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Noel Skehan
Richard Noel Skehan (born 6 December 1944) is an Irish former hurler who played as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. Born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Skehan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel during the 1963 championship. Skehan spent almost a decade as a substitute before becoming a regular member of the starting fifteen and won nine All-Ireland medals (three of which were as a substitute), fourteen Leinster medals (six as a substitute) and three National Hurling League medals on the field of play. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on five occasions. As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions Skehan won four Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a six-time championship medallist with Bennettsbridge. His uncle, Dan Kennedy, and his first cousin, Ollie Walsh, als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bennettsbridge GAA
Bennettsbridge is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The Bridge last won the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship in 1971 and have recently re-gained their senior status. Achievements * Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship ** Winners - 12 (1890, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1971. ** Beaten finalists - 6 (1958, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 2018) * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship ** Winners 2016 * Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship ** 2015 * Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship ** Winners 2015 * All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship ** Winners 2015 * Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship **Winners 2014 * Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship ** Winners 1935, 1948, 1951, 2014 * Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship **Winners 1947, 1983, 2011 (In 1974 combination of Clara GAA, Clara and Bennettsbridge won the title. * Kilkenny Under-21 H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texaco Hurler Of The Year
The Texaco Hurler of the Year was a hurling award, created in 1958, that honoured the achievements of a hurler of outstanding excellence. The award was part of the Texaco Sportstars Awards, in which Irish sportspeople from all fields were honoured. The award was presented annually to the hurler considered to have performed the best over the previous year in the Hurling Championship. Voting for the award was undertaken by a select group of journalists from television and the print media. The award itself was 14 inches high. This award was separate from the All Stars Hurler of the Year, awarded by the GAA since 1995, as part of the GAA All Stars Awards The Gaelic Athletic Association-Gaelic Players' Association All Stars Awards (often known simply as the All Stars) are awarded annually to the best player in each of the 15 playing positions in Gaelic football and hurling. Additionally, one play .... The award was discontinued in 2012 after Texaco withdrew their spons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Minor Hurling Championship
The Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players under the age of 17 in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year – except for a three-year absence during the Emergency – since the 1928 championship. Despite the name, the competition also includes teams from Ulster and Connacht. The final, usually held on the last Sunday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during April, May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Hanrahan Cup. The championship was previously played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship, however, the championship has since incorporated a round-robin system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenians GAA
Fenians Johnstown is an Irish Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Hurling is the dominant sport in the club, which has provided the Kilkenny intercounty team with several top players. The club has also found success at county, provincial and even All-Ireland level. Honours *All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships: 0 ** 1974 (runner up) *Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associa ...s: 1 ** 1974 * Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championships: 5 ** 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977 * Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championships: 1 ** 1968 * Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championships: 3 ** 1942, 1943, 1988 Notable hurlers * Pat Henderson * Pat Delaney * Nicky Orr * Ger Henderson * John Henderson * Billy Fitzpatrick * J.J. Delan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomastown GAA
Thomastown GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1905 and fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. Honours Hurling * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championships: (1) 2024 * Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championships: (1) 2023 * All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship: (1) 2013 * Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship: (1) 2012 Runners-Up 2005 * Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: (2) 1946, 2024 * Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship: (1) 1983, 2023 * Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship: (5) 1927, 1945, 1962, 2005, 2012 * Southern Junior Hurling Championship (7) 1924, 1927, 1945, 1959, 1962, 2004, 2005 * Southern U21B Hurling Championship (1) 2009 * Cahill Cup (Junior): (1) 2005 * Open Draw Championship: (1) 1985 * Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship: (6) 1941, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1975, 1981 * Kilkenny U21 A Hurling (1): 2022 Football * Kilkenny Senior Football C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mooncoin GAA
Mooncoin GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Kilkenny County Board and fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. History Located in the town of Mooncoin, about 10km from Waterford, Mooncoin GAA Club was founded in January 1886. The new club became one of the dominant forces in the Kilkenny SHC in the early years of the competition and developed a strong rivalry with Tullaroan. After losing to Tullaroan in the inaugural Kilkenny SHC final in 1887, Mooncoin claimed their first title in 1888. The club subsequently won the Leinster SHC as the Kilkenny representatives. Mooncoin won five Kilkenny SHC titles in the period between 1900 and 1916, with a team featuring Dick Doherty, Dick Doyle, Pat Fielding and Dick Walsh. After an 11-year lapse, Mooncoin secured their seventh Kilkenny SHC title when, in 1927, they beat James Stephens in the final. They retained the title in 1928 and 1929, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenmore GAA
Glenmore is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated in the south of County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club was founded in 1888 and has achieved hurling success at county, provincial and national level. Glenmore has also provided the Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny intercounty team with several top players. History Glenmore first distinguished itself in Kilkenny on the football field, and it was only in the 1940s that hurling started to take over. Early success came in 1953, when the hurlers won the County Junior Championship. By the 1960s, Glenmore were among the top sides in the county, narrowly losing out to Bennettsbridge GAA, Bennettsbridge in the 1960 and 1964 county finals. Things soon took a turn for the worse, however, when the club was relegated to Junior status in 1967. They reached the final at that grade in 1968, but lost out to Johnstown. Glenmore finally broke back into the senior grade in 1980, winning the double of junior and Under 21 (Roinn A) champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Simpson
Liam Gerard Simpson (born 21 June 1966) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Bennettsbridge and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a corner-back. Career Simpson first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Bennettsbridge club, however, his early sporting life was dominated by soccer. As a centre half of sweeper with his local club East End, he won every honour in the Kilkenny and District League. At imter-county level, Simpson was overlooked for the Kilkenny minor and under-21 teams, however, he won an All-Ireland Junior Championship title in 1990. This success saw him drafted on to the Kilkenny senior hurling team in advance of the 1990-91 league. Simspon was corner-back on the Kilkenny team that won consecutive All-Ireland CHampionship titles in 1992 and 1993. His other honours include a National League title, three consecutive Leinster Championship medals and two consecutive All-Star Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Lawlor
Patrick M. Lawlor (born November 30, 1951) is a video game and pinball machine designer. Pat Lawlor had originally been a video game designer and had entered the coin-operated game design industry in 1980, working for Dave Nutting Associates. Lawlor's pinball career began as an engineer for Williams in 1987, when he co-designed a dual-playfield machine called '' Banzai Run'' with Larry DeMar. In 1988, he was assigned his first individual design project, a machine entitled '' Earthshaker!'', which was released in January 1989. Notably, ''Earthshaker!'' was the first pinball machine with a shaker motor. Early games Lawlor's first solo project, ''Earthshaker!'', was noteworthy for its implementation of a relatively obscure theme (earthquakes). The follow-up to ''Earthshaker!'' tackled a different form of natural disaster: tornadoes. The new game, ''Whirlwind'', was released in early 1990 to similar praise. Both games demonstrated components of Lawlor's design methodology. Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kinsella (hurler)
John Kinsella (3 September 1947 – 1 January 2024) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Bennettsbridge and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. Career Kinsella first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Bennettsbridge club, as well as with Kilkenny City Vocational School. He enjoyed his first major success when, in 1963, he was part of the Kilkenny team that beat Cork City to win the All-Ireland Vocational Schools HC. Kinsella eventually progressed to the Bennettsbridge senior team and won his first Kilkenny SHC after a defeat of Mooncoin in the 1966 final. Kinsella claimed a second successive SHC medal in 1967, before captaining Bennettsbridge to the inaugural Kilkenny U21HC title. He won a third and final SHC medal after a defeat of Fenians in the 1971 final. Kinsella's first success at club level resulted in him being drafted onto the Kilkenny senior hurling team in 1967. He won a Leinster SHC medal as a substitute th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Cleere
Liam Cleere (born 1935) is an Irish retired hurler. At club level he played with Dicksboro and Bennettsbridge and was an All-Ireland Championship winner with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. Honours ;Bennettsbridge *Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (7): 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964 ;Kilkenny *All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1957 *Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1957, 1958, 1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ... References 1935 births Living people Dicksboro hurlers Bennettsbridge hurlers Kilkenny inter-county hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners Hurling goalkeepers 20th-century Irish sportsmen {{Kilkenny-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
