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Dr Crokes
Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Notable players include Colm Cooper. Founded in 1886, the club's successes include the capture of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1992 and 2017. The club has won the Munster Club Championship on eight occasions - 1991, 1992, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2018. The club has won the Kerry Senior Football Championship on thirteen occasions, most recently in the 2018 championship. Dr Crokes is the only club in Killarney with a hurling team, which has won the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1999 and 2001. Kerry's 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team was trained by former Dr Crokes trainer Pat O'Shea. The 2013 Kerry senior football panel featured five Crokes players (Colm Cooper, Eoin Brosnan, Kieran O'Leary, Johnny Buckley, and Fionn Fitzgerald). In 2014, Fionn Fitzgerald and Kieran O'Leary captained the Kerry Senior Football te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the football up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar , signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball under the crossbar into the net (the ball cannot be hand-passed into the goal), signalled by the umpire raising a green flag. Positions in Gaelic football are similar t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene O'Sullivan (Irish Politician)
Eugene O'Sullivan (1879 – 19 May 1942) was an Irish nationalist politician and farmer, who was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kerry in January 1910, but was unseated on petition shortly afterwards. Sporting career Joining the Dr Crokes club in the 1890s as a playing member he captained the great club team which won the 1901 Kerry Senior Football Championship and up to 1905 was a regular member. He played with and captained the Kerry team 1902–1904 and was also a regular member of the Killarney hurling team. In 1903 he was elected chairman of the Kerry Co. Board and under his guidance for the next five years the Co. Board was very active and the Kerry footballers broke through for national recognition. In 1904 while chairman of the county board, representative to Central and Munster council and playing with Dr. Crokes, he was opposed on the Listowel team by T.F O’Sullivan (secretary of the Co. Board and also a delegate to Central Council and Munster Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTÉ Sport
RTÉ Sport is a department of Irish public broadcaster RTÉ. The department provides sporting coverage through a number of platforms including RTÉ Radio, RTÉ Television, RTÉ.ie, RTÉ Player Sport and RTÉ Mobile. RTÉ holds the television and radio broadcasting rights in the Republic of Ireland to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as '' The Sunday Game'', ''Thank GAA It's Friday'', '' Soccer Republic'' and ''RTÉ Racing'' on RTÉ Television, and ''Game On'', ''Saturday Sport'', and ''Sunday Sport'' on RTÉ Radio. Traditionally RTÉ Sport faced competition from British-based broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV which have always been present in Ireland; however, these broadcasters were primarily concerned with the British public and market. Domestically, RTÉ had no competition until the late 1990s due to lack of competition in the Irish market. In latter years however a growth of variety in the Irish market open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin White
Gavin White is an Irish people, Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Dr Crokes GAA, Dr Crokes club and at senior level for the Kerry county football team, Kerry county team. Honours ;Kerry * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 2022 ;Individual *GAA GPA All Stars Awards, All Star (1): 2022 References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people All Stars Awards winners (football) Dr Crokes Gaelic footballers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Kerry-gaelic-football-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seanie O'Shea
Seanie O'Shea is a former footballer and hurler from Kenmare, County Kerry. He played with the Kerry inter-county hurling team during the 1990s. He played in the famous 1993 Munster Championship win over Waterford. He won an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with Dr Crokes in 1992, and returned as a trainer in later years. He is a brother of former Kerry manager Pat O'Shea. After retiring from playing, he took up management of teams at all levels with Dr Crokes. In 2010 and 2011, he was part of John Meyler's backroom team that won the 2011 Christy Ring Cup after losing out in the 2010 final. In 2011, he was appointed manager of the Kerry minor hurling side. He led the team to the 2012 All Ireland B title with a win over Roscommon Roscommon (; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60, N61 and N63 roads. The name Roscommon is derived from Coman mac Fae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Croke
Thomas William Croke D.D. (28 May 1824 – 22 July 1902) was the second Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand (1870–74) and later Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland. He was important in the Irish nationalist movement especially as a Champion of the Irish National Land League in the 1880s. The main Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Dublin is named Croke Park, in his honour. Early life Thomas Croke was born in Castlecor (parish of Kilbrin), County Cork, in 1824. He was the third of eight children of William Croke, an estate agent, and his wife, Isabella Plummer, daughter of an aristocratic Protestant family who disowned her following her Catholic marriage in 1817. After William Croke died in 1834 his brother, the Reverend Thomas Croke, supervised the education and upbringing of the children. Two of Thomas's brothers entered the priesthood, while two sisters became nuns. He was educated in Charleville, County Cork and at the Irish College in Paris and the Irish Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieran Cremin
Kieran Cremin is an Irish Gaelic footballer with the Dr. Crokes club team and formerly with the Kerry county team. Club He had much success at club level with Dr. Crokes. He won a Kerry Senior Football Championship title in 2000 as a panel member. He was a back to back championship Runner-Up in 2005 and 2006, losing both to Kerry. Despite losing the county final in 2006 Dr. Crokes regrouped and won the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. In 2007, he appeared in an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final with Dr. Crokes, although they were controversially defeated in a replay by Crossmaglen Rangers. He was on the losing side once more to South Kerry in 2009. In 2010 after three losses in six seasons he finally got his hands on a Kerry Senior Football Championship in 2010. Despite being just 30 years old he retired soon after the 2010 win. He also had much success in the East Kerry Senior Football Championship and Kerry County Football League - Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Clarke
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Johnny Buckley
Johnny Buckley is a legendary Irish boxing manager and promoter from Boston, Massachusetts mostly during the first half of the 20th century who has handled some of the most famous boxers in the world including 3 World Champions. He guided Jack Sharkey, Lou Brouillard and Paul Pender to world boxing titles. Buckley is a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame. Jack Sharkey Buckley managed Sharkey to a victories which included capturing the Heavyweight Championship of North America on September 26, 1929, by beating Tommy Loughran with a third round knockout. Sharkey also scored an impressive fifteen round decision over Primo Carnera on October 12, 1931. On June 21, 1932, Sharkey beat Max Schmeling with a fifteen round decision in Long Island City, New York. The win against Schmeling allowed Sharkey to regain the National Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship of the world after losing the title initially by disqualification in the fourth round of the first fight again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoin Brosnan
Eoin Brosnan,born c.1980,is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at centre forward. He is a former member of the Kerry senior county team and plays his club football for Dr Crokes. As of late 2021, he was a practicing solicitor, working from a practice in Killarney. Playing career Inter-county Brosnan made his Kerry Senior debut against Louth in 2000. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title with Kerry on three occasions - 2004, 2006 and 2007. The 2004 and 2006 finals were played against Mayo, while the 2007 final was against Cork. In the 2006 tie, Brosnan came on as a substitute in place of Tomás Ó Sé against Mayo and scored 1-01. In the 2007 game he scored one point and set up another. In 2008, Kerry again reached the All-Ireland final, but lost to Tyrone, and there was some criticism of the decision to select Brosnan. He also won two National League titles (2004 and 2006) and five Munster Championship medals (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croke Park
Croke Park ( ga, Páirc an Chrócaigh, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Since 1891 the site has been used by the GAA to host Gaelic sports, including the annual All-Ireland in Gaelic football and hurling. A major expansion and redevelopment of the stadium ran from 1991 to 2005, raising capacity to its current 82,300 spectators. This makes Croke Park the third-largest stadium in Europe, and the largest not usually used for association football in Europe. Other events held at the stadium include the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2003 Special Olympics, and numerous musical concerts. In 2012, Irish pop group Westlife sold out the stadium in record-breaking time: less than 5 minutes. From 2007 to 2010, Croke Park hosted home matches of the Ireland na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Donoghue Cup
The East Kerry Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for teams affiliated to the East Kerry division. Most adult clubs in the division compete for this cup, even if they are playing at junior or intermediate grades. In recent years, the competition has been dominated by Dr Crokes, who won their thirtieth championship in December 2018. The winners receive the Dr O'Donoghue Cup. The main sponsor for many years is the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross .... Roll of honour Dr Crokes won the 1927 East Kerry Championship.Reference Dr. Crokes Gaelic Century - page 73 and Kerryman article of January 28 1928 References External links East Kerry GAA website {{Kerry GAA, state=expanded Gaelic football competitions in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
