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Dermot McBride
Dermot McBride (born 26 June 1988) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for St Colm's GAC Ballinascreen and has also represented the Derry county team. He grew up in Straw, outside Draperstown. In 2005 he was a member of the Ballinascreen Derry Minor Championship winning team and, the following year, was made captain. Dermot made his club senior debut at the age of 18, and in his first full season he shared the title of 'senior player of the year' with his elder brother Michael, who also played for Derry. Inter-county career Dermot made his county senior debut at the age of 19, on 13 January 2008 against Fermanagh in the Dr McKenna Cup The Dr McKenna Cup is an annual Gaelic football competition played between Counties of Ireland, counties and List of universities in Northern Ireland, universities in the province of Ulster GAA, Ulster. It is the secondary Gaelic football compe .... External links www.belfasttelegraph.co.ukwww.derrygaa.ie 1988 births Living people Derr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest City status in the United Kingdom, city in Northern Ireland, and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Foyle. Cityside and the old walled city being on the west bank and Waterside, Derry, Waterside on the east, with two road bridges and one footbridge crossing the river in-between. The population of the city was 85,279 in the 2021 census, while the Derry Urban Area had a population of 105,066 in 2011. The district administered by Derry City and Strabane District Council contains both Londonderry Port and City of Derry Airport. Derry is close to the Irish border, border with County Donegal, with which it has had a close link for many centuries. The person traditionally seen as the founder of the original Derry is Saint , a holy man from , the old name for almost all of modern County Donegal, of which the west bank of the Foyle was a part befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the Demographics of the United Kingdom#Population, UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland#Demographics, Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of Devolution, devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the Government of the United Kingdom, UK Government. The government of Northern Ireland cooperates with the government of Ireland in several areas under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. The Republic of Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballinascreen GAC
St Colm's Ballinascreen GAC () is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinascreen, which includes the town of Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA. It currently caters for Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football and have 25 teams across the four sports. Underage teams up to U-12's play in the south Derry GAA league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. History St Colm's GAC Ballinascreen was founded in 1933. The founders were Seán Mac Diarmada, James Conway, Barney Rodgers and Eddie O'Neill and Michael Kelly. St Colm's started off impressively by winning their first two Derry Senior Football Championships in 1934 and 1935. They followed this with two Derry Senior Hurling Championships in 1938 and 1939. They added a third football championship in 1941. Matt Regan played in all five championship successes. He was a regular on the Derry county team and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry County Football Team
The Derry county football team represents Derry GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of football. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. Derry's home ground is Celtic Park. The team's manager is Rory Gallagher. The team last won the Ulster Senior Championship in 2023, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1993 and the National League in 2024. The team is nicknamed the Oak Leafers. History left, Team of Derry that won the national league championship in 1947 In 1947, Derry won the National Football League. The group leaders were invited to play in the League semi-finals because heavy snow had disrupted the competition. Francie Niblock scored one of the finest goals in League history in Croke Park as Derry beat Clare. In 1958, the county won its first Ulster Senior Footbal ... [...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] |
Straw
Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry wikt:stalk, stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the crop yield, yield by weight of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number of different uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and basket making. Straw is usually gathered and stored in a straw bale, which is a wikt:bale, bale, or bundle, of straw tightly bound with twine, wire, or string. Straw bales may be square, rectangular, star shaped or round, and can be very large, depending on the type of baler used. Uses Current and historic uses of straw include: Animal feed Straw may be fed as part of the roughage component of the diet to cattle or horses that are on a near maintenance level of energy requirement. It has a low digestible energy and nutrient content (as opposed to hay, which is much more nutritious). The heat generated when microorganisms in a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draperstown
Draperstown ()Toner, Gregory. ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', p. 85. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996; is a village in the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballinascreen and is part of Mid-Ulster district. It is also part of the Church of Ireland parish of Ballynascreen and the Catholic parish of Ballinascreen, and within the former barony of Loughinsholin. The village lies at the intersection of the townlands of Moykeeran (), Moyheeland (), Cahore and Tonaght (). Name Draperstown had its name bestowed upon it in 1818 by the Worshipful Company of Drapers, which had previously named Moneymore as Draperstown.Toner, Gregory; ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland, Volume Five, County Derry I, The Moyola Valley'', 1996. Prior to this however the settlement was originally known as "Borbury" (). It was then recorded as being called "The Cross" in 1813 and "Moyheelan" in 1821. Despite the name given to it by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry Minor Football Championship
The Derry Minor Football Championship is an annual gaelic football competition between the top Derry GAA clubs. The winners qualify to represent Derry in the Ulster Minor Club Football Championship. Bellaghy have won the competition more than any other club with 10 titles. Glen are the only club to win 4 consecutive titles. Bellaghy, Ballinascreen, Ballinderry and Slaughtneil all won 3 county titles in a row. Magherafelt are the current champions, winning their 5th title beating Lavey 0–15 to 1–09 at Loup. Wins Listed By Club Notes: *1946 Sarsfields are now defunct. They were a Derry City club, a fore-runner to the modern-day Doire Colmcille club. *1948,1951 - Éire Óg club are now defunct. Finals Listed By Year See also * Derry GAA club football competitions References External linksOfficial Derry GAA website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McBride (Gaelic Footballer)
Michael McBride (born 20 January 1982) is a Gaelic footballer who played for the Derry county team, with whom he won a National League title. He has played his club football for St Colm's Ballinascreen, typically in the half back line. His brother Dermot has also played on occasion for Derry. Playing career Inter-county McBride was a substitute on the Derry panel that finished runners-up to Tyrone in the 2005 Dr McKenna Cup. He was later called up to the Derry panel during the 2007 Championship for cover, but did not play in any games. He worked his way into the Derry team in the 2008 McKenna Cup (where Derry again reached the final) and the 2008 National League, which Derry won defeating Kerry in the final. He made his Championship debut later that year in the defeat to Monaghan. Details of Championship matches *''A. Result column lists Derry's score first'' *''Statistics accurate as of 19 January 2009'' Club McBride won a Derry ACFL Division 2 title with Ballinacree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fermanagh County Football Team
The Fermanagh county football team ( ) represents Fermanagh GAA, the County board (Gaelic games), county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic games, Gaelic sport of Gaelic football, football. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League (Ireland), National Football League. Fermanagh's home ground is Brewster Park (Enniskillen), Brewster Park, Enniskillen. The team's manager is Kieran Donnelly. The team has never won the Ulster Senior Championship, the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League, the only county besides Wicklow county football team, Wicklow never to have won its provincial championship. History Fermanagh is the only team in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster to have never won the Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC). Fragments of a poem from 1806 describe a football match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dr McKenna Cup
The Dr McKenna Cup is an annual Gaelic football competition played between Counties of Ireland, counties and List of universities in Northern Ireland, universities in the province of Ulster GAA, Ulster. It is the secondary Gaelic football competition based in Ulster behind the Ulster Senior Football Championship, and the fourth most important inter-county competition in which Ulster counties take part, behind the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Championship and the National Football League (Ireland), National Football League. Once held in high regard, in recent years the focus of the competition has changed, and some county teams have made use of it as a pre-season "warm up" competition ahead of the National League and Championship. Since 2016 Dr McKenna Cup, 2016 the competition has been known—for sponsorship reasons—as the ''Bank of Ireland McKenna Cup''. The competition has been suspended for the 2025 season and may be scrapped. History T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Births
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (National Science Foundation Network) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988. The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2003), was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to eradicate polio. Global warming also began to emerge as a more significant concern, with climate scientist James Hansen testifying before the U.S. Senate on the is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
