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All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 (previously Under-21) B Championship, the second tier competition in hurling is an annual series of games for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The 2019 competition was the first at the Under 20 age level. The final is currently played in April or May and the winning county receives the Richie McElligott Cup, which is named in honour of the late great Kerry stalwart Richie McElligott of the Lixnaw club and was first presented in 2015. The 2020 competition was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but otherwise has been held every year since. The championship is played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated. Teams that are deemed ineligible or "too weak" for the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 Championship participate in the B championship. It is one of the few All-Ireland championships not to be run on a provincial basis. Down are the current hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
The 2025 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the seventh staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 62nd staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, minor and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, senior grades. The provincial group stage placings were confirmed in November and December 2024. The championship ran from 25 March to 31 May 2025. Offaly GAA, Offaly entered the championship as the 2024 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship, defending champions, however, they were beaten by Dublin GAA, Dublin in the #Leinster quarter-finals, Leinster quarter-finals. The #All-Ireland final, All-Ireland final was played on 31 May 2025 at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Tipperary GAA, Tipperary and Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny, in what was their 10th meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croke Park
Croke Park (, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Since 1891 the site has been used by the GAA to host Gaelic sports, including the annual All-Ireland finals in List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, Gaelic football and List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finals, hurling. A major expansion and redevelopment of the stadium ran from 1991 to 2005, raising capacity to its current 82,300 spectators. This makes Croke Park the List of European stadiums by capacity, fourth-largest stadium in Europe, and the largest not usually used for association football in Europe. Along with other events held at the stadium include the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games, 2003 Special Olympics, and numerous musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship
Details of the 2014 All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship. Overview Kerry are the defending champions, having beaten Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 10,302, making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. It is home to Kildare Cathedral, historically the site of an important abbey said to have been founded by Saint ... in the 2013 All-Ireland final. Fixtures/results Connacht Under-21 B Hurling Championship Leinster Under-21 A Hurling Championship Ulster Under-21 Hurling Shield All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship External links All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling fixturesUlster Under-21 Hurling Shield results References {{2014 All-Ireland Hurling Championships 2014 in hurling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship
Details of the 2015 All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship. Overview Kildare are the defending champions, having beaten 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 ... in the 2014 All-Ireland final. Fixtures/results Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final External links 2015 All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship fixtures and results References {{2015 All-Ireland Hurling Championships 2015 in hurling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayo GAA
The Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo county teams. The Mayo county football team, county football team was the second from the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), following Galway county football team, Galway, but the first to appear in the final. Mayo play in the Connacht Senior Football Championship. The team has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles: 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1936, 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1950, 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1951, and has acquired a long-term record for reaching eleven List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, All-Ireland SFC finals only to fall at the ultimate hurdle in 1989, 1996, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hogan Stand
Hoganstand.com is a news website and the online face of the monthly Gaelic games magazine ''Hogan Stand'', which is distributed throughout Ireland. The magazine is named after the main stand in Croke Park Croke Park (, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic At ..., where the trophies are presented to the winning captains. The magazine was founded in 1991. The website also has a fan chat forum. References External links * 1991 establishments in Ireland Gaelic games magazines Magazines established in 1991 Magazines published in Ireland Monthly magazines published in Ireland {{sport-mag-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semple Stadium
FBD Semple Stadium is the home of hurling and Gaelic football for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. Located in Thurles, County Tipperary, it is the second largest GAA stadium in Ireland (after Croke Park), with a capacity of 45,690 and named after Tom Semple, the captain of the Thurles "Blues". He won All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medals in 1900, 1906 and 1908. The stadium is the leading venue for Munster hurling followers, having hosted the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Hurling Final on many memorable occasions. Facilities The main or 'Old Stand' of the ground (also known as the 'Ardán Ó Coinneáin' or 'Dr Kinane Stand' named after Jeremiah Kinane) lies across from the 'New Stand' (also known as the 'Ardán Ó Riáin') both of which are covered. Behind the goals are two uncovered terraces known as the 'Town End' (also known as the 'Davin Terrace') and the 'Killinan End' (also known as the 'Maher Terrace') respectively. Currently the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicklow GAA
The Wicklow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Wicklow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wicklow. The county board is also responsible for the Wicklow county teams. The county football team plays in the Leinster Senior Football Championship. Wicklow has had very little success at senior level, being the only football team in the province and one of two in Ireland to have never won a senior title in either code, the other being Fermanagh. The county hurling team competes in the Christy Ring Cup, the third tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The county reached the final in both the 2011 and 2012 cups, losing to Kerry and London respectively. Governance Christopher Byrne served as chairman of the Wicklow County Board between 1931 and 1954. Football Clubs Wicklow's biggest achievement remains the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship won by the Baltinglass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowlan Park
Nowlan Park (; ), known for sponsorship reasons as UPMC Nowlan Park, is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Kilkenny, Ireland. Named after James Nowlan, the longest serving President of the GAA, the stadium hosts major hurling matches and is home to the Kilkenny hurling team. It opened in 1927, replacing St. James Park. Facilities The stadium consists of the following stands: *Old Stand (O'Loughlin Road) mainly bench-seats (uncovered, planning for a new roof submitted after storm damaged the old roof in 2014) (The new roof completed in late 2014 and opened in early 2015) *Paddy Grace Stand (New Stand, Hebron Road) mainly bench-seats (covered) *Ted Carrol Stand (country end) 4,000 plastic seats (covered) *City Terrace (covered) The target capacity under the Kilkenny GAA 2010-15 plan was 30,000. A large portion of the Old Stand's roof was blown off during a violent storm on 12 February 2014. The rest was removed for health and safety reasons. Hurling History was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Páirc Tailteann
Páirc Tailteann () is a GAA stadium in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. It is the home of the Meath Gaelic football and Hurling teams. The ground has had a capacity of between 30,000 and 33,000, but following a safety audit in 2011 the GAA reduced the authorized capacity to 10,000. This was later upped to 17,000. The county board in 2012 announced plans to refurbish the grounds. In 2013 Meath county board introduced a ticket system The name "Tailteann" alludes to the Tailteann Games, an ancient Gaelic festival held in Teltown () between Navan and Kells. Páirc Tailteann is the venue of the annual Meath GAA club championship finals, the winners of which receive the Keegan Cup (for football) and the Jubilee Cup (for hurling). It is the principal G.A.A. stadium in County Meath. Recent redevelopments of the stadium include the installation of an electronic scoreboard to replace the old, manual scoreboard (the manual scoreboard can still be used in the event of problems with the ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Páirc Esler
Páirc Esler ( , ; also ) is a GAA stadium in Newry, County Down. It is the home of the Down Gaelic football and hurling teams and the Newry Shamrocks GAA club. The ground has a capacity of about 20,000. History Páirc Esler is located in the Greenbank Industrial Estate in Newry, built on land adjacent to the Clanrye River. The area is marked on the 1846 Ordinance Survey map as “The Marsh” and was used for Gaelic games, association football and rugby from at least the late 19th Century. The pitch was opened as a GAA facility in 1947. Officially called Páirc an Iúir, it was renamed Páirc Esler in 2007 after Archdeacon Hugh Esler, a Catholic priest and Ballynahinch native credited with reinvigorating interest in Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meath GAA
The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath county teams. Football County team The first notable Meath team was the Pierce O'Mahony's club from Navan that represented the county in the All-Ireland final of 1895, when the competition used to be played between the champion clubs from each county. O'Mahony's lost to Arravale Rovers of Tipperary by 0-4 to 0-3. The county had to wait until 1939 for its next appearance at All-Ireland level, this time losing narrowly to Kerry by 2-5 to 2-3 in the final. In the intervening period, the county had achieved its first national success by winning the National League of 1933. All-Ireland success finally came in 1949 when Meath beat Cavan in the final by 1-10 to 1-6. This first great Meath team achieved a second title in 1954, beating Kerry in the final, 1-13 to 1-7. In betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
