") is a town in south-eastern County Cork, Ireland. It lies approximately 16 km east of Cork City on the Owenacurra River and the N25 road, which connects Cork to the port of Rosslare. A satellite town of Cork City, Midleton is part of Metropolitan Cork. It is the central hub of business for the East Cork Area. The town is in the civil parish of Middleton. Midleton is within the Cork East Dáil constituency. History In the 1180s advancing Normans led by Barry Fitz Gerald established an abbey at a weir on the river to be populated by Cistercian Monks from Burgundy. The abbey became known as "Chore Abbey" and "Castrum Chor", taking its name from the Irish word (weir), although some say that "Chor" comes from "Choir" or "Choral". The abbey is commemorated in the Irish name for Midleton, , or "Monastery at the Weir", and of the local river Owenacurra or meaning "River of the Weirs". St John the Baptist's Church, belonging to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Midleton GAA
Midleton Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Midleton, County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Imokilly GAA, East Cork Board and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling, but also fields teams in Gaelic football. History Located in the town of Midleton, about 16km from Cork (city), Cork, Midleton Football Club was formally affiliated to the newly-established Gaelic Athletic Association on 17 January 1885. The club had some early successes in winning consecutive Cork Senior Football Championship, Cork SFC titles in 1889 and 1890. The latter title was subsequently converted into a Munster Senior Football Championship, Munster SFC title, before Midleton beat the Wexford GAA, Wexford representatives in the 1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1890 All-Ireland final. The club supplemented these Gaelic football titles by claiming Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Cork SHC titles in 1914 and 1916. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bishopstown GAA
Bishopstown Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Seandún Board and fields teams in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. History Located in the suburb of Bishopstown in the southwest of Cork, Bishopstown Hurling and Football Club was founded in 1957. Bishopstown had it's first success in 1971 when the club claimed the City JFC title. This was followed in 1974 with the Cork IFC title after a defeat of Newcestown in the final. Bishopstown made a hurling breakthrough in 1977 with the City JHC title. 15 years later the club beat Cloyne by a goal to win the Cork IHC and become a dual senior club. The club added a Cork Premier IHC title to their collection in 2006 after a 0-20 to 1-11 defeat of Carrigtwohill in the final. The new century saw Bishopstown make some progress at senior level but just fall short of claiming the title. The club lost Cork SFC finals to Nemo Rangers in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sarsfields GAA (Cork)
Sarsfields GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland. The club, a sister club of Glanmire, is solely concerned with the game of hurling. History Sarsfields GAA Club was established by a group of men, led by Billy O'Neill, in 1894. Named in honour of the Irish Jacobite and soldier Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan, the club was first formally registered in 1896. Sarsfields claimed their first county honours in 1937, when the Cork JHC was secured, however, there were also Cork SHC final defeats in 1909, 1936, 1940 and 1947. Sarsfields made the SHC breakthrough in 1951 following a 5–08 to 3–07 defeat of Glen Rovers in the final. The club added a second SHC title after a defeat of University College Cork in 1957. A fallow period in terms of success followed for the next 50 years before the club's "golden era". In the eight-year period between 2008 and 2015, Sarsfields contested seven SHC finals, with victories in 2008, 2010, 2012 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Duhallow GAA
Duhallow GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling division in the historical barony of Duhallow, County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. This barony is situated in the northwest region of the county, and includes towns such as Kanturk, Millstreet, and Newmarket, County Cork, Newmarket. It is one of eight divisions of Cork GAA, Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. In addition, the division selects football and hurling teams from the adult teams playing at junior level or county intermediate level, and these then compete for the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship. Since hurling is the weaker sport in the division, a divisional team has also participated in the Cork Minor Hurling Championship and Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship. Honours Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
