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Dara McVeety
Dara McVeety (born 22 September 1993) in an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Crosserlough club and the Cavan county team. Playing career Club On 2 October 2011, Crosserlough faced Drumgoon in the Cavan Intermediate final. McVeety came on as a substitute as Crosserlough lost out by a single point McVeety captained Crosserlough in 2018 as they reached the final of the Cavan Senior Football Championship. On 21 October, McVeety started at centre back in his first senior county final, where Crosserlough faced Castlerahan. Crosserlough led by six at one stage, but Castlerahan came back to win the final by a point. Crosserlough won their first championship in 48 years in 2020, but McVeety was not part of that success as he was in Australia. He transferred back to Crosserlough in 2022. Inter-county Minor and under-21 On 17 July 2011, McVeety was on the Cavan minor team that faced Armagh in the Ulster final. McVeety scored a point in the 0–12 to 1–6 victory. McVeety jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crosserlough GFC
Crosserlough is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kilnaleck, County Cavan in Ireland. Honours Men's football * Cavan Senior Football Championship (10) ** 1958, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 2020 * Cavan Intermediate Football Championship (0) ** Runners-up 2011 * Cavan Junior Football Championship (1) ** 1967 * Cavan Under-21 Football Championship (5) ** 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991, 2018 * Cavan Minor Football Championship (7) ** 1954, 1955, 1963, 1964, 1986, 1989, 2016 Ladies' football * Cavan Senior Ladies' Football Championship (2) ** 2019, 2021 * Cavan Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship (1) ** 2017 * Cavan Junior Ladies' Football Championship (1) ** 2020 Notable players * Andy McCabe Andrew O. McCabe (1945 – 4 December 2021) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at club level with Crosserlough GFC, Crosserlough and at inter-county level with the Cavan senior football team. He usually lined out as a defender. Career M ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fermanagh County Football Team
The Fermanagh county football team ( ) represents Fermanagh GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of football. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. Fermanagh's home ground is Brewster Park, Enniskillen. The team's manager is Kieran Donnelly. The team has never won the Ulster Senior Championship, the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League. History Fermanagh is the only team in the province of Ulster to have never won the Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC). Fragments of a poem from 1806 describe a football match between Louth and Fermanagh at Inniskeen in County Monaghan. 20th century Fermanagh defeated Cavan in the 1914 Ulster SFC semi-final and the Ulster Council nominated the county to play Wexford in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) semi- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Galligan
Raymond Galligan (born 30 May 1987) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Cavan county team. He plays his club football with Lacken. Playing career Club Galligan has played with the Lacken club at all levels. Galligan made his club debut in 2002 and was on the Lacken team that faced Drung in the final of the Cavan Intermediate Football Championship in 2004, and scored a point in their 1-9 to 1-8 win. On 7 October 2012, Galligan captained Lacken in the Intermediate final against Cootehill. Galligan scored 1-5 from full forward as the game ended in a draw. In the replay on 13 October, Galligan scored two points in the 3-10 to 1-9 win, winning his second Intermediate title. In 2016 Galligan captained Lacken from full forward to their first ever Division One league title, defeating Kingscourt Stars in the final. Inter-county Minor and under-21 Galligan represented Cavan at minor and under-21 level but had little success in either grade. Senior Galligan joined the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killian Clarke
Killian Clarke (born 19 September 1993) is a Gaelic footballer from Shercock, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland; who plays with his club Shercock and for the Cavan county team. He is one of a small number of latter-day Cavan players to have won Ulster football championship titles at Minor, U21 and Senior grade, as well as a Railway Cup football title with Ulster in 2016. Playing career Clarke is a nephew of former Cavan GAA Football forward and past Cavan Minor Football Manager, Jodie Clarke. He plays club football for Shercock GAA. Killian was a promising underage track and cross country athlete with Shercock AC and Cavan as well as a prominent underage soccer player, before focussing his energies on Gaelic Football in his mid-teens. Cavan Minors When he was 16, he was selected for Cavan minor trials but was not selected for the county after being told he was too slow so he joined a cross-country team at Shercock AC to improve his speed. He was selected to play Minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (Gaelic Games)
A captain of a Gaelic games team, sometimes known as a ''skipper'', is a player who, during the course of a match as well as before and after it, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of his teammates. Tradition means that some teams rotate the captaincy annually, though others may adopt a permanent captain. As well as being an onfield leader, a captain takes the coin toss and raises the trophy when this is the game's prize. Responsibilities The captain leads the team out onto the pitch. Before the start of a match, a coin toss between captains of the opposing teams is used to determine which end of the ground each team will kick to. Ahead of the All-Ireland final, the captain is the first member of the team to shake the hand of dignitaries who may be attending the game, for example the president of the GAA or the president of Ireland. He then proceeds along the red carpet and introduces the other players on his team to the president(s), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Minor Football Championship
The Ulster Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ulster Council. The trophy for the winning side is The Liam Murray Cup. The competition began in 1930, with Armagh winning during the inaugural year. The most successful county to date is Tyrone who have won on 25 occasions. The winner and the beaten finalist represent Ulster in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. List of winners by county Finals listed by year * 1935 Final Down 2–02 Donegal 2-01 Objection and counter objection. Competition declared null and void. See also * Munster Minor Football Championship * Leinster Minor Football Championship * Connacht Minor Football Championship References Roll of Honour on gaainfo.comComplete Roll of Honour on Kilkenny GAA bible External links "Ulster Minor Championship winners" BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Under-21 Football Championship
The Ulster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Ulster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county football competition for male players between the ages of 17 and 20 in the province of Ulster. The championship was contested as the Ulster Under-21 Championship between 1963 and 2016 before changing to an under-20 age category from 2018. It is sponsored by EirGrid. The final, currently held in March, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during a three-week period, and the results determine which team receives the J. J. Fahy Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. The Ulster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship. The winners of the Ulster final, like thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavan GAA
The Cavan County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae an Chabháin) or Cavan 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 County Cavan. The County Board is responsible for preparing the Cavan county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball. The county football team won 5 All-Ireland Senior Football Championships before going into decline after 1970. The team won its 39th and 40th Ulster Senior Football Championships after gaps of 28 and 23 years, in 1997 and 2020 respectively. Governance Cavan GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the traditional county of County Cavan. There are 8 officers on the Board. For details on the Board's clubs, see Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Cavan and List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland#Cavan. The Board is subject to the Ulster GAA Provincial Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone County Football Team
The Tyrone county football team () represents Tyrone GAA, the County board (Gaelic games), county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic games, Gaelic sport of Gaelic football, football. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League (Ireland), National Football League. Tyrone's home ground is Healy Park, Omagh. The team's managers are Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher. The team last won the Ulster Senior Championship in 2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship, 2021, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 2021 and the National League in 2003 National Football League (Ireland), 2003. History Pre-Harte era: 1956–2002 Tyrone won its first Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) in 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 1956, defending it successfully in 1957 All-Ire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Football League (Ireland)
The National Football League (NFL; ga, Sraith Náisiúnta Peile) is an annual Gaelic football competition between the senior county teams of Ireland plus London. Sponsored by Allianz, it is officially known as the Allianz National Football League. The Gaelic Athletic Association organises the league. The winning team receives the New Ireland Cup, presented by the New Ireland Assurance Company. The National Football League is the second most prestigious inter-county Gaelic Football competition after the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Unlike many league competitions in sport, each team plays the other teams in their division only once. Teams that meet in the same division over the course of a number of years often play on a home and away basis in alternative years, though this is not strictly adhered to. Once the divisional matches have been played, the latter stages of the league become a knockout competition for the top teams in each division. This is seen as good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galway County Football Team
The Galway county football team ( ) represents Galway in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Galway GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Connacht Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. Galway's home ground is Pearse Stadium, Salthill. The team's manager is Pádraic Joyce. Galway was the first Connacht county to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), but the second to appear in the final, following Mayo. It has nine All-Ireland SFCs, the third highest total after Kerry and Dublin. It won three consecutive All-Ireland SFCs in the mid-1960s and, from 1998 onwards, two All-Ireland SFC titles in four years. The team last won the Connacht Senior Championship in 2022, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2001 and the National League in 1981. History Early years The first All-Ireland Senior Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Examiner
The ''Irish Examiner'', formerly ''The Cork Examiner'' and then ''The Examiner'', is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country. History 19th and early 20th centuries The paper was founded by John Francis Maguire under the title ''The Cork Examiner'' in 1841 in support of the Catholic Emancipation and tenant rights work of Daniel O'Connell. Historical copies of ''The Cork Examiner'', dating back to 1841, are available to search and view in digitised form at the Irish Newspaper Archives website and British Newspaper Archive. During the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, the ''Cork Examiner'' (along with other nationalist newspapers) was subject to censorship and suppression. At the time of the Spanish Civil War, the ''Cork Examiner'' reportedly took a strongly pro-Franco tone in its coverage of the conflict. As of the early to mid-20th century, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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