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2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 47th annual Gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970-71 season. The winners receive The Andy Merrigan Cup. On St. Patrick's Day 17 March 2017, Dr. Crokes from Kerry won the title for the second time by defeating Slaughtneil of Derry 1-9 to 1-7 in the final at Croke Park. Johnny Buckley was the winning captain. The 2015-16 champions were Ballyboden St. Endas from Dublin who defeated Castlebar Mitchels of Mayo on 17 March 2016 to win their 1st title. They were defeated in the second round of the 2016 Dublin Championship by Kilmacud Crokes. Results Connacht Senior Club Football Championship Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Leinster Senior Club Football Championship The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allied Irish Bank
Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. is one of the so-called Big Four commercial banks in Ireland. AIB offers a full range of personal, business and corporate banking services. The bank also offers a range of general insurance products such as home, travel and car. It offers life assurance and pensions through its tied agency with Irish Life Assurance plc. In December 2010 the Irish government took a majority stake in the bank, which eventually grew to 99.8%. AIB's shares are currently traded on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, but its shares were delisted from these exchanges between 2011 and 2017, following its effective nationalisation. The remainder of its publicly traded shares were listed on the Enterprise Securities Market of the Irish Stock Exchange until 23 June 2017. AIB also owns Allied Irish Bank (GB) in Great Britain and AIB (NI) in Northern Ireland. In November 2010, it sold its 22.5% stake in M&T Bank in the United States. At the beginning of 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlebar Mitchels GAA
Castlebar Mitchels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Castlebar area in County Mayo, Ireland. The club was founded in 1885 and is named after the nationalist John Mitchel (1815–1875). Though football is the club's dominant sport, hurling is also played. The club's name is a source of controversy, due to Mitchel's racism, advocacy of slavery and support for the Confederate States of America. Honours * All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship: Runner-Up 1994, 2014, 2016 * Connacht Senior Club Football Championship: 1969, 1993, 2013, 2015 * Mayo Senior Football Championship: (30 titles) 1888, 1903, 1930–1932, 1934, 1941–1942, 1944–1946, 1948, 1950–1954, 1956, 1959, 1962–1963, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1993, 2013 2015, 2016, 2017 * Mayo Senior Hurling Championship: Winners (2): 1952, 1955 (Runners-up 2019) Notable players * Tom Cunniffe * Paddy Durcan * Barry Moran * Neil Douglas * Richie Feeney * Patsy Flannelly * Henry Kenny * John Maughan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode GAA
Rhode GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located just outside the Village of Rhode in County Offaly, Ireland. With 30 Senior Football wins they are the most successful team in Offaly GAA football history. History The first recorded football match played by Rhode was on 17 March 1889 against Portarlington GAA. The outcome was a defeat for Rhode. The first appearance for Rhode in an Offaly football final was in 1891, however the match was unofficial and the facts about the match are unclear. Rhode's first official finals appearance was on 21 July 1900. It was also Rhode's first Championship win with the match ending Rhode 0−7, Daingean 0−2. Handball Fahy's Cross handball Club is located a mile north of Rhode, and is the Gaelic handball team of Rhode. The club, though small, has been successful over the years, with numerous Irish titles being won by Paddy Hope, David Hope and Nolie Murphy. Notable players *Anton Sullivan, appointed Offaly captain in 2018 Honours * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gusserane O'Rahilly's GAA
Gusserane O'Rahilly's club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Ballycullane, County Wexford, Ireland. The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football in Wexford GAA competitions. The club is one of a number that use the "O'Rahilly's" name (after Michael Rahilly from County Kerry), with others existing in places such as Drogheda, Monaghan and Tralee. Liam Fardy, who managed the Wexford senior football team between 1991 and 1995, and who also manged the county's under-21 football team, is from Gusserane. The club won a first Wexford Senior Football Championship title for 41 years in 2016. It contested the 2021 Wexford SFC final but lost. Honours * Wexford Senior Football Championships (6): 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1975, 2016 * Wexford Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1997 * Wexford Intermediate A Hurling Championship (1): 2020 * Wexford Junior Hurling Championship The Wexford Junior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aughrim Park
Aughrim County Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as Joule Park Aughrim, is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA stadium in Aughrim, County Wicklow, Aughrim, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Aughrim County Ground is the name of the home of Gaelic Games for County Wicklow (Gaelic football, Hurling, Camogie, Ladies Football) team. The ground has a capacity of about 7,000. The name "O'Byrne Park" was occasionally used in the past, but this has never been the official name: this mistake that came about because of the Irish name for the local village of Aughrim, "Aughrim of the O'Byrnes" (''Eachdhruim Uí Bhroin''). Also known locally as "The Pitch", or just "The Field". See also * List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums * List of stadiums in Ireland by capacity References Gaelic games grounds in the Republic of Ireland Sports venues in County Wicklow Wicklow GAA {{Ireland-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán O'Mahony's GFC
Seán O'Mahony's GFC is a Gaelic football club based in Dundalk, County Louth. History The club was founded in 1938 and named after the Irish republican Seán O'Mahony. They won the 2014 Louth Intermediate Football Championship and went on to win that year's Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. In 2015 the club reached the final of the Louth Senior Football Championship for the first time and won it in 2016 by defeating St Mary's of Ardee. O'Mahony's then advanced to the 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, defeating Baltinglass and Newbridge Sarsfields before losing 0–12 to 1–05 in the Leinster semi-final against Rhode at the Gaelic Grounds. Several players are members of the 27 Infantry Battalion, based at nearby Aiken Barracks. Liam Dullaghan will manage the team for the 2023 season. Notable players *Peter Corr * David Crawley * John O'Brien Honours * Louth Senior Football Championship (1): 2016 * Louth Intermediate Football Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltinglass GAA
Baltinglass GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Baltinglass, County Wicklow, Ireland. The main sport is Gaelic football. The club participates in male and female competitions from under 8 through to Adult ages run by the Wicklow GAA county board. The club's motto is 'Belief, Attitude, Loyalty, Trust, & Optimism', or BALTO for short. History Founded in 1887, First the club played under the name of ''Maurice Davins''. The first success came in 1913 as ''Baltinglass Shamrocks'', they won the delayed 1912 Wicklow Junior title. 1927 saw a Wicklow Senior Hurling title. In 1934 a meeting was held to re-establish the football club. A minor title in 1940 was followed by a Junior title in 1943 and with this it was promoted to Intermediate ranks. More minor titles were won 1952, 53, 54 & 55. The current pitch was bought in 1957, but was not officially opened until the 1980s. 1958 saw Baltinglass win the Wicklow Senior title for the first time. Four titles in the sixtie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are Ballyboden St. Enda's from Dublin. Offaly side Gracefield were the first winners of the Leinster senior club football championship in the 1970–71 season. The most successful clubs are St. Vincent's from Dublin and Portlaoise from Laois, who have won the Leinster championship on seven occasions. Carlow club Éire Óg won 5 championships in 7 years in the 1990s. Dublin clubs have won the Leinster championship twenty one times, which is more than double any other county. The winner of this competition represents Leinster in the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Wins Listed By Team Wins Listed By County No club from Kilkenny, Louth or Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corofin GAA (County Galway)
Corofin GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Corofin, County Galway, Ireland. The club serves the two parishes of Cummer and Kilmoylan and Belclare. Corofin are the 2019–20 All-Ireland Club Champions, after winning their third-successive All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final by defeating Kilcoo of Down in January 2020. History The club has had a long association with the GAA dating back as far as its inception. Corofin born and long time local parish priest, Dr Patrick Duggan, who was then Bishop of Clonfert was Michael Cusack's first choice to be the clerical patron of the new association in 1884. However, the Bishop (then 71 years of age) declined the invitation on health grounds, and directed the delegation to the more youthful Dr Croke the Archbishop of Cashel. The current club was formed in 1925 as a result of an amalgamation between Corofin and Belclare. With the disruption of war and emigration in the first two decades of the 20th centur ... [...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] |
Aughawillan GAA
Aughawillan GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football club in Lower Drumreilly parish, County Leitrim, Ireland. Grounds Aughawillan is located near the County Cavan border, northeast of Ballinamore. History Aughawillan claim their origins from the Rory O'Donnells club which played in 1890. A team from the locality played under the names Kiltyhugh and Lower Drumreilly, winning the 1923 Leitrim Senior Football Championship. A ladies' Gaelic football club was founded in the 1970s and has won nineteen county championships. The current grounds opened in 1982. Aughawillan have won 12 senior football county titles and have reached the final of the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship on two occasions, in 1992 and 1994. Achievements * Connacht Senior Club Football Championship: Runner-Up 1992, 1994 * Leitrim Senior Football Championship: Winners (12) 1923, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2014, 2016, 2018 Notable players * Mickey Quinn *Frank D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McHale Park
MacHale Park () is a GAA stadium in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. It is the home of the Castlebar Mitchels GAA and Mayo GAA Gaelic football teams. Built in 1931, as of 2022 the ground has a capacity of approximately 28,000 and is named after John MacHale, Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1831 to 1881. It is the twelfth-biggest sports stadium in the Republic of Ireland by capacity and the second-biggest in the province of Connacht after Pearse Stadium in Galway; which is the home of Galway GAA. History Discussions with the owners of the land where MacHale Park now stands commenced in 1929 and the deal was concluded on 7 March 1930. In early 1931, development of the pitch took place at a cost of IR£1,700. The first competitive matches took place in MacHale Park on 22 March 1931 when Castlebar Mitchels minors played Balla and Ballina and Cloonacastle played a junior championship match. The first inter-county match was a National Football League match between Mayo and Sligo o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
