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2020 Leinster Senior Football Championship
The 2020 Leinster Senior Football Championship is the 2020 iteration of Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA. The tournament was won by Dublin, their 59th Leinster championship, and tenth in a row, en route to their sixth consecutive All-Ireland title. Teams The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete. (i) = interim Shane Roche was originally a selector but was appointed interim manager of Wexford after Paul Galvin left suddenly in September 2020. Roche was formally ratified for a two-year term as manager in January 2021. Championship draw The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals was released by Leinster GAA on 7 October 2019. In a change to previous years' championships, a separate draw for the semi-finals was due to take place once the quarter final ties had been played, however, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin County Football Team
The Dublin county football team represents Dublin in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Dublin GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. Dublin's official home ground is Parnell Park, Donnycarney. However, the team generally plays its home games at Croke Park. The team's manager is Dessie Farrell. The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 2021, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2020 and the National League in 2021. Dublin claimed eleven consecutive Leinster Senior Football Championships following a three-point victory over Wexford in 2011, a three-point victory over Meath in 2012, a seven-point victory over Meath in 2013, a sixteen-point victory over Meath in 2014, a thirteen-point victory over Westmeath in 2015, a fifteen-point victory over West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 132nd edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887. Thirty-three teams took part – thirty-one of the thirty-two Counties of Ireland, London GAA, London and New York GAA, New York. Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny, as in previous years, did not enter. Dublin GAA, Dublin were the defending champions. In 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 2018 they won a record-equalling fourth consecutive title, becoming only the fourth team to achieve this feat (the other four-in-a-row champions were Wexford GAA, Wexford in 1915–18 and Kerry GAA, Kerry in 1929–32 and 1978–81). They won the 2019 final, defeating Kerry in a replay, and became the GAA's first ever five-in-a-row All-Ireland senior champions. Competition format Provincial Championships format Connacht GAA, Connacht, Leinster GAA, Leinster, Munster GAA, Munster and Ulster G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louth County Football Team
The Louth county football team represents Louth in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Louth GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. Louth's home ground is Drogheda Park, Drogheda. The team's manager is Mickey Harte. The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 1957, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1957 and has never won the National League. History The earliest recorded inter-county football match took place in 1712 when Louth faced Meath at Slane. A fragment of a poem from 1806 records a football match between Louth and Fermanagh at Inniskeen, Co Monaghan. When Louth GAA sent the team into training in Dundalk for the 1913 Croke Memorial replay under a soccer trainer from Belfast, the move caused more than a ripple through the Association. For thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 82nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 21 April 1968 and ended on 22 September 1968. Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Longford in the Leinster semi-final. On 22 September 1968, Down won the championship following a 2-12 to 1-13 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title and their first in seven championship seasons. Down's Paddy Doherty was the championship's top scorer with 1-25. His teammate Seán O'Neill was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-final Semi-finals Final Leinster Senior Football Championship First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Munster Senior Football Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padraic Davis
Padraic Davis is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played for the Fr Manning Gaels club and the Longford county team. He also managed the Longford county team. Playing career Davis played for the Fr Manning Gaels club, winning four Longford Senior Football Championships, three consecutively from 1996–98, and again in 2001. He played for Longford for 12 years from 1995 to 2007. He was Longford's leading forward for many years in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and one of the greatest players the county has ever produced. He won an O'Byrne Cup with Longford in 2000. Davis played for Leinster in the Railway Cup (1998–2004), winning it on two occasions. Managerial career After retiring from playing Davis began managing at club and inter-county level. In 2010, he managed his home club St Vincent's to a Longford Minor Football Championship. That same year he was the forwards coach to the Longford minor team which won the Leinster Minor Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipperary Colours
Tipperary is the name of: Places *County Tipperary, a county in Ireland **North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh **South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel *Tipperary (town), County Tipperary's namesake town * New Tipperary, an area built in the late 19th century for people who had been evicted from Tipperary town *Tipperary Hill, an Irish district in Syracuse, New York, noted for its inverted traffic signal *Tipperary Park, a park in New Westminster, Canada *Tipperary Station, an cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia * The Tipperary, a historic pub in London, England Parliamentary constituencies * Tipperary (Parliament of Ireland constituency) (before 1801) * Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency) (1801–85) * Tipperary Mid, North and South (Dáil constituency) (1921–23) * Tipperary (Dáil constituency) (1923–48, 2016 - present) Songs *"It's a Long Way to Tipperary" * "Tipperary" (song) *"I'm Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longford County Football Team
The Longford county football team represents Longford in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Longford GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. Longford's home ground is Pearse Park, Longford. The team's manager is Paddy Christie. The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 1968 and the National League in 1966. Longford has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship. Crest and colours The Longford county colours are royal blue and gold. Green and white hooped jerseys were reputedly used by Longford until 1918 when a royal blue jersey with a gold sash was adopted. Around 1930 the sash disappeared but the gold trim was retained. History During the 1960s Mick Higgins was the coach of Longford when it won the National Football League (1966) and its first ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 117th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter county, inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 May 2003 and ended on 28 September 2003. Armagh GAA, Armagh entered the championship as the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, defending champions. On 28 September 2003, Tyrone GAA, Tyrone won the championship following a 0-12 to 0-9 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title. Tyrone's Peter Canavan was the championship's top scorer with 1-48. Armagh forward Steven McDonnell (Gaelic footballer), Steven McDonnell was the choice for the Vodafone Footballer of the Year award. Format The provincial championships in Munster GAA, Munster, Leinster GAA, Leinster, Ulster GAA, Ulster and Connacht GAA, Connacht were run as usual on a "knock-out" basis. These provincial games were then followed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laois Colours
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] |
Laois County Football Team
The Laois county football team ( ) represents Laois in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Laois GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. Laois's home ground is O'Moore Park, Portlaoise. The team's manager is Billy Sheehan. The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 2003 and the National League in 1986. Laois has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship. History Laois contested the second ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) final in 1889. In 1926, the county won the final of the first National Football League competition, defeating Dublin. Laois's only other appearance in an All-Ireland SFC decider was in 1936. Laois defeated Monaghan by a point in the 1985–86 National Football League final. Liam Irwin and Colm Browne both w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2000 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 114th edition of the GAA's premier Gaelic football competition. The championship began on 7 May 2000 and ended on 7 October 2000. Meath entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten by Offaly in the Leinster quarter-final. On 24 September 2000, the All-Ireland final between Kerry and Galway ended in a draw, 0-14 apiece. Kerry won the replay two weeks later by 0–17 to 1-10, thus claiming their 32nd All-Ireland title. This was the final year that the provincial knockout format was used, before the qualifier system was introduced in 2001. Format The Ulster, Munster and Connacht championships were conducted as straight knock-out competitions. In the Leinster championship, seven teams received byes to the quarter-finals, while the other four — Wicklow, Wexford, Longford and Carlow — played a round-robin to determine the 8th team to play in the Leinster quarter-finals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 42nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kildare were the winners. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship ---- ---- ---- ---- Leinster Senior Football Championship ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Munster Senior Football Championship ---- ---- Ulster Senior Football Championship ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship ---- ---- Championship statistics Miscellaneous * Cork win the Munster title for the first time since 1916. * Sligo win the Connacht title for the first time ever. * Kildare are All Ireland champions for the second year in a row. References External links , a British Pathé British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
