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Kevin Cassidy
Kevin Cassidy (born 1981) is an Irish-Scottish Gaelic footballer, businessperson, columnist and commentator. Though born in Glasgow, Scotland, he has been living in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal from a young age. Cassidy plays his club football for Gaoth Dobhair, with whom he has won three Donegal Senior Football Championships and one Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. Regarded as one of the best attacking wing half-backs of his generation, Cassidy has also played in midfield and even been his club's leading target man at the edge of the square during their successful Ulster Senior Club Football Championship campaign. A former member of the Donegal county team, Cassidy was twice an All Star — in his maiden season and in his last. He won the 2007 National Football League and the 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship, before an enforced — and, subsequently, permanent — absence from the inter-county scene after Cassidy became involved in a dispute about a book w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaeilgeoir
This article lists notable speakers of the Irish language ( ga, Gaeilgeoir, pl. ''Gaeilgeoirí''). List * Páraic Breathnach * Seán Bán Breathnach * Kevin Cassidy * Catherine Connolly * John Creedon * Carrie Crowley * Maura Derrane * Pearse Doherty * Eamon Gilmore * Arthur Griffith * Joe Higgins * Michael D. Higgins * Douglas Hyde * Seán Kelly * Enda Kenny * Declan Lynch * Eoghan McDermott * Thomas MacDonagh * Seán Mac Fhionnghaile * Charlie McGeever * Seán McGinley * Pádraig Mac Lochlainn * Odhrán Mac Niallais * Joe McDonagh * Aengus Mac Grianna * Eoin MacNeill * Manchán Magan * Micheál Martin * Sharon Ní Bheoláin * Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh * Eimear Ní Chonaola * Siún Nic Gearailt * Liadh Ní Riada * Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin * Dara Ó Briain * Eoin Ó Broin * Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin * Trevor Ó Clochartaigh * Dara Ó Cinnéide * Éamon Ó Cuív * Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh * Art Parkinson * Máirtín Ó Direáin * Seán Óg Ó hAilpín * Hector Ó hEochagá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossmaglen Rangers GAC
Crossmaglen Rangers Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, Raonaithe na Croise) is a GAA club in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They cater for Gaelic football and camogie. Their home football ground is St. Oliver Plunkett Park, which was opened in 1959. In 1971 the British Army took possession of a portion of the ground despite opposition from the club and the Irish Government, and this led to a controversy regarding the British Army's conduct. BreakingNews.ie/ref> The club have won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship on six occasions. They have won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship 11 times and won the Armagh Senior Football Championship 46 times . History Founded in 1887 as Crossmaglen Red Hands, the club did not acquire its present name until 1909. The Red Hands claimed the Armagh Senior Football Championship in 1887 through default by Keady Dwyers. After a period of inactivity due to political differences, the Red Hands reaffiliated in 1905, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin's Own GAC, Cargin
Erin's Own Gaelic Athletic Club, Cargin is a sports club based in Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It competes in the Antrim leagues and championships of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in Gaelic football and camogie. History A club based in Toome, Lámh Dearg, won the 1923 Antrim Senior Football Championship. Erin's Own was founded in 1928, but the "1923" on the club crest refers to the earlier club. The club played the first "official" games of rounders Rounders is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a rounded end wooden, plastic, or metal bat. The players score by running aroun ... in Ireland in June 1958. Honours * Antrim Senior Football Championship (11) **1974, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 *Antrim Intermediate Football Championship (2) **2001, 2002 *Antrim Junior Football Championship (2) **1953, 1991 *Antrim Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The 2018 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 51st instalment of the annual competition organised by Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2018–19 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Derry's Slaughtneil were the 2017 champions, but defeat in the Derry quarter-final meant they couldn't defend their title. Donegal champions Gaoth Dobhair became Ulster champions for the first time after beating Monaghan's Scotstown in the final. Teams The Ulster championship is contested by the winners of the nine county championships in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland, as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the 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 Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Donegal Senior Football Championship
The 2018 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 96th official edition of Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. Sixteen teams compete with the winner representing Donegal in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship begins with four groups of four and continues with a knock-out format. The draws were made on 24 March 2018. Kilcar were the defending champions after they defeated Naomh Conaill of Glenties 0-7 to 0-4 in the 2017 final. However, the club had to play the competition without two of its county stars, Patrick McBrearty and Ryan McHugh. On 26 September 2018, it was announced that McHugh had accepted medical advice and would be sidelined for the remainder of the year due to concussion. His injury came while playing for his club in a challenge match against Dublin champions St Vincents in Cavan in late August 2018 — he received a blow to the head during that match. Concussion had also caused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Eunan's GAA
St Eunans GAA ( ; or ''Naomh Adhamhnáin'') is a dual club which plays hurling and Gaelic football. Their home ground is O'Donnell Park in Letterkenny. They field 35 teams, making them the biggest club in their county. One of the strongholds of Gaelic football in County Donegal, they have won the joint most Donegal Senior Football Championship along with Gaoth Dobhair who have also won 15. Considered Donegal's most prolific club, they are renowned for their conveyor belt-like consistency in producing players of senior inter-county quality, including numerous All-Ireland winners. Also renowned for their success at minor level, they have won 19 minor football championships, with 3 minor championship wins and four final appearances in the four years from 2015 to 2018 they have toured abroad, particularly the United States in 1969 and 1998, and Glasgow in 1977. In 1980 they received an All-Ireland Club of the Year Award at a ceremony in Ballsbridge, Dublin. They have a long-runni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Senior Football Championship
The Boston Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition, played in the Boston region of America. The competition is organised by the Northeast Division Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The games are played at the Irish Cultural Center, in Canton, Massachusetts. The final is usually held the weekend prior to Labor Day. The winners and the runners-up will represent Boston in the North American Senior Football Championship. Roll of honour {, class="wikitable" , - ! style="background:green;color:gold" , Year ! style="background:green;color:gold" , Winner ! style="background:green;color:gold" , Opponent , - , 2023 , Donegal 1-18 , Connemara Gaels 1-17 , - , 2022 , Aidan McAnespies 2-12 , Donegal 0-10 , - , 2021 , Donegal , Connemara Gaels , - , 2020 , , , - , 2019 , Donegal 2-15 , Aidan McAnespies 3-09 , - , 2018 , Donegal 0-17 , Wolfe Tones 1-12 , - , 2017 , Shannon Blues 1-15 , Aidan McAnespies 0-11 , - , 2016 , Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Independent (Ireland)
The ''Sunday Independent'' is an Irish Sunday newspaper broadsheet published by Independent News & Media plc, a subsidiary of Mediahuis. It is the Sunday edition of the ''Irish Independent'', and maintains an editorial position midway between magazine and tabloid. History The ''Sunday Independent'' was first published in 1905 as the Sunday edition of the ''Irish Independent''.''The Blackwell companion to modern Irish culture'' Edited by W. J. McCormack. Wiley-Blackwell, 2001 (pp. 304–5). Following the creation of the Irish Free State, the ''Sunday Independent'' followed its daily counterpart's political line by supporting Cumann na nGaedheal and its successor Fine Gael. From the 1940s until 1970, the paper was run by Hector Legge (1901–1994). Legge's time at the paper was notable for the ''Sunday Independent'' in 1948 leaking the news that the Irish government were going to leave the British Commonwealth by repealing the External Relations Act. Legge also published a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Cassidy (Gaelic Footballer)
Stephen Cassidy is an Irish former Gaelic footballer, born in Glasgow, Scotland, but living in Gweedore, County Donegal, from a young age. He played his club football for Gaoth Dobhair and was on his county team. Cassidy made his Donegal debut in October in what was Mickey Moran's first game in charge, a league victory at home to Offaly, in which he scored a point. Cassidy was first called up to the Donegal senior team by Brian McEniff for winter training in 2003. With his county he played in the League, the Championship and the Dr McKenna Cup. With his club he scored a goal and a point in the final of the 2006 Donegal Senior Football Championship, which his team won. His younger brother is Kevin Cassidy Kevin Cassidy (born 1981) is an Irish-Scottish Gaelic footballer, businessperson, columnist and commentator. Though born in Glasgow, Scotland, he has been living in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal from a young age. Cassidy plays his club footbal .... Kevin has stated tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTÉ Sport
RTÉ Sport is a department of Irish public broadcaster RTÉ. The department provides sporting coverage through a number of platforms including RTÉ Radio, RTÉ Television, RTÉ.ie, RTÉ Player Sport and RTÉ Mobile. RTÉ holds the television and radio broadcasting rights in the Republic of Ireland to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as ''The Sunday Game'', ''Thank GAA It's Friday'', ''Soccer Republic'' and ''RTÉ Racing'' on RTÉ Television, and ''Game On'', ''Saturday Sport'', and ''Sunday Sport'' on RTÉ Radio. Traditionally RTÉ Sport faced competition from British-based broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV which have always been present in Ireland; however, these broadcasters were primarily concerned with the British public and market. Domestically, RTÉ had no competition until the late 1990s due to lack of competition in the Irish market. In latter years however a growth of variety in the Irish market opened compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Life
''Gaelic Life'' is a Gaelic games newspaper. It has been published since 2007. A weekly publication, it appears on a Thursday. Though it offers coverage primarily of Gaelic games in the province of Ulster, it circulates through the other three provinces - Connacht, Leinster and Munster - as well. Its columnists include former Derry All-Ireland winner Joe Brolly and former Donegal NFL and Ulster Championship winner Kevin Cassidy. ''Gaelic Life'' has sponsored the Dr McKenna Cup. National newspapers such as the website of the '' Irish Independent'' have cited ''Gaelic Life'' as a source, while public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann has also acknowledged ''Gaelic Life''. See also *Kevin McGourty Kevin 'Hank' McGourty is an Irish dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. Gaelic football and hurling, who plays for the St Gall's club, County Antrim and Ulster, and, previously, Queen's University Belfast and University College Dublin. Biography M ..., Antrim footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
