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Johnny Egan (Offaly Gaelic Footballer)
John "Johnny" Egan (born ''John Francis Egan'': 26 September 1939 – 14 December 2015) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left corner-back for the Offaly senior football team. Born in Doon, County Offaly, Egan first arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Offaly minor team. Named on the Offaly Football Team of the Century and regarded as one of his county's finest ever footballers, he made his senior debut during the 1957–58 league. Egan went on to play a key role for over a decade and had 99 League and Championship appearances and won two Leinster medals on the field of play. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions in 1961 and 1969. He played in front of a record crowd of 90,556 against Down in 1961. He captained the team in 1969. At club level Egan began his career with Doon before later playing with Ballycumber Ballycumber () is a village located where the R436 regional road crosses the River Brosna in County Offaly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doon GAA (Offaly)
Doon GAA club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, founded in 1888. It is based in the village of Doon in County Limerick, Ireland. The club is part of the East Division of the Limerick GAA and has a tremendous record at underage level, but has yet to win a County Senior Hurling Championship. The club only plays hurling, but footballers in the parish play with neighbouring Oola. The manager is Austin Buckley. Location The club is located in the parish of Doon, mostly in County Limerick but also containing a few townlands in County Tipperary; these can play with the other club in the parish, Glengar, which is affiliated to the Tipperary GAA County Board. As Oola is only a football club, hurlers from the parish play with Doon. The club is roughly 30 km east of Limerick City. Bordering clubs include Cappamore, Pallasgreen and Doon's sister club Oola in Limerick, and Seán Treacy's, Cappawhite and Solohead in Tipperary. History The club was founded in 1888; it is one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county teams in All-Ireland. The first tournament was held in 1887; it has been held every year since 1889. Each tournament ends with a final, played by the 35th Sunday of the year at Croke Park in Dublin, with the winning team receiving the Sam Maguire Cup. History The first Championship to be held featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship. The 21 a-side final was between Commercials of Limerick and Young Irelands of Louth. The final was played in Beech Hill, Donnybrook (not Bird Avenue) on 29 April 1888 with Commercials winning by 1–4 to 0–3. Unlike later All-Ireland competitions, there were no provincial championships, and the result was an open draw. The second Championship was unfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doon Gaelic Footballers
Doon may refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Doon" (lai), a 13th-century Breton lai * Doon de Mayence, a fictional hero of the Old French ''chansons de geste'' *Doon Harrow, a character in the novel '' The City of Ember'' and its film adaptation *''National Lampoon's Doon'', a novel by Ellis Weiner, parodying Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' People *Doon Arbus (born 1945), American writer and journalist *Doon Mackichan (born 1962), British actress and comedian *Doon Naughton (1879–1964), New Zealand cricketer Places India * Doon (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Himachal Pradesh * Doon Valley, a valley in the Sivalik foothills of the Himalayas Ireland *Doon, County Cavan, three townlands, including: **Doon (Drumreilly) ** Doon (Tomregan) * Doon, County Limerick *Doon, County Offaly * Doon, County Westmeath, a townland in Lickbla civil parish Scotland *Loch Doon *River Doon United States * Doon, California, a settlement on the defunct Butte County Railroad *Doon, Iowa Elsewhere *Doon, On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Births
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Mulligan
Eugene Mulligan (born 1949 in Rhode, County Offaly) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. He played for his local club Rhode and was a member of the Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ... senior inter-county team from 1968 until 1980. References 1967 1949 births Living people Offaly inter-county Gaelic footballers Rhode Gaelic footballers {{Offaly-gaelic-football-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Monaghan (Gaelic Footballer)
Patricia Monaghan is Regius Professor of Zoology in the Institute of biodiversity, animal health & comparative medicine at the University of Glasgow. Biography Monaghan was educated at Durham University where her PhD investigated the utilisation of urban resources by the herring gull ''Larus arqentatus''. She delivered the Tinbergen Lecture for ASAB in 2006 and the Witherby Memorial Lecture for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) in 2004. In 2011 she was appointed a member of the Academia Europaea (MAE). Research Monaghan's research interests are in behavioural ecology, avian ecology, ornithology, molecular ecology and senescence. She has served as president of Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) since 2017. Awards and honours *1997: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) *2002: Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists Union *2017: Godman-Salvin Medal by the British Ornithologists' Union *2017: Frink Medal by Zoological Socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970–71 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1970–71 National Football League was the 40th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Kerry beat Mayo in the final. Format 1970-71 saw the introduction of a new format. Divisions * Division One: 16 teams. Split into two groups of 8. * Division Two: 16 teams. Split into two groups of 8. Round-robin format Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away. Points awarded 2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw. Titles * Teams in Division One competed for the National Football League title. * Teams in Division Two competed for the National Football League Division Two title. Knockout stage structure In the semi-Finals, the match-ups were as follows: * Quarter-final 1: First-placed team in Division One (A) v Second-placed team in Division One (B) * Quarter-final 2: Second-placed team in Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Senior Football Championship
The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship. The final, currently held on the fourth Sunday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Delaney Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship. The winners of the Leinster final, like their counterparts in Connacht, Munster and Ulster, are rewarded by advancing directly to the All-Ireland quarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballycumber GAA
Ballycumber () is a village located where the R436 regional road crosses the River Brosna in County Offaly, Ireland. It is west of the town of Clara, on the western edge of Clara bog. According to the 2016 census, the population of Ballycumber was 208 people. Ballycumber is located in the civil parish of Leamonaghan. The church in nearby Boher (dedicated to Saint Manchán of Lemanaghan, a local saint) was opened in 1861; before that there was a mud-walled church in the area which has left no trace. Transport The M6 motorway connecting Dublin and Galway is a ten-minute drive away. Bus Éireann runs an hourly schedule from Moate and Tullamore with buses going to Galway, Dublin, Waterford, and Belfast. Iarnód Éireann run a train from Dublin to Galway every half-hour from Clara train station. Ballycumber station opened on 1 March 1862 and closed on 17 June 1963. Education Boher National School is located beside Saint Manchan's Church in Boher, outside Ballycumber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957–58 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1957–58 National Football League was the 27th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Dublin beat Kildare's "All-Whites" (the name Lilywhites came later) by five points in the final. The game was level when Dublin scored a controversial goal with five minutes remaining. Format Results Finals References National Football League National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ... National Football League (Ireland) seasons {{Gaelic-football-competition-stub ... [...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] |
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