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2020 Nicky Rackard Cup Final
The 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup Final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 22 November 2020. It was contested by Donegal and Mayo. Donegal won the competition for a third time, becoming the first team to achieve this. Mickey McCann was manager. Sean McVeigh was captain. However, the 2020 win did not secure passage back to the 2021 Christy Ring Cup for Donegal, a condition that was not made clear until shortly before the final. Match details Notes References {{GAA 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup Final Nicky Rackard Cup The Nicky Rackard Cup (; often referred to as the Rackard Cup) is the fourth tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Each year, the champion team in the Nicky Rackard Cup is promoted to the Christy Ring Cup, and the lowest finishin ... Nicky Rackard Cup Finals Donegal GAA matches Mayo GAA matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Nicky Rackard Cup
The 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup is the 16th staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. It is the fourth tier hurling as of 2020. Warwickshire were supposed to compete in the Rackard Cup but did not due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The championship was scheduled to begin in May 2020 but was delayed until 24 October 2020. were the winners, defeating in the final after earlier wins over , and . Team changes To Championship Relegated from the Christy Ring Cup * Donegal Promoted from the Lory Meagher Cup * Leitrim From Championship Promoted to the Christy Ring Cup * Sligo Relegated to the Lory Meagher Cup * Louth Format Seven teams compete in the 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup. *Six teams play each in the three Round 1 games. One team receives a bye to Round 2A. *The three Round 1 winners, plus the team that received a bye, play in Round 2A. **The two Round 2A winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean McVeigh
Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; anglicized ''Shane/Shayne''), rendered ''John'' in English and Johannes/Johann/Johan in other Germanic languages. The Norman French ''Jehan'' (see ''Jean'') is another version. For notable people named Sean, refer to List of people named Sean. Origin The name was adopted into the Irish language most likely from ''Jean'', the French variant of the Hebrew name ''Yohanan''. As Gaelic has no letter (derived from ; English also lacked until the late 17th Century, with ''John'' previously been spelt ''Iohn'') so it is substituted by , as was the normal Gaelic practice for adapting Biblical names that contain in other languages (''Sine''/''Siobhàn'' for ''Joan/Jane/Anne/Anna''; ''Seonaid''/''Sinéad'' for ''Janet''; ''Seumas''/''Séamus'' for ''Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Rackard Cup Finals
Nicky is a diminutive form of the name Nicholas, Nicola and Nicole, occasionally used as a given name in its own right. It can also be used as a diminutive of Dominic. It may refer to: People Sports * Nicky Adams (born 1986), English-born Welsh footballer * Nicky Boje (born 1973), South African cricketer * Nicky Butt (born 1975), English former footballer * Nicky Forster (born 1973), English football manager and former player * Nicky Grist (born 1961), Welsh former rally co-driver * Nicky Hayden (1981–2017), American motorcycle racer * Nicky Law (footballer born 1961), English football manager and former player * Nicky Law (footballer born 1988), English midfielder; son of the above * Nicky Little (born 1976), New Zealand rugby union footballer * Nicky Maynard (born 1986), English footballer * Nicky Rackard (1922–1976), Irish hurler * Nicky Robinson (rugby union) (born 1982), Welsh rugby union footballer * Nicky Shorey (born 1981), English footballer * Nicky Summerbee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Games Events Postponed Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Canada. Languages * Goidelic languages or Gaelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages; they include: ** Primitive Irish or Archaic Irish, the oldest known form of the Goidelic (Gaëlic) languages. ** Old Irish or Old Gaelic, used c. AD 600–900 ** Middle Irish or Middle Gaelic, used c. AD 900–1200 ** Irish language (), including Classical Modern Irish and Early Modern Irish, c. 1200-1600) *** Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland ** Scottish Gaelic (), historically sometimes called in Scots and English *** Canadian Gaelic ( or ), a dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken in Canada ** Manx language ( or ), Gaelic language with Norse elements Culture and history *Gaelic Ireland, the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Walsh
Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people- ruler". Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk. History The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was ''Deoric'' or ''Deodric'', from Old English ''Þēodrīc'', but this name had fallen out of use in the medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Low German, Dutch, English, Danish and Norwegian. The given name ''Derk'' is found in records of the Low Countries from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Freeman
Adrian Freeman (13 March 1986 – 29 May 2010) was an Irish sportsman from Tooreen, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. He played Gaelic football and hurling. Freeman played hurling for Mayo and was a member of the county's 2009 hurling team, which participated in both the National Hurling League (NHL) and the Christy Ring Cup. He played for Connacht in the Interprovincial Championship. He played club football for Aghamore. His international career consisted of one hurling/shinty Under 21 international appearance in Inverness, Scotland. Freeman also played in England (four times) and toured North America during his career, whilst he was a member of the losing Connacht side from the Interprovincial Championship Final played in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Middle East in March 2009. Freeman's death at the age of 24 in a traffic collision in Australia on 31 May 2010 led to an outpouring of public grief in Ireland's GAA circles. Early life Freeman was born in March 1986. He was educated in Too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan Coulter
Declan Coulter (born 1987/8) is a hurler. He plays for Setanta, the Donegal county team and the Ireland national team. Coulter previously played for Cuchulainn's and the Armagh county team. Playing career Coulter made his inter-county debut for Armagh at the age of 17 in 2005. He won his first Nicky Rackard Cup in 2010. He won his second Nicky Rackard Cup with Armagh in 2012, scoring 2–2 in the final against Louth. He continued to play for Armagh until 2016. Following a move to Donegal, Coulter began playing for Setanta with whom he won a Donegal Senior Hurling Championship and an Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship in 2017, scoring 1–6 in the Ulster JCHC final against Na Magha. He won his second Donegal SHC in 2019, scoring 1–2 (including 1 free) in the final. Coulter began playing for Donegal in 2017. He played for Donegal during the 2018 National Hurling League, when the county recorded their first competitive victories over Derry and Down (he scored 1– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Cullen
Danny Cullen (born 1987/8) is a hurler. He plays for Setanta, the Donegal county team and the Ireland national team. He has won three Nicky Rackard Cups and represented Ireland against Scotland in the Shinty-Hurling International Series. Playing career Club and college Cullen's grandfather, Danny Snr, was a founder of Setanta in 1979. He (the grandson) won a Donegal Senior Hurling Championship in 2017. Setanta followed this with an Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship, also in 2017. He won another Donegal SHC in 2019, scoring 0–1 in the final. Cullen has coached under-age teams for his club. He played for NUI Galway. Inter-county Cullen made his debut for Donegal at the age of 16. He has also captained his county. He was part of a delegation to Croke Park who staged a sit-in as part of their effort to free Donegal manager Eamonn Campbell from suspension for the 2009 Lory Meagher Cup final against Tyrone. Cullen won the 2013 Nicky Rackard Cup with Donegal, pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donegal News
The ''Donegal News'' (also known as ''Derry People/Donegal News'' and formerly ''Derry People'') is a twice-weekly local newspaper in the northwest of the island of Ireland, first published in 1902. Originally covering Derry, Northern Ireland, it moved across the border to Letterkenny, County Donegal, at the beginning of the Second World War and took on more of a Donegal focus. It is owned by the North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing Company, which was established in 1901 by the Lynch family, who also own several other papers in the region including the '' Ulster Herald'', ''Fermanagh Herald'', '' Strabane Chronicle'', '' Tyrone Herald'', and ''Gaelic Life''. Its main competitors are the '' Donegal Democrat'' and ''Derry Journal''. The paper, despite a "rebranding" several years ago, continues to be known, for short, locally across the northern half of County Donegal as the ''Derry People''. Its two editions had a circulation of 15,467 for the first half of 2010, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Christy Ring Cup
The 2021 Christy Ring Cup was the 17th staging of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup began on 26 June 2021 and ended on 1 August 2021. The final was played on 1 August 2021 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Offaly and Derry, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Offaly won the match by 0-41 to 2-14 to claim their first ever cup title. Offaly's Eoghan Cahill was the Ring Cup's top scorer with 0-36. Competition Format Cup format The format has been changed for 2021 with 5 teams playing across two groups, one with 3 teams and one with 2 teams based on an open draw. Group A will feature 3 teams and be played in a single Round Robin format with each team having one home game and one away game. Group B will feature 2 teams who will play a single fixture. All teams will play a knockout format after this group stage, with the group winners and second-placed team in Group A being placed in the semi-finals. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
