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Cappagh, County Limerick
Cappagh () is a parish in west County Limerick, Ireland. The parish was previously known as Connello Lower and Nantenan, with the latter now a townland in the parish. It is surrounded by the parishes of Askeaton and Kilcornan (to the north), Rathkeale (to the south), Croagh (to the east), and Coolcappa (to the west). The patron saint of the parish is St. James. The parish has no public house, post office, or shop, one of the few parishes in Limerick to be without any of these amenities. Community organisations Organisations in the area include the: * Cappagh GAA club. The club was formed in 1993 and only plays Gaelic football. Generally, most parishioners who play hurling play with neighbouring club Croagh-Kilfinny; similarly, Gaelic footballers in Croagh and Kilfinny play for Cappagh. The GAA field was purchased in 1997 and is now fully playable. At underage level, the club is joined with Rathkeale GAA club. * LGFA (Ladies Gaelic Football Association) club was formed in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a Manorialism, manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount. By extension the term ''parish'' refers not only to the territorial entity but to the people of its community or congregation as well as to church property within it. In England this church property was technically in ownership of the parish priest ''Ex officio member, ex officio'', vested in him on his institution to that parish. Etymology and use First attested in English in the late 13th century, the word ''parish'' comes from the Old French , in turn from , the Romanization of Greek, Romanisation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 to score by kicking or palming the ball into the other team's Goal (sport), goal (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goal and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the ball up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar, signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. Two points are awarded if the ball is kicked over the crossbar from a 40 metre range marked by a D-shaped arc, signalled by the umpire raising an orange flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement. They were named ''Methodists'' for "the methodical way in which they carried out their Christian faith". Methodism originated as a Christian revival, revival movement within Anglicanism with roots in the Church of England in the 18th century and became a separate denomination after Wesley's death. The movement spread throughout the British Empire, the United States and beyond because of vigorous Christian mission, missionary work, and today has about 80 million adherents worldwide. Most List of Methodist denominations, Methodist denominations are members of the World Methodist Council. Wesleyan theology, which is upheld by the Methodist denominations, focuses on Sanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normans
The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; ; ) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia. The Norse settlements in West Francia followed a series of raids on the French northern coast mainly from what is now Denmark, although some also sailed from Norway and Sweden. These settlements were finally legitimized when Rollo, a Scandinavian Vikings, Viking leader, agreed to swear fealty to Charles the Simple, King Charles III of West Francia following the Siege of Chartres (911), siege of Chartres in 911, leading to the formation of the ''County of Rouen''. This new fief, through kinship in the decades to come, would expand into what came to be known as the ''Duchy of Normandy''. The Norse settlers, whom the region as well as its inhabitants were named after, adopted the language, Christianity, religion, culture, social customs and military, martial doctrine of the Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitch And Putt
Pitch and putt is an amateur sport very similar to, and derived from, golf, where the hole length is typically up to and just 2–3 clubs are normally used. The game was organised and developed in Ireland during the early 20th century, before expanding through the 1940s, and is now played in dozens of countries. The international governing bodies of the sport are the Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations (FIPPA) and the International Pitch and Putt Association (IPPA). History While a similar short par-3 course was opened in 1914 in Portsmouth, England (described as "miniature golf"), the website of the Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations suggests that the organised game of pitch and putt began in County Cork, Ireland in the late 1920s, before being developed through the 1940s and then spreading internationally. A European governing body was formed in 1999–2000, and then a first global governing body by 17 countries in 2006. Follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Total Abstinence Association
The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart (PTAA) is an international organisation for Catholic teetotalers that is based in Ireland. Its members are commonly called Pioneers. While the PTAA does not advocate prohibition, it does require of its members complete abstinence from alcoholic drink. It also encourages devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as an aid to resisting the temptation of alcohol. Pioneers wear a lapel pin called a ''Pioneer pin'' with an image of the Sacred Heart, both to advertise the organisation and to alert others not to offer them alcohol. The association publishes a monthly magazine, ''The Pioneer''. History The PTAA was founded in 1898 by James Cullen, in response to widespread alcoholism among Irish Catholics as the earlier temperance movement of Father Mathew was fading from memory. In the 20th Century, the term ''Pioneer'' became synonymous with teetotalism among Irish Catholics, and the PTAA influenced public policy. In 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muintir Na Tíre
Muintir na Tíre (, meaning "People of the Country") is a national Irish voluntary organisation that promotes community and rural development. Canon John Hayes founded the organisation in 1937. Past presidents *Canon John Hayes Founder: 1937-1957 *Canon Maurice Morrissey 1957-1963 *Very Rev. Ray Browne 1963-1967 *Very Rev. Patrick Purcell 1967-1971 *Con Lucey 1973-1976 *Very Rev. John Stapleton 1976-1980 *Michael J. Lynch 1980-1983 & 1986-1994 *Lt. Col. Jim O’Brien 1983-1984 *Sean Hegarty 1984-1986 & 2001-2004 *Jim Quigley 1994-2001 *Margaret O’Doherty 2004-2007 *Martin Quinn 2008-2011 The list was compiled from a picture supplied by Tom Fitzgerald, the Chief Administrative Officer from 1947 to his retirement. References External links Muintir na Tíre website Non-profit organisations based in the Republic of Ireland Development charities based in the Republic of Ireland Organizations established in 1937 Agrarianism in Ireland {{Ireland-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Countrywomen's Association
The Irish Countrywomen's Association (ICA; ) is the largest women's organisation in Ireland, with 6,100 members. Founded in 1910 as the Society of United Irishwomen, it exists to prove social and educational opportunities for women and to improve the standard of rural and urban life in Ireland. Its central office is in Dublin. It is one of the oldest societies of its kind in the world. History Inspired by the work of Horace Plunkett, a first branch of ''the Society of United Irishwomen'' was founded in 1910 by Anita Lett in County Wexford, followed by a second towards the end of that year. The wider association was established by a committee meeting at The Plunkett House, the headquarters of the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, and including Ellice Pilkington, great-granddaughter of Henry Grattan, with the support of Horace Plunkett. In 1935, the society changed its name to the Irish Countrywomen's Association to avoid any association with the nationalist United Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurling
Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much glossary of Gaelic games terms, terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie ('), which shares a common Gaelic root. The objective of the game is for players to use an Fraxinus excelsior, ash wood stick called a hurl or Hurley (stick), hurley (in Irish a ', pronounced or in English) to hit a small ball called a ' (pronounced in English) between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a gaelic football and Hurling positions#Goalkeeper, goalkeeper for three points. The ' can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Handball
Gaelic handball (known in Ireland simply as handball; ) is a sport where players hit a ball with a hand or fist against a wall in such a way as to make a shot the opposition cannot return, and that may be played with two (singles) or four players (doubles). The sport, popular in Ireland, is similar to American handball, Welsh handball, fives, Basque pelota, Valencian frontó, and more remotely to racquetball or squash (sport), squash. It is one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). GAA Handball, a subsidiary organisation of the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA, governs and promotes the sport. Rules Handball is played in a court, or "alley". Originally, an alley measuring was used with a front wall, off which the ball must be struck. A smaller alley was also introduced, measuring with a front wall high. The first alley of this size was built in Ireland in 1969. This smaller size is now the standard in the international version of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilfinny
Kilfinny () is a civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland. It is close to Adare and Croom in the historical barony of Connello Upper. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of fulacht fiadh, holy well and ringfort sites in the townlands of Commons, Ballynakill and Kilfinny. Kilfinny Castle, an Elizabethan-era fortified house built on the site of an earlier tower house, was besieged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. The coordination of the castle's defence, during the siege, is historically attributed to Elizabeth Dowdall. The area's national (primary) school, known as ''Scoil Náisiúnta Ciarain'' or Kilfinny National School, had an enrollment of 53 pupils as of January 2024. St Kieran's church is in the Roman Catholic parish of Croagh-Kilfinny in the Diocese of Limerick. The current church is built on the site of an earlier late 18th-century chapel. The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Croagh-Kilfinny GAA Croagh-Kilfin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croagh-Kilfinny
Croagh-Kilfinny GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in County Limerick, Ireland. Located near the village of Croagh, and in the Catholic parish of Croagh-Kilfinny, it is a member of the west division of Limerick GAA. The club was founded in 1903 as Croagh GAA and caters exclusively for the sport of hurling. As of 2025, the club is due to play at Glossary of Gaelic games terms#I, Premier Intermediate level, having won the Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship in 2024. Location The club is based in the villages of Croagh and Kilfinny, situated in mid-Limerick, roughly 22 km south west of Limerick, Limerick City, on the N21 national primary road. Located at Adamswood, Croagh, Pairc an Chrocaigh is the club's home grounds. History Croagh-Kilfinny's first team played at Glossary of Gaelic games terms#J, Junior level until 2021, when they won the Covid-delayed 2020 Limerick Junior Hurling Championship, beating Patrickswell GAA, Patrickswell in the final by 2� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
