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2014–15 Women's National League (Ireland)
The 2014–15 Women's National League was the fourth season of the Women's National League. On 20 August 2014, at the Aviva Stadium, Continental Tyres were unveiled as the new sponsor of both the Women's National League and FAI Women's Cup. Before the season started there were two name changes following takeovers and/or mergers. Cork Women's F.C. were taken over by FORAS/Cork City F.C. and as a result were renamed Cork City W.F.C. It was also announced that DLR Waves and UCD's senior women's team would join forces and become known as UCD Waves. Shamrock Rovers withdrew from the league, leaving seven teams to play each other. Wexford Youths won the league title, finishing two points clear of second placed UCD Waves. UCD Waves also finished as runners-up in the 2014 FAI Women's Cup, losing 2–1 after extra time in the final to Raheny United. Raheny then went on to complete a cup double when they also won the 2015 WNL Cup. It is first time Raheny United had won the latter cup. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's National League (Ireland)
The Women's National League (WNL; ga, Sraith Náisiúnta na mBan) is the top-level league for women's association football in the Republic of Ireland. It is organised by the Football Association of Ireland and the Women's Football Association of Ireland. The LFAI (Ladies Football Association of Ireland) previously organised a women's national league known as the Ladies League of Ireland or the Women's League of Ireland during the 1970s and 1980s. The current league was founded in 2011–12 Women's National League (Ireland), 2011 and the inaugural winners were Peamount United F.C., Peamount United. The winners qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. History Ladies League of Ireland The Football Association of Ireland, FAI/Women's Football Association of Ireland, WFAI first organised a women's national league in 1973 in Ireland, 1973. It was known as the Ladies League of Ireland or the Woman's League of Ireland. Twelve teams were originally invited to participate. These in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raheny United F
Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 CE ( Mervyn Archdall). The district shares Dublin's two largest municipal parks, Saint Anne's Park and Bull Island with its 4.5 km beach, with neighbouring Clontarf, and is crossed by several small watercourses. The coastal hamlet grew rapidly in the 20th century and is now a mid-density, chiefly residential, Northside suburb with a village core. It is home to a range of retail and banking outlets, multiple sports groups including two golf courses, several schools and churches, Dublin's second-busiest library and a police station. Raheny is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock. Location and access Raheny runs from the coast inland, with its centre about from Dublin city centre and from Dublin Airport. It is administered by Dublin City Council. The county boundary with Fingal lies close by, where Raheny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Duggan
Karen Duggan (born 29 May 1991) is an Irish footballer who plays for Peamount United of the Women's National League (WNL). She has previously played for UCD Waves and the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. Between 2013 and 2016 Duggan was selected for the WNL Team of the Season for four successive seasons. She was the only player selected all four seasons. In 2015–16 she was also WNL Senior Player of the Season. Duggan has also played camogie at club, university and county level. Early years Duggan was born in Piltown, County Kilkenny. She is the daughter of Pat and Bernie Duggan and has an older brother, John. Between 2005 and 2009 Duggan attended Scoil Mhuire (Greenhills) in Carrick-on-Suir where she studied for her Leaving Cert. While there she played various sports including association football, camogie, Gaelic football and basketball. As a schoolgirl she also played association football for Piltown L.F.C. and began playing camogie with Piltown GAA. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciara Rossiter
Ciara Rossiter (born 12 February 1996) is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender for Women's National League club Wexford Youths Women FC. She has been a member of the Republic of Ireland women's national team. She is a left-sided full-back who can also play in midfield. Club career Rossiter is from Rathaspeck in County Wexford. At youth level she played soccer for Forth Celtic, as well as camogie and Gaelic football for the local St Martin's GAA club. Rossiter made her first Women's National League (WNL) appearances for Wexford Youths in 2012–13. She found success in the 2014–15 season; being named in the league Team of the Season and awarded the Young Player of the Year as Wexford Youths won the championship. She also played in the club's subsequent 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League campaign in August 2015. In November 2015 Wexford Youths won the FAI Women's Cup for the first time. In the final at the Aviva Stadium Rossiter's injury time equaliser hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Sinnott
Nicola Sinnott (born 8 August 1987) is a Republic of Ireland women's international footballer who plays for Wexford Youths of the Women's National League. Club career Sinnott played youth football for Boca Juniors of Gorey, then attended University College Dublin on a soccer scholarship. She transferred to Peamount United, where she was part of the 2010 FAI Women's Cup-winning team and the subsequent 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League campaign. In November 2011, Sinnott signed for Shamrock Rovers ahead of the inaugural 2011–12 Women's National League season. After moving on to Wexford Youths, she found success in the 2014–15 season; being named in the league Team of the Season as the club won the championship. International career Sinnott made her international debut at under-17 level for Ireland in April 2004. She was named player of the tournament in a four-team competition hosted in Castlebar. She later played at under-19 level and represented Irish Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Football Association Of Ireland
Football Association of Ireland, Women's (FAI Women's) (formerly the Women's Football Association of Ireland) is the governing body for women's association football in the Republic of Ireland. It is responsible for organising the Republic of Ireland women's national football team, the FAI Women's Cup and the Women's National League as well as various county and regional leagues and junior cup competitions. History The WFAI was originally formed in 1973 as the Ladies Football Association of Ireland. It was initially independent of the Football Association of Ireland. In 1991 the LFAI became affiliated to the FAI and in 2001 it adopted the name Women's Football Association of Ireland. As part of the 2015-2018 FAI Women’s Strategic Plan, there was implementation of a new governance structure for women’s association football in the Republic of Ireland. This saw the Women's Football Association of Ireland fully integrate into the FAI and the formation of a national Women's Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Daily Mail
The ''Irish Daily Mail'' is a newspaper published in Ireland and :Northern Ireland by DMG Media (the parent company of the British ''Daily Mail''). The paper launched in February 2006 with a launch strategy that included giving away free copies on the first day of circulation and low pricing subsequently. The 2009 price was one euro. The strategy aimed to attract readers away from the ''Irish Independent''. Associated Newspapers Ireland employs over 160 people in Ireland. Both the ''Irish Daily Mail'' and the ''Irish Mail on Sunday'', along with their magazines, ''YOU'' and ''TV Week'', are printed by Smurfit Kappa News Press in Kells and The Irish Times at Citywest, Dublin. In July 2006 British media analyst Roy Greenslade explained falling sales of the ''Irish Daily Mail'': whereas the British version of the ''Daily Mail'' acutely understands its readership, "None of that understanding of the culture, politics and genuine interests of the Irish people is evident in the pages o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rianna Jarrett
Rianna Lauren Jarrett (born 5 July 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Wexford Youths of the Irish Women's National League, and for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. A prolific forward, Jarrett was the Women's National League (WNL) Player of the Season in 2018 and 2019. Early life Jarrett's mother Doreen is from Wexford and had met her Jamaican father David while living in England. The family returned to Wexford and Jarrett began playing football for North End United's boys' team alongside her twin brother Jordan and their cousin Robin Dempsey. She was forced to leave the boys' team and briefly played for Curracloe, as well as for a Wexford League select team who entered the FAI Women's Cup. UT Martin Skyhawks Jarrett received an athletic scholarship from the University of Tennessee at Martin to play college soccer for their UT Martin Skyhawks in 2014. Her 17 goals set a new school record and she won the Ohio Valley Conference Offens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Áine O'Gorman
Áine Marie O'Gorman (born 13 May 1989) is an Irish footballer who plays for Women's National League club Shamrock Rovers. At club level, O'Gorman began her senior career with Stella Maris, played for Peamount United and UCD Waves, and also spent two seasons with the English FA WSL club Doncaster Rovers Belles in 2011 and 2012. O'Gorman made her first appearance for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in March 2006 and collected her 100th cap in June 2018. After an 18-month period of retirement from international football, she returned to the national team in March 2020. In October 2022 she was in the Ireland team which beat Scotland at Hampden Park in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs, to qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time. A prolific forward at club level, O'Gorman has won the Women's National League top goalscorer award five times – including on three consecutive occasions from 2020 to 2022 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rsssf
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. History This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew. The RSSSF has members and contributors from all around the world and has spawned seven spin-off projects to more closely follow the leagues of that project's home country. The spin-off projects are dedicated to Albania, Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Poland (90minut.pl), Romania, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galway W
Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city on the island of Ireland and the fourth most populous in the Republic of Ireland, with a population at the 2022 census of 83,456. Located near an earlier settlement, Galway grew around a fortification built by the King of Connacht in 1124. A municipal charter in 1484 allowed citizens of the by then walled city to form a council and mayoralty. Controlled largely by a group of merchant families, the Tribes of Galway, the city grew into a trading port. Following a period of decline, as of the 21st century, Galway is a tourist destination known for festivals and events including the Galway Arts Festival. In 2018, Galway was named the European Region of Gastronomy. The city was the European Capital of Culture for 2020, alongside Rijeka, Croati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlebar Celtic W
Castlebar () is the county town of County Mayo, Ireland. Developing around a 13th century castle of the de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal point for the surrounding hinterland. With a population of 12,318 in the 2011 census (up from 3,698 in the 1911 census), Castlebar was one of the fastest growing town in Ireland in the early 21st century. A campus of Atlantic Technological University and the Country Life section of the National Museum are two important facilities in the area. The town is linked by railway to Dublin, Westport and Ballina. The main route by road is the N5. History The modern town grew up as a settlement around the de Barry castle, which was built by a Norman adventurer in 1235 and was later the site of an English garrison. The castle was located at the end of Castle Street, where the town river is thought to have originally flowed. Castlebar Military Barracks operated in the town for man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
