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Fearghal Flannery
Fearghal Flannery (born 3 January 1991) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a substitute goalkeeper for the Galway senior team. Flannery joined the team as sub-goalie to James Skehill during the 2012 championship. An All-Ireland medalist in the minor grade, Flannery has won one Leinster medal in the senior grade as a non-playing substitute. Flannery came on in the second half of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Final for his championship debut to replace the injured James Skehill James Skehill (born 22 February 1988) is an Irish hurler who plays as a goalkeeper for club side Cappataggle and previously at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. Playing career University During his studies at the Limeri .... At club level Flannery plays with the Pádraig Pearse's club. References 1991 births Living people Pádraig Pearse's hurlers Galway inter-county hurlers Hurling goalkeepers {{Galway-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pádraig Pearse's GAA
Pádraig Pearse's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the Ballymacward- Gurteen parish in County Galway, Ireland. The club was founded in 1966, when the Gurteen and Ballymacward Junior Hurling clubs merged and was predominantly concerned with the game of hurling. There has always been a strong tradition of hurling in the parish, with one of the earliest recordings in local press dated to 1882. The first club in the parish was officially affiliated to the G.A.A. in 1886. Pádraig Pearse's GAA fields hurling teams from Under-6 to Senior level. Hurling Players from the club have represented Galway at all levels. In 2013 St Kerrill's Gaelic Football Club, which had been formed in 1990 and also representing the Ballymacward and Gurteen areas, was disbanded and Pádraig Pearses began fielding football teams. The footballers compete at Junior level, with teams also affiliated at several underage levels amalgamated with Menlough GAA. Notable players * Cyril Donnellan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2012
The 2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 125th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The draw for the 2012 fixtures took place on 6 October 2011. The championship began on 19 May 2012 and ended on 30 September 2012. Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny were the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, defending champions and successfully retained their title following a 3–22 to 3–11 victory over Galway GAA, Galway in a 2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, replay of the final. Teams A total of fourteen teams contested the championship, including all of the teams from the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, 2011 championship. There were no new teams entering the championship. Laois GAA, Laois and Westmeath GAA, Westmeath were the first teams to exit the 2011 championship, however, there was no relegation play-off. Both teams contested the 2012 championship. Ker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pádraig Pearse's Hurlers
Pádraig ( ; ), Pádraic or Páraic ( , ; ) is an Irish male name deriving from the Latin ''Patricius'', meaning "of the patrician class", introduced via the name of Saint Patrick. Patrick is the English version. Diminutives include Páidín, Páidí (both anglicised as 'Paudeen' and 'Paudie' respectively) and Pádraigín (''little Patrick''), which was originally an exclusively masculine name before later being viewed as the Irish equivalent of the feminine name 'Patricia'. Pádraig is also sometimes anglicised as ''Paddy'' or ''Podge''; the former anglicisation is often used, sometimes pejoratively, as a term for Irish people as a whole. Famous people called Padraic, Pádraig or Pauric * Liam Pádraic Aiken (born 1990), American actor * Pádraig Amond (born 1988), Irish footballer * Pádraig de Brún (1889–1960), Irish clergyman, mathematician and classical scholar * Pauric Clancy, Gaelic football player from County Laois in Ireland * Padraic Colum (1881–1972), author * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1991 Births
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2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 131st event of its kind and the culmination of the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 19 August 2018. The final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ2 as part of ''The Sunday Game'' live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Liam Sheedy, Henry Shefflin and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Marty Morrissey with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney. Limerick won the final, ending a 45-year wait for a title. The match drew a peak audience of more than 1 million on RTÉ. The TV audience for ''The Sunday Game'' coverage peaked at 1,007,500 by the end of the final. Background Galway were the defending champions and were looking to win their sixth All-Ireland title after winning in 1923, 1980, 1987, 1988, and 2017. Limerick were appearing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship. The final, usually held on the first Sunday in July, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Bob O'Keeffe Cup. The championship was previously played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship; however, as of 2018, the championship involved a round-robin system. The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship. The winners of the Leinster final, like their counterparts in the Munster Championship, are rewarded by advancing directly to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players under the age of 17 in Ireland and has been contested every year - except for a three-year absence during the Emergency - since 1928. The final, currently held on the third Sunday in August, is the culmination of a series of games played during July and August, with the winning team receiving the Irish Press Cup. The qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times throughout its history. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in the Leinster and Munster Championships as well as Galway. Having previously been played on a straight knockout basis, the championship has incorporated a round robin since 2018. Five teams currently partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Skehill
James Skehill (born 22 February 1988) is an Irish hurler who plays as a goalkeeper for club side Cappataggle and previously at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. Playing career University During his studies at the Limerick Institute of Technology, Skehill was selected for the college's senior hurling team. On 10 March 2007, he won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal as LIT won the title after a 2-16 to 0-13 defeat of the NUI Galway in the final. Club Skehill joined the Cappataggle club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's top adult team. On 9 November 2008, Skehill was on the panel when Cappataggle defeated Killimordaly by 1-10 to 0-11 in the final of the Galway Intermediate Championship. He later won a Connacht Championship medal following a 0-14 to 2-07 defeat of Four Roads. On 5 February 2009, Skehill was an unused substitute when Cappataggle were defeated by 2-14 to 1-12 by Blarney in the All-Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiltormer GAA
Kiltormer GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Clontuskert, Lawrencetown and Kiltormer areas outside Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. The club is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. Overview History Gaelic games in the Kiltormer area have been recorded as far back as 1897. Down through the years Clontuskert, Lawrencetown and Kiltormer affiliated separate teams, while Ganaveen and Tristaun also formed separate clubs. In 1969 a decision was finally made to bring the three areas together and form a club under one name. Kiltormer was chosen as the club name and the club colours were to be blue and white. Almost immediately, success followed with the winning of minor, under-21, and intermediate championships. Honours *All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships: 1 ** 1992 *Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championships: 3 ** 1982, 1990, 1991 *Galway Senior Club Hurling Championships: 5 ** 1976, 1977, 1982, 1990, 1991 Notable players * Just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurling
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] |
Irish People
The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while England's 16th/17th century conquest and colonisation of Ireland brought many English and Lowland Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Ireland) and Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom). The people of Northern Ireland hold various national identities including British, Irish, Northern Irish or som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
