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2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 115th All-Ireland Hurling Final and the culmination of the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, a tournament for the top hurling counties. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 8 September 2002, between Kilkenny and Clare. Kilkenny won on a score line of 2–20 to 0–19. The winning captain for Kilkenny was Andy Comerford Andrew James Comerford (born 10 October 1972) is an Irish retired hurling manager and former player who played for Kilkenny Senior Championship club O'Loughlin Gaels. He played for the London and Kilkenny senior hurling teams for nearly a dec .... Match details Summary D. J. Carey got the opening score, a goal in the third-minute goal, touching into the net after a Henry Shefflin run and lob into the square. Kilkenny were 1–2 to 0–0 up after six minutes of play. References External linksMatch Highlights {{All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship All-Ireland Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Hurling Championship 2002) was the 116th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Clare 2-20 to 0-19 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. The championship Format Leinster Championship ''First round:'' (3 matches) These are three games between six of the 'weaker' teams drawn from the province of Leinster. Three teams are eliminated at this stage while the three winning teams advance to the second round. ''Second round:'' (2 matches) The three winners of the first-round games join a fourth Leinster team to make up the second round pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the quarter-final. ''Quarter-final:'' (1 match) This is a lone match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster. One team is eliminated from the provincial championship at this stage while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Coogan
James Michael Coogan (born 24 April 1978) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. Born in Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Coogan first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Kieran's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior team during the 2000 championship. Coogan later became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won two All-Ireland medals and one National Hurling League medal. As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Coogan won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he played with Tullaroan. His brother, Ken, was also an All-Ireland medallist with Kilkenny. Throughout his career Coogan made 11 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 2005 league. At the moment he is teachin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 2002 Sports Events In Europe
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2000s In Dublin (city)
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Quinn
Andrew Quinn (born 25 May 1983) is an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Clare senior hurling team. Andrew Quinn's underage career with St Flannan's College included winning Munster under-15 hurling and football, Munster under-16 hurling and football, Dean Ryan and Frewen Cups, and won two Dr Harty Cups and one All-Ireland in 2000 and denied a third Harty Cup in 2001. At club he won Minor A championship in 2000. He is also a county club championship medalist with Tulla. He contributed high scores on the path to final scoring 1-43 and contested Munster Club and Clare Cup finals after. At the college level he collected a Fitzgibbon Medal with Ul. In 2007 when Tulla reached the final of the county championship for the first time in almost seventy-five years. Crusheen, a team which had never won the title, provided the opposition. Quinn's brother Brian scored a crucial goal as Tulla secured a 1–7 to 0–9 victory. His brother Mark played at centre back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ollie Baker
Oliver Baker (born 14 July 1974) is an Irish former Hurling, hurler who played as a midfielder for the Clare GAA, Clare senior hurling team. Baker made his first appearance for the team during the National Hurling League 1994-95, 1994–95 National League and became a regular member of the starting fifteen over the next decade. During that time he won two All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland winners' medals, three Munster Senior Hurling Championship winner's medals and three GAA All Stars Awards, All-Star awards. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Baker is an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, All-Ireland medalist with St Joseph's Doora-Barefield GAA, St Joseph's Doora-Barefield. He also won two Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship, Munster winners' medals and three Clare Senior Hurling Championship, county club championship winners' medals. In retirement from playing Baker became involved in team management. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Griffin
Tony Griffin is a former inter-county Hurling, hurler who retired from that in November 2009. He has since worked as a coach, including with the Kerry county football team which won the Sam Maguire Cup in 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 2022.Tony also cycled the entire length of Canada in 49 days raising 1.2 million euros for charity Playing career College He played for NUI Galway GAA, NUI Galway in the Fitzgibbon Cup. Inter-county In 2000, he was called up to the Clare inter-county team under Ger Loughnane. In 2006, Griffin was inducted into the GAA All Stars Awards, GAA All-Star team in the left corner forward position. He had been nominated for an All-Star in twice previously, in 2004 and 2005. On 16 November 2009, Griffin retired from inter-county hurling with Clare, citing a lack of 'confidence in the current management structure' as one of the main reasons for doing so. Coaching Griffin joined the Kerry county football team as a performance coach ahead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Gilligan
Niall Gilligan (born 12 August 1976) is an Irish hurler who usually played as a right corner-forward for the Clare senior team. Born in Sixmilebridge, County Clare, Gilligan first played competitive hurling whilst at school in St. Flannan's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Clare under-21 team. He made his senior debut in the 1997 championship. Gilligan went on to play a key part for Clare for fourteen seasons, and won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Gilligan won four Railway Cup medals. At club level he won one All-Ireland medal, one Munster medal and three championship medals with Sixmilebridge. Gilligan's career tally of 20 goals and 197 points marks him out as Clare's top championship scorer. Throughout his career Gilligan made 56 championship appearances, marking him out as Clare's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Lynch
Colin Lynch (born 1973 in Lissycasey, County Clare) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling and Gaelic football with his local clubs Kilmaley and Lissycasey, and was a member of the Clare senior inter-county hurling team from 1997 until 2008. Playing career Club Colin played for Éire Óg ever before he played for Kilmaley. Lynch plays his club hurling with his local club Kilmaley and has enjoyed much success. In 1998 Lynch lined out in his first county senior championship final. The famous St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield club provided the opposition, however, Kilmayley still came up short and Lynch ended up on the defeated side. The following year Kilmaley were back in the junior hurling decider. Clonlara were the opponents on that occasion, however, for the second time Lynch's side faced defeat. 2004 saw Kilmaley finally break the barrier at senior level when they lined out against St. Joseph's in the senior championship decider. Lynch's side triumphed that day to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamesie O'Connor
Jamesie O'Connor (born 28 July 1972) is an Irish former hurler who played as a midfielder for the Clare senior hurling team. O'Connor made his first appearance for the team during the 1992–93 National League and became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 2004 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, three Munster medals and four All-Star awards. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level O'Connor was an All-Ireland medalist with St Joseph's Doora-Barefield. He also won two Munster medals and three county club championship medals. In May 2014, it was announced that O'Connor would be an analyst and co-commentator for BT Sports's new GAA coverage. Early and personal life The son of a Clare-born mother and a Galway father, O'Connor was born in Knocknaheeney, Cork City. As a child he supported the Galway team that won three All-Ireland titles in the 1980s. In 1982 the O'Connor family mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seánie McMahon
Seánie McMahon (born 1973) is a former Irish hurler. He played with his local club St Joseph's Doora-Barefield and with the Clare senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2006. He is the highest scoring back in All-Ireland Championship history with 0-97 from 51 games. Playing career Club McMahon retired from playing with his club Doora-Barefield in 2009. He has had some success at underage levels before finally winning a senior county championship title in 1998. This was later converted into a Munster club title and on St. Patrick's Day, 1999 McMahon claimed an All-Ireland club title following a huge win over Rathnure. Later that year he won a second county title as well as a second Munster club title. McMahon won a third Clare SHC medal in 2001. Inter-county McMahon is regarded by many as one of the finest hurlers to have ever played for Clare. He made his championship debut in 1994 against Tipperary and was a prominent member of the Clare side that won the Munster C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
