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John Kevin Coleman
John Kevin Coleman (born 1944) is an Irish former hurler and politician. At club level he played with Ballinhassig, divisional side Carrigdhoun and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team. Coleman also spent some time as an elected representative with Cork County Council. Playing career Coleman first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballinhassig club while also lining out with St. Finbarr's College in the Harty Cup. He progressed to adult club level, alongside his six brothers, and enjoyed a hugely successful career, winning five Carrigdhoun JFC titles, two Cork JHC titles and two Cork IHC titles. Coleman also lined out with divisional side Carrigdhoun. Coleman first appeared on the inter-county scene with Cork as a member of the minor team in 1962. He later spent one season with the under-21 team, however, his underage career ended without success. Coleman was a member of the intermediate team that won the All-Ireland IHC title in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballinhassig GAA
Ballinhassig is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Ballinhassig in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club was founded in 1886, and now plays Hurling at Premier Intermediate level, having won the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship in 2005, and the Cork Junior Hurling Championship in 2002. Stemming from these County Championship wins, Ballinhassig competed in Munster and All-Ireland Club Championships, and have won the following Club Championship Finals: Junior Munster Club Final, Junior All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship Final, Intermediate Munster Club Final; but lost out to Dicksboro, of Kilkenny town, in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Final, played in Croke Park. The club also plays Gaelic football, but hurling is much stronger. The club is a member of Carrigdhoun division of Cork GAA. Ballinhassig also have their own Camogie team, who play at Senior A level. The underage boys and girls teams comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling Intermediate All-Ireland Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Effectively contested by the second string teams of the top inter-county hurling sides in Ireland, the tournament has taken place every year since 1997—having originally been run between 1961 and 1973. The final, currently held in July, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during the early summer, and the results determine which team receives the Michael Cusack Cup. The All-Ireland Championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship, however, the qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times throughout its history. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in the Leinster Championship and the Munster Championship. Only two teams curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1977 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 68th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 30 January 1977. The championship ran from 22 May to 2 October 1977. On 2 October 1977 Ballinhassig won the championship following a 1–16 to 1–11 defeat of Ballyhea in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1975. Results First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final References {{Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship The Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Intermediate A Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board ... Cork Intermediate Hurling Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1975 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 66th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 26 January 1975. On 10 August 1975, Ballinhassig won the championship following a 3–12 to 2–05 defeat of Blackrock in the final at the Mardyke. This was their first ever championship title. Blackrock's Danny Buckley was the championship's top scorer with 6-05. Team changes To Championship Promoted from the Cork Junior Hurling Championship * Watergrasshill From Championship Promoted to the Cork Senior Hurling Championship * Bandon Regraded to the City Junior Hurling Championship * Brian Dillons Results First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Championship statistics Top scorers ;Overall ;In a single game References {{Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship Cork Intermediate Hurling Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dr Harty Cup
The Dr Harty Cup, officially known as the Munster Colleges Senior A Hurling Championship, is an annual inter-schools hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-schools hurling competition in the province of Munster, and has been contested every year, except on two occasions, since 1918. Ardscoil Ris are the centenary Champions winning the title in 2018. The final, usually held in February, serves as the culmination of a series of games played between October and January. Eligible players must be under the age of 19. The Dr Harty Cup is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Colleges Championship. The winners and runners-up of the Dr Harty Cup final, like their counterparts in the Connacht and Leinster Championships, advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals or semi-finals. Sixteen teams currently participate in the Dr Harty Cup. The championship begins with a round-robin group stage, followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dr Croke Cup
The Dr Croke Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the All Ireland Secondary Schools Senior "A" hurling championship. Before that it was an inter-county GAA competition in hurling. The first Croke Cups (which included hurling and Gaelic football) took place between 1896 and 1915. Clare was the first winner of the Dr Croke Cup for hurling in 1896. In 1909 Ulster were expelled from the Dr Croke Cup because of "bad gates" but the decision was later rescinded. Since 1944 however, it is the pinnacle of colleges hurling to win the "Dr Croke Cup", named after Thomas Croke, Archbishop of Cashel The Archbishop of Cashel ( ga, Ard-Easpag Chaiseal Mumhan) was an archiepiscopal title which took its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. Following the Reformation, there had been parallel apostolic successions to the title ..., in whose honour Croke Park is also named. Current format For official fixtures and results seCroke Cup at gaa.ie Six school teams current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Irish Local Elections ...
The 1991 Irish local elections were held in all counties and county boroughs on Thursday, 27 June 1991. They were postponed from June 1990 to allow the Local Government Act 1991 to be passed beforehand. Elections in non-county boroughs and towns were postponed until 1994. Results Summary By local authority Counties County boroughs References Sources * * Citations See also *Local government in the Republic of Ireland * :Irish local government councils {{Irish elections 1991 June 1991 events in Europe Local Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States * Local government, a form of public administration, usually the lowest tier of administrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork South-Central (Dáil Constituency)
Cork South-Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). History and boundaries The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and first used at the 1981 general election, taking in parts of the former Cork City and Cork Mid constituencies. It is a mixed urban-rural constituency encompassing the south of Cork City, county towns and a rural hinterland. It encompasses the electoral areas of Cork City south of the river Lee, together with most of the Carrigaline electoral area of County Cork, including the Ringaskiddy and Passage West areas. TDs Elections 2020 general election 2016 general election 2011 general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Irish General Election
The 1989 Irish general election was held on Thursday, 15 June, three weeks after the Dissolution of parliament, dissolution of the Dáil Éireann, Dáil on 25 May. The 26th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 29 June. However, a new Taoiseach and a Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats 21st Government of Ireland, government were not appointed until 12 July. The general election took place in Dáil constituencies, 41 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 166 seats in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament, on the same day as the 1989 European Parliament election in Ireland, European Parliament election. Campaign The general election of 1989 was precipitated by the defeat of the minority Fianna Fáil government in a private members motion regarding the provision of funds for AIDS sufferers (haemophiliacs who had been infected with contaminated blood products by the Health Service Executive, HSE). While a general election was not necessary – the defeat was seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Democrats
The Progressive Democrats ( ga, An Páirtí Daonlathach, literally "The Democratic Party" ), commonly referred to as the PDs, was a conservative-liberal political party in the Republic of Ireland. Launched on 21 December 1985 by Desmond O'Malley and other politicians who had split from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the Progressive Democrats took liberal positions on divorce, contraception and other social issues. The party also supported economic liberalisation, advocating measures such as lower taxation, fiscal conservatism, privatisation and welfare reform. It enjoyed an impressive début at the 1987 general election, winning 14 seats in Dáil Éireann and capturing almost 12 per cent of the popular vote to temporarily surpass the Labour Party as Ireland's third-largest political party. Although the Progressive Democrats never again won more than 10 seats in the Dáil, they formed coalition governments with Fianna Fáil during the 26th Dáil (1989–92), the 28th Dáil (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Irish Local Elections
The 1985 Irish local elections were held in all the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Thursday, 20 June 1985. Ireland was divided into local government areas of administrative counties and county boroughs, with a second tier in certain areas of boroughs, urban districts and towns with boards of commissioners. The elections were postponed from June 1984. This allowed the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985 to be enacted beforehand. Each local government area was divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) to be elected on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Administrative changes Under the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985, the borough of Galway ceased to be part of County Galway and became a county borough with its own city council. County Dublin was divided into three electoral counties: South Dublin, Dublin—Belgard, Fingal, Dublin—Fingal and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. The party was founded as an Irish republican party on 16 May 1926 by Éamon de Valera and his supporters after they split from Sinn Féin in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War on the issue of abstentionism on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the British Monarchy, which de Valera advocated in order to keep his position as a Teachta Dála (TD) in the Irish parliament, in contrast to his position before the Irish Civil War. Since 1927, Fianna Fáil has been one of Ireland's two major parties, along with Fine Gael since 1933; both are seen as centre-right parties, to the right of the Labour Party and Sinn Féin. The party dominated Irish political life for most of the 20th century, and, since its fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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