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2016 GAA Interprovincial Championships
The 2016 GAA Interprovincial Championships (formerly known as the Railway Cups) was a senior GAA competition in which the four provinces of Ireland competed in Gaelic football and hurling. The provincial squads are made up of players from the county panels in each province. Connacht were the reigning football champions whilst Leinster were the reigning hurling champions from 2014. Due to adverse weather conditions, the 2015 inter-provincials did not take place. Ulster were the Football champions and Munster were the Hurling champions. Football Championship Football Managers *Ger O’Sullivan (Cork & Munster) *John Tobin (Galway & Connacht) *Pete McGrath (Down & Ulster) *Seán Kelly (Meath & Leinster) Football Semi-finals Football final Hurling Championship Hurling Managers * Anthony Daly (Clare & Munster) *Micheál Donoghue (Galway & Connacht) *Terence McNaughton Terence "Sambo" McNaughton (born 1965) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared total revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games Administration Committee (GAC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendances. Gaelic football is also the second most popular participation sport in Northern Ireland. The women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Ulster
The flag of Ulster is a historic banner based on the coat of arms of Ulster, used to represent Ulster, one of the four provinces of Ireland. It consists of a red cross on a gold background with a red hand on a white shield in the centre. History The flag of Ulster came about when Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster became Earl of Ulster in 1264. He merged the family arms (heraldry) of the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh (which was a red cross on a yellow background) with that of the Red Hand of Ulster of the Irish over-kingdom of Ulaid, which the earldom encompassed. The de Burgh family heraldry is said to have come about after Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent had fought in the Third Crusade but had no coat of arms himself. He carried a gold coloured shield into battle. Following a battle, King Richard the Lionheart of England gave de Burgh a coat of arms by dipping his finger into the blood of a Saracen slain at the feet of de Burgh a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GAA Interprovincial Championship
The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster GAA teams are composed of the best players from the counties in each province. The games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The Railway Cup was a revival of the Railway Shield which ran from 1905 to 1907 (football) and from 1905 to 1908 (hurling). The first Railway Cup competitions (the name is due to the donation of the trophy by Irish Rail) were held in 1927, with Munster winning the first football title and Leinster winning the first hurling title. Presently, Ulster hold the record for the most football Railway Cup wins with 30, while Munster has won the most hurling titles with 43. The longest hurling streak was Munster's six-in-a-row from 1948 to 1953, while Ulster won a football five-in-a-row from 1991 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacDonagh Park
MacDonagh Park is a GAA stadium in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is the home ground of the Nenagh Éire Óg club and has often been used for inter-county matches, including some of Tipperary's National Hurling League fixtures. See also * List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums The following is a list of stadiums used by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The stadiums are ordered by capacity; that is, the maximum number of spectators each stadium is authorised by the GAA to accommodate. Three of the stadiums above ... References Nenagh Sports venues in County Tipperary Tipperary GAA venues {{Ireland-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semple Stadium
The Semple Stadium is the home of hurling and Gaelic football for Tipperary GAA and for the province of Munster. Located in Thurles, County Tipperary, it is the second largest GAA stadium in Ireland (after Croke Park), with a capacity of 45,690. Over the decades since 1926, it has established itself as the leading venue for Munster hurling followers, hosting the Munster Hurling Final on many memorable occasions. Facilities The main or 'Old Stand' of the ground (also known as the 'Ardán Ó Coinneáin' or 'Dr Kinane Stand') lies across from the 'New Stand' (also known as the 'Ardán Ó Riáin') both of which are covered. Behind the goals are two uncovered terraces known as the 'Town End' (also known as the 'Davin Terrace') and the 'Killinan End' (also known as the 'Maher Terrace') respectively. Currently the stadium has a capacity of 45,690 of which 24,000 are seated. The Dome The sports hall accommodates a full-sized basketball court suitable for national standard competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence McNaughton
Terence "Sambo" McNaughton (born 1965) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left wing-back at senior level for the Antrim county team. Born in Cushendall, County Antrim, McNaughton first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St Aloysius High School. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Antrim senior team, while also joining the under-21 and senior sides. He made his senior debut during the 1981 "B" championship. McNaughton immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won two All-Ireland "B" medals and six Ulster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. As a member of the Ulster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, McNaughton ended his career without a Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a seven-time ulster medallist with Ruarí Óg Cushendall. In addition to this he also won eight championship medals. Throughout his career McNaughton made 27 championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheál Donoghue
Micheál Donoghue (born 7 September 1974) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He has been manager of the Dublin senior hurling team since August 2022. Donoghue was previously manager of the Galway senior hurling team from the end of 2015 until the summer of 2019. Donoghue began his hurling career at club level with Clarinbridge. After breaking onto the club's top adult team he enjoyed his greatest success almost a decade later when he captained the club to the 2001 Galway Senior Championship. At inter-county level, Donoghue, along with his twin brother Liam, was part of the successful Galway minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1992 before later winning an All-Ireland Championship with the under-21 team in 1993. He also joined the Galway senior team in 1993. Donoghue's senior career was hampered by injuries, however, he made a number of National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 1996. His final seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Daly (hurler)
Anthony Daly (born 22 October 1969) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Clare senior hurling team. Born in Clarecastle, County Clare, Daly first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Flannan's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Clare minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 1989–90 National League. Daly subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals. He captained the team to the All-Ireland title in 1995 and 1997. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Daly won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a one-time Munster medallist with Clarecastle. In addition to this he also won five championship medals. Throughout his career Daly made 30 championship appearances. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 21 February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon () is the county town of County Leitrim in Ireland. It is the largest town in the county of Leitrim. A smaller part of the town lies in County Roscommon. The population of the town was 4,062 in 2016. It is situated on a strategic crossing point of the River Shannon. The Leitrim part of the town is in the civil parish of Kiltoghert which is in the ancient barony of Leitrim. History Carrick-on-Shannon is situated on a fording point of the Shannon. In the vicinity of Drumsna, on the County Roscommon border, are the remains of an Iron Age fortification. Corryolus townland on the Shannon () remembers Eolais Mac Biobhsach, ancestor of the Muintir Eolais who were the most famous ancient Leitrim sub-septs in the Barony of Mohill and the Barony of Leitrim. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, a famous Battle of Áth an Chip occurred near Carrick-on-Shannon. On old maps, the town was also known as Carrick Drumrusk and Carrikdrumrusk, being an anglicised vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
{{Infobox stadium , name = {{lang, ga, Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada , nickname = , image = Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada.jpg , caption = Leitrim Gaelic football team training at Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada , location = Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, N41 RY88, Ireland , coordinates = {{coord, 53, 56, 53.01, N, 8, 4, 30.53, W, display=it, region:IE_type:landmark , opened = , renovated = 2007 , owner = Leitrim GAA , cost = , capacity = 9,331 {{Collapsible list, title=Capacity history, 17,000 (1964) 15,000 9,331 (2011–present) , dimensions = 142 x 87 m , publictransit=Carrick-on-Shannon railway station Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada ({{IPA-ga, ˌpˠaːɾʲc ˈʃaːn̪ʸ mˠək ˈdʲiəɾˠmˠəd̪ˠə, pron) is a GAA stadium in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland. It is the home of Leitrim GAA's football and hurling teams. It was named for the Irish revolutionary Seán Mac Diarmada, one of the leaders of the 1916 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Leinster
The flag of the Irish province of Leinster is a banner with the provincial coat of arms: a gold Irish harp with silver strings on a green field (blazon: ''vert a harp or stringed argent''). These arms are similar to the arms of Ireland, which have the same device on a field of blue rather than green. The arms (''Vert, a Harp Or, stringed Argent'') is believed to have likely evolved from the arms of Ireland itself with a change of tincture. History Possibly the oldest Irish instance of the use of the harp device on a green field was the flag of Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill (Owen Roe O'Neill). Owen Roe, nephew of Aodh ( Hugh O'Neill), had entered the Spanish service after his uncle's defeat at Kinsale in 1601. Owen rose to prominence in the Spanish army, and in 1642 returned to Ireland to assist the Irish Confederation in the war that broke out the previous year. It is recorded that his ship, the St Francis, as she lay at anchor at Dunkirk, flew from her mast top "the Irish harp in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Connacht
The coat of arms of Connacht displays a vertically dimidiation, dimidiated black eagle and armed hand. The arms are recorded as such on a map of Galway dated 1651, now in the library of Trinity College Dublin. These arms approximate rather closely to those of the ''Schottenkloster'', or Gaelic monastery, founded in Regensburg, Bavaria in the 11th century.''Heraldry in Ireland'', The National Library of Ireland The arms of Connacht is blazoned ''Party Per Pale Argent and Azure, in the first an eagle dimidiated and displayed Sable in the second issuant from the partition an arm embowed and vested, the hand holding a sword erect, all Argent'' These are believed to have been adopted from the arms of the medieval Scots Monastery, Regensburg, ''Schottenkloster'' (Gaelic monastery) in Regensburg, Germany. These arms, which date from at least the 14th century, combined Armorial of the Holy Roman Empire, the arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (from whom the abbey received protection) dimidiatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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