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Cork–Kilkenny Hurling Rivalry
The Cork-Kilkenny rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Kilkenny, who first played each other in 1894. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games. Kilkenny's home ground is Nowlan Park and Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park. While Cork have the highest number of Munster titles and Kilkenny are the standard bearers in Leinster, they are also two of the most successful teams in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 66 championship titles between them to date. As of 2021 the sides have met 29 times in the hurling championship including meeting 24 times at the All Ireland final stage, more than any other All Ireland hurling final fixture, (Kilkenny have won 13 of these finals compared to Cork’s 9 final wins with 2 draw’s). Regarded as two of hurling's " big three", with Tipperary making up the trio, an All-I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork County Hurling Team
The Cork county hurling team represents Cork in hurling and is governed by Cork GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the National Hurling League. Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. The team's manager is (until recently) Kieran Kingston. The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 2018, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2005 and the National League in 1998. Cork is regarded as one of "the big three" in hurling, with Kilkenny and Tipperary completing the trinity. The county currently lies second in the all-time roll of honour in terms of All-Ireland SHC titles, having won its 30th in 2005. Cork has won the Munster SHC title 51 times, more than any other team in the province. Cork also lies second in the National League roll of honour, after winning its 14th title in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croke Park
Croke Park ( ga, Páirc an Chrócaigh, ) 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 in Gaelic football and 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 third-largest stadium in Europe, and the largest not usually used for association football in Europe. Other events held at the stadium include the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2003 Special Olympics, and numerous musical concerts. In 2012, Irish pop group Westlife sold out the stadium in record-breaking time: less than 5 minutes. From 2007 to 2010, Croke Park hosted home matches of the Ireland na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamesy Kelleher
Jamesy Kelleher (31 March 1878 – 10 January 1943) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Dungourney, County Cork, Kelleher first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-three when he first linked up with the Cork senior team. He made his senior debut during the 1900 championship. Kelleher immediately became a regular member of the starting team, and won two All-Ireland medals and seven Munster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions. At club level Kelleher was a three-time championship medallist with Dungourney. Throughout his career Kelleher made 47 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1914 championship. Kelleher was posthumously honoured by being named in the right corner-back position on the Cork Hurling Team of the Century. Playing career Club Kelleher was just fourteen-years-old when he first played for Dungourney in 1892 and immedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Kelly (Mooncoin Hurler)
Jimmy "the wren" Kelly (1884–1966) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Kilkenny senior hurling team. Born in Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Kelly first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-two when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team. He made his senior debut during the delayed 1904 championship. Kelly subsequently became a regular member of the starting team, and won six All-Ireland medals and seven Leinster medals. As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Kelly won three Railway Shield medals. At club level he was a three-time championship medallist with Mooncoin, after beginning his career with Ballyduff. Kelly retired from inter-county hurling after the 1913 championship. Playing career Club Kelly began his club hurling career with Ballyduff in 1900, before joining Mooncoin the following year. After a number of disappointing campaigns, Mooncoin reached the championship decider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterford GAA
The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Phort Láirge) or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford. The County Board is also responsible for the Waterford county teams. The county board's offices are based at Walsh Park in the city of Waterford. The Waterford County Board was founded in 1886. Hurling is the dominant sport, with the county having won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) on two occasions: in 1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, 1948 and 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, 1959. While Gaelic football, football is the secondary sport in the county, it is widely played nonetheless. Waterford's greatest footballing achievement was reaching the 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, which the team lost to Dublin county footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Gargan
Matthew Gargan (30 September 1885 – 10 March 1949) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Kilkenny and Waterford senior teams. Gargan made his first appearance for the Kilkenny team during the 1905 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1917 championship. During that time he won five All-Ireland medals and five Leinster medals. He also frequently and illegally lined out with Waterford "Waterford remains the untaken city" , mapsize = 220px , pushpin_map = Ireland#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ireland##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = 1 , coordinates .... At club level Gargan enjoyed a lengthy career with Erin's Own. References 1885 births 1949 deaths Erin's Own (Kilkenny) hurlers Kilkenny inter-county hurlers Waterford inter-county hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners {{Waterford-hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkhas, and 28,330 volunteer reserve personnel. The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term ''British Army'' was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. The British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Maher
Patrick "Fox" Maher (13 September 1872 – 8 December 1933) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Kilkenny senior team. Born in Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Maher first played competitive hurling in his youth. He made his senior debut during the 1893 championship and became a regular player over the next decade. During that time Maher won one All-Ireland medal and eight Leinster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions. At club level Maher was a six-time championship medallist with Tullaroan and Johnstown. Maher retired from inter-county hurling during the 1905 championship. Playing career Club In 1895 Maher was in goal as Tullaroan faced Threecastles in the senior championship decider. A narrow 1–4 to 1–2 victory gave him his first championship medal. After missing Tullaroan's next championship triumph, Maher was back as goalkeeper when Tullaroan contested the 1899 final. Young Irelands provided the opposition, however, Maher coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Doyle (Kilkenny Hurler)
Dick Doyle (1884 – 16 March 1959) was an Irish hurler who played for Mooncoin and at senior level for the Kilkenny county team in the 1900s. He is regarded as one of Kilkenny's greatest ever players. Playing career Club From a young age Doyle showed exceptional talent at the game of hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. 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 p ... and he quickly joined his local Mooncoin club. He won his first senior county title in 1906 and added two more in 1908 and 1913. Long after his inter-county career had ended Doyle finished off his club career by winning three consecutive county titles in 1916, 1917 and 1918. Inter-county Doyle's first appearance outside of Mooncoin was not for Kilkenny but for his province. He was a spectator at a Railway Shield game at Carrick-on-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackrock GAA
Blackrock National Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club located on the southside of Cork City, Ireland. The club was founded in 1883 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. No other Cork-based GAA club has won more Senior County Hurling titles or All-Ireland Club Championships. The club is sometimes known as 'The Rockies'. History Blackrock Hurling Club was officially founded in 1883, one year before the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association itself. It is therefore the oldest hurling club in Cork. Until 1888 the club was known as Cork Nationals, when it changed its name to National Hurling Club of Blackrock, and later in the same year to Blackrock National Hurling Club. Blackrock won eight of the first nine Cork Senior Hurling Championship titles and, in the early years of the All-Ireland Championship when the winning clubs represented the county, subsequently claimed the All-Ireland titles for Cork in 1893 and 1894. Blackrock once ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipperary GAA
The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Thiobraid Árann) or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tipperary and the Tipperary county teams. County Tipperary holds an honoured place in the history of the GAA as the organisation was founded in Hayes' Hotel, Thurles, on 1 November 1884. The county football team was the second from the province of Munster both to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following Limerick. The county hurling team is third in the all-time rankings for All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) wins, behind only Cork and Kilkenny. History Governance Tipperary GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the traditional county of County Tipperary. There are 9 officers on the Board including the Cathaoirleach (Chairperson), Sean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Three (hurling)
In hurling, the term "Big Three" () refers to the hurling county teams of Cork, Kilkenny and Tipperary. Historically, these three counties have dominated the sport. Together, they have won 94 out of 134 of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships (70%) and 52/91 (57%) of the National Hurling Leagues. Results ''Accurate to 1 August 2022.'' {, class="wikitable" , - !County team !! All-Ireland !! Munster !! Leinster Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ... !! League , - , Kilkenny , , 36 , , n/a , , 74 , , 19 , - , Cork, , 30 , , 54 , , n/a , , 14 , - , Tipperary , , 28 , , 42 , , n/a, , 19 , - , ''All other counties'' , , 41 , , 39 , , 60 , , 40 See also * Cork–Kilkenny hurling rivalry * Cork–Tipperary hurling rivalry * Kilkenny–Tippe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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