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Murt Connor
Mortimer "Murt" Connor (born 1951) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a left corner-forward for the Offaly senior team. Born in Walsh Island, County Offaly, Connor first played competitive Gaelic football in his youth. He came to prominence at underage levels with the Walsh Island club. Connor later won a two Leinster medals and six championship medal with the Walsh Island senior team. He also played for Éire Óg. Connor made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Offaly minor team. He later played for the under-21 team, winning a Leinster medal. Connor made his senior debut during the 1969-70 league. He went on to play a key role for Offaly in attack during a hugely successful era, and won two All-Ireland medals and three Leinster medals. As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Connor failed to win a Railway Cup medal. Throughout his inter-county career Connor made 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walsh Island GAA
Walsh Island is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Walsh Island in County Offaly, Ireland. With 12 Senior Football wins and 2 Leinster Championship wins, they are one of the most successful clubs in the Offaly. History Before the club was formed in 1930, many players from Walsh Island played for nearby ''Geashill GAA''. It was decided that the club's colours would be the green and white hoops of Shamrock Rovers, the top football club in Ireland. The hoops did not clash with any club colours in North Offaly and were adopted as the colours. The first match played by Walsh Island was against Ballykeane. The club won the Offaly Senior Football Championship in 1933, their first year in the competition. Walsh Island was now the dominant team in the county and remained so until 1943. After many years the club became the dominant force in Offaly once more in 1977, losing the Championship Semi Final to Tullamore GAA that year and winning it for the next six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Connor (Gaelic Footballer)
James Matthew Connor (born May 11, 1863 in Port Jervis, New York) was an American professional Major League Baseball player. Connor was 29 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 11, 1892, with the Chicago Colts. He did not play in the majors again until 1897. Connor's last game was August 9, 1899 with the Chicago Orphans. He played in the minors from 1887 through 1908, including a stint as player/manager in the Hudson River League in 1907. James Connor died on August 3, 1950 in Providence, Rhode Island. Connor is buried at Mount Saint Mary Cemetery, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In 293 games over four seasons, Connor posted a .233 batting average (baseball), batting average (247-for-1058) with 117 runs, 3 home runs and 129 RBI RBI most often refers to: *Reserve Bank of India *Run batted in RBI may also refer to: Organisations *Radio Berlin International *Raiffeisen Bank International *Reed Business Information *Restaurant Brands International *Ruđer Boškov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walsh Island Gaelic Footballers
Walsh may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walsh (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname Places * Fort Walsh, one of the first posts of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police * Walsh, Ontario, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada * Walsh, Colorado, USA * Walsh, Michigan, USA * Walsh, Wisconsin, USA * Walsh County, North Dakota, USA * Walsh, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada * Walsh Lake (Lac-Jacques-Cartier), Canada * Mount Walsh National Park, Australia Schools * Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio * Walsh College, Troy, Michigan * Walsh School of Foreign Service, Washington, D.C. * Walsh Jesuit High School, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Ships * USS ''Walsh'' (APD-111), a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946, originally intended to be a destroyer escort Mathematics * Walsh function, an orthogonal basis of the square-integrable functions on the unit interval * Walsh matrix, an orthogonal matrix with several useful pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington, erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1973 All-Ireland Football Championship was the 87th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1973 and ended on 23 September 1973. Offaly were the defending champions but were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. On 23 September 1973, Cork won the championship following a 3-17 to 2-13 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 4th All-Ireland title, their first in 28 championship seasons. Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1-25. Cork's Billy Morgan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-final Semi-finals Final Leinster Senior Football Championship First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Ulst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 86th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 7 May 1972 and ended on 15 October 1972. Offaly entered the championship as the defending champions. On 15 October 1972, Offaly won the championship following a 1-19 to 0-13 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final replay. This was their second All-Ireland title. Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 0-36. Offaly's Willie Bryan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-final Semi-finals Final Leinster Senior Football Championship First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Ulster Senior Football Championship Preli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 85th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 25 April 1971 and ended on 26 September 1971. Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the Munster final. On 26 September 1971, Offaly won the championship following a 1-14 to 2-8 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title. Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1-35. Offaly's Eugene Mulligan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year. Leinster Championship format change The Second Round returns to Leinster football championship this year. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-final Semi-finals Finals Leinster Senior Football Championship First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offaly Senior Club Football Championship
The Offaly Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1896. Rhode are the title holders (2022), defeating Tullamore on a scoreline of 1-09 to 0-11 in the Final. Format Current teams The 8 clubs competing in the 2021 Offaly Senior Football Championship are: Rhode, Durrow, Tullamore, Edenderry, Cappincur, Bracknagh, Ferbane and Shamrocks Shamrocks is a solitaire game akin to La Belle Lucie. The object is the same as the latter: move the cards into the foundations. Rules The game is layout out as in La Belle Lucie: seventeen piles of three cards are placed on the table with one ca .... Honours The trophy presented to the winners is ? The club winning the Offaly Championship qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Bryan
Willie Bryan (born 1947 in Walsh Island, County Offaly) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Walsh Island and at senior level for the Offaly county team from 1966 until 1978. Bryan captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...ed Offaly to the All-Ireland SFC title in 1971. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryan, Willie 1946 births Living people All Stars Awards winners (football) Leinster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Offaly inter-county Gaelic footballers Walsh Island Gaelic footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam O'Connor (Gaelic Footballer)
Liam O'Connor (13 September 1955 – 2 December 2013) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Offaly senior team. Born in Walsh Island, County Offaly, O'Connor first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-three when he first linked up with the Offaly senior team when he made his debut in the 1979 championship. O'Connor went on to play a key part for the Offaly defence over the next few years, and won one All-Ireland medal and three Leinster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. O'Connor was a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions throughout his career, however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he was a two-time Leinster medallist with Walsh Island. He also won six successive championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Séamus Connor
() is an Irish and Scottish male given name, of Hebrew origin via Latin. It is the Irish equivalent of the name James. The name James is the English New Testament variant for the Hebrew name Jacob. It entered the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages from the French variation of the late Latin name for Jacob, ; a dialect variant of , from the New Testament Greek (), and ultimately from Hebrew word (), i.e. Jacob. Its meaning in Hebrew is "one who supplants" or more literally "one who grabs at the heel". When the Hebrew patriarch Jacob was born, he was grasping his twin brother Esau's heel. Other variant spellings in Irish include , and Seumus. It has also been anglicised as ''Shaymus'', Seamus, Seamas, ''Sheamus'' and ''Shamus''. Diminutives include ', ' and '. In the United States, the word "Shamus" was a derogatory slang misspelling of Séamus that arose during the 19th century as more than 4.5 million Irish immigrated to America, peaking at almost two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
