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Ilen Rovers GAA
Ilen Rovers is a Gaelic football club in County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to Cork GAA and Carbery GAA divisional boards. Ilen Rovers is located in a rural community that is located on the River Ilen, the river that flows through Skibbereen before entering the sea near the fishing port of Baltimore, the gateway to the islands of Sherkin, Cape Clear and Heir. The club crest depicts this rural geographical area showing the Beacon to the south and Kilcoe castle to the west with the Ilen flowing between and the sea beyond. History The club was founded in 1973. It comprises players from the parish of Rath and the Islands and the parish of Aughadown, the two parishes that bound the river estuary. In the club's first year, three teams were affiliated under 14, under16 & minor. In the club's first year they the SW minor B championship. The following season, the club entered additional teams, in the under 21 and junior B category, with the under 21s losing the SW champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the football up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar , signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball under the crossbar into the net (the ball cannot be hand-passed into the goal), signalled by the umpire raising a green flag. Positions in Gaelic football are similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limerick GAA
The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Luimneach) or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick. The county board is also responsible for the Limerick county teams. The county hurling team are the current All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) title holders, and have the fourth highest total of titles, behind Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary. The county football team was the first from the province of Munster both to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final. As of 2009, there were 108 clubs affiliated to Limerick GAA — the third highest, alongside Antrim. Hurling Clubs Clubs contest the following competitions: * Limerick Senior Hurling Championship * Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship * Limerick Junior Hurling Championship * Limerick Minor Hurling Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin O'Sullivan (Gaelic Footballer)
Kevin O'Sullivan (born 1984 in Baltimore, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Ilen Rovers and was a member of the Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ... senior inter-county team from 2004 until 2008. References 1984 births Living people Ilen Rovers Gaelic footballers Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Cork-gaelic-football-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fachtna Collins
Fachtna Collins (born 1973) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Ilen Rovers divisional side Carbery and was also a member of the Cork senior football team. Career Collins first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Ilen Rovers club. He also lined out as a schoolboy with St. Fachtna's De La Salle College in Skibbereen and, after winning consecutive Corn Uí Mhuirí titles, won a Hogan Cup medal in 1991. As a student at University College Dublin, Collins captained the senior team to the Sigerson Cup title in 1996. Collins progressed to adult level with his club and won numerous South West JAFC titles before winning a Cork JAFC title in 2001 and a Cork IAFC title in 2003. He was at midfield when Ilen Rovers beat St. Michael's to win the inaugural All-Ireland ICFC title in 2004. Collins also lined out with divisional side Carbery. Collins first played for Cork as a member of the minor team that beat Mayo in the 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Cork Junior A Football Championship
The Carbery Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bandon Co-op Carbery Junior A Football Championship) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Carbery Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by junior-ranked teams in West Cork, Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format. Introduced in 1926 as the West Cork Junior Football Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament. The competition went through a number of format changes since then, including the introduction of a back-door or second chance for beaten teams. The competition took on its current format in 2022, adding a round-robin group stage and limiting the number of entrants. In its present format, the 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams and play each other in a single round-robin system. The four group winners and four group runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003–04 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship ...
The 2003–04 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The All-Ireland final was played on 25 April 2004 at Páirc Mhearnóg in Portmarnock, between Ilen Rovers and St. Michael's. Ilen Rovers won the match by 1-11 to 1-04 to claim their first ever championship title. All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship All-Ireland final References {{All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship 2003 in Irish sport 2004 in Irish sport All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual gaelic football competition which began in 2003. The winners of the Intermediate Club Championship from each county enter the competition. Finals by year Winners by County S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Independent
The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis. The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines. Traditionally a broadsheet newspaper, it introduced an additional compact size in 2004. Further, in December 2012 (following billionaire Denis O'Brien's takeover) it was announced that the newspaper would become compact only. History Murphy and family (1905–1973) The ''Irish Independent'' was formed in 1905 as the direct successor to ''The Irish Daily Independent and Daily Nation'', an 1890s' pro-Parnellite newspaper. It was launched by William Martin Murphy, a controversial Irish nationalist businessman, staunch anti-Parnellite and fellow townsman of Parnell's most venomous opponent, Timothy Michael Healy from Bantry. The first issue of the ''Irish Independent'', published 2 January 1905, was marked as "Vol. 14. No. 1". During the 1913 Lockout of workers, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork Senior Football Championship
The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs and amalgamated teams in the county of Cork in Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format. It is the most prestigious competition in Cork Gaelic football. Introduced in 1887 as the Cork Senior Football Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to senior-ranking club teams, with its winner reckoned as the Cork county champion. The competition took on its current name in 2020, adding a round-robin group stage for clubs and limiting the number divisional entrants to the championship proper. In its present format, the Cork Premier Senior Championship begins with a preliminary qualifying rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanturk GAA
Founded in 1882 Kanturk GAA is a dual Senior Gaelic Athletic Association club with Gaelic football and hurling teams, based in the town of Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland which forms part of the parish of Kanturk and Lismire. It is affiliated with Cork GAA and plays in Duhallow division competitions. The club's hurling team currently competes in the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship having won the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship in 2021. In 2017, the club won the Cork Intermediate Championship, the Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship and the All Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship. The club's Gaelic football team competes in the Cork Senior A Football Championship having won the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship in 2022. History The club has been in existence since 1882, prior to the formation of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It was in football that Kanturk were a force is the early years when in 1897 the Cork Senior Football Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenville GAA
Glenville GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Glenville, Cork, Ireland. This is a Gaelic football only club. The club participates in Cork county board and in Imokilly GAA divisional competitions. Achievements * Cork Junior Football Championship Winners (1) 1995 * Cork Minor A Football Championship Runners-Up 1993 * Cork Minor Championship (country section) Winners (1) 1994 * East Cork Junior A Football Championship Winners (7) 1948, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1995 Runners-Up 1945, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1994 * East Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners (1) 1997 * East Cork Junior C Football Championship Winners (2) 2013, 2017 * Intermediate Football League Winners (2) 2005, 2007 * Tom Creedon Cup Winners 2007 * East Cork Under-21 A Football Championship Winners (2) 1998, 2006 * East Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winners (4) 1982, 1989, 2014, 2017 * East Cork Minor A Championship Winners (2) 1993, 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley Rovers
Valley Rovers GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Innishannon in County Cork, Ireland. The club was formed in 1919 when two teams in the parish, Innishannon and Knockavilla, came together. The club fields teams in hurling, camogie, Gaelic football and Ladies' football. It participates in the Carrigdhoun division of Cork GAA. As of 2020, the club were playing at Premier senior level in football and Premier intermediate level in hurling. The club won the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship title twice, first in 1989 and two decades later in the 2009 Cork PremierIntermediate Hurling Championship. History In 2008, the club claimed the Cork County intermediate football title. Wins against Aghabullogue, Macroom (after a replay) and Ballydesmond set up a final meeting with Kildorrery. This final was played in Páirc Uí Rinn and the team won on a scoreline of 1–12 to 3–4. The year was capped by victory in the Division 3 league final over Ballino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donegal GAA
The Donegal County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Dhún na nGall) or Donegal GAA is one of 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Donegal. The County Board is responsible for preparing the Donegal county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball. The county football team was the third from the province of Ulster to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), following Cavan and Down. It last won the All-Ireland SFC in 2012 and the Ulster Senior Football Championship in 2019. Donegal players comprised most of the 2012 All Stars Team of the Year, and the three nominations for the All Stars Footballer of the Year, ultimately won by Karl Lacey. In addition, having been invited to assist the Celtic soccer team in Scotland, Donegal manager Jim McGuinness became the first Gaelic football inter-county manager to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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