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JP Kean
John P Kean, also referred to as JP Kean, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer and hurler who played both codes for Claremorris and football for the Mayo county team. Kean was team captain when Mayo won the 1971 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. He first played for the Mayo senior team in 1972, and continued for ten years. He played on Mayo teams that won the 1974 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (scoring 0–8 in the final),and the 1981 Connacht Senior Football Championship. With Claremorris he won five county championship titles in one year (1971), including dual titles at both minor and senior level: the 1971 Mayo Minor Football Championship, the 1971 Mayo Minor Hurling Championship, the 1971 Mayo Senior Football Championship and the 1971 Mayo Senior Hurling Championship, with the Mayo Under-21 Football Championship as his fifth title of that year. Claremorris later added a Connacht Senior Club Football Championship title. As of 2024, the club had won ne ... [...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] |
