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Clann Na NGael GAA (Roscommon)
Clann na nGael is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the southern end of County Roscommon, Ireland. The area comprises the two half parishes of Drum and Clonown, the parish being St Peter and Paul, Athlone. The club is the most successful in Roscommon in terms of titles won, with 21 Roscommon Senior Football titles, with the most recent in 2018. History The Clann na nGael club was formed in 1936 when the clubs of Drum and Clonown amalgamated. Clann na nGael (also known as Clann) won their first ever county title, the Junior Championship, in 1940, and were promoted to Senior status. However, after an unsuccessful period at senior level, the club reverted to Junior in 1945. The club battled on and in 1954 won a second Junior Championship. That win was significant as it regained senior status, a ranking that Clann has not relinquished since. Three Minor Championships were won in succession (1957–1959) and those young players, along with survivors from the 1954 side, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, 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 GAA rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and Irish dance, dance, as well as the Irish language and it also promotes environmental stewardship through its Green Clubs initiative. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members, and declared total revenues of €96.1 million in 2022. The Competitions Control Committee (CCC) 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 attendance. Gaelic football is also the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portlaoise GAA
Portlaoise GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) affiliated hurling, Gaelic football and camogie club based in Portlaoise, the county town of County Laois, Laois in Ireland. Founded in 1887, the club has won several Laois Senior Football Championship, Laois Senior Football, Laois Senior Hurling Championship, Laois Senior Hurling and Laois Ladies' Senior Football Club Championships. The club won the 1982-93 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The club has its grounds at Rathleague townland, to the southeast of Portlaoise town. History Founding Portlaoise GAA club was founded in the early years of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The inaugural meeting of the club took place in Portlaoise's town hall on Monday 28 November 1887. It was a public meeting called by placard and there was a big attendance. Amongst those present were Dr. Higgins, coroner for the Queen's County (Laois), who presided, N. Walsh, C.T.C., P.A. Meehan, T.C., C. McDermott, T.C., P. Kelly, T.C., T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Kearns
Liam Kearns (1962 – 12 March 2023) was an Irish Gaelic football Manager (Gaelic games), manager and player. He last managed Offaly county football team, Offaly from 2022, until his death in 2023. Kearns previously managed the Limerick county football team, Limerick, Laois county football team, Laois and Tipperary county football team, Tipperary county teams, as well as several clubs in different counties. He led Tipperary to a 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final, the county's first since 1935. After leaving Tipperary and before being appointed Offaly manager, Kearns managed Clann na nGael GAA (Roscommon). Early life Kearns's father Ollie Captain (Gaelic games), captained Kerry to an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, All-Ireland MFC final in the late 1950s. His father Ollie was then a wing-forward on the Graiguecullen team that won their last Laois Senior Football Championship title in 1965. Playing career As a player, Liam Kearns was a member of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donal Shine
Donal Shine (born 28 February 1989) is a former Gaelic footballer from County Roscommon. He played at senior level for the Roscommon county team and the Clann na nGael club. Early life His father is former Roscommon manager Donie Shine. He attended secondary school in Athlone Community College. Playing career He was captain of the Clann na nGael senior team. He played for the Roscommon minor team that defeated Kerry in the 2006 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final. He was part of the DCU team that won the 2010 O'Byrne Cup, defeating Louth in the final and the Sigerson Cup (defeating UCC). In 2010 he helped the Roscommon under-21 team to a Connacht Under-21 Football Championship after a 1-6 to 0-4 win over Sligo. Later in the year, he again starred in a provincial final against Sligo as he scored 10 points in Roscommon's 0-14 to 0-13 Connacht Senior Football Championship win. In 2015, he picked up his first senior County medal with Clann na nGael, scoring 1� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony McManus (Gaelic Footballer)
Tony McManus (born 14 April 1957) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. He played with the Roscommon county team from the 1970s until the 1990s. He won Connacht Senior Football Championship titles in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991, a National League title in 1979, an All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship title in 1978, he also played in the 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final when Roscommon lost to Kerry, and he won an All Star Award in 1989. He played his club football for Clann na nGael. He won 12 Roscommon Senior Football Championship medals: in 1976–77, 1979, 1981–82 and 1984–91. He also won 7 Connacht Senior Club Football Championship medals: in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989. He also won three Sigerson Cup medals with UCD: in 1977, 1978 and 1979 as captain. In May 2020, the ''Irish Independent The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Boothman
John Henry "Jack" Boothman (12 October 1935 – 10 May 2016) was the 31st president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) between 1994 and 1997. He was an active member of his local Blessington GAA club in County Wicklow. He was chairman of the Leinster Council from 1987 until 1989. He was elected as president of the Association and took up the position in 1994. Boothman championed the abolition of Rule 21, which debarred members of the British security forces from joining the GAA. However, Boothman opposed the opening up of Croke Park to international soccer and rugby, feeling that it would be a "disastrous mistake" for the GAA to benefit competing sports so significantly. A member of the Church of Ireland and past pupil of The King's Hospital, Dublin, Boothman was the first Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Tipperary
County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (town), Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is Ireland's largest inland county and shares a border with eight counties, more than any other. The population of the county was 167,895 at the 2022 census. The largest towns are Clonmel, Nenagh and Thurles. Tipperary County Council is the local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. In 1838, County Tipperary was divided into two Riding (division), ridings, North Tipperary, North and South Tipperary, South. From 1899 until 2014, they had their own county councils. They were unified under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which came into effect following the 2014 Irish local elections, 2014 loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloughjordan
Cloughjordan, officially Cloghjordan ( , ), is a town in County Tipperary in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Barony (Ireland), barony of Ormond Lower, and it is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The town is situated in the north-western part of Tipperary close to the border with County Offaly. It is almost equidistant from Nenagh, Roscrea and Birr, County Offaly, Birr and is close to Ireland's largest river, the River Shannon, Shannon, and Lough Derg (Shannon), Lough Derg. Poet and Easter Rising leader Thomas MacDonagh, a native of Cloughjordan, described it as a place "in calm of middle country". Cloghjordan has three Christian churches: one Roman Catholic (SS Michael and John's, built in 1898), Church of Ireland (St Kieran's, 1837) and Methodist (1875). It is in the Dáil Éireann, Dáil constituency of Tipperary (Dáil constituency), Tipperary. From 2016 to 2020 it was in the Offaly (Dáil constituency), Offaly constituency. As of the 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Cuala of Dublin who defeated Errigal Ciarán of Tyrone on 19 January 2025 to win their first All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current trophy is the Andy Merrigan Cup, named after a footballer who played for Castletown Liam Mellows and Wexford who died as a result of a farm accident at the height of his playing career. It was first presented in 1974. Competition format County Championships Ireland's 32 counties play their county championships between their senior Gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc. or a combination. For instance, Kerry organise two separate championships - one for clubs only and one for clubs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Roscommon
County Roscommon () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the province of Connacht and the Northern and Western Region. It is the List of Irish counties by area, 11th largest Irish county by area and List of Irish counties by population, 26th most populous. Its county town and largest town is Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. The population of the county was 69,995 as of the 2022 census. Etymology County Roscommon is named after the county town of Roscommon. Roscommon comes from the Irish ''Ros'' meaning a wooded, gentle height and ''Coman mac Faelchon, Comán'', the first abbot and bishop of Roscommon who founded the first monastery there in 550 AD. Geography County Roscommon has an area of . Lough Key in north Roscommon is noted for having thirty-two islands. The geographical centre of Ireland is located on the western shore of Lough Ree in the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connacht Senior Club Football Championship
The Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between senior clubs in Connacht, with one qualifying from each of the five individual county championships. The winners of the Connacht football championship qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. History The Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Connacht, with the addition of the London champions since 2018. Prior to this, the London champions entered the all-Ireland series at the quarter final stage. The current holders of the title are Padraig Pearses of Roscommon. While a provincial competition existed prior to 1970, Galway side Fr. Griffins were the first winners of the competition in its current format, in the 1970–71 season. The most successful club is Corofin of Galway, who have won the competition on nine o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscommon Gaels
Roscommon Gaels GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Roscommon in County Roscommon, Ireland. The club provides teams for both hurling and Gaelic football. History The club was founded in 1959 as a result of a merger between two clubs, Eoghan Ruadhs & St. Comans. The club is a successor club to the numerous clubs that represented the Roscommon town area in the decades prior to this. Prior to the development of its current club grounds at Lisnamult in the early 2000s, the club was based at Dr Hyde Park. In 2019 the club celebrated its 60th anniversary with the opening of new changing rooms at its Lisnamult grounds. Honours Hurling *Roscommon Senior Hurling Championships: ** 1902, 1903, 1904, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970 * Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championships: ** Runners-Up 1970 *Roscommon Under-21 Hurling Championship: ** 2000 Football *All-Ireland Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
