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Jack Egan (Kilkenny Hurler)
John Egan (21 January 1921 - 2 December 1994) was an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the Kilkenny senior hurling team lasted just one season. Biography Egan was born in Threecastles, County Kilkenny in 1921, son of Martin Egan who was a lifelong administrator with the North Kilkenny GAA Board. He quickly developed a love for hurling and was a member of the Threecastles team that won the Kilkenny Junior Championship in 1940. Around this time Egan took up employment with Kilkenny Woollen Mills and played with them in the Kilkenny Junior Championship. He played with the Kilkenny junior hurling team which won the All-Ireland Championship in 1946 before graduating to the senior team. On 7 September 1947, Egan won an All-Ireland Championship medal at senior level, as understudy to Jim Donegan, following a one-point defeat of Cork in the final. As there was no parish rule for club hurling at the time, Egan joined the Tullaroan club with whom he won a Kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threecastles GAA
Threecastles GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. They are St. Lachtain GAA's reserve team. Threecastles play at the adult grade of junior. Honours * Kilkenny Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 1898, 1903 * Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship The J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1905 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Kilkenny in I ...s: (1) 1940 External linksThreecastles GAA page on GAA Info Gaelic games clubs in County Kilkenny Hurling clubs in County Kilkenny {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Kilkenny hurling. Introduced in 1887 as the Kilkenny Hurling Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to senior-ranking club teams. The championship has gone through a number of changes throughout the years, including the use of a round robin, before reverting to a straight knockout format. In its current format, the Kilkenny Senior Championship begins in September with a first round series of games comprising eight teams, while the four remaining teams receive byes to the quarter-final stage. A team's finishing position in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éire Óg (Kilkenny) Hurlers
Young Irelands GAA or Éire Óg refers to many Gaelic games clubs named in honour of the Young Irelanders. *Young Irelands GAA (Kilkenny), a sports club in Gowran, Ireland *Young Irelands GAA (Limerick), a sports club in the Irish city of Limerick *Éire Óg Anacarty GAA, a sports club in the parish of Anacarty & Donohill, West Tipperary, Ireland *Éire Óg GAA (Cork), a sports club in Ovens, Muskerry, Ireland * Éire Óg-Corrachoill CLG, a hurling club based in County Kildare, Ireland * Éire Óg Craigavon GAA, a sports club in County Armagh *Éire Óg Greystones GAA, a sports club in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland *Éire Óg GAA (Kilkenny), a defunct sports club in the Irish city of Kilkenny *Éire Óg GFC (London), a sports club in the London Borough of Haringey *Nenagh Éire Óg GAA Nenagh Éire Óg GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tullaroan Hurlers
Tullaroan () is a village in the western part of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the County Tipperary, Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish. Sport Tullaroan GAA are the most successful Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kilkenny, having won the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship title twenty times, and have been finalists on eleven occasions. Culture The most common surnames in Tullaroan in 1849-50 were Grace, Maher, Kelly, Walsh, Dunne, Connors, Dowling, Kavanagh, Fogarty and Comerford.Tullaroan - , Irish Ancestors. Geograph ...
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Threecastles Hurlers
Three Castles was a medieval lordship in Monmouthshire, Wales, comprising the fortifications of Grosmont, Skenfrith and White Castle. Three Castles or Threecastles may also refer to: * Three Castles of Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland (namely Castelgrande, Montebello and Sasso Corbaro) * Three castles of Husseren-les-Châteaux or Eguisheim, Haut-Rhin, Vosges, France (namely the Dagsburg, the Wahlenburg and Weckmund Castle) * Three castles at Dahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (namely Altdahn, Grafendahn, Tanstein) * Threecastles Castle, Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland. * Threecastles, County Kilkenny, village in Ireland * Three Castles Walk (other), various long-distance footpaths in Britain See also * Castle Three, British cycle car made 1919–1922 {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Deaths
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1921 Births
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Leinster Junior Hurling Championship
The Leinster Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council. The winners of the Leinster Junior Hurling Championship each year progress to play the other provincial champions for a chance to win the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship. Generally, the strong hurling counties have fielded their second team in this competition. In recent years though, they have participated in the Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship instead. Since 2005, the competition has been suspended, with the counties participating in the Christy Ring Cup or Nicky Rackard Cup instead. Top winners Roll of honour * 1931 Kilkenny 2–09 Dublin 1–05 After objection and counter objection, declared null and void * 1908 Unfinished. Dublin awarded the title. See also * Munster Junior Hurling Championship * Connacht Junior Hurling Championship * Ulster Junio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
The 1946 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 25th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. It was the first championship to be completed in the aftermath of the Emergency. Limerick entered the championship as the defending champions. The All-Ireland final was played on 6 October 1946 at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Kilkenny and London, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Kilkenny won the match by 5-04 to 2-02 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title since 1928. Results All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship All-Ireland semi-final All-Ireland home final All-Ireland final References {{All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship Junior Junior or Juniors may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * ''Junior'' (Junior Mance album), 1959 * ''Junior'' (Röyksopp album), 2009 * ''Junior'' (Kaki King album), 2010 * ''Junior'' (LaFontaines a ... [...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] |
1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1947 was the 61st series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Cork 0-14 to 2-7 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. Format Leinster Championship ''Quarter-finals:'' (2 matches) These were two matches between the first four teams drawn from the province. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the semi-finals. ''Semi-finals:'' (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals joined the two remaining Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the final. ''Final:'' (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the All-Ireland semi-finals. Munster Championship ''Quarter-final:'' (1 match) This was a single match betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1948 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 54th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board. On 22 August 1948, Tullaroan won the championship after a 1–12 to 2–03 defeat of Carrickshock in the final. It was their 18th championship title overall and their first title in 14 championship seasons. Results Final References {{Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of ... Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
