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2017–18 Harty Cup
The 2017–18 Dr Harty Cup was the 98th staging of the Harty Cup since its establishment in hurlingby the Munster Council of Gaelic Athletic Association in 1918. The group stage placings were released in July 2017. The competition ran from 11 October 2017 to 17 February 2018. Our Lady's Secondary School unsuccessfully defended its title in the semi-finals against Midleton CBS. Ardscoil Rís won the Harty Cup final on 17 February 2018 at Mallow GAA Complex, against Midleton CBS, 3–18 to 2–10, in what was mutually their first ever meeting in a final and the sixth successive Harty Cup title for Ardscoil Rís overall and last title since 2016. Our Lady's Secondary School's Gearóid O'Connor was the top scorer with 2-52. Group A Group A table Group A results Group B Group B table Group B results Group C Group C table Group C results Group D Group D table Group D results Knockout stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Belgium (civil)
The national flag of the Kingdom of Belgium is a Tricolour (flag), tricolour consisting of three equal vertical bands displaying the national colours: black, yellow, and red. The colours were taken from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant, and the vertical design may be based on the flag of France. When flown, the black band is nearest the pole (at the hoist side). It has the unusual proportions of 1315, and therefore, unlike the flags of Switzerland and the Vatican City, it is not a perfect square. In 1830, the flag, at that time non-officially, consisted of three horizontal bands, with the colors red, yellow and black. On 23 January 1831, the National Congress of Belgium, National Congress enshrined the tricolor in the Constitution of Belgium, Constitution, but did not determine the direction and order of the color bands. As a result, the "official" flag was given vertical stripes with the colors black, yellow and red. Previous flags After the death of Charlemagne, the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De La Salle College Waterford
De La Salle College Waterford is a secondary school in Waterford, Ireland with over 1,000 students and 90 teachers. De La Salle Teachers Training College The De La Salle Brothers had a presence in Waterford since the 1870s, and opened a teacher training college at Newtown, Waterford in 1894. In 1894 Mr. J.L. Ahearn was appointed professor of irish, the first such appointment in a teacher training college. Students who completed the two year course were awarded the National Teacher(NT) qualification entitling them to teach in primary (national) schools. In May 1939, lay teacher training ceased (male teacher training centered in St. Patrick's, Drumcondra), however, the De La Salle brothers continued to be trained for another 10 years,De La Salle College De La Salle GAA Club along with Marist and Presentation Brothers, in 1972 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruff GAA
Bruff is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland. The club was founded in 1887 and fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. Honours * Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship The Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Lyons of Limerick County Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Limerick PIHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by th ... (1): 2014. (runners-up in 2018, 2022) * Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 1989, 2008 * Limerick Junior Football Championship (2): 1987, 2008 * Limerick Premier Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1992 * Limerick Premier Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2008 * Limerick Premier Minor Hurling Championship (2): 1941, 1983, 2022 * Limerick Premier Minor Football Championship (1): 1984 Notable players * Paul Browne * George Clancy * Anthony O'Riordan * Seán Finn See also * Bruff R.F.C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwater Community School
Blackwater Community School () (BCS) is a co-educational, multi-denominational community school in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. The school offers Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes. It is the 146th public school in the county and the fourth largest school in the county by number of pupils. In 2020, BCS was ranked 367th in ''The Sunday Times'' 'Best Schools Guide Top 400'. History Blackwater Community School is an amalgamation of three local schools: Lismore CBS, Presentation Convent, Lismore and St Anne’s Secondary School, Cappoquin. It was opened in September 2003 with a student population of 400 students. The first phase of a large extension to the school, which commenced in 2021, was completed in 2022. Additional phases of development, including refurbishment of existing school buildings, were also undertaken. Extra-curricular activities Sports undertaken at the school include athletics, soccer, hurling, camogie, Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Colman's College, Fermoy
St Colman's College () is an all-boys voluntary secondary school, and former boarding school, in Fermoy, County Cork. The college was founded in 1856 and opened in 1858 as the diocesan college of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne. Archbishop Thomas Croke, after whom Croke Park is named, became the school's first president in this year. History The site upon which St. Colman's was built was bought by Fr. Timothy Murphy in 1856. Murphy commissioned John Pine Hurley to design the new college building. Twenty months after construction began, St. Colman's opened its doors to its first students in 1858. The original college building is three storeys in height and has a six-storey tower. The façade is of red sandstone, with limestone facings. The building, with its tall tower, has since become an iconic structure in Fermoy and looms over the town's skyline. A west wing was added in 1887 while the school chapel was added in the early 1900s. A new classroom block was added to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleville GAA
Charleville GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Charleville, County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the North Cork Board and fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. History Located in the town of Charleville on the Cork-Limerick border, Rathluirc GAA Club, laterrenamed Charleville GAA Club, was founded in 1888. The original colours were black and white, with the nickname of the Magpies bestowed, and the club drawing players from a wide area around North Cork. After the introduction of the parish rule the colours were changed to red and white. Charleville had its first major success in 1914 when it was awarded the Cork IHC title, after receiving a walkover from Shamrocks. A North Cork JHC title was won in 1945, followed by consecutive Cork IHC titles in 1946 and 1947 after a decision was taken to make the step up to the higher grade. After securing senior status, the club eventually regraded to intermediate and eventually back to the junior rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacDonagh Park
MacDonagh Park is a GAA stadium in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is the home ground of the Nenagh Éire Óg club and has often been used for inter-county matches, including some of Tipperary's National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ... fixtures. See also * List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums References Nenagh Sports venues in County Tipperary Tipperary GAA venues {{Ireland-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Garney Park
O'Garney Park () is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA stadium in Sixmilebridge, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is the home of Sixmilebridge GAA club and is one of the main grounds of Clare GAA's Gaelic football and hurling teams. It can hold about 7,000 spectators, including an 800-seater stand. It first saw inter-county use in the 1994–95 National Hurling League. Today, it sees inter-county hurling in the Munster Senior Hurling League. References Clare GAA Gaelic games grounds in the Republic of Ireland Sports venues in County Clare {{Ireland-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clonmel GAA Ground
Clonmel GAA Ground, also called Clonmel Sportsground, is a GAA stadium located in the town of Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is the home ground of St. Mary's hurling team and Gaelic football team Clonmel Commercials. It is also occasionally used by the Tipperary county football team and has hosted games in the Munster Senior Football Championship, McGrath Cup and National Football League. Declan Ryan's first game in charge of the Tipperary hurlers took place in Clonmel in January 2011 in the Waterford Crystal Cup against WIT where Tipperary were defeated by a scoreline of 2–17 to 1–19. Club The GAA grounds used by Commercials and St Mary's is located at the GAA Grounds on the Western Road in the town centre. See also * List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums * List of stadiums in Ireland by capacity The following is a list of sports stadiums on Ireland. This includes stadiums in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. They are ordered by thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castletroy College
Castletroy College is a co-educational community school in Newtown, Castletroy, County Limerick, Ireland. It was founded in 2000. As of 2024, it had over 1,200 students enrolled. Sport Basketball is played at the school and the girls team have won the Senior Munster Cup final four times in a row and the senior all Ireland three times in a row. The school's girls' soccer team have also been in more than 6 All-Ireland finals, winning several of them. In March 2008, Castletroy's rugby teams both won the Munster Schools Junior Cup and the Munster Schools Senior Cup. The former Limerick hurler Paudie Fitzmaurice previously taught maths at the school. Competitive swimmer Gráinne Murphy also attended Castletroy College. Other activities In 2004, Patrick Collison, a student of the school, won second prize at the EsatBT Young Scientist of the Year Awards. Patrick and his brother John Collison later went on to found the payments company Stripe. Another student, Galin Ganchev, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Flannan's College
Saint Flannan's College is an Irish co-educational secondary school located in Ennis, County Clare, which takes its name from the 7th century patron saint of the Dál gCais. It was formerly an all-boys boarding school; however, the first girls' class was entered in 2002 and in 2005 the boarding school was closed. In 2003 an extension which added over 20 new rooms to the college was completed. A measure of the expansion that has taken place over the past thirty years is that in 1962, there were some 370 pupils, 140 of whom were day boys. Only 37 teachers were in attendance. By 2004, enrollment had risen to more than 1,001 students. Staff numbers had risen to 60. In September 2002, co-ed classes were introduced in First Year. In September 2003, a new wing containing extensive new facilities was opened. In the 2010–11 school year there were 1,206 students. History In 1846, the Diocese of Killaloe lent its prestige and patronage to the private academy conducted at Springfield Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Brothers College, Cork
Christian Brothers College, Cork (CBC Cork, colloquially known as Christians) is a fee-paying school under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust in Cork City, Ireland. As of 2024, the secondary school had over 900 pupils enrolled. The preparatory school, Christian Brothers College Preparatory School, is registered with Tusla as an independent school and not subject to inspection by the Department of Education. CBC Cork's "sister school" in County Dublin is CBC Monkstown. History In the mid 19th-century, the Vincentian Fathers maintained a seminary at Saint Patrick's Place in Cork City, known as the Cork Diocesan Seminary. In 1888, a new seminary with residential accommodation was completed at Farranferris, and the Vincentian ecclesiastical students transferred there. The then Catholic bishop of Cork, Most Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan, invited the Christian Brothers to take charge of the St Patrick's Place establishment. From this point, the school existed in its cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
