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Dublin Senior Hurling League
The Dublin Senior Hurling League is a league competition for the top hurling clubs in Dublin. The 2010 champions were Craobh Chiaráin who defeated rivals Crumlin to claim the title. The 2011 winners were Kilmacud Crokes who beat 2010 finalists Crumlin in the 2011 final at Parnell Park Parnell Park is a GAA stadium in Donnycarney, Dublin, Ireland with a capacity of 8,500. It is the home of the Dublin GAA hurling, football, camogie and ladies' football teams at all levels of competition. The ground is used by Dublin's inter .... Ballyboden defeated Craobh Chiaráin in the 2012 final by 3 points despite shooting 14 wides in the second half. Roll of honour References {{Dublin GAA Hurling competitions in County Dublin Hurling leagues in Ireland 1904 establishments in Ireland Sports leagues established in 1904 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyboden St Enda's GAA
Ballyboden St Enda's (''CLG Baile Buadáin Naomh Éanna'' in Irish) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Knocklyon, South Dublin, Ireland. The Club serves the Rathfarnham, Knocklyon, Ballycullen, Ballyboden, Ballyroan, Firhouse areas. They offer hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball, and rounders. They were founded in 1969 after the merger of 2 clubs in the Rathfarnham area – the Ballyboden Wanderers (founded 1910) and Rathfarnham St. Endas (founded 1966). Their homeground, ''Páirc Uí Mhurchú'' is located on the Firhouse Road. It was named ''Páirc Uí Mhurchú'' in 1984, in honour of founding member and first chairman of Ballyboden St Enda's, Ned Murphy (''Éamonn Ó Murchú'') (1908–1981). According to ''The Irish Times'', Ballyboden is "almost certainly... the biggest sports club in Europe", with 172 teams representing it in 2020. Honours Ladies' Senior Football The 'Boden Ladies' Senior Football team has won 2 All-Ireland, 6 Leinster and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Jude's GAA
St Jude's (Irish: ''Naomh Jude'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Templeogue on the southside of Dublin. The club fields teams in all four codes of the Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football, Hurling, Camogie and Ladies Football. Teams are fielded from Senior Grade right down to under eight level, the club also run a very popular academy which caters for children from four years of age to seven years of age and is open to all and free of charge. Club history The beginning It was a great era for Football in Dublin way back in the 1970s. Heffos army was on the march. There were those remarkable battles with Mick ODwyer's legendary team of bachelors wearing the green and gold jerseys of Kerry. In the city and surrounds it became the thing to wear the navy and sky blue of Dublin. New parishes were sprouting up everywhere in the suburbs. One such parish was Willington in Templeogue and it too became embroiled in the football fever. Into this fever bed Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurling Leagues In Ireland
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie ('), which shares a common Gaelic root. The objective of the game is for players to use an ash wood stick called a hurley (in Irish a ', pronounced or ) to hit a small ball called a ' between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for three points. The ' can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapped with an open hand (the hand pass), for short-range passing. A player who wants to carry the ball for more than four steps has to bounce or balance the ' on the end of the stick, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurling Competitions In County Dublin
Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie ('), which shares a common Gaelic root. The objective of the game is for players to use an ash wood stick called a hurley (in Irish a ', pronounced or ) to hit a small ball called a ' between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for three points. The ' can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapped with an open hand (the hand pass), for short-range passing. A player who wants to carry the ball for more than four steps has to bounce or balance the ' on the end of the stick, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garda GAA
Garda GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, founded in 1922. They are the GAA representative team of the Garda Síochána. Garda have won the Dublin Senior Football Championship on six occasions in 1927, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1948. Garda won the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship on one occasion in 1986, bringing them back to senior status. Garda have also had success as a hurling side, having also won the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship on six occasions in 1931, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926 and 1925. Westmanstown Gaels is the juvenile division of the club and was set up in 2005. History The Garda GAA was founded in 1922 shortly after the Civic Guard, later renamed the Garda Síochána, was established to replace the Royal Irish Constabulary, with responsibility for policing the newly established Irish Free State. The first Garda Commissioner, Eoin O'Duffy, supported the creation of the club as a way to engage with the community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Service Hurling Club
Civil Service Hurling Club (Irish language, Irish: ''Cumann Báire na Státseirbhíse'' ) is a hurling club in county Dublin GAA. The club was founded in 1923 by members of the Irish civil service. It currently field two adult hurling teams, in Division 5 and 8 and play in the Junior A and E Hurling championships. They share a ground at Islandbridge with the Civil Service Gaelic Football Club. History Founded in 1923, the founder members were Art O’Driscoll, Tadgh Casey, Padraigh OhAodha, Liam Malone, Joe Crossan, J.Lennon, Harry McHugh, Tom Mchugh, Colm O’Sullivan, Harry Carrick, Dennis O’Sullivan, Paddy McCarthy and Seamus Murphy and the three O’Braonain brothers among their founding members, Seamus, Chriostoir and Sean. The first hurling practice took place in October at the former British Army Polo grounds on the Navan Road. The Club played its first match in the Dublin GAA, Dublin Junior hurling league on 19 May 1924 against Pioneers, losing by two goals. In 1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Vincents GAA
St Vincents is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Marino, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1931 in Marino, instrumental in the founding of the club were Rev Dr William Fitzpatrick (St Vincent de Paul Church, Marino) and Bro. Ernest Fitzgerald (Scoil Mhuire CBS, Marino). Although its club grounds were in Raheny for a number of years, it moved to its home back into Marino in 1987. St Vincents merged with Marino Camogie Club in 1997 to form the St Vincents Hurling, Football and Camogie Club. They have won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship on three occasions, most recently in 2014. They are the most successful side in the Dublin Senior Football championship having won the title 29 times. The club has also won 14 Dublin Senior 1 camogie titles (6 as Marino) and completed a three in a row in 2015–2017. Playing Grounds As well as using their own pitches at their clubhouse and ''Páirc Naomh Uinsionn'', the club uses pitches beside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucan Sarsfields GAA
Lucan Sarsfields (Irish: ''Sáirséalaigh Leamhcáin'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Lucan, Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1886, making it one of the oldest GAA clubs in Dublin. Sarsfields were one of 16 teams which contested the Dublin Senior Championship in 1887. They were also involved in the Senior Championship of 1892, and the club has fielded Gaelic football, hurling and camogie teams ever since. Early success Lucan won the Intermediate Football League in the 1904–05 season. It is reported that they did this with the help of five players from Balbriggan. The story goes that in 1902 a team call Balbriggan Wanderers won the Intermediate League and then for some reason or other went out of existence in 1904. One of the players on that team was a man named Paddy Richardson, who was a fish merchant and regularly attended the Dublin market. At the market he met up with Mickey Ashe who was secretary of Lucan and who also worked in the fish market. With th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craobh Chiaráin CLG
Craobh Chiaráin is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Donnycarney, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Craobh have won the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship on five occasions, in 1971, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006. The club was founded in 1962 when two existing clubs, Craobh Rua and Naomh Chiaráin, were amalgamated. 2006 Craobh beat Ballyboden St Endas in the Dublin senior hurling final at Parnell Park by a scoreline of 2–10 to 2-08. They have gone on to qualify for the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship, Leinster championship against Carlow GAA, Carlow champions Mount Leinster in the preliminary round of the competition. Achievements * Dublin Senior Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1971, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006 * Dublin Senior Hurling League Winners (9) 1972, 1974, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010 * Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship: Winners (2) 1965, 1992 * Dublin Junior Hurling Championship: Winners 1964 * Dublin Junior Hurling Championship#Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmacud Crokes GAA
Kilmacud Crokes ( ir, Cill Mochuda Na Crócaigh) is a large Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Stillorgan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Background Kilmacud GAA club was formed in 1959 following a historic public meeting in Saint Laurence's Hall, where Stillorgan shopping centre now stands. The first meeting of the club took place on 12 March 1959. Sixty people attended the meeting and donated a shilling each, meaning the club made IR£3.30 on the night. The club decided to use green-and-white jerseys, but they later decided to use the gold-and-purple colours, some say because of the local school Scoil Lorcain Naofa who also use gold and purple, others say it was because blue are the colours of the crocus. In 1963 the club purchased a -acre site behind the Ormonde Cinema as a permanent home pitch for themselves, Páirc de Burca, and in 1965 the adjoining Glenalbyn House was bought. In April 1966, Crokes hurling club joined up with Kilmacud football club. The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Tooles GAC
O'Tooles GAC (Irish: ''Cumann Uí Thuathail'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ayrfield, Dublin, Ireland, formed in 1901. History Early years O'Tooles GAC was formed in 1901 at 100 Seville Place in the north inner city of Dublin from the Gaelic League branch. The Gaelic League branch held their inaugural meeting in February 1901. Francis Cahill was one of the founding members of the club and Brother J.A. O’Mahoney, who was superior of O'Connell School was elected as the first president. On Thursday 8 October 1901, after Irish classes the clubs first hurling team was formed. The captain of the team was Edward Keegan with Thomas Keegan elected as secretary and John Taylor as treasurer. In 1905 the club won their first competition, captained by Tim O'Neill, they won the Saturday Junior Hurling League. August 1902 brought about the formation of the football team, with the clubs first major success arriving in 1910 in the form of the minor league. In 1910, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faughs GAA
Faughs GAA Club ( ga, CLG Fág an Bealach) is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) hurling and camogie club in Templeogue, Dublin, Ireland. They have won 31 titles. History Faughs GAA Club was founded in Easter 1885, "under the big tree" in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Its inaugural meeting was held at 4 Gardiner's Row, home of Michael Cusack (now the Dergvale Hotel). The club name, Faughs, is derived from the Irish language slogan, , meaning "clear the way," a battle cry used by ancient Irish warriors. When the Dublin County Board was formed in 1886, Larry O'Toole was on the committee. At this time Faughs, wearing colours amber and black played both hurling and football, took part in the first Dublin championships in 1887, and were winners of the Dublin Senior Football Championship in 1889. In January 1891, Faughs merged with the "Davitts" who, like Faughs, were mostly "spirit grocers assistants". As "Faughs–Davitts" in colours amber, black and blue, they won their first Dub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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