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Thomas Loftus (1705–1768)
Tom Loftus (1917–2011; Irish: ''Tomás Ó Lochtuis'') was a former chairman of the Leinster Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Biography Tom Loftus was born in Roscommon town, County Roscommon in 1917. His grandmother ran a dispensary and his father was a journalist with the Roscommon Herald'. Loftus moved to Dublin in 1937 and married Ann Mooney in 1951. For most of his life he worked at the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) in the city. Career Loftus was chairman of the Leinster Council from 1972–1974, was chairman of the Dublin County Board and was a longstanding member of the organisation. He stood twice for the position of president of the GAA, but was twice pipped at the post, once by his namesake Dr. Mick Loftus. During his period as Dublin Chairman, the team won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. In 1964, became the first chairman to bring his team to the United States, to raise awareness of the GAA in America. In 1965, Lof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Name
A formal Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, most surnames are patronymic surnames (distinct from patronyms, which are seen in Icelandic names for example). The form of a surname varies according to whether its bearer is a man, a woman, or a woman married to a man, who adopts his surname. An alternative traditional naming convention consists of the first name followed by a double patronym, usually with the father and grandfather's names. This convention is not used for official purposes but is generalized in (Irish-speaking areas) and also survives in some rural non- areas. Sometimes the name of the mother or grandmother may be used instead of the father or grandfather. Epithets A first name may be modified by an adjective to distinguish its bearer from other people with the same name. ("big") and ("young") are used to distinguish parent and child, like " senior" and " junior" are used in English, but are placed between the given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bray Emmets
Bray Emmets Gaelic Athletic Association is a hurling, camogie, Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. History The first club AGM took place on 11 December 1886. The first recorded Bray Emmets team played Dalkey in a field at the Vevay in 1885. The club took its name from Robert Emmet (1778–1803), an Irish rebel leader. The club host the annual All-Ireland Kick Fada Championship, first held in 2000. Honours Hurling * Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1) 2022 * Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship (10) 1952, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 * Wicklow Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) 2006, 2015, 2022 * Wicklow Junior Hurling Championship (3) 2004, 2014, 2020 (Played 11/06/2021 due to covid restrictions) Football * Wicklow Senior Football Championship (3) 1934, 1935 * Dublin Senior Football Championship (1) 1901 * Wicklow Intermediate Football Championship (2) 1973, 1997 * Wicklow Junior A Foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Games Administrators
Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages, including: ** Primitive Gaelic or Archaic Gaelic, the oldest known form of the Gaelic languages ** Old Gaelic or Old Irish, used c. AD 600–900 ** Middle Gaelic or Middle Irish, used c. AD 900–1200 ** Irish Gaelic (), including Classical Gaelic and Early Modern Gaelic, c. 1200-1600) *** Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland ** Scottish Gaelic (), historically sometimes called in Scots English *** Canadian Gaelic ( or ), a dialect of Scots Gaelic spoken in the Canadian Maritime region ** Manx Gaelic ( or ), Gaelic language with Norse elements Culture and history *Gaelic Ireland, the history of the Gaels of Ireland * Gaelic literature *Gaelic revival, a movement in the late 20th century to encourage both the use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESB People
ESB may refer to: Education * École supérieure du bois, a French engineering College * Edwards School of Business, at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada * English Speaking Board, a British educational charity * ESB Business School, at Reutlingen University in Germany * European School, Bergen, in the Netherlands Sport * E.S.B. (horse), a racehorse * Elias Sports Bureau, a North American statistical and historical sports information organisation * Entente Sportive de Bingerville, an Ivorian football club Other uses * The E Street Band, an American rock band primarily associated with Bruce Springsteen * Electric Storage Battery Company, now Exide, an American battery manufacturer * Empire State Building, a skyscraper in New York City * ''The Empire Strikes Back'', a 1980 film in the ''Star Wars'' series * Enterprise service bus, a computer software abstraction layer * Equilibrium partitioning sediment benchmark * IATA Code ESB, Ankara Esenboğa Airport serving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin County Board Administrators
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is the largest city by population on the island of Ireland; at the 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while the city including suburbs had a population of 1,263,219, County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500. Various definitions of a metropolitan Greater Dublin Area exist. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixth largest in Western Europe after the Acts of Union in 1800. Following independence in 1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chairmen Of Gaelic Games Governing Bodies
The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the group or organisation, presides over meetings of the group, and is required to conduct the group's business in an orderly fashion. In some organizations, the chair is also known as ''president'' (or other title). In others, where a board appoints a president (or other title), the two terms are used for distinct positions. The term chairman may be used in a neutral manner, not directly implying the gender of the holder. In meetings or conferences, to "chair" something (chairing) means to lead the event. Terminology Terms for the office and its holder include ''chair'', ''chairman'', ''chairwoman'', ''chairperson'', ''convenor'', ''facilitator'', '' moderator'', ''president'', and ''presiding officer''. The chair of a parliamentary chamber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Deaths
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1917 Births
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Jimmy Roche
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Jack Conroy
John Wesley Conroy (December 5, 1899 – February 28, 1990) was a leftist American writer, also known as a worker-writer. He was best known for his contributions to proletarian literature: fiction and nonfiction about the life of American workers during the early decades of the 20th century."Inventory of the Jack Conroy Papers." The Newberry Library Chicago. 2003. The Newberry Library, Web. 29 Oct 2009. Background "Jack" Conroy was born John Wesley Conroy to Irish immigrants on December 5, 1899, in the coal mining camp of Monkey Nest near Moberly, Missouri.""Jack Conroy." Moberly Area Community College. Moberly Area Community College, Web. 29 Oct 2009. Elements of his childhood experiences growing up in a mining camp can be seen in his Depression-era novels, '' The Disinherited'' and '' A World to Win''. Career Though he did not complete a formal education, Conroy worked at various jobs including: railroad shop apprentice (and eventual foreman), recording secretary for the Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longford GAA
The Longford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Longford GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Longford. The county board is also responsible for the Longford county teams. The Longford county football team, county football team won its only National Football League (Ireland), National Football League title in 1966 with a one-point victory over Galway county football team, Galway in the 1965-66 National Football League (Ireland), Home Final and an aggregate win over New York county football team, New York in the Final. The team won its only Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 1968, with a 3-9 to 1-4 win over Laois county football team, Laois. Clubs The county board oversees 22 GAA clubs, the lowest number of any county in Ireland. The current total of 22 clubs is down from 24 in 2009 which at the time was the smallest in the country, below Sligo GAA, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Senior Football Championship
The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship, 1888 championship. The final serves as the culmination of a series of games played during April and May, and the results determine which team receives the Delaney Cup. The championship has always been played on a Single-elimination tournament, straight knockout basis, whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. The Leinster SFC is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners of the Leinster SFC final, like their counterparts in Connacht Senior Foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
