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David Kenny (hurler)
David Kenny (born 1987) is an Irish hurler who plays for Offaly Senior Championship club Belmont. He is a former player and selector at inter-county level with the Offaly senior hurling team. Career Kenny made his first appearance for the team during the 2007 championship and has become a regular player over the last few seasons. During that time he has enjoyed little success, however, he has won a National League (Division 2) winners' medal and a Walsh Shield winners' medal. At club level Kenny plays with Belmont. Kenny played for NUI Galway in the Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered ..., and was part of the side that lost the 2007 final. References External linksDavid Kenny profileat the Offaly GAA website 1987 births Living people U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmont GAA
Ferbane/Belmont GAA is a football club in the Gaelic Athletic Association located in Ferbane in County Offaly, Ireland, 13 miles from Birr. The Ferbane GAA field is located in the town of Ferbane on the Ballycumber Road. Ferbane play in the Offaly championship. Ferbane holds the record for the club with the longest continuous sponsorship deal in Gaelic football. Honours Football Ferbane enjoyed most of their success in the '80s and start of '90s where they won a 5 in a row of Offaly Senior Football Championship titles from 1986–90 and also a Leinster Senior Club Football Championship title in 1986 beating Portlaoise. Gallen community school also brought the senior all-Ireland vocational schools title to Ferbane where they beat Clonakilty cc in Croke Park. all Ireland runners up 2012. More recently Gallen community school have won the 2016 post primary schools B football title beating Mountbellew in the final. In 2019 the club bridged a 25-year gap by defeating Rhode in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzgibbon Cup
The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideachais Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG), the GAA's Higher Education Council. Comhairle Ard Oideachais also oversees the Ryan Cup (tier 2 hurling championship), the Fergal Maher Cup (tier 3 hurling championship) and the Padraig MacDiarmada (tier 4 hurling championship). The GAA Higher Education Cups are sponsored by Electric Ireland. History The cup is named after Dr. Edwin Fitzgibbon, a Capuchin friar and, from 1911 to 1936, who was Professor of Philosophy at University College Cork. In 1912 Dr. Fitzgibbon donated most of his annual salary to purchase the trophy. The cup was made at William Egan and Sons' silversmiths, Cork, and bears a large inscription on its front: The Fitzgibbon Cup, Donated by The Rev Fr Edwin O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offaly Inter-county Hurlers
County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in honour of Philip II of Spain. Offaly County Council is the local authority for the county. The county population was 82,668 at the 2022 census. Central Statistics Office figures Geography and political subdivisions Offaly is the 18th largest of Ireland's 32 counties by area and the 24th largest in terms of population. It is the fifth largest of Leinster's 12 counties by size and the 10th largest by population.Physical geography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmont Hurlers
Belmont may refer to: People * Belmont (surname) Places * Belmont Abbey (other) * Belmont Historic District (other) * Belmont Hotel (other) * Belmont Park (other) * Belmont Plantation (other) * Belmont railway station (other) * Belmont Street (other) Antigua and Barbuda * Belmont, Antigua and Barbuda Australia * Belmont, New South Wales, a suburb in the Hunter Region * Belmont, Queensland, an outer suburb of Brisbane ** Shire of Belmont, Queensland, a former local government area ** Electoral district of Belmont (Queensland), a former state electorate in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland * Belmont, Victoria, a southern suburb of Geelong * Belmont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth ** City of Belmont, a Local Government Area in Western Australia, in the inner eastern suburbs of Perth ** Electoral district of Belmont, a state electorate represented in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Canada * Belmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Galway Hurlers
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1987 Births
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Joe Bergin (hurler)
Joseph Bergin (born 22 September 1987) is an Irish hurler who plays for Offaly Championship club Seir Kieran. He was a member of the Offaly senior hurling team for 14 seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a full-forward. Playing career Seir Kieran Bergin joined the Seir Kieran club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels, enjoying championship success in the under-21 grade in 2008. Offaly Minor and under-21 Bergin first played for Offaly as a member of the minor team during the 2004 Leinster Championship. He made his first appearance on 10 April when he came on as a 23rd-minute substitute for Colin O'Meara in a 0-14 to 1-10 defeat of Laois. Bergin was again eligible for the minor team for the 2005 Leinster Championship, however, his tenure in the grade ended without success. Bergin progressed onto the Offaly under-21 team during the 2006 Leinster Championship. He made his first appearance on 21 June when he scored two poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Offaly Senior Hurling Team Captains
This article lists players who have captained the Offaly county hurling team in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. List of captains References {{Offaly county hurling team Hurlers Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Dooley
Shane Dooley (born 26 September 1986) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a right corner-forward for the Offaly senior team. Born in Tullamore, County Offaly, Dooley was born into a strong hurling family. His paternal and maternal granduncles as well as his grandfather enjoyed All-Ireland success with the Offaly junior team in 1923 and 1929. His father, Joe Dooley, and his uncles, Johnny and Billy Dooley, won seven All-Ireland medals between them between 1985 and 1998. Dooley first played competitive inter-county hurling and Gaelic football with Tullamore College. Here he won a Leinster Vocational Schools Junior B Championship medal and an All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship medal. Dooley simultaneously came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Tullamore club. As a dual player at senior level he has won one county hurling championship medal and three senior football championship medals. While studying at the University of Limerick, Dooley won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clare Champion
''The Clare Champion'' is a weekly local newspaper in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. It was founded in 1903 after ''The Clare Man'' was forced to close. In February 1918 it was banned and County Clare was declared a military area A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ....De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow page 103 Many people have been associated with ''The Clare Champion'' over the years. Andy McEvoy came to the paper in 1925 as editor. He retired in 1950. Earlier one of the paper’s reporters was Pat Quinn, who later moved to Dublin to become the political correspondent of the ''Irish Independent''. Larry DeLacey was the editor for most of the 1950s and was followed by George Mulvey and Frank O’Dea, who came to the paper in 1959 and retired in 1996. Austin Hobbs jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walsh Cup (hurling)
The Walsh Cup ( ga, Corn Bhreatnach) is an annual hurling competition staged in Ireland by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 1954. Contested by the top county teams from the provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Connacht, the tournament consists of a round-robin group stage, followed by a knockout stage. Formerly ponsored by Bord na Móna, it was known as the "Bord na Móna Walsh Cup". Prior to 2018, third-level colleges also competed. The Walsh Cup is part of a series of GAA tournaments known as the Leinster GAA Series, along with the Kehoe Cup (second-tier hurling teams) and the O'Byrne Cup (Gaelic football). The money generated by these competitions helps address hardship suffered by players and ordinary members of the GAA in Leinster. This scheme is the only one of its kind offered by a provincial GAA council. Apart from this, the competitions provide an opportunity for the county teams to prepare for the upcoming National Hurling League. Eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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