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Dr Crokes GAA
Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Notable players include Colm Cooper, Eoin Brosnan, Johnny Buckley and Tony Brosnan. Founded in 1886, the club's successes include the capture of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1992 and 2017. The club has won the Munster Club Championship on eight occasions - 1991, 1992, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2018. The club has won the Kerry Senior Football Championship on fourteen occasions, most recently in the 2024 Kerry Senior Football Championship. Dr Crokes is the only club in Killarney with a hurling team, which has won the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1999 and 2001. Kerry's 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team was trained by former Dr Crokes trainer Pat O'Shea. The 2013 Kerry senior football panel featured five Crokes players (Colm Cooper, Eoin Brosnan, Kieran O'Leary, Johnny Buckley, and Fionn Fitzgerald). In 2014, Fionn ... [...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] |
Dick Fitzgerald (Gaelic Footballer)
Dick Fitzgerald (1882–1930) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Dr Crokes GAA, Dr. Crokes in Killarney, and was a member of the Kerry GAA, Kerry senior inter-county team from 1903 until 1923. Fitzgerald captained Kerry to back-to-back All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland titles in 1913 and 1914 Biography Dick was born at 15 College Street, Killarney on 2 October 1882. After his early schooling at St. Brendan's College, Killarney he moved to Cork. He learned much of his football at Presentation Brothers College, Cork and was helping the Nil Desperandum GAA, Nil Desperandum Club before he was eighteen.Kerry Champion 1928-1958, Saturday, 22 December 1928; Page: 8 Playing career Fitzgerald played with Kerry against Kildare GAA, Kildare in the 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland final, winning the championship after three previous encounters. In 1906, he visited the US and played for Kerry in the New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seanie O'Shea
Seanie O'Shea is a footballer and hurler from Killarney, County Kerry. He played with the Kerry inter-county hurling team during the 1990s. He played in the famous 1993 Munster Championship win over Waterford. He won an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with Dr Crokes in 1992, and returned as a trainer in later years. He is a brother of former Kerry manager Pat O'Shea. After retiring from playing, he took up management of teams at all levels with Dr Crokes. In 2010 and 2011, he was part of John Meyler's backroom team that won the 2011 Christy Ring Cup after losing out in the 2010 final. In 2011, he was appointed manager of the Kerry minor hurling side. He led the team to the 2012 All Ireland B title with a win over Roscommon in the final. In 2013 he mad it 2 in a row with a win over Meath County Meath ( ; or simply , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Croke
Thomas William Croke D.D. (28 May 1824 – 22 July 1902) was the second Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand (1870–74) and later Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland. He was important in the Irish nationalist movement, especially as a Champion of the Irish National Land League in the 1880s. The main Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Dublin is named Croke Park, in his honour. Early life Thomas Croke was born in Castlecor (parish of Kilbrin), County Cork, in 1824. He was the third of eight children of William Croke, an estate agent, and his wife, Isabella Plummer, daughter of an aristocratic Protestant family who disowned her following her Catholic marriage in 1817. After William Croke died in 1834 his brother, the Reverend Thomas Croke, supervised the education and upbringing of the children. Two of Thomas's brothers entered the priesthood, while two sisters became nuns. He was educated in Charleville, County Cork and at the Irish College in Paris and the Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieran Cremin
Kieran Cremin is an Irish Gaelic footballer with the Dr. Crokes club team and formerly with the Kerry GAA, Kerry county team. Club He had much success at club level with Dr. Crokes. He won a Kerry Senior Football Championship title in 2000 as a panel member. He was a back to back championship Runner-Up in 2005 and 2006, losing both to South Kerry GAA, Kerry. Despite losing the county final in 2006 Dr. Crokes regrouped and won the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. In 2007, he appeared in an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final with Dr. Crokes, although they were controversially defeated in a replay by Crossmaglen Rangers. He was on the losing side once more to South Kerry GAA, South Kerry in 2009. In 2010 after three losses in six seasons he finally got his hands on a Kerry Senior Football Championship in 2010. Despite being just 30 years old he retired soon after the 2010 win. He also had much success in the East Kerry Senior Football Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Clarke
Sean John Clarke (born January 1968) is a British businessman, and was the head of Walmart's operations in China. He returned to Asda Asda Stores Limited (), trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters is in Leeds, England. The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949. It expanded ... as the newly appointed CEO of the company on 11 July 2016. He has replaced Andy Clarke (unrelated), who was CEO from 2010 to 2016. On 30 October 2017, it was announced that Roger Burnley would succeed him as CEO of Asda on 1 January 2018. References 1968 births Living people Asda people British retail chief executives {{UK-business-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Looney (Gaelic Footballer)
Brian Looney is a Gaelic footballer from Killarney, County Kerry. He has played with Kerry at every level and currently plays with the Dr Crokes club Career He first played with the Kerry GAA minor team in 2004. He played no part in the Munster championship but came on as a sub in the All Ireland semi final win over Laois and final loss to Tyrone. He was underage again in 2005 but had little success. He then moved on to the Under 21 team in 2008 winning Munster and All Ireland medals. He has had much success at club level with the Dr. Crokes Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Notable players include Colm Cooper, Eoin Brosnan, Johnny Buckley and Tony Brosnan. Founded in 1886, the club's successes include the capture of the ... club, winning 3 county championships in a row, 2010–2012. He has also won 3 Munster club titles: one in 2006, one in 2011 and one in 2012. He played in the 2007 All Ireland final winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Buckley (Gaelic Footballer)
Johnny Buckley (31 July 1989) is a Gaelic footballer from Killarney, County Kerry. He has played with Kerry at every level and plays with the Dr Crokes club. He first played with the Kerry minor team in 2006, winning the Munster championship and later played in the All-Ireland final loss to Roscommon. He was underage again in 2007 but had little success. He moved to the Under 21 team in 2008, winning Munster and All Ireland medals. At club level he has 7 Kerry County championships . He has also won 5 Munster club titles between 2006 and 2018. He has also won a number of County league Div 1, County club championship and East Kerry championship titles. With UCC, he won both Sigerson Cup and Cork County football titles in 2011. On St Patrick's Day 2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Clau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoin Brosnan
Eoin Brosnan, born c.1980, is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at centre forward. He is a former member of the Kerry senior county team and plays his club football for Dr Crokes. As of late 2021, he was a practicing solicitor, working from a practice in Killarney. Playing career Inter-county Brosnan made his Kerry Senior debut against Louth in 2000. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title with Kerry on three occasions - 2004, 2006 and 2007. The 2004 and 2006 finals were played against Mayo, while the 2007 final was against Cork. In the 2006 tie, Brosnan came on as a substitute in place of Tomás Ó Sé against Mayo and scored 1-01. In the 2007 game he scored one point and set up another. In 2008, Kerry again reached the All-Ireland final, but lost to Tyrone, and there was some criticism of the decision to select Brosnan. He also won two National League titles (2004 and 2006) and five Munster Championship medals (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croke Park
Croke Park (, ) 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 finals in List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, Gaelic football and List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finals, 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 List of European stadiums by capacity, fourth-largest stadium in Europe, and the largest not usually used for association football in Europe. Along with other events held at the stadium include the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games, 2003 Special Olympics, and numerous musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Donoghue Cup
The East Kerry Senior Football Championship an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the East Kerry GAA, East Kerry Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1925 for the top Gaelic football teams in the North Kerry in Ireland. The championship currently uses a single-elimination tournament whereby each team is guaranteed one game. The title has been won at least once by 11 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Dr Crokes GAA, Dr Crokes who have won a total of 32 titles. Dr Crokes the title-holders (2023). Most adult clubs in the division compete for this cup, even if they are playing at junior or intermediate grades. In recent years, the competition has been dominated by Dr Crokes, who won their thirtieth championship in December 2018. The winners receive the Dr O'Donoghue Cup. The main sponsor for many years is the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney. Teams Current teams Roll of honour . List of finals List of East Kerry SFC finals . See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laune Rangers GAA
Laune Rangers is a Gaelic football and Hurling club based in town of Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland. The club is affiliated to Kerry GAA. Rangers won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1996. History The club was formed in 1888 by two teachers. The newly formed club won the Kerry County Championship of 1889 and 1890. In 1890, after again winning the County Championship, Rangers represented Kerry in the All-Ireland series. They defeated Clondrohid 3-6 to 0-5 and won the Munster final but lost the All-Ireland Final. The first recorded match the club played was against John Mitchels in 1888. The club's finest hour came when they won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1996 beating Éire Óg of Carlow in the final. Famous players have included Mike & Liam Hassett, Peter Crowley and Mike Frank Russell, all of whom have won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles with the Kerry county team. Important club dates *1888 - Club forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
