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Cavan Gaels GAA
Cavan Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Cavan Town, County Cavan in Ireland. They are affiliated to Cavan GAA. The club was founded in 1957 following the merging of two clubs in Cavan Town, Cavan Harps and Cavan Slashers. They are the second most successful team in Cavan GAA history, with 14 Senior Championship titles, the most recent being in 2017. Cavan Gaels appeared in 16 of the 20 Cavan Senior Football Championship finals between 1998 and 2017 - winning 10. History The club was founded in 1957 in Cavan Town, County Cavan, Ireland after the merging of 2 clubs in the town, Cavan Slashers and Cavan Harps. The name Cavan Gaels was first suggested by Hugh Doonan, the father of the 2003 Cavan Senior Football Championship winning captain James Doonan. A year after their foundation, they lost the Cavan Senior Football Championship to Crosserlough 3-07 to 3-04. They won their first Cavan Senior Football Championship in 1965, beating Baileborough Celtic. They lost thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavan
Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Ballyshannon and Donegal Town (to the north). History Gaelic Cavan 1300–1607 Cavan was founded by the Irish clan chief and Lord of East Breifne, Giolla Íosa Ruadh O’Reilly, between 1300 and his death in 1330. During his lordship, a friary run by the Dominican Order was established close to the O’Reilly stronghold at Tullymongan and was at the centre of the settlement close to a crossing over the river and to the town's marketplace. It is recorded that the (Cavan) Dominicans were expelled in 1393, replaced by an Order of Conventual Franciscan friars. The friary's location is marked by an eighteenth-century tower in the graveyard at Abbey Street which appears to incorporate remains of the original medieval friary tower. The imprint of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seánie Johnston
Seánie Johnston is an Irish Gaelic footballer. A former player with the Cavan county team and Cavan Gaels.Recently Managed Cavan GAA Club Cúchulainn's GFC (Cavan) in the ACFL Division Two for the 2021 season.In 2022,Johnston took up a coaching position as a forwards coach with Cavan county team , Johnston transferred to the Kildare county team in 2012. He returned to the Cavan senior football panel in time for the 2016 Dr McKenna Cup. Playing career Club In Cavan, Johnston played for the Cavan Gaels club, with whom he won 10 Cavan Senior Football Championships in 2001, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 11, 14 and 17. He also played with Dublin City University and helped them to win their first Sigerson Cup in 2006. Inter-county In January 2012, Kieran McGeeney announced on Kfm that Johnston wanted to transfer to a Kildare club, to become eligible for the Kildare county team. Such transfers are restricted under Rules 6.1 and 6.9 of the GAA's Official Guide. Johnston was gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Games Clubs In County Cavan
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] |
Cavan Minor Football Championship
The Cavan Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between Minor Cavan Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ... clubs. It was first competed for in 1935. Arva won the first Minor championship. Cavan Gaels hold the most titles at 16 including 7 in a row between 1998 and 2004. Top winners Roll of honour References External links Cavan at ClubGAAOfficial Cavan GAA Website {{Cavan GAA, state=expanded Cavan GAA Football championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavan Under-21 Football Championship
The Cavan Under-20 Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between Under-20 Cavan Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ... clubs. It was first competed for in 1975. Laragh United won the first Under-21 championship. Top winners List of finals References External links Cavan at ClubGAAOfficial Cavan GAA Website {{Cavan GAA, state=expanded Cavan GAA Football championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
The Cavan Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the middle-tier Gaelic football clubs organised by Cavan GAA. It was first competed for in 1915, before a lapse prior to being revived in 1966. The winners qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship. The 2022 champions are Castlerahan who beat Ballyhaise in the final. Format 14 teams will contest the Hotel Kilmore Intermediate Football Championship. The I.F.C. shall be run on a league basis up to the Quarter-Final stage and Knock-out thereafter. Each team will play 4 rounds in the league phase against different opponents with the fixtures decided by a random draw at the conclusion of each round. Placings in the league stage shall be decided in accordance with rule 6.21 of the GAA Official Guide 2016 as amended below: 6.21 (4) If a Championship is partly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavan Senior Hurling Championship
The Cavan Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top hurling clubs in Cavan. The winners of the Cavan Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Club Championship, the winners of which go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. This championship has never been played on a consistent basis, and has frequently not been completed. In 2010, Mullahoran won the title for the 21st successive year. That run of victories was ended in 2011 when Ballymachugh beat Mullahoran in the final. In 2017, Mullahoran won their first title in four years with a win over Cootehill on a scoreline of 4–19 to 0–05. Cootehill are the current champions, having won the 2022 championship title. History 20th century The first recorded Cavan county championship final was played between Cavan Slashers and Belturbet in 1908. Belturbet reportedly won the game by 2–8 to 1–3. The next recorded county competition was in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Cavan Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Cavan Senior Football Championship is the 109th edition of Cavan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 10 April 2017. Ramor United were the defending champions after they defeated neighbours Castlerahan in the previous years final, however Castlerahan exacted their revenge when dethroning them at the semi-final stage. Cavan Gaels regained their throne as Cavan kingpins, defeating Castlerahan by 0-13 to 0-8 in the final. This was their 14th win, and also their 10th in 20 years. Team Changes The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season. To Championship Promoted from 2016 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hogan Stand
Hoganstand.com is a news website and the online face of the monthly Gaelic games magazine ''Hogan Stand'', which is distributed throughout Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea .... The magazine is named after the main stand in Croke Park, where the trophies are presented to the winning captains. The magazine was founded in 1991. The website also has a poorly designed outdated fan chat forum. References External links * 1991 establishments in Ireland Croke Park Gaelic games magazines Magazines established in 1991 Magazines published in Ireland Monthly magazines published in Ireland {{sport-mag-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Crowe (referee)
Brian Crowe (born 1957/1958) is a Gaelic football All-Ireland Final referee. He is a member of the Cavan Gaels club. Crowe played midfield and centre-forward for Cavan Gaels before retiring at the start of his twenties so that he could take up refereeing. He refereed the 2000 Connacht Senior Football Championship final, the 2003 Munster Senior Football Championship final. Club games refereed included the 2003 and 2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship finals and two Ulster Senior Club Football Championship finals. In 2006, he tipped David Coldrick (Meath), Derek Fahy (Longford) and Maurice Deegan (Laois) to referee All-Ireland finals. By 2006 he had done 13 years of service to the inter-county panel. He refereed the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Kerry and Mayo. He was the second Cavanman to referee an All-Ireland final, following Fintan Tierney of Butlersbridge (who did the 1972 final) and the last until Joe McQuillan's first final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Murray (Gaelic Footballer)
Niall Murray (born 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer for Cavan Gaels who previously played for the Cavan county team. Playing career Club Murray joined the Cavan Gaels senior panel in 2008. On 19 October 2008, Murray came on as a substitute as Cavan Gaels defeated Denn in the Cavan Senior Football Championship final, winning his first county title. On 4 October 2009, Murray came on as a substitute in the county final as the Gaels defeated Denn for the second year in a row. On 26 September 2010, Cavan Gaels faced Kingscourt Stars in the county final. Murray started at full forward as the Gaels fell to a four-point loss. Cavan Gaels were back in the county final in 2011, facing Castlerahan on 2 October. Murray started as Cavan Gaels secured another senior championship. On 13 October 2013, Murray was in the half back line as the Gaels returned to the county final, facing Ballinagh. Ballinagh were winners on a 0–12 to 0-11 scoreline. On 11 October 2014, Cavan Gaels faced K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheál Lyng
Micheál Lyng (born 7 February 1985) is a Gaelic footballer from Cavan. He plays for the Cavan Gaels club and, formerly, the Cavan county team. He lines out as a centre-forward. Playing career Club Lyng played underage for Crosserlough up until he was 16 years old, before transferring to Cavan Gaels. Lyng was a key player as Cavan Gaels dominated the Cavan Championship. Lyng won his first County title in 2003, and added titles in 2004 and 2005 to complete a 3 in a row, defeating Mullahoran on each occasion. The Gaels met Mullahoran again in the 2006 final, but ended up on the losing side. The Gaels bounced back to beat Gowna in the 2007 final, before defeating Denn in back-to-back finals in 2008 and 2009, completing a second 3 in a row. They reached the final again in 2010, but Kingscourt Stars were victorious on the day. The Gaels regained their title in 2011 by outclassing Castlerahan. After missing out in 2012, the Gaels returned to the county final in 2013 against Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
