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Darran O'Sullivan
Darran O'Sullivan (born 3 May 1986 in London, England) is a Gaelic footballer. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Glenbeigh-Glencar, his divisional side Mid Kerry GAA, Mid Kerry and at senior level for the Kerry county football team, Kerry county team from 2005 until 2018. O'Sullivan Captain (Gaelic games), captained Kerry to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland title in 2009. Playing career Club While still in London, O'Sullivan began his under-age football career with Tír Chonaill Gaels. After moving to Kerry in the late 1990s he immediately joined the local Glenbeigh-Glencar club, while he has also lined out with the Mid Kerry GAA, Mid Kerry divisional side. In 2004, he was the star player when Glenbeigh-Glencar defeated Churchill GAA, Churchill by 2–05 to 1–06 to take the Kerry Novice Football Championship, county novice football championship. With Mid-Kerry, O'Sullivan lined out in the final of the Kerry Senior Football Championship, cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenbeigh-Glencar
Glenbeigh/Glencar G.A.A Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from the small village of Glenbeigh, near Killorglin in Kerry GAA, County Kerry. History There are no records of a GAA club in Glenbeigh or Glencar, County Kerry, Glencar before a mention in 1940 but it is known that football was played in both areas down through the years, and matches took place regularly between teams in different regions of the parish and also with outside opposition. Before the Mid Kerry GAA, Mid Kerry Board was founded in 1947,Glenbeigh was attached to the East Kerry GAA, East Kerry Board. Glenbeigh won the East Kerry Junior Championship in 1943. Glenbeigh joined the East Kerry board in 1949. Glenbeigh won the Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship of 1956 when they defeated Keel in the final. That year they also won the Laune Rangers Cup. In 1956 the Glenbeigh Minor team also won the Mid Kerry title. Glenbeigh lost the 1957 Mid Kerry Senior Football Championship final versus Milltown/Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigerson Cup
The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. The Sigerson Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideachais Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG), the GAA's Higher Education Council. The Trench Cup is the second tier football competition, Corn na Mac Léinn the third tier and Corn Comhairle Ardoideachais the fourth tier. The Fitzgibbon Cup is the hurling equivalent of the Sigerson Cup. History There was no intervarsity Gaelic sports competitionThe 125 Most Influential People In GAA History, ''Sunday Tribune'', 4 January 2009 until George Sigerson, Professor of Zoology at University College Dublin, physician, and literary figure offered up a trophy in 1911. The cup was in the shape of a mether, an ancient Irish drinking vessel, and had four handles representing each of the four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Canavan
Peter Canavan (born 9 April 1971) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer, manager and pundit. He played inter-county football for Tyrone, and is one of the most decorated players in the game's history, winning two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, six All Stars Awards (more than any other Ulster player, and joint third overall), four provincial titles, and two National Leagues and several under-age and club championship medals. He represented Ireland in the International Rules Series on several occasions from 1998 until 2000. He is considered one of the great players of the last twenty years by commentators such as John Haughey of the BBC, and in 2009, he was named in the ''Sunday Tribune''s list of the ''125 Most Influential People in GAA History''. His scoring record of 218 points is the fourth highest of all time in the Ulster Senior Football Championship. His early high scoring rate, when he would often be Tyrone's best performer – particularly in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dara Ó Cinnéide
Dara Ó Cinnéide (born 25 April 1975 in Dublin) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club An Ghaeltacht and at senior level for the Kerry county team from 1995 until 2005. Ó Cinnéide captained Kerry to the All-Ireland title in 2004. Biography Dara Ó Cinnéide was born in Dublin in 1975, but grew up near An Daingean, County Kerry. A native Irish-speaker, he was educated at the local national school and later attended Dingle CBS. Ó Cinnéide currently works as a radio broadcaster with the Irish-language station RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, where he produces the daily afternoon show ''An Saol Ó Dheas,'' and he also presents the main weekly GAA show '' Seó Spóirt'' on the Irish-language channel TG4. He also writes a Gaelic football column for the ''Irish Examiner'' and has been a pundit on RTÉ's premier Gaelic games programme, ''The Sunday Game.'' Playing career Club Ó Cinnéide played his club football with his local club called an Ghaeltac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Examiner
The ''Irish Examiner'', formerly ''The Cork Examiner'' and then ''The Examiner'', is an Republic of Ireland, Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork (city), Cork, though it is available throughout the country. History 19th and early 20th centuries The paper was founded by John Maguire (MP), John Francis Maguire under the title ''The Cork Examiner'' in 1841 in support of the Catholic Emancipation and tenant rights work of Daniel O'Connell. Historical copies of ''The Cork Examiner'', dating back to 1841, are available to search and view in digitised form at the Irish Newspaper Archives website and British Newspaper Archive. During the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, the ''Cork Examiner'' (along with other nationalist newspapers) was subject to censorship and suppression. At the time of the Spanish Civil War, the ''Cork Examiner'' reportedly took a strongly pro-Francisco Franco, Franco tone in its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork GAA
The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Cork 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 Cork and the Cork county teams. It is one of the constituent counties of Munster GAA. Cork is one of the few Dual county, dual counties in Ireland, competing in a similar level in both Gaelic football, football and hurling. However, despite both teams competing at the top level of the game for most of the county's history, the Cork county hurling team, county hurling team has experienced more success, winning the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship on thirty occasions. By comparison, the Cork county football team, county football team has won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) on seven occasions, most recently in 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 2010. Cork was the third county from the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster both to win an Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limerick GAA
The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick. The county board is also responsible for the Limerick county teams. The county hurling team have the fourth highest total of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) titles, behind Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary. The county football team was the first from the province of Munster both to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final. As of 2009, there were 108 clubs affiliated to Limerick GAA — the third highest, alongside Antrim. Hurling Clubs Clubs contest the following competitions: * Limerick Senior Hurling Championship * Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship * Limerick Junior Hurling Championship * Limerick Minor Hurling Championship * Limerick Under-21 Hurling Championship The senior competition's most successful club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munster Junior Football Championship
The Munster Junior Football Championship is a gaelic football tournament between the six counties of Munster GAA, Munster: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare and Waterford. It is the third-tier county teams playing off in a single-elimination tournament with 2 quarter finals instead of 4 (as of 2014). The cup was first given to the winners in 1957. Kerry have won the most titles, 42 in all. The winner will play against the champions of the other provinces in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship. Teams 2019 Championship Six counties competed in the 2019 Munster Junior Football Championship: Personnel and kits Roll of honour List of finals Key List of finals * 1913 Replay ordered after an objection * 1916 Limerick awarded title on an objection after Cork had won the final 1–0 to 0–2 See also * Munster Senior Football Championship * All-Ireland Junior Football Championship ** Connacht Junior Football Championship ** Leinster Junior Football Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipperary GAA
The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () 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) title, as well as to appear in a final, following Limerick. The county hurling team is third in the all-time rankings for All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) titles, 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 Nugent. Past presidents Four Tipperary men have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA competition It has historically consisted of two entirely different formats before and after 2021, but has retained the same name. Since 2022, the competition has involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams, It featured one team from Ireland who do not compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Kilkenny county football team, Kilkenny, New York, and the winners and runners up from the British GAA#All-Britain Junior Football Championship, All-Britain Junior Football Championship, one team from which, London county football team, London, does play in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship via the Connacht Senior Football Championship alongside New York. A second American team organized by the United States GAA, representing all other parts of the country outside New York, has entered the competition since 2024. The current holders are New York county football team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry GAA
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), or Kerry GAA, is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry, and for the Kerry county teams. The Kerry branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1888. Gaelic football, Football is the dominant sport in the county, with both the men's and women's teams among the strongest in the country at senior level. The Kerry county football team, county football team was the fourth from the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following Limerick county football team, Limerick, Tipperary county football team, Tipperary and Cork county football team, Cork. Kerry is the most successful in the history of the All-Ireland SFC, topping the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship records and statistics#By county, list of counties for All- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone GAA
The Tyrone County Board (), or Tyrone GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The county board is responsible for preparing the Tyrone county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball. The county football team was the sixth from the province of Ulster to win the Sam Maguire Cup, leaving only Antrim, Fermanagh and Monaghan to still win the trophy and become All-Ireland champions. According to a 2015 TUD study by Shane Mangan, Tyrone had 10,500 players. Football Clubs The county's most successful football club is Carrickmore. Carrickmore has won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship on fifteen occasions. Errigal Ciarán has won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship on eleven occasions and the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship three times , in 1994,2002 & 2024. Two Tyrone club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
