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Clan Na Gael CLG
Clan na Gael Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, CLG Clan na Gael) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated in the town of Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The club's pitch, Davitt Park, is named in honour of Michael Davitt, also the original club name. Throughout its 99-year history it has provided some of the most successful Gaelic footballers in Ireland. The club will be celebrating its Centenary in 2022. The club pursues the founding ideals of the GAA, namely the promotion of all things Gaelic - the Irish language, the culture, the games, the pastimes and the country. The club also takes great pride in its tradition in camogie. The club now has a strong nursery programme, which in turn has meant the club now fields football teams at under 7.5, under 9.5, under 11.5, under 13, under 15, Minor (under 17), under 19, Senior B and Senior. This nursery programme has now also allowed the club to develop its girls and ladies teams, who are now performing extremely well within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared total revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games Administration Committee (GAC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendances. Gaelic football is also the second most popular participation sport in Northern Ireland. The women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dromintee St Patrick's GAC
Dromintee St Patrick's Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, CLG Naomh Pádraig, Dromainn Tí) is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA club in Armagh GAA, Armagh. It represents the Dromintee and Jonesborough, County Armagh, Jonesborough parish on the southern border of County Armagh. Dromintee plays Gaelic football and is currently in the Armagh Senior Football Championship. History Dromintee Gaelic Football Club was established in 1886 or 1887, becoming the first Armagh club to affiliate to the GAA. The Dundalk Democrat reported a match played on 27 February 1887 between Dromintee and Kilcurry (County Louth). The Dromintee team, which may have been known as Gap of the North, seems to have disappeared within a year. In the 1920s Gaelic games underwent a revival, with the formation in the parish of Jonesboro Border Rangers GAC. The high point of this club's existence was winning the Armagh Junior Football Championship in 1934, defeating Sarsfields GAA (Armagh), High Moss by 1-7 to 2-2. The R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Games Clubs In County Armagh
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Kelly (goalkeeper)
Hugh Redmond Kelly (17 August 1919 – 30 September 1977) was an Irish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for various clubs in Northern Ireland and England, making four international appearances for Ireland. Football career Northern Ireland Kelly was born in Lurgan and played Gaelic football with Clan na Gael while working in the family drapery firm. He also represented Armagh in Gaelic handball. He was invited to play Association football for Glenavon by manager Andy Wylie, who had been impressed with his ball-handling skills. He started his career with Glenavon as an inside-forward, but played as goalkeeper when the regular custodian failed to arrive for a match. He became established as the first choice goalkeeper for Glenavon from early in 1937, and soon became recognised as one of the best goalkeepers in Northern Ireland, being selected to represent the Irish League XI against a Scottish Football League XI in September 1938. In 1940, he helped Glenavon re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diarmaid Marsden
Diarmaid Marsden is a Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Armagh county team. Playing career Marsden was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, and was a member at senior levelof the Armagh county team from 1993 until 2007. This was a very successful time for Armagh. He was part of the team to bring Armagh its only All-Ireland title in 2002. MHe played in the 2003 final, in which he was sent off. He also won six Ulster Senior Football Championships in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 and, 2006. He also won an All Star in 1999 when Armagh made it to the All Ireland semi final for the first time since 1982. Before joining the senior team, he won an Ulster Minor Football Championship in 1992 and also played in that year’s All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final but lost out to Meath. In 2000, he was captain of the Queen's University Belfast team that won the Sigerson Cup. He played football with his local club Clan na Gael in Armagh with whom he won Armagh Senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish News
''The Irish News'' is a Compact (newspaper), compact daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's largest selling morning newspaper and is available throughout Ireland. It is broadly Irish nationalist in its viewpoint, though it also features Unionism in Ireland, unionist columnists. History ''The Irish News'' is the only independently owned daily newspaper based in Northern Ireland, and has been so since its launch on 15 August 1891 as an anti-Charles Stewart Parnell, Parnell newspaper by Patrick MacAlister. It merged with the ''Belfast Morning News'' in August 1892, and the full title of the paper has since been ''The Irish News and Belfast Morning News''. T.P. Campbell was editor from 1895 until 1906 when he was succeeded by Tim McCarthy who served as editor until 1928. Appointed in 1999, Noel Doran is the current editor. ''The Irish News'' saw a dramatic growth in its circulation with the beginning of The Troubles in 1969; this peaked around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the ninetieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The game was contested by Armagh and Dublin. Dublin retained the Sam Maguire Cup. This was Armagh's second ever All-Ireland final. Their previous appearance was in 1953. Dublin had appeared in the previous three finals, winning two of those ( 1974 and 1976). Jimmy Smyth captained Armagh. Jimmy Keaveney scored 2–6, which was the amount Dublin won by. This final's eight goals is joint most scored in a final, a record shared with the 1948 match. Joe Kernan scored two of Armagh's goals. An early goal by Keaveney and Dublin led by 3-6 to 1-3 at half-time and by 4–8 to 1–3 at one point in the second half before the two Kernan goals; in 2022, Martin Breheny listed it among "five of the worst" All-Ireland SFC finals since 1972. Armagh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Smyth (Gaelic Footballer)
James Smyth (born 1949) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Clan na Gael club and at inter-county level with the Armagh senior football team. Playing career Smyth first played Gaelic football as a schoolboy with St Colman's College in Newry. As a member of the college's senor team, he won consecutive MacRory Cup titles as well as a Hogan Cup medal in 1967. Smyth simultaneously enjoyed success at underage level with the Clan na Gael club, winning three Armagh MFC titles. He subsequently progressed to the club's senior team and won nine Armagh SFC titles in a golden age for the club between 1968 and 1981. Smyth also won three successive Ulster SCFC titles and was part of the Clan na Gael team beaten by UCD in the 1974 All-Ireland club final. Smyth first played for the Armagh senior football team in 1968. He quickly became a constant feature on the team and won a National League Division 3 title in 1976. After being appointed team captain in 1977, Smyth gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armagh Intermediate Football Championship
The Armagh Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Armagh GAA clubs.Armagh GAA The Armagh County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Ard Mhacha) or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in Coun ..., ''Clár Oifigiúil'' (programme), Intermediate Football Championship Final, 14 October 2012 The national media covers the competition. Shane O'Neills Camlough are the title holders (2022) defeating St Paul's Lurgan in the Final. History The 2014 Armagh IFC winning club was St Paul's, which defeated the Grange by a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-10. Andrew Murnin gave a match-winning performance in the final. The competition is often contested by senior inter-county players, for example, Clan na Gael's Stefan Campbell (who was captain of Armagh at the time) contested the 2020 final, a game in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Kilcoo of Down who defeated Kilmacud Crokes of Dublin on 12 February 2022 to win their first title. The current trophy is the Andy Merrigan Cup, named after a footballer who played for Castletown Liam Mellows and Wexford who died as a result of a farm accident at the height of his playing career. It was first presented in 1974. Competition format County Championships Ireland's 32 counties play their county championships between their senior Gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc. or a combination. For instance, Kerry organise two separate championships - one for clubs only and one for clubs and divisional sides. Provincial Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition played between the top clubs in Ulster GAA. The trophy awarded to the winners is the Seamus McFerran Cup ( ga, Corn Shéamuis Mhic Fearáin). The winners and the Connacht, Leinster, Munster and London champions compete in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Glen are the current champions, having beaten Kilcoo in the 2022 final. Crossmaglen Rangers from Armagh have won the most titles with eleven wins. Competition format Each of the nine counties of Ulster organise a county championship annually for their top clubs. The nine county champions compete in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship in a knock-out format. Finals listed by year Wins listed by club Wins listed by county No club from Fermanagh or Cavan has ever won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. See also * Ulster Senior Club Football League * Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship The Ulster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armagh Senior Football Championship
The Armagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Armagh GAA clubs. The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1889. Clann Éireann are the title holders (2021) defeating Crossmaglen Rangers in the Final. History The first official football champions of Armagh, following the creation in 1889 of the County Board, were Armagh Harps, in the 1889 final which saw the defeat of Blackwatertown in Armagh by a scoreline of 4-14 to 0-03. Crossmaglen Rangers have won the Armagh senior football championship on most occasions, with 40 victories since 1906, including a run of 13 wins from 1996 to 2008. During the 1997-2000 victorious seasons, Crossmaglen went on to claim three All-Ireland Club Championships in four years. They have since added All-Ireland titles in 2007, 2011 and 2012. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Gerry Fagan Cup. The winners of the Armagh Championship qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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