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North Of Ireland F.C.
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland.''The Ireland Rugby Miscellany'' (2007): Ciaran Cronin It was founded in 1868 by members of North of Ireland Cricket Club. NIFC also played in the first recorded rugby game in Ulster when they played a 20-a-side match against Queen's University RFC. Throughout its history, NIFC was one of the most successful clubs in Ulster rugby, winning eighteen Ulster Senior League titles and eighteen Ulster Senior Cup titles. They also played several seasons in the AIB League before merging with Collegians in 1999 to form Belfast Harlequins. The club left its historic home on the Ormeau Road (one of the earliest international rugby venues in Ireland) after a series of sectarian arson attacks, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Rugby Football Union
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) () is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ground at Aviva Stadium, where adult men's Ireland national rugby union team, Irish rugby union international matches are played. In addition, the Union also owns the Ravenhill Stadium in Belfast, Thomond Park in Limerick and a number of grounds in provincial areas that have been rented to clubs. History Initially, there were two unions: the Irish Football Union, which had jurisdiction over clubs in Leinster, Munster and parts of Ulster and was founded in December 1874, and the Northern Football Union of Ireland, which controlled the Belfast area and was founded in January 1875. The IRFU was formed in 1879 as an amalgamation of these two organisations and branches of the new IRFU were formed in Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The Connacht Branch was formed in 1900. The IR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Alexander (rugby Player And Cricketer)
Captain Robert Alexander (24 September 1910 – 19 July 1943) was an Irish rugby union and cricket player who represented Ireland at both sports during the 1930s. He also played rugby for both the British Lions and the Barbarians. Alexander, an RUC officer, was killed in action during the Second World War while serving with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Rugby international Ireland Between 1936 and 1939 Alexander made 11 appearances and scored 1 try for Ireland. He made his debut in a 6–3 win against England on 8 February 1936 at Lansdowne Road. On 27 February 1937, again at Lansdowne, he scored his one try for Ireland in an 11–4 win against Scotland. He made his last appearance for Ireland on 11 March 1939 in a 7–0 defeat against Wales at Ravenhill. British Lions In 1938 Alexander, together with fellow Ireland international Paddy Mayne, was also a member of the British Lions squad that went on a tour of South Africa. Cricket international As a cricketer, Alexande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Stewart (rugby Player)
Albert Lewis Stewart, (19 February 1889 – 4 October 1917) was an Irish rugby union player and decorated British Army officer. He played for North of Ireland Football Club from 1907 to 1914, and made three appearances for the Ireland national rugby union team. During World War I, he served in the Royal Irish Rifles and the Machine Gun Corps. He was killed in action in the Battle of Broodseinde during the Battle of Passchendaele. Early life Stewart was born on 19 February 1889 in Belfast, Ireland, to James and Isabella Stewart. His father was a solicitor. Between 1902 and 1907, he was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, an all-boys grammar school in Belfast. Sporting career School level Stewart started playing rugby union while he was still at school. From 1903 to 1907, he played for the first XV of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He played as a full back in his first year on the team, then switched to playing as a centre for the remaining years. Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Neill
Henry James Neill (12 December 1860 — 27 June 1949) was an Irish international rugby union player. One of 10 siblings, Neill was born in Geelong, Australia, not far from Melbourne. His father was a Belfast native, but his mother a local. When Neill was still a toddler, the family moved to Craigavad, County Down. Neill, a forward, was capped eight times for Ireland during the 1880s. He featured in the team which defeated England for the first time in 1887 and the following season captained Ireland for their Home Nations campaign. See also * List of Ireland national rugby union players List of Ireland national rugby union players is a list of men who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team. Note the list only includes men who have played in a Test match (which includes those who played against the 1888–89 New Z ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neill, Henry 1860 births 1949 deaths Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Norman McClinton
Arthur Norman McClinton (16 August 1886 – 29 November 1929) was an Irish rugby union international who was part of the first official British Isles team that toured South Africa in 1910. He also played on 2 occasions for Ireland. Early life Arthur Norman McClinton was born in Belfast, Ireland on 16 August 1886 the son of John McClinton and his wife Rosa Hurst McClinton. His father was a seed merchant, also born in Belfast, whilst his mother hailed from County Armagh. He had at least four siblings: Dorothy Louise McClinton; Marie Rose McClinton; John Stuart McClinton and Fred Hurst McClinton. Rugby career McClinton played rugby union as a fly-half for the third oldest club in Ireland, North of Ireland FC, with whom he won the 1908 Ulster Senior Cup. He was selected to play for Ireland in 1910, debuting at Lansdowne Road against Wales on 12 March 1910 in that first ever Five Nations championship. He played again on 28 March against France in Paris, and this was in fact his final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Gibson (rugby Union)
Cameron Michael Henderson Gibson MBE (born 3 December 1942) is an Irish former rugby union international player who represented Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. Gibson is regarded as one of the greatest rugby union players. On his induction into the IRB Hall of Fame in May 2011, former teammate and fellow Hall of Fame inductee Syd Millar said of him: "... ewas one of the finest players of his generation, one of the finest players ever to represent Ireland and the British & Irish Lions and a man who epitomised the very ethos of the Game and its values". Fellow IRFU inductee Willie John McBride considers Gibson the greatest Irish player he ever watched. Early life Gibson came from a sporting family, and followed football initially. He was educated at Campbell College in Belfast and went on to study law at Queens' College, Cambridge. His brother had also studied law at Cambridge. Rugby playing career Club career Gibson played the bulk of his career for North of Ire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kyle
John Wilson Kyle (10 February 1926 – 27 November 2014), most commonly known as Jack Kyle, was a rugby union player who represented Ireland, the British and Irish Lions and the Barbarians during the 1940s and 1950s. Kyle was a member of the Irish team that won the grand slam in the 1948 Five Nations Championship.Van Esbeck, Edmund"A day and a team etched in the annals – 1948: Ireland's Grand Slam. The Ravenhill climax" ''Irish Times''. In 1950, Kyle was declared one of the six players of the year by the ''New Zealand Rugby Almanac''.Kyle bio at Lions web site Kyle is a member of the and was inducted into the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Scott
Robert Desmond Scott (born 2 October 1941) is an Irish former international rugby union player. A Belfast dentist, Scott played rugby with Queen's University during his tertiary studies and was a member of the side that claimed the 1966/67 Ulster Senior League title. He also featured in Ulster's draw against the Wallabies that season. Scott was capped five times as a winger by Ireland across the 1967 and 1968 Five Nations. See also *List of Ireland national rugby union players List of Ireland national rugby union players is a list of men who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team. Note the list only includes men who have played in a Test match (which includes those who played against the 1888–89 New Z ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Des 1941 births Living people Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players Rugby union players from Belfast Rugby union wings Queen's University RFC players Ulster Rugby pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hewitt (rugby Footballer Born 1939)
David Hewitt is a retired Irish rugby union player. Playing at centre, he gained 18 caps for Ireland between 1958 and 1965, in addition to winning six Lions caps in 1959 and 1962. He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and also represented Queen's University, Instonians, North of Ireland F.C. and Ulster Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t .... References 1939 births Living people Queen's University RFC players Instonians rugby union players North of Ireland F.C. players Ulster Rugby players Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland Rugby union players from Belfast Rugby union centres {{ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTÉ
(; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced as an English E () and not an Irish É ()) is an Irish public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961, making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world. It is headquartered in Donnybrook in Dublin, with offices across different parts of Ireland. RTÉ is a statutory body, overseen by a board appointed by the Government of Ireland, with general management in the hands of a committee of senior managers, currently an interim leadership team, headed by the Director General. RTÉ is regulated by Coimisiún na Meán. It is financed by the television licence fee and through advertising, with some of its services funded solely by advertising, while others are funded solely by the licence fee. The current network consists of 4 main TV chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Hamilton (rugby Union)
Gordon Fredric Hamilton (born 13 May 1964 in Belfast) is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played as an open-side wing-forward. Hamilton played for N.I.F.C., Howe Of Fife (Scotland), Ballymena and Ulster. He had 10 caps for Ireland, from 1991 to 1992, scoring a single try. The most famous moment came of his career came at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, when he scored a try in the last couple of minutes of Ireland's quarter-final against Australia to put Ireland ahead. However, Michael Lynagh Michael Patrick Thomas Lynagh, (born 25 October 1963) is an Australian former rugby union player who played 66 tests at Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half and six tests at inside centre between 1984 and 1995. Lynagh was Cap (sport), capped 72 time ... scored at the other end to put Ireland out of the tournament. Hamilton owned and ran a shipping and stevedoring business in Ireland before selling the group to J&J Denholm Group of Scotland in 2012. Hamilton served as Chairman of the Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is Ireland's leading newspaper. It is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant Irish nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners, it became a supporter of unionism in Ireland. In the 21st century, it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressive", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence. The paper's notable columnists have included writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord. The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald was once a columnist. Michael O'Regan was the Leinster House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
