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Jimmy Cooney (Tipperary Hurler)
James J. Cooney (27 April 1914 – 28 July 1975) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Tipperary county team. Cooney joined the team during the 1934 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1942 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal. At club level Cooney played with the Carrick Swans and Carrick Davins clubs. He also played football for UCD GAA while an Engineering student at University College Dublin. 1938 suspension controversy On 12 February 1938 Cooney was seen attending the Ireland–England rugby international and, for breaching the GAA's ban on foreign games, he was suspended for three months, to end on 14 May 1938. He played in Tipperary after 14 May but was re-suspended on a technicality: the GAA required students to register an inter-county transfer between their winter college county and their summer home county (Dublin and Tipperar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrick Swans GAA
Carrick Swan GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, located in the town of Carrick-on-Suir in south County Tipperary in Ireland. It is one of three GAA clubs in the town, one of which, St. Molleran's, is in County Waterford in the southern suburb of Carrickbeg. The Swan are predominantly a hurling club and lead the roll of honour for the number of South Tipperary senior hurling championships won. The club enjoys a keen rivalry with the longer established Carrick Davins, named in honour of Maurice Davin, first President of the GAA who lived at Deerpark near the town. They have one of the best setups for underage youngsters in the county with numerous county titles been won underage. The Swans' most famous players were the Wall brothers, Willie and Tom who played with distinction for Tipperary in the 1940s. Honours * Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: (1) 1947 * South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship: (24) 1933, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCD GAA
UCD GAA or University College Dublin Gaelic Athletic Association club is a Dublin based Gaelic games club in University College Dublin. The UCD hurling club was founded in 1900 and boasted the mottos "Ad Astra" and "Cothrom Féinne". The first team was an amalgamation of students from UCD and Cecilia St. Although UCD had been playing Gaelic football unofficially since 1900, the official club history began in the season of 1911/1912. The football club competes in the Sigerson Cup and Higher Education Leagues as well as in the Dublin Senior Football Championship and the O'Byrne Cup. The hurling club competes in the Fitzgibbon Cup and Higher Education Leagues and occasionally in the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship and the Walsh Cup. The Camogie Club competes in the Ashbourne Cup. The ladies Gaelic football team competes in the O'Connor Cup. Former Dublin footballer Brian Mullins is the director of sport at UCD. Ger Brennan & Josh Warde are currently in charge of all Gaelic ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Army Officers
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrick Swans Hurlers
Carrick is an Anglicisation, Anglicised version of ''creag/carraig'', Goidelic languages , Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to: People *Carrick (surname) * Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick * Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), mother of Robert the Bruce and Countess of Carrick * Niall of Carrick (died 1256), Scottish Mormaer and second Earl of Carrick Places Australia * Carrick, New South Wales * Carrick, Tasmania Canada * Carrick, Ontario, part of South Bruce, Ontario since 1999 * Carrick, Manitoba, a community within the Rural Municipality of Piney Ireland * Carrick, County Donegal * Carrick, County Kildare, a civil parish in County Kildare * Carrick, County Westmeath (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath * Carrick, Fartullagh, a townland in the civil parish of Carrick, barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath * Carrick, Lackan, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrick Davins Hurlers
Carrick is an Anglicisation, Anglicised version of ''creag/carraig'', Goidelic languages , Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to: People *Carrick (surname) * Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick * Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), mother of Robert the Bruce and Countess of Carrick * Niall of Carrick (died 1256), Scottish Mormaer and second Earl of Carrick Places Australia * Carrick, New South Wales * Carrick, Tasmania Canada * Carrick, Ontario, part of South Bruce, Ontario since 1999 * Carrick, Manitoba, a community within the Rural Municipality of Piney Ireland * Carrick, County Donegal * Carrick, County Kildare, a civil parish in County Kildare * Carrick, County Westmeath (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath * Carrick, Fartullagh, a townland in the civil parish of Carrick, barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath * Carrick, Lackan, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of University College Dublin
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating ( Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Winners
All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) refers to all of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Ireland" is most frequently used to refer to sporting teams or events for the entire island, but also has related meanings in politics and religion. In sports Many but far from all sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis.{{fv, date=June 2017 "All-Ireland" is often used as an abbreviation of All-Ireland Championship, held by sports organised on All-Ireland basis. In particular: * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in Gaelic football * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in hurling Many sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis, for example American football, basketball, boxing, cricket, curling, Gaelic games, golf, hockey, lawn bowls, korfball, Quidditch, rowing, rugby league and rugby union, in which case the international team is usually referred to simply as "Ireland". Others are organised primarily o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Deaths
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of ''Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the ''Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Births
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan begins to erupt, becoming effusive after a very large earthquake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1938 and ended on 4 September 1938. Tipperary were the defending champions but were disqualified from the championship after fielding an ineligible player in their Munster semi-final defeat of Clare. On 4 September 1938, Dublin won the championship following a 2-5 to 1-6 defeat of Waterford in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland triumph. Waterford's Locky Byrne was the championship's top scorer with 4-5. Teams Overview The 1938 championship featured no new entrants to the competition. Kerry, a team who had fielded a team throughout much of the 1930s, declined to participate in the Munster Championship. Galway were the sole representatives from the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 27Rule 27: When a love for the 'wrong' kind of football would see you ostracised The 42, 11 May 2015 GAA members were prohibited from playing, watching or attending any event associated with these sports.A ‘foreign game’—President Hyde and GAA Rule 27 - History Ireland [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Home Nations Championship
The 1938 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fourth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fifty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 15 January and 19 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Scotland won their 12th title, also winning the Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup. Participants The teams involved were: Table Results References External links * {{Six Nations Championship 1938 Home Nations Home Nations Home Nations Home Nations Home Nations Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on context. Politically it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales). In sport, if a sport is g ... Home Nations Championship Home Nations Championship H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
