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Jim Power (hurler)
James Power (7 November 1895 – 21 May 1998) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Galway senior teams. Born in Duniry, County Galway, Power first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-two when he first linked up with the Galway senior team, before later lining out with the junior side. He made his senior debut in the 1918 championship. Power went on to enjoy a ten-year inter-county career, and won one All-Ireland medal and one Connacht medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. Power represented the Connacht inter-provincial team on one occasion, however, he ended his career without a Railway Cup medals. At club level he won five championship medals with Tynagh. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1928 championship. Power is the longest-lived All-Ireland medallist. Playing career Club Power played his club hurling with Tynagh and enjoyed much success during a lengthy career. After losing back-to-back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry GAA
Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the parish of Tynagh, County Galway, Ireland. The club is primarily concerned with the game of hurling History As neighbouring parishes both Tynagh and Duniry often combined in an effort to field teams. In the early years of the 20th century there were also two separate clubs in Tynagh and Duniry. In 1996 both Tynagh and Abbey/Duniry joined forces at under-age level as a result of a decline in population. This act paved the way for the amalgamation that was to take place at adult level in 2004. Honours * Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championships (1): 2009 * Galway Intermediate Hurling Championships (1): 2009 * Galway Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2011 * Vinny Flynn U11 Shield Winners (1): 2017 Notable players * Jim Power * Paul Killeen * Shane Moloney * Liam Hodgins * Paul Gordon * Padraig Kelly * Kevin Broderick * Eoin Clarke * Nicky Ryan Nicholas Dominick Ryan (born 14 July 1946) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilconieron GAA
Kilconieron GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Kilconieron, County Galway, Ireland. The club is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. History Kilconieron was one of the first clubs in County Galway to affiliate with the Central Branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The first recorded game involving Kilconieron was against Kiltulla on 29 August 1885. Between 1908 and 1920 Kilconieron went through its must successful period. Seven Galway SHC finals were contested, with victories coming in 1908, 1912 and 1919. A number of barren years followed, with the club facing a shortage of players on some occasions due to emigration. A split in the club occurred in 1943, with a breakaway club called St Finbarr's being established. The split lasted until 1947 when both clubs amalgamated under the Kilconieron name. The nearby Clostoken club amalgamated with Kilconieron in 1965. The club enjoyed sporadic periods of juvenile and underage success in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Daly
Thomas Daly (15 September 1894 – 21 September 1936) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Tulla in Clare and Collegians in Dublin. Daly also played hurling at inter-county level with both Clare and Dublin between 1917 and 1933. The GAA pitch is called Dr Daly Park which is named after him. Biography Tommy Daly was born in Tulla, County Clare in 1894. He was educated locally and later attended University College Dublin where he studied medicine. It was at UCD that Daly first tasted success on the hurling field. He was the goalkeeper on the college team that captured the Fitzgibbon Cup title in 1915. Daly won a further five Fitzgibbon Cup titles with the college in 1916, 1917, 1923, 1924 and 1927. After graduation, he practiced medicine in London and regularly returned home for hurling matches. Tommy Daly died in a car accident in Tuamgraney in 1936. Playing career Club Daly played his club hurling with his local club in Tulla. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrett Howard
Garrett Howard (10 December 1899 – 20 January 1995) was an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Limerick, Dublin and Tipperary senior teams. Born in Patrickswell, County Limerick, Howard first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he first linked up with the Limerick senior team, before later lining out with the Dublin and Tipperary sides before returning to the Limerick colours. He made his senior debut in the 1921 championship. Howard went on to enjoy a fifteen-year inter-county career, and won five All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals, three Leinster medals and four National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. Howard represented the Munster and Leinster inter-provincial teams at various times, winning two Railway Cup medals during that period. At club level he won eight championship medals, playing with a host of clubs including Croom, Garda and Toomevara. With Ireland Howard won two T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin GAA
The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Átha Cliath) or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the Dublin Region and the Dublin county teams. The teams and their fans are known as "The Dubs" or "Boys in Blue". The fans have a special affiliation with the Hill 16 end of Croke Park. The county football team is second only to Kerry when it comes to the total number of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship As of 2009, there were 215 clubs affiliated to Dublin GAA — the second highest, ahead of Antrim and Limerick, which each had 108. Governance Dublin GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the traditional county of Dublin. There are 9 officers on the Board, including the Cathaoirleach (Chairperson), Mick Seavers, Vice-Chairman, Ken O'Sullivan and Treasurer, Finbarr O'Mahony. The Board is subject to the Leinster GAA P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Derivan
Michael Dervan (19 May 1898 – 3 April 1981) was an Irish hurler. Usually lining out at corner-back, he was a member of the Galway team that won the 1923 All-Ireland Championship. Dervan enjoyed a club career with Tynagh Tynagh () is a village and Electoral division (Ireland), electoral division in south-east County Galway in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Origin of the name Recorded as ''Tyneaach'' (1565), ''Teacneaghe'' (1543), ''Theaneac'' (1541), its current ... that yielded much success. After joining the club's senior team in his late teens, he won five Galway Senior Hurling Championship, county championship medals in 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, and 1928. After being selected for the Galway senior team in 1922, he won a Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, Connacht medal in his debut championship. He won his sole All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland medal in 1923 after Galway's defeat of Limerick GAA, Limerick in the final. Dervan was a runner-up in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Gill
Michael Gill (22 September 1899 – 21 September 1980) was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Galway and Dublin senior teams from 1922 until 1938. Gill made his first championship appearance during the 1922 championship and became a regular player for both Galway and Dublin over the next sixteen years. During that time he won three All-Ireland winner's medals, four Leinster winner's medals and two National Hurling League winners' medals. At club level Gill enjoyed lengthy playing careers with the Ballinderreen and Garda clubs, winning six county club championship winners' medals with the latter. Biography Gill was born in Ballinderreen, County Galway in 1899. It was an area that had a very strong hurling tradition even prior to the establishment of the GAA in 1884. In his youth Gill displayed a natural talent for the game. Following his education Gill trained as a member of the Garda Síochána and served with the force until his retirement in 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard McGrath .
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Leonard John McGrath (1899 – December 1949) was an Irish dual player who played both football and hurling for Galway. Born in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, McGrath came to Galway with his family in his youth. He made his first impression on the inter-county scene when he was a member of the Galway senior hurling team for the 1923 championship. McGrath won an All-Ireland medal that year as Galway secured their first hurling title. Two years later he won an All-Ireland medal with the Galway senior football team. At club level McGrath played with Mullagh and St Grellan's. He also played rugby, which earned him an expulsion from the GAA under Rule 27 Rule 27 of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), also known as "the Ban", was a rule in force from 1905 to 1971 that banned members of the GAA from playing or watching other sports such as rugby, soccer or hockey. The rule The text of Rule 27 [...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] |
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] |
Tipperary GAA
The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Thiobraid Árann) or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tipperary and the Tipperary county teams. County Tipperary holds an honoured place in the history of the GAA as the organisation was founded in Hayes' Hotel, Thurles, on 1 November 1884. The county football team was the second from the province of Munster both to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following Limerick. The county hurling team is third in the all-time rankings for All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) wins, behind only Cork and Kilkenny. History Governance Tipperary GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the traditional county of County Tipperary. There are 9 officers on the Board including the Cathaoirleach (Chairperson), Sean Nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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