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1970 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 1970 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1970 season. The championship was won by Cork GAA#Camogie, Cork, who defeated Kilkenny GAA#Camogie, Killkenny by an 11-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 4,000. Semi-finals Kilkenny won the Leinster Championship for the first time when they defeated Dublin 5–3 to 4–3 and received an unexpected bye to the All-Ireland final when Galway withdrew, receiving a three-month suspension from Camogie Association, Central Council for failing to fulfil the fixture. Cork owe their victory over Antrim GAA#Camogie, Antrim to a tremendous opening quarter when they raced into an eleven-point lead with two goals from Pat Moloney and a third from Rosie Hennessy. Final Liz Garvan, the 17-year-old tennis champion from Old Als, stole the show in the All-Ireland final with 3-6 of Cork’s total. Úna Uí Phuirséil, Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press This was a match from which Cork emerged the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork GAA
The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Chorcaí) or Cork GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cork and the Cork county teams. It is one of the constituent counties of Munster GAA. Cork is one of the few dual counties in Ireland, competing in a similar level in both football and hurling. However, despite both teams competing at the top level of the game for most of the county's history, the county hurling team has experienced more success, winning the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship on thirty occasions. By comparison, the county football team has won All-Ireland Senior Football Championship on seven occasions, most recently in 2010. Cork was the third county from the province of Munster both to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following Limerick and Tipperary. Traditionally f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloyne GAA
Cloyne GAA club is located in the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club plays in the Imokilly GAA, Imokilly division of Cork GAA. Founded in 1887 they have yet to win a Cork Senior Hurling Championship title and have the dubious distinction of losing in 3 successive finals (2004, 2005 and 2006). Christy Ring one of their most famous players played for the team before moving to play for Glen Rovers GAA, Glen Rovers in 1941 was often called ''The Wizard of Cloyne'' for his hurling prowess and a statue commemorating him stands in the centre of the town. Honours Relegated in 2012 to Premier intermediate hurling status. * Cork Senior Hurling Championship Beaten finalists 2004, 2005, 2006 * Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1966, 1970, 1997 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship, 1997 Beaten finalists 1913, 1992, 1996 * Cork Junior Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1939, 1961, 1987 , Runners-Up 1944, 1960 * Cork Minor B Hurling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Garvan
Elizabeth Garvan is a camogie player, scorer of 3-6 of Cork's total of 5–7 in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, All Ireland final of 1970. She won further All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, All Ireland senior medals in 1971, 1972 and 1973. Career She was still at school when chosen to play for Cork in the Munster championship of 1968 and for Munster in the Gael Linn Cup the following autumn, winning the Munster camogie player of the year award en route. She won Ashbourne Cup medals with UCC in their 1971-4 three-in-a-row. References External links Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website * :Camogie players, Wikipedia List of Camogie players Cork camogie players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) UCC camogie players {{Cork-camogie-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCC GAA
UCC is a football and hurling club associated with University College Cork. UCC teams play in the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship as well as the two main third-level competitions namely the Sigerson Cup in football, the Fitzgibbon Cup in hurling and the Ashbourne Cup in camogie. They also compete against inter-county sides in the pre-season McGrath Cup (football) and Waterford Crystal Cup (hurling). The piratical skull and crossbones logo on the team shirt, which first appeared on the rugby team of what was then known as Queen’s College Cork (composed mostly of medical students, hence the bones) was appropriated in the mid-1910s by the GAA clubs, and in 1929 by the UCC hockey club. Notable players ;Football * Johnny Buckley * Maurice Fitzgerald * Paul Galvin * Moss Keane * Billy Morgan * Séamus Moynihan * Ken O'Halloran * Jamie O'Sullivan ;Hurling * Pat Heffernan * Joe Deane * James "Cha" Fitzpatrick * Ray Cummins * Nicky English * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watergrasshill GAA
Watergrasshill GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the parish of Watergrasshill, County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to Cork GAA and is part of the Imokilly division. Currently, the club fields teams in hurling and camogie, with no Gaelic football teams. History The club was founded in 1928. It was predominantly a Junior B hurling club for much of its early existence, winning an East Cork B hurling championship in 1947. It did on occasion sporadically enter teams in the East Cork football championship in its earlier years, with little success. In 1960 the club became a sister club to the Gaelic football club in the parish, Glenville. Watergrasshill would send its footballers to play for Glenville and in return, Glenville would send its hurlers to play for Watergrasshill. In 1968 the club won its second East Cork Jr B title and regraded to Junior A for the following season. Within 5 years the club had captured its first East Cork Junior A championship in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Comerford
Ann Comerford is a former camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ... player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1970. She won a second All Ireland senior medal in 1972. Career She scored two goals in the 1971 defeat of Wexford. Although injured she came on the 1971 All Ireland Club Championship semi-final for South Presentation Past Pupils. References External links Camogie.ieOfficial Camogie Association Website * Wikipedia List of Camogie players Cork camogie players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Cork-camogie-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Aloysius Camogie Club
Old Aloysius was a camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ... club in County Cork. Notable players included Lil Kirby, Peggy Hogg, Kathleen Buckley, Renee Fitzgerald and Mary Moran (both later to become Presidents of the Camogie Association). Colours Cork wore the Old Aloysius colours green and grey instead of their red and white tunics in the 1939 All Ireland final to avoid a clash of colours with Galway. Achievements * Cork Senior Camogie Championship Winners (16) 1932, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961 References External links Camogie.ieOfficial Camogie Association Website * Wikipedia List of Camogie clubs Camogie clubs in County Cork {{Cork-GAA-club-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne McAuliffe
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Sugrue
Betty Sugrue is a former camogie Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ... player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1971. She won All Ireland senior medals in Cork's four in a row of 1970–73. References External links Camogie.ieOfficial Camogie Association Website Cork camogie players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Cork-camogie-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canovee
Canovee is the name of a rural region and a village nucleus in the Lee valley in County Cork, Ireland. The toponym 'Canovee' is synonymous with the official version Cannaway (as in the civil parish of Cannaway), and the electoral division of Cannaway. Geography "Island" of Canavoy Canovee has sometimes been referred to as an 'island', because most of the parish's boundaries are formed by bodies of water. For example, the River Lee constituting its north-eastern, northern and north-western borders, the Kame River and one of its tributaries lie to the east, and the Aghthying Stream is to the west. Civil parish of Cannaway The civil parish of Cannaway corresponds to the 'Island of Canavoy'. Civil parishes were ecclesiastical units of territory based on Gaelic tuatha, or early Christian and monastic settlements from the 12th century. They were later adopted by the Church of Ireland, and subsequently became civil administrative areas. The official names of the constituent tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Dunne
Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name ''Síle'', which is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin name Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meaning 'heavenly'. People * Sheila (French singer) (born 1945), real name Annie Chancel, French singer of group "Sheila (and) B. Devotion" * Sheila (German singer) (born 1984), Sheila Jozi, German folk/schlager singer of Iranian descent * Sheila Bair (born 1954), chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation * Sheila Bleck (born 1974), IFBB bodybuilder * Sheila Burnett (born 1949), British sprint canoeist * Sheila Chandra (born 1965), English pop singer * Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (born 1979), American politician * Sheila Chisholm (1895–1969), socialite, probable inspiration for the Australian phrase "a good-looking sheila" * Sheila Copps (born 1952), Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–97 * Sheila Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youghal
Youghal ( ; ) is a seaside resort town in County Cork, Ireland. Located on the estuary of the River Blackwater, the town is a former military and economic centre. Located on the edge of a steep riverbank, the town has a long and narrow layout. As of the 2016 census, the population was 7,963. As a historic walled seaport town on the coastline of East Cork, and close to a number of beaches, it has been a tourist destination since the mid-19th century. There are a number of historic buildings and monuments within the town's walls, and Youghal is among a small number of towns designated as "Irish Heritage Ports" by the Irish Tourist Board. Name The name ''Youghal'' comes from the Irish ''Eochaill'' meaning " yew woods", which were once common in the area. Older anglicisations of this name include ''Youghall'', ''Yoghel'' and ''Yochil''. History and architecture Youghal received its charter of incorporation in 1209, but the history of settlement on the site is longer, with Viking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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