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Desertmartin GAC
Saint Martin's GAC Desertmartin ( ga, CLG Naomh Mhartain Diseart Mhartain) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Desertmartin, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaelic football. The club has won the Derry Senior Football Championship once in its history and appeared in four finals. Underage teams up to U-12s play in South Derry league and championships, the U-14 team and upwards compete in All-Derry competitions. Gaelic football Desertmartin fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, U21, Reserve and Senior levels. The Senior team competes in the Derry Intermediate Football Championship and Division 2 of the Derry ACFL. Notable players Patsy Breen, Martin Kelly, Colm Breen, Liam Bradly, Kelan Meharg, Ian meharg Notable Duos Paddy O'Connor, Shea O'Connor (The Conyers) Ladies' Gaelic football The club also has a number of Ladies' Gaelic football groups which r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared total revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games Administration Committee (GAC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendances. Gaelic football is also the second most popular participation sport in Northern Ireland. The women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballerin GAC
Ballerin Sarfields GAC ( ga, Baile Iarainn Na Sairsealaigh CLG) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballerin, Northern Ireland. They are a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football, Ladies' Gaelic football and Camogie. The club have also had hurling teams in various stages in their history. Ballerin fields Gaelic football teams at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Minor, Reserve and Senior levels. Underage teams up to U-12's play in North Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. In addition to drawing players from Ballerin, the club's catchment area includes Ringsend, Garvagh, Aghadowey, Macosquin and parts of Limavady. The club's biggest success came in 1976 when they won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. They have also won the Derry Senior Football Championship twice. In recent decades the football team has been less successful and currently compete in the Derry Intermediate Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Games Clubs In County Londonderry
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Canada. Languages * Goidelic languages or Gaelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages; they include: ** Primitive Irish or Archaic Irish, the oldest known form of the Goidelic (Gaëlic) languages. ** Old Irish or Old Gaelic, used c. AD 600–900 ** Middle Irish or Middle Gaelic, used c. AD 900–1200 ** Irish language (), including Classical Modern Irish and Early Modern Irish, c. 1200-1600) *** Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland ** Scottish Gaelic (), historically sometimes called in Scots and English *** Canadian Gaelic ( or ), a dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken in Canada ** Manx language ( or ), Gaelic language with Norse elements Culture and history *Gaelic Ireland, the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gaelic Games Clubs In Ireland
This is a list of clubs in Ireland that play Gaelic games categorised by their governing bodies ( GAA provincial council and GAA county). Common abbreviations used in club names are: * CC: Camogie Club or Cumann Camogaíochta * CLG: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (Gaelic Athletic Club, or Gaelic Athletic Association) * CPG: Cumann Peile Gaelach (Gaelic Football Club) * GAA: Gaelic Athletic Association (now often used for individual clubs) * GAC: Gaelic Athletic Club (often denotes that more than one sport is played) * GFC: Gaelic Football Club * HC: Hurling Club or Handball Club * HCC: Hurling and Camogie Club * LGFC: Ladies' Gaelic Football Club * LGFA: Ladies' Gaelic Football Association * (H): Hurling (F) Football (D) Dual Connacht Galway Defunct Galway Clubs * St Grellan's (F) * St Columba's (H) * St Sourney's (F) * St Patricks, Coldwood (F) * St Cuans (H) Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo Leinster Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry Junior Football Championship
The Derry Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Premier Electrics Derry Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Derry clubs. The competition receives coverage in the national media. Craigbane are the title holders (2022) defeating Ballerin in the Final. History It was once (around 2011) The Derry Credit Union Derry Junior Football Championship for sponsorship reasons but no more. It had, by 2015 at the latest, become the Premier Electrics Derry Junior Football Championship. 2018 champions Limavady faced losing Callum Brown to the Australian Football League (AFL), the professional Australian rules football competition. In 2022, Craigbane bridged an eleven-year gap to win. The final has been played at Celtic Park and at Owenbeg. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the ? The winners of the Derry Junior Football Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Junior Clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newbridge GAC
Seán O'Leary's GAC Newbridge ( ga, CLG Seán Ó Laoghaire Droichead Nua) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Newbridge, County Londonderry, Newbridge, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic football and camogie. Newbridge has won the Derry Senior Football Championship on ten occasions. Teams up to Under-12s play in Derry GAA, South Derry league and championships, and those from U-14 upwards compete in All-Derry competitions. 2019 Championship Football 2018 Championship Football 2017 Championship Football History Gaelic games had been played on the western shores of Lough Neagh for decades before the founding of the club. Seán O'Leary's GAC Newbridge was established in 1925 and covered the Newbridge and Ballymaguigan areas, both in Ardtrea North parish. The American Army built Toome airfield during World War II. This effectively split the parish in two, making it very difficult for the Ballyma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Buggy
Paddy Buggy (15 March 1929 – 15 May 2013) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Slieverue and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1949 until 1960. Buggy later served as the 27th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1982 until 1985. Playing career Club Born in Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Buggy played his club hurling with his local Slieverue club. He won one senior county title with the club in 1954. Inter-county Buggy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny senior team in the late 1940s. He made his championship debut in 1949 and won his first Leinster the following year in 1950. Kilkenny later played Tipperary in an unexciting final which Tipp won by a point. Three years later in 1953 Buggy won a second Leinster medal; however, Kilkenny were later defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. In 1957 Buggy won his third Leinster title before lining out in his second All- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Gaelic Athletic Association
The president of the Gaelic Athletic Association ( ga, Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is the head of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The president holds office for three years. The role of president has existed since the foundation of the GAA. The president of the GAA is one of the leading figures in civil society in Ireland, as the association has around one million members and is present in every parish in the country. The role of president involves representing the GAA in Ireland and across the world. Former presidents of the GAA have a key role within the GAA, sitting on the motions committee which rules if motions to the annual Congress are in order. They also have become known for other roles such as Seán Kelly, who is now an MEP. The president travels across Ireland and the world to promote the organisation and attend games; former President Nickey Brennan travelled 160,000 miles in Ireland alone during his three years as president, and visited Great Britain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scór
Scór (, meaning "Score") is a division of the Gaelic Athletic Association charged with promotion of cultural activities, and the name of a series of annual competitions in such activities. Rule 4 of the GAA's official guide reads: ''"The Association shall actively support the Irish language, traditional Irish dancing, Irish music, music, song, and other aspects of Irish culture. It shall foster an awareness and love of the national ideals in the people of Ireland, and assist in promoting a community spirit through its clubs."'' The group was formally founded by Derry Gowen in Fermoy in 1969, and is promoted through various GAA clubs throughout Ireland (as well as some clubs outside Ireland). Structure Scór is a GAA competition that combines all the colour and rivalry of Gaelic Games with the social/fun element of Ireland's traditional past-times. The competition was established by the GAA in 1969 with the aim of promoting Ireland's traditional pastimes and culture while o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellaghy GAC
Bellaghy Wolfe Tones Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, CLG Baile Eachaidh) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently competes in gaelic football and camogie. Bellaghy have won 21 Derry Senior Football Championships, four Ulster Senior Club Football Championships and the 1971-72 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Bellaghy camogie club have won two Derry Senior Camogie Championships. Football Titles Senior Football * All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (1) ** 1971-1972 * All-Ireland Kilmacud Crokes Sevens Championship (2) **1986, 2002 * Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (4) ** 1968, 1971, 1994, 2000 * Derry Senior Football Championship (21) ** 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005 * Derry Senior Football League (7) ** 1947, 1986, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004 * Derry Interm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilrea GAC
Pádraig Pearse's GAC Kilrea ( ga, CLG Pádraig Mhic Piarais Cill Ria) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Kilrea, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently caters for both Gaelic football and Camogie. The club is named after Irish patriot Pádraig Pearse. Underage teams up to U-12s play in South Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. 2019 Championship Football 2018 Championship Football 2017 Championship Football History The first Kilrea Gaelic football club was established on 15 November 1943. The club was named O'Cahan's Kilrea and played in blue and gold jerseys. Many of the inaugural Minor team of 1946 went on to help Kilrea win the Junior Championship in 1951. In the early 1950s the club changed its name to the Kevin Barry's, named after the patriot Kevin Barry and played in black and amber colours. Its nickname was "the B's". Soon after, in 1956, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desertmartin
Desertmartin (;Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', page 85. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, )Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence: ''Irish Place Names'', page 202. Gill & Macmillan Ltd., 2002. is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is four miles from Magherafelt, at the foot of Slieve Gallion. In the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census the greater Desertmartin area had a population of 1,276. It lies within Desertmartin (civil parish), Desertmartin parish, Mid-Ulster District, and the historic Barony (geographic), barony of Loughinsholin. Neighbouring settlements include Draperstown, Magherafelt, Moneymore, and Tobermore. History The monastic hermitage of Desertmartin was originally dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. The remains of the ancient parish church are in the townland of Knocknagin at the east side of the village. When County Coleraine was created in 1585, its administration was meant to be carried out in the town of Coleraine. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
