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Kieran Claffey
Kieran Claffey (15 April 1949 – 19 September 1995) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Doon GAA, Doon and Clontibret O'Neills GAA, Clontibret O'Neills. He was also a member of the Offaly senior football team. Career Claffey never played Gaelic football in organised competitions at primary or secondary school level. As an agricultural college student in County Monaghan he joined the Clontibret O'Neills GAA, Clontibret O'Neills club and won a Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Monaghan SFC title in 1968. Claffey later returned to the Doon GAA (Offaly), Doon club and won an Offaly JFC title in 1970. Claffey, having never lined out in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, minor grade, first played for Offaly GAA, Offaly as a member of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, under-21 team in 1970. By this stage, Claffey had already joined the Offaly senior football team, senior team. He partnered Willie Bryan at midfield when Offaly beat Gal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballinahown
Ballinahown (), also spelled Ballynahown, is a village in County Westmeath on the N62 regional road in Ireland. It is south of Athlone and east of the River Shannon. It contains the Roman Catholic St. Colmcilles Church, completed in 1902 to a design in the Early English Gothic-style by William Hague. History For more than nine centuries the village was the residence of the Malone family, who resided in Ballynahown House, a country house and estate on the site of an old castle. Sport In 2012, Mark Rohan, a former Under 21 footballer from Ballinahown who played with Westmeath until he had a motor cycle accident, won two gold medals in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the individual H1 handcycle time trial and road race Geography Ballinahown is south of Athlone and east of the River Shannon by air. Clonydonnin Bog is located to the east of the village. An example of a Midlands Raised Bog, it consists of high bog, fringed areas of cutover bog, scrub and low-lying agricultural l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
