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Down County Hurling Team
The Down county hurling team represents Down GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of hurling. The team competes in the Christy Ring Cup and the National Hurling League. Down's home ground is Páirc Esler, Newry. The team's manager is Ronan Sheehan. The team last won the Ulster Senior Championship in 1997, but has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League. History Down played in the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship for three years in the 1970s, even playing Antrim in an unusual Leinster semi-final at Croke Park in 1979. Although Down had not won the All-Ireland B championship in four final appearances, when the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was revived, Down won titles in 1992, 1995 and 1997, losing the All-Ireland semi-finals by 14, 11 and 16 points. Down defeated Kilkenny in a Division 1 match in 1993 by a scoreline of 1–12 to 1–11. Down hurlers won the Christy Ring Cup for the first time in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down GAA
The Down County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae An Dún) or Down 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 Down, Northern Ireland. The County Board is responsible for preparing the Down county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball. The county football team was the second from the province of Ulster to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), following Cavan, and also the first team from Northern Ireland to win the Sam Maguire Cup since partition, doing so in 1960. The team won the cup again in 1961 and in 1968; this feat was not matched by another team until Down next won the All-Ireland SFC in its 1991 victory. Down and Cavan share the Ulster record for most All-Ireland SFC victories (five). As such, Down is regarded historically as a strong footballing county, and football is widely re ... [...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] |
Gerard McGrattan
Gerard McGrattan (born 1972) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Down senior team. McGrattan made his first appearance for the team during the 1992 championship and quickly became a regular player until his retirement at the end of the 2004 championship. During that time he won three Ulster winners' medals and remains the only Down hurler to have won an All Stars Award. At club level McGrattan played with Portaferry, winning seven county championship winners' medals during a club career that spanned three decades. Honours * Ulster Senior Hurling Championship (3) 1992 1995 1997 * National Hurling League Division 2 (1) 2004 * Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1) 1990 * Ulster Minor Hurling Championship (1) 1989 * Ulster Minor Hurling Championship (1) 1989 * Antrim Senior Hurling League (2) 2002 2003 * Down Senior Hurling Championship The Down Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Morgan Fuels Down GAA S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GAA All Stars Awards Winners (hurling)
This is a list of all the past winners of the official GAA GPA All Stars Awards in hurling since the first awards in 1971. As an insight to the prominent players of the 1960s, it also includes the unofficial "Cuchulainn" awards presented from 1963 to 1967 under the auspices of ''Gaelic Weekly'' magazine. Since 1971, the All Ordinaries Awards in hurling have been presented annually to a set of fifteen hurlers from that year's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, who are seen to be deserving of being named in a "Team of the Year". The shortlist is compiled by a selection committee steering group, while the overall winners are chosen by inter-county players themselves. The All Star is regarded by players as the highest individual award available to them, due to it being picked by their peers. Limerick hold the record for most All-Star winners in one year with 12 players chosen in the hurling selection for 2021. Key Cú Chulainn Awards 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Lory Meagher Cup
The 2011 Lory Meagher Cup was the 3rd annual fourth-tier hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The teams competing were: * Longford * Donegal * Tyrone * South Down * Leitrim * Fermanagh * Cavan * Warwickshire The winners of the 2011 Lory Meagher Cup were promoted to the 2012 Nicky Rackard Cup. Structure The tournament had a double elimination format - each team played at least two games before being knocked out. *The eight teams played four Round 1 matches. **The winners in Round 1 advanced to Round 2A. **The losers in Round 1 went into Round 2B. *There were two Round 2A matches. **The winners in Round 2A advanced to the semifinals. **The losers in Round 2A went into the quarter-finals. *There were two Round 2B matches. **The winners in Round 2B advanced to the quarter-finals. **The losers in Round 2B were eliminated. *There were two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners. **The winners of the quarter-finals advanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lory Meagher Cup
The Lory Meagher Cup (; often referred to as the Meagher Cup) is the fifth-highest inter-county senior championship in hurling. Each year, the champion team in the Lory Meagher Cup is promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup. The Lory Meagher Cup, which was introduced for the 2009 season, provides a meaningful championship for fifth tier teams deemed "too weak" for the fourth tier Nicky Rackard Cup. The winners of the championship receive the Lory Meagher Cup, named after former Kilkenny hurler Lory Meagher who many regard as one of the greatest hurlers of all time. History Following the success of the Christy Ring Cup and Nicky Rackard Cup for the lower tier hurling teams, it was decided in 2008 to investigate the possibility of introducing a fourth tier. The Hurling Development Committee (HDC) proposed the new four-tier structure in place of the existing three-tier model. It, and the second and third-tier competitions, were to consist of eight teams. The proposals were accepted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Nicky Rackard Cup
The 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 4th annual third tier hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Sligo beat Louth in the final. Format Ten county teams participated in the 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup, with Fingal (north Dublin) and "South Down" (Down excluding the Ards Peninsula) bringing the total to twelve. *Group 3A: Fingal, Longford, Louth *Group 3B: Fermanagh, Leitrim, South Down *Group 3C: Donegal, Monaghan, Tyrone *Group 3D: Cavan, Sligo, Warwickshire Each team in the group played each other once in the first phase. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. Group A Group B Group 3C Group 3D Knockout stage Bracket 2008 season facts Sligo, the eventual winners of the competition finished the preceding league tournament without a win, resulting in relegation to division 4 next year. Donegal, who won every game of the league, were eliminated from the Championship at the first (group stage) hurdle. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballela
Ballela is a small village and parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about east of Banbridge, perched on top of one of the many drumlins that are common in the county. A number of prehistoric ringforts begird the village. Name Ballela is within the townland of Ballooly, which was historically spelt as Ballyely. It is believed that these three names all come . GAA The Ballela area has a long link with , and was first played in Ballela as far back as 1901. The first County Down Senior Hurling Championship win for Ballela Hurling and Camog ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 National Hurling League
The 2008 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League, was the 77th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams. Tipperary won the league, beating Galway in the final. The tournament saw the first appearance of Fingal and South Down as "county" teams in the NHL. Format The 2008 format of the National Hurling League was a new system consisting of four divisions. There are thirty-four teams competing: Divisions One and Two have twelve teams in each, and there are five teams in Divisions Three and Four. Division One Division One is made up of two groups of six teams. Each team plays all the others in their group once. The two group winners receive a semi-final spot; second and third in each group play in the quarter-finals. The winners of the final are the 2008 NHL champions. Division Two Division Two is made up of two groups of six teams. Each team plays all the others in thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish News
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become the voice of British unionism in Ireland. It is no longer a pro unionist paper; it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressive", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence. The paper's most prominent columnists include writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord. The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald was once a columnist. Senior international figures, including Tony Blair and Bill Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Down GAA
The Down county hurling team represents Down GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of hurling. The team competes in the Christy Ring Cup and the National Hurling League. Down's home ground is Páirc Esler, Newry. The team's manager is Ronan Sheehan. The team last won the Ulster Senior Championship in 1997, but has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League. History Down played in the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship for three years in the 1970s, even playing Antrim in an unusual Leinster semi-final at Croke Park in 1979. Although Down had not won the All-Ireland B championship in four final appearances, when the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was revived, Down won titles in 1992, 1995 and 1997, losing the All-Ireland semi-finals by 14, 11 and 16 points. Down defeated Kilkenny in a Division 1 match in 1993 by a scoreline of 1–12 to 1–11. Down hurlers won the Christy Ring Cup for the first time in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
