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Castleconnor GAA
Castleconnor GAA are a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in rural western County Sligo along the Sligo-Mayo border in Ireland. Castleconnor play in the Sligo Intermediate Championship and in Sligo League Division 2 and field underage football teams. History Castleconnor as a club have been in and out of the Sligo GAA history since 1889 but it is only since the 1970s that the club has been on a consistent footing. The club is the most westerly in county Sligo since 1896 when Queen Victoria adjusted the county boundary. This now means the parish is in both Sligo and Mayo counties, with players from the club representing both Sligo and Mayo. In fact during the 1950s the club played football in the summer months in Sligo and during the winter played in the North Mayo leagues. Whilst the club dissolved and was restarted during the years it was never extinct and produced players like Paddy Best a regular Sligo and Connacht player in the 1940s, the Mulderrig brothers who went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared total revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games Administration Committee (GAC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendances. Gaelic football is also the second most popular participation sport in Northern Ireland. The women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Sligo
County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 65,535 at the 2016 census. It is noted for Benbulben Mountain, one of Ireland's most distinctive natural landmarks. History The county was officially formed in 1585 by Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, but did not come into effect until the chaos of the Nine Years' War ended, in 1603. Its boundaries reflect the Ó Conchobhair Sligigh confederation of Lower Connacht ( ga, Íochtar Connacht) as it was at the time of the Elizabethan conquest. This confederation consisted of the tuatha, or territories, of Cairbre Drumcliabh, Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe, Tír Ollíol, Luíghne, Corann and Cúl ó bhFionn. Under the system of surrender and regrant each tuath was subseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London County Football Team
The London county football team represents London in men's Gaelic football and is governed by London GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Connacht Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. London's home ground is McGovern Park, South Ruislip, Oxley Park, Watford. The team's manager is Michael Maher. London defeated Sligo to reach the Connacht Senior Championship final in 2013, but has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League. History The team participated in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) between 1900 and 1910. Louth in 1913 Leinster Senior Football Championship. London entered the National Football League in 1993 and was initially fairly successful with two wins, two draws and two losses in the county's first campaign. The renewed effort coincided with a drive to es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán Carrabine
Seán Carrabine is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Castleconnor and at senior level for the Sligo county team. A midfielder, he scored a goal away to New York in the 2022 Connacht Senior Football Championship; Sligo won the game by four points, with Carrabine's goal worth three. He helped Sligo past Leitrim and into Croke Park in the 2022 Tailteann Cup and was named on the Team of the Week afterwards. In October, he was named on the Tailteann Cup Team of the Year; teammates Evan Lyons and Aidan Devaney Aidan Devaney is a Gaelic footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Calry-St Joseph's and at senior level for the Sligo county team. Devaney helped Sligo past Leitrim and into Croke Park in the 2022 Tailteann Cup. He made two saves against ... were also included, giving Sligo three out of the total of fifteen positions. Honours ;Individual * Tailteann Cup Team of the Year (1): 2022 References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Castleconnor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western People
The ''Western People'' is a weekly local newspaper published in Ballina, County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland. It was first published in 1883. The newspaper was part of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings group. Thomas Crosbie Holdings went into receivership in March 2013. The newspaper was acquired by Landmark Media Investments. In December 2017, a sale was agreed to ''The Irish Times'' pending regulatory approval; in July 2018, this sale was completed. The ''Ballina Herald'' newspaper (1844 – 28 April 1962), later named ''Ballina Herald and Mayo and Sligo Advertiser'', merged with the ''Western People'' in or around 1962. According to thAudit Bureau of Circulations it had an average weekly circulation Circulation may refer to: Science and technology * Atmospheric circulation, the large-scale movement of air * Circulation (physics), the path integral of the fluid velocity around a closed curve in a fluid flow field * Circulatory system, a bio ... of 18,242 (ABC Jan-Dec '08 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independents (Oporto artist group), a Portuguese artist group historically linked to abstract art and to Fernando Lanhas, the central figure of Portuguese abstractionism Music Groups, labels, and genres * Independent music, a number of genres associated with independent labels * Independent record label, a record label not associated with a major label * Independent Albums, American albums chart Albums * ''Independent'' (Ai album), 2012 * ''Independent'' (Faze album), 2006 * ''Independent'' (Sacred Reich album), 1993 Songs * "Independent" (song), a 2007 song by Webbie * "Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki from '' H'' News and media organizations * ''The Independent'', a British online newspaper. * '' The Malta Independent'', a Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sligo Intermediate Football Championship
Sligo Intermediate Football Championship is an annual second tier Gaelic Athletic Association competition between Gaelic football clubs organised by Sligo GAA. The winning club qualifies to represent its GAA county in the Connacht Intermediate Club Football Championship and, in turn, goes on to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual gaelic football competition which began in 2003. The winners of the Intermediate Club Championship from each county enter the competition. Finals by year Winners by County S .... Qualification for subsequent competitions Connacht Intermediate Club Football Championship The Sligo IFC winners qualify for the Connacht Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Sligo to qualify for this competition. The Sligo IFC winners enter the Connacht Intermediate Club Football Championship at the quarter-final stage. For example, 2012 winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sligo Junior Football Championship
The Sligo Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Sligo GAA clubs. Bunninadden have the biggest number of titles with six. Shamrock Gaels are the title holders (2022) defeating Naomh Molaise Gaels in the Final. Honours The winners of the Sligo Junior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Junior Club Football Championship. The winners of that in 2018 were Easkey and stalwart Eugene Mullen captained them to that. St johns , who won the junior title in 1999 went on to win the connaught championship by beating monivea Abbey in the final in tuam before the fbd final The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. Easkey got to the All-Ireland final in 2019. But they lost to Beaufort when they were there. That was played at Croke Park Croke Park ( ga, Páirc an Chrócaigh, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sligo Senior Football League (Division 2)
The Sligo Senior Football League Division 2 is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ... club league competition between the Sligo clubs operating in the Senior League, though not in the top division. This split has been in place since 2004, when the Division was known as Division 1B. The finalists are both promoted to Division 1 for the following year. Geevagh won the title in 2008, defeating Castleconnor in the final. Top winners Roll of honour From 2010 there were no league finals played. The team who finished top of the table was deemed the winner. Since 2015 a league final has been played. References *Sligo GAA 125 History (2010) External linksOfficial Sligo Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
