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Din Joe Buckley
Denis Joseph "Din Joe" Buckley (19 March 1919 – 8 October 2009) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team. Buckley made his first appearance for the team during the 1940 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1949 championship. During that time he won five All-Ireland medal, four Munster medals and two National League medals. Buckley was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Buckley was an eight-time county club championship medalist with Glen Rovers. His brother Connie was an All-Ireland-winning captain and another brother, Jack, was an All-Ireland medalist as a non-playing substitute in 1942. Playing career Club Buckley played his club hurling with the Glen Rovers and in 1938 he joined the club's senior team as the club set out to make history by besting Blackrock's twenty-five-year-old championship record of successive titles. Midleton stood in the way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Rovers GAA
Glen Rovers is a Cork (city), Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. The club was founded in 1916 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. They were Cork senior hurling champions in 2015 and 2016, having won their first title in 26 years in 2015. They retained the championship in 2016, when they beat Erin's Own in the final. Only Blackrock have won more Cork senior hurling championships. Hurling Colours In the early days of the club, its colours were green, white and gold. The Easter Rising and the execution of the leaders took place in the same year the Glen was founded. These events left such an impression on the minds of the Irish public that it was decided to add a black band to the jersey to honour the recently deceased patriots. This distinctive and unique hooped jersey has been used ever since. The Glen Rovers crest is also unique, and features a modernised Celtic cross with the image of the north side glen in the cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imokilly GAA
Imokilly GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the east of Cork, Ireland. The division includes towns such as Midleton, Cobh, and Youghal. It is one of eight divisions of Cork County Board. It organizes competitions for the clubs within the division, from Under 12 up to the adult level. The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. In addition, the division selects football and hurling teams from the adult teams playing at junior level or county intermediate level, and these then compete for the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship. The division is known best for its hurlers, and in recent times, players from here have dominated on the Cork GAA senior hurling team. Clubs * Aghada * Ballinacurra * Bride Rovers * Carrignavar * Carrigtwohill * Castlelyons * Castlemartyr * Cobh * Cloyne * Dungourney * Erin's Own * Fr. O'Neills * Glanmire * Glenbower Rovers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Cup
The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster GAA teams are composed of the best players from the counties in each province. The games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The Railway Cup was a revival of the Railway Shield which ran from 1905 to 1907 (football) and from 1905 to 1908 (hurling). The first Railway Cup competitions (the name is due to the donation of the trophy by Irish Rail) were held in 1927, with Munster winning the first football title and Leinster winning the first hurling title. Presently, Ulster hold the record for the most football Railway Cup wins with 30, while Munster has won the most hurling titles with 43. The longest hurling streak was Munster's six-in-a-row from 1948 to 1953, while Ulster won a football five-in-a-row from 1991 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munster GAA
The Munster Council is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Munster. County boards *Cork * Clare *Kerry *Limerick *Tipperary *Waterford Hurling Provincial team The Munster provincial hurling team represents the province of Munster in hurling. The team competes in the Railway Cup. Honours *Railway Cups: 46 **1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2016 Current panel Players Players from the following county teams represent Munster: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. =Notable players= Competitions Inter-county ;Record *All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships: 72 **Cork: 1890, 1892, 1893, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Kelly (hurler)
Fr. Joseph Kelly (1923 – June 1994) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Cork senior team. Kelly joined the team during the 1943 championship and later became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement following the conclusion of the 1947 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals. Kelly was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Kelly played with the famous Glen Rovers. Playing career Club Kelly played his club hurling with the famous Glen Rovers club on the north side of Cork city. He enjoyed little success at minor level before joining the club’s senior team. In spite of the Glen going through a hugely successful period during the 1940s, Kelly helped the team to many championship titles but never played in a county final himself. Inter-county Kelly first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor hurling team in 1941. He won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mossy O'Riordan
Maurice Francis "Mossy" O'Riordan (1926 - 27 August 2008) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Cork senior team. Born in Blackrock, County Cork, O'Riordan first played with the Cork senior team at the age of twenty. He made his debut during the 1946 championship. O'Riordan became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions O'Riordan won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he played with Blackrock. O'Riordan's brother, Gerry, was a four-time All-Ireland medallist with Cork. Throughout his career O'Riordan made 18 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1952 championship Playing career Inter-county O'Riordan made his senior championship debut for Cork on 9 June 1946 in a 2-9 to 2-1 Munster quarter-final defeat of Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Kilkenny GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Cill Chainnigh) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny county teams in all codes at all levels. The Kilkenny branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1887. In hurling, the dominant sport in the county, Kilkenny competes annually in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 36 times (a national record), the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 73 times, and the National Hurling League, which it has won 19 times(a national record). The camogie team has won the both National Camogie League and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 15 times each. Hurling Clubs Clubs contest the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship. That competition's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Ring
Nicholas Christopher Michael Ring (30 October 1920 – 2 March 1979) was an Irish hurling, hurler whose National Hurling League, league and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, championship career at senior level with the Cork county hurling team, Cork county team spanned twenty-four years from 1939 to 1963. He established many All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics, championship records, including career appearances (65), scoring tally (33-208) and number of All-Ireland medals won (8); however, these records were subsequently bested by a number of players. Ring is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game, with many former players, commentators and fans rating him as the number one player of all time. Born in Cloyne, County Cork, Ring first played competitive hurling following encouragement from his local national school teachers Michael O'Brien and Jerry Moynihan. He first appeared on the Cloyne GAA, Cloyne minor team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antrim GAA
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Waterford GAA
The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Phort Láirge) or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford. The County Board is also responsible for the Waterford county teams. The county board's offices are based at Walsh Park in the city of Waterford. The Waterford County Board was founded in 1886. Hurling is the dominant sport, with the county having won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) on two occasions: in 1948 and 1959. While football is the secondary sport in the county, it is widely played nonetheless. Waterford's greatest footballing achievement was reaching the 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, which the team lost to Dublin. Governance Founded in 1886, the Waterford GAA board administers Gaelic games at all levels in County Waterford. This includes the sports of hurling, football, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted O'Sullivan (hurler)
Timothy O'Sullivan (24 February 1920 – 30 July 1968) was an Irish Hurling, hurler. At club level he played with Midleton GAA, Midleton, Blackrock GAA, Blackrock, St Finbarr's National Hurling & Football Club, St Finbarr's and Castlemartyr GAA, Castlemartyr and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Club career Born in Ballinacurra, County Cork, O'Sullivan first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Midleton GAA, St Enda's club. He enjoyed his first success in 1938 when the club secured the Cork MHC title after a defeat of Charleville GAA, Seán Clárach's in the final. By that stage O'Sullivan had also joined the Midleton GAA, Midleton Cork Senior Hurling Championship, senior team and was full-forward when they suffered a defeat by Glen Rovers GAA, Glen Rovers in the 1938 Cork Senior Hurling Championship#Final, 1938 final. O'Sullivan spent two seasons with Blackrock National Hurling Club, Blackrock after transferring to the club in 1941, before la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Quirke
John Quirke (2 May 1911 – 24 August 1983) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Cork senior team. Quirke made his first appearance for the team during the 1932 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1946 championship. During that time, he won four All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and two National League medals. Quirke was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level, Quirke was a three-time county club championship medalist with Blackrock. Quirke's sister, Dolly Leahy, was an All-Ireland medalist in camogie with Cork. Playing career Club Quirke played his club hurling with the famous Blackrock club and enjoyed much success. In 1929, he was just out of the minor grade when he lined out in his first championship decider at senior level. A 5–6 to 2–2 defeat of fierce city rivals St. Finbarr's gave Quirke his first championship medal. Blackrock reached the county fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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