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Sylvester Muldowney
Sylvester James "Vesty" Muldowney, KC*SG, (14 January 1908 – 6 April 1995) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Dublin senior team. Born in Rialto, Dublin, Muldowney first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Synge Street CBS. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-four when he first linked up with the Dublin senior team. He made his debut during the 1932 championship. Muldowney immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one Leinster medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Muldowney was a one-time championship medallist in the junior grade with Kevin's. Muldowney retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1934 championship. Playing career Club In 1939 Muldowney enjoyed his biggest success with Kevin's when he won a championship medal in the junior grade. Inter-county Muldowney first played for Dublin as a member of the senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin's Hurling Club
Kevin's is a hurling club based in Dolphin's Barn in Dublin's south inner city, Ireland. History Kevin's began promoting hurling and Gaelic football in Dublin's south inner city in 1902. It evolved from the Craobh Chaoimhín of Conradh na Gaeilge. The founder members included Joe O'Neill and Jim Maguire. Information on the formative years is sparse, but Harry O'Kelly, a staunch club member, was believed to be of central importance to the club at this time. The club attained senior status in 1910, in the mid-1920s and again in the late 1930s and enjoyed sporadic success at senior, intermediate, junior and juvenile levels. In the mid forties, Synge Street P.P. G.F.C. was formed and it assumed responsibility for football in the area. Kevin's became solely a hurling club. In 1993 history was made. The foundation of Kevin's Camogie section was the result of a new policy being pushed by both the younger members and parent, who wanted to create both a family and community atmosphere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Kilkenny GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Cill Chainnigh) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny county teams in all codes at all levels. The Kilkenny branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1887. In hurling, the dominant sport in the county, Kilkenny competes annually in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 36 times (a national record), the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 73 times, and the National Hurling League, which it has won 19 times(a national record). The camogie team has won the both National Camogie League and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 15 times each. Hurling Clubs Clubs contest the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship. That competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Deaths
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1908 Births
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Fine Gael
Fine Gael (, ; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil Éireann and largest in terms of 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland, Irish members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of 25,000 in 2021. Leo Varadkar succeeded Enda Kenny as party leader on 2 June 2017 and as Taoiseach on 14 June; Kenny had been leader since 2002, and Taoiseach since 2011. Fine Gael was founded on 8 September 1933 following the merger of its parent party Cumann na nGaedheal, the National Centre Party (Ireland), National Centre Party and the Blueshirts, Army Comrades Association. Its origins lie in the Irish War of Independence, struggle for Irish independence and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, pro-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War, with the party claiming the legacy of Michael Collins (Irish leader), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Bank Of Ireland
The Central Bank of Ireland ( ga, Banc Ceannais na hÉireann) is Ireland's central bank, and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). It is the country's financial services regulator for most categories of financial firms. It was the issuer of Irish pound banknotes and coinage until the introduction of the Euro currency, and now provides this service for the European Central Bank. The Central Bank of Ireland was founded on 1 February 1943, and since 1 January 1972 has been the banker of the Government of Ireland in accordance with the Central Bank Act 1971, which can be seen in legislative terms as completing the long transition from a currency board to a fully functional central bank. Its head office, the Central Bank of Ireland building, was located on Dame Street, Dublin from 1979 until 2017. Its offices at Iveagh Court and College Green also closed down at the same time. Since March 2017, its headquarters are located on North Wall Quay, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raheny
Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 CE ( Mervyn Archdall). The district shares Dublin's two largest municipal parks, Saint Anne's Park and Bull Island with its 4.5 km beach, with neighbouring Clontarf, and is crossed by several small watercourses. The coastal hamlet grew rapidly in the 20th century and is now a mid-density, chiefly residential, Northside suburb with a village core. It is home to a range of retail and banking outlets, multiple sports groups including two golf courses, several schools and churches, Dublin's second-busiest library and a police station. Raheny is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock. Location and access Raheny runs from the coast inland, with its centre about from Dublin city centre and from Dublin Airport. It is administered by Dublin City Council. The county boundary with Fingal lies close by, where Raheny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmainham
Kilmainham (, meaning " St Maighneann's church") is a south inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland, south of the River Liffey and west of the city centre. It is in the city's Dublin 8 postal district. The area was once known as Kilmanum. History In the Viking era, the monastery was home to the first Norse base (''longphort'') in Ireland. The Kilmainham Brooch, a late 8th- or early 9th-century Celtic brooch of the "penannular" type (i.e. its ring does not fully close or is incomplete) was unearthed in an 18th-century excavation of a Viking burial place in Kilmainham, In the 12th century, the lands on the banks of the Liffey were granted to the Knights Hospitaller. Strongbow erected for them a castle about 2 kilometres or 1 mile distant from the Danish wall of old Dublin; and Hugh Tyrrel, first Baron Castleknock, granted them part of the lands which now form the Phoenix Park. The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem remained in possession of the land until the dissolution of the monas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Historically, it has also been known as County Leix. Laois County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. At the 2022 census, the population of the county was 91,657, an increase of 56% since the 2002 census. History Prehistoric The first people in Laois were bands of hunters and gatherers who passed through the county about 8,500 years ago. They hunted in the forests that covered Laois and fished in its rivers, gathering nuts and berries to supplement their diets. Next came Ireland's first farmers. These people of the Neolithic period (4000 to 2500 BC) cleared forests and planted crops. Their burial mounds re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rialto
The Rialto is a central area of Venice, Italy, in the '' sestiere'' of San Polo. It is, and has been for many centuries, the financial and commercial heart of the city. Rialto is known for its prominent markets as well as for the monumental Rialto Bridge The Rialto Bridge ( it, Ponte di Rialto; vec, Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the ' (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its fi ... across the Grand Canal. History The area was settled by the ninth century, when a small area in the middle of the Realtine Islands on either side of the Rio Businiacus was known as the , or "high bank". Eventually the Businiacus became known as the Grand Canal, and the district the Rialto, referring only to the area on the left bank. The Rialto became an important district in 1097, when Venice's market moved there, and in the following century a boat bridge was set up across th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Clohessy
David Stanislaus Clohessy (13 November 1905 – 16 November 1986) was an Irish people, Irish Hurling, hurler who played for his local club Fedamore GAA, Fedamore and at senior level for the Limerick county hurling team, Limerick county team in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1934 All-Ireland final replay, he scored four goals against Dublin, a record that lasted beyond his death. His brothers, Paddy, Andy and Jack, who predeceased him, also played for Fedamore. Paddy Clohessy later entered politics and was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1957 Irish general election, 1957 general election and held his seat until standing down at the 1969 Irish general election, 1969 general election. References 1905 births 1986 deaths All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners Fedamore hurlers Limerick inter-county hurlers Munster inter-provincial hurlers {{Limerick-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinny O'Neill
Dinny may refer to: *Dinny Allen (born 1952), retired Gaelic football manager and former dual player * Dinny Barry-Murphy (1904–1973), famous Irish sportsperson * Dinny Cahill (born 1952), Irish hurling manager and former player * Dinny Campbell or John Campbell (rugby) (1889–1966), national representative for Australia in rugby union * Chuck "Dinny" Dinsmore or Charles Dinsmore (1903–1982), Canadian professional ice hockey player *Dinny Doyle or Denis Doyle (born 1900), Irish football wing half *Dinny Falvey, Gaelic footballer from Annascaul in Co Kerry *Dinny Hannon, Irish footballer who played as an inside-right *Dinny Kelleher (born 1902), Australian rules footballer *Dinny Lacey (1890–1923), Irish Republican Army officer during the Irish War of Independence *Dinny Long (born 1949), Irish retired sportsperson *Dinny Love or Eden Love (1909–1991), Australian Rugby Union player *Dinny Lowry (born 1935), Irish soccer player * Dinny Lutge or Denis Lutge (1879–1953), pione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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