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Dublin Minor Football Championship
The Dublin Minor Football Championship "A" is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Dublin GAA between the top teams in minor (under-18) Gaelic football in County Dublin "Action to match our speech" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Dublin.svg , map_alt = map showing County Dublin as a small area of darker green on the east coast within the lighter green background of ..., Ireland. The trophy awarded for the championship is the FitzGerald Cup. A Championship Top winners Roll of Honour B Championship C Championship D Championship E Championship F Championship G Championship References Hannon’s heroics see Whitehall snatch victory over Boden in MFC ‘A’ deciderDublin GAA - Official WebsiteLate Lacey goal sees Na Fianna secure MFC ‘A’ titleClontarf finish strong to capture Dublin MFC ‘A’Na Fianna make it a minor ‘A’ double External links Official Dublin Websi ... [...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 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuala CLG
Cuala GAA club (or ''Cuala GAC'', ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dalkey in the south of County Dublin, Ireland. It fields teams in Dublin GAA competitions. Cuala is primarily based in a sports and social centre in Dalkey, and also has playing facilities in Glenageary, Meadow Vale/Clonkeen Park, Shankill and Sallynoggin. The club name derives from Cualu or Cuala, an ancient kingdom of Ireland that stretched roughly from the Liffey to Arklow. History The club won consecutive All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships in 2017 and 2018. The club replaced the Davy Group of stockbrokers as its jersey sponsor with biotech company Amgen in 2019 as part of a deal that attracted notice outside the area. Huawei sponsors the hurlers. Notable players * Mick Holden, represented Dublin at all levels both hurling and football, 1983 Senior All-Ireland football winner * Michael Fitzsimons, member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Championship in 2011, 2013, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round Towers, Clondalkin
Round Towers (Irish: ''Cumann an Chloigthí, Cluain Dolcáin'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) associated with the Dublin County Board club based in Clondalkin, County Dublin. The club plays the Gaelic games of Gaelic football, hurling in both men's and women's codes. History In December 1884, one month after the G.A.A. was founded, a group of men gathered in Clondalkin to form a Gaelic Football Club. Among those present were David Molloy, J. Wixted, J. Carroll, J. Keogh, C. Ryder, P. Doran, The Errity Brothers one of whom, Tom, was later to win All-Ireland Senior medals with Dublin in '92', '94, '98, '99 and 1902. Towers won their first competition, the Baltyboys Tournament in 1889. They won their first Dublin Trophy — the Junior League in 1910 with Matt Nolan as captain. They won the Junior League and Junior Championship in 1926, again with Matt Nolan as captain. Success in the Leixlip Tournament of 1928 is noteworthy because St. Mary's Leixlip included the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Brigid's GAA
St Brigid's GAA Club (Irish: Cumann Naomh Bríd) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Castleknock, Fingal, Ireland which serves Castleknock, Clonsilla, Blanchardstown and Corduff. Its main grounds are at Russell Park, and it also has grounds in Castleknock at Beech Park and College Fort. The club supports 70 teams, from nursery level (four- to seven-year-olds) to adults, in hurling, football, camogie, women's football, handball and badminton. In 2003, St Brigid's GAA won their first Dublin Senior Football Championship and Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The club won their second Dublin Senior Football Championship in 2011, but lost the year's Leinster Final to Garrycastle in an injury-time free goal. St Brigid's senior hurlers lost the 2003 Senior A Hurling final to Craobh Chiarán and the 2019 final to Cuala. The team lost in the semi-finals in 2011 and 2013. St Brigid's senior hurlers won the Senior B and AHL 2 League titles in 2010 and 2014. The club ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Na Fianna GAA
CLG Na Fianna ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Na Fianna) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glasnevin, in the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It caters for the sporting and social needs of many connected residential areas adjacent to its location through the promotion of Gaelic games — Gaelic football, hurling, camogie, handball and rounders—and the traditional Irish pursuits of music and dance. Céilí music and dancing is a regular feature in the club hall, while informal music sessions are a regular feature of the members’ bar. Background Na Fianna was officially formed as a club on 25 April 1955, when 201 members transferred from C.J. Kickham GAA Club to form Cumann Luthchleas Gael Na Fianna. The first Annual General Meeting took place on 27 October 1955 later that year. Na Fianna's first clubhouse was originally transported from the Guinness Sports Grounds in Crumlin to Mobhi Road but was burnt to the ground in May 1967. The members built a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballinteer St John's GAA
Ballinteer St John's (Irish: ''Naomh Eoin Bhaile an tSaoir'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinteer, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. Gaelic football and hurling are played. History The clubhouse is situated beside Marlay Park just off the Ballinteer bypass and junction 13 on the M50. It was founded in May 1982. Initially the chosen name was Ballinteer Gaels though the name was later changed to Ballinteer St Johns. The club's crest is made up of Three Castles (Dublin crest), The Eagle (Emblem of St John the Evangelist) and the Celtic Cross (GAA emblem). A large clubhouse, ''Áras Naomh Eoin'', was opened in 2003. In December 2020, former Laois inter-county footballer Seán Dempsey was named as manager of the club's team competing in the Dublin Senior Football Championship. Honours * Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship: (1) 2010 * Dublin Intermediate Football Championship: (1) 1998 * Dublin Junior C Football Championship (3) 2007, 2008, 2015 * Dubli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clontarf GAA
Clontarf GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland. Notable players * Chris Barrett *Jack McCaffrey *Noel McCaffrey Noel McCaffrey is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Clontarf club and for the Dublin county team. Noel was awarded an All Star for his performances for Dublin in 1988. He studied medicine and is now a lecturer in the School of H ... * Jim Ronayne Honours * Dublin AFL Div. 3 Winners 2014 * Dublin AFL Div. 5 Winners 2018 * Dublin AFL Div. 6 Winners 2016 * Dublin AFL Div. 9 Winners 2019 * Dublin AFL Div. 11 North Winners 2014 * Dublin Minor A Football Championship Winners 2016 * Dublin Minor C Football Championship Winners 2007 * Dublin Under 21 B Football Championship: Winners 2018 * Dublin Junior B Hurling Championship Winners 2013 * Dublin Junior C Hurling Championship Winners 1999 * Dublin Junior E Hurling Championship Winners 2016 * Dublin Junior 6 Football Championship Winners 2020 Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erins Isle GAA
Erin's Isle (Irish language, Irish: ''Oileán na hÉireann'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Finglas, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Erin's Isle have won the Dublin Senior Football Championship on two occasions in 1993 and 1997, also capturing the Leinster Club Football Championship in 1997. The club won the Dublin Juvenile Football Championship for the first time in 1983 and the Dublin Minor Football Championship for the first time in 1985. Erins Isle won the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship once, in 1983. Roll of Honour * Leinster Senior Club Football Championship Winners 1997-98 * Dublin Senior Football Championship Winners (2) 1993, 1997 * Dublin Senior Hurling Championship Winners 1983 * Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship: Winner 2000 * Dublin Junior Football Championship Winners 1953, 2007 * Dublin Under 21 Football Championship#Under 21 A Football Championship, Dublin Under 21 A Football Championship: Winner 1979 * Dublin Under 21 Football Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fingallians GAA
Fingallians is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1884, Fingallians are one of the oldest clubs in Dublin and they are based at Lawless Memorial Park. History The club caters for Gaelic football, hurling, Ladies football and camogie, at all age groups. They currently play football in the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship, having been relegated from the senior grade in 2011. They have never won the Dublin Senior Football Championship but won the Intermediate Championship in 1957. Fingallians have reached the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship final in the three seasons they have played at the grade since being relegated. They lost finals by four points to Cuala in 2012 and to Naomh Ólaf in 2013 and by three points to Castleknock in 2014. Famous Fingallians players of the past include Harry Keegan (Roscommon) and Kieran Duff. Keegan won three All Stars with Roscommon in the 1970s and 1980s, while Duff played at right-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skerries Harps GAA
Skerries Harps is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland, playing Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. The club is located on the Dublin Road in Skerries with a main pitch and club house at this location. The club has just under 40 teams competing at all levels in football, hurling, camogie and ladies football. The club plays at senior level in football and camogie, intermediate level in ladies football and junior hurling. Current president is John Clinton and the club Chairman is Niall Murphy. Notable players Senior inter-county footballers ; Dublin * Bobby Beggs * Bryan Cullen * Harry Dawson *Greg McEneneaney *Cillian McGinnis *Adam Fearon ; Westmeath * Jack Smith *Stephen Smith Senior inter-county ladies' footballers ; * Lyndsey Davey Senior inter-county camogie players ; Dublin * Jean Murphy Honours * 1942 Dublin Junior Football Championship * 1947 Fingal League * 1950 Jubilee Cup * 1949/51 Rowan, Fingal, Feis McArdle Priests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davis GAA
Thomas Davis (irish language, Irish: ''CLG Tomás Dáibhís'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club with extensive grounds and a clubhouse located on the Kiltipper Road in Tallaght, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded in 1888, Thomas Davis has a long association with Tallaght from the time when it was a small rural village in the countryside. The club motto is ''Nascann Dúshlán Daoine (A Challenge Unites People)''. Club facilities For many years Thomas Davis played on a field adjacent to the Church of Ireland chapel, known as 'The Graveyard' in Old Tallaght Village (beside the Belgard Road where Smyths Toys is currently located) before relocating in the early 1980s to a green field site on the Kiltipper Road. The club continued to use the Graveyard, together with public pitches in Seán Walsh Park, Dodder Park and Aylesbury throughout the 1990s. The Seán Walsh Park fields were subsequently redeveloped into a man-made lake and landscaped areas, with plans for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomh Mearnóg CLG
Naomh Mearnóg is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1975 and now fields a total of 35 teams in football, hurling, camogie and ladies' football. These include three adult football teams, two adult hurling teams, two adult camogie teams and an adult ladies' football team. They also cater for many juvenile teams. History Early years In the late 1920s and early 1930s, there were two grades of adult inter-club football: senior and junior. It was the same at inter-county level. However, the interest in inter-county football was nothing like it is nowadays, most of the focus was on the inter-club scene. In the late 1920s, there was a temporary break-up of Innisfails' junior football team in Balgriffin, and as a result it was decided to form a team in Portmarnock. At that time, Portmarnock would have been what is now called 'Old Portmarnock'. The population was sparse and if a team lost a few players it fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
