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Joey O'Meara
Joseph Anthony O'Meara (24 June 1943 – 4 May 2001) was an Irish first-class cricketer and field hockey international. Life O'Meara was born at Dublin and was educated at Blackrock College. Overcoming polio as a child, O'Meara would go on to have a successful sporting career. Playing his club cricket for Railway Union, O'Meara made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Derry in 1963. Batting twice during the match, O'Meara was dismissed without scoring in Ireland's first-innings by Ronald Hogan, while in their second-innings he was dismissed again without scoring by Stuart Wilson. He took a solitary wicket in the match, dismissing Malcolm Ford with his off break bowling in Scotland's second-innings. He managed the Ireland cricket team for a period. O'Meara was more noted as an international hockey player for Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Hogan
Charles Ronald Hogan (born 10 January 1939) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer. Hogan was born at Paisley in January 1939. A club cricketer for Ferguslie Cricket Club, Hogan made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Ireland at Greenock in 1962. He played first-class cricket for Scotland a further five times, with his final appearance coming in 1964 on Scotland's tour of England against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. Playing in the Scottish side as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he took 24 wickets at an average of 17.29; he took a five wicket haul on two occasions, both in 1963 with 5 for 48 against the Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ..., and 6 for 36 against Ireland. As a lower order batsman, he scored 25 runs with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland Men's National Field Hockey Team Coaches
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain.The 2022 population of the Republic of Ireland was 5,123,536 and that of Northern Ireland in 2021 was 1,903,100. These are Census data from the official governmental statistics agencies in the respective jurisd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
