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Matthew Ruane
Matthew Ruane is a Gaelic footballer who plays at club level for Breaffy Breaffy, officially Breaghwy (; ), (se Mayo county team. References 1996 births Living people Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Mayo-gaelic-football-bio-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlebar
Castlebar () is the county town of County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Developing around a 13th century castle of the de Barry family, de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal point for the surrounding hinterland. With a population of 12,318 in the 2011 census of Ireland, 2011 census (up from 3,698 in the 1911 census of Ireland, 1911 census), Castlebar was one of the fastest growing town in Ireland in the early 21st century. A campus of Atlantic Technological University and the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Country Life section of the National Museum are two important facilities in the area. The town is rail transport in Ireland, linked by railway to Dublin, Westport, County Mayo, Westport and Ballina, County Mayo, Ballina. The main route by road is the N5 road (Ireland), N5. History The modern town grew up as a settlement around the de Barry family, de Barry castle, which was built by a Norman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, 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 List of European islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaffy GAA
Breaffy GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Breaffy in County Mayo, Ireland. The club was founded in 1953. Notable players *Seamus O'Shea * Aidan O'Shea *Rob Hennelly *Matthew Ruane *Conor O'Shea Conor O'Shea ( ga, Conchúir Ó Sé) (born 21 October 1970) is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He was the head coach of the Italy national team from 2016 to 2019. He played as a full back and occasionally at out-half and centre ... Notable managers * Peter Ford References Gaelic football clubs in County Mayo {{Connacht-GAA-club-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DCU GAA
Dublin City University Gaelic Athletic Association Club ( ga, Cumann Luth Chleas Gael Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the GAA club at Dublin City University. The club fields teams in men's Gaelic football, hurling, ladies' Gaelic football and camogie. It also organises Gaelic handball. The club mainly competes in intervarsity competitions such as the Sigerson Cup, the Fitzgibbon Cup, the O'Connor Cup and the Ashbourne Cup. DCU has also entered competitions organised by the Leinster GAA, including the O'Byrne Cup, the Kehoe Cup and Walsh Cup. In 2016 St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra merged with Dublin City University. As a result some DCU GAA teams, especially reserve teams, compete as DCU St Patrick's or DCU Dóchas Éireann. Football Sigerson Cup DCU senior men's Gaelic football team compete in the Sigerson Cup, while the reserve team competes in the Trench Cup. In 2006, with a team that included Conor Mortimer, Bernard Brogan, Seánie Johnston, Declan Lally, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NUI Galway GAA
NUI Galway GAA comprises the Gaelic football and hurling teams at the University of Galway. Competitions in which they feature include the Sigerson Cup, Fitzgibbon Cup, and Walsh Cup. Historically, they have won the Galway Senior Football Championship and contested the FBD Insurance League. They are the second most prolific winners of the Sigerson Cup. Honours Notable players ;Football * Gareth Bradshaw * Ger Cafferkey * Matthew Clancy (Sigerson Cup winner 2003) * Brendan Colleran (Sigerson Cup winner 2003) * Enda Colleran (Sigerson Cup winning captain 1964) * Damien Comer * Seán Óg De Paor (Sigerson Cup winning captain 1992) * Alan Dillon * Jason Doherty * Dessie Dolan * Gary Fahey (Sigerson Cup winner 1992) * Robert Finnerty * Peadár Gardiner * Mark Gottsche * Seán Kelly (Sigerson Cup finalist 2018, winner 2022) * Richie Lee (Sigerson Cup winning captain 1984) * Mick Loftus (Sigerson Cup winner) * Joe McDonagh * Colm McFadden (Sigerson Cup winner 2003) * Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayo County Football Team
The Mayo county football team (;) represents Mayo in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Mayo GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Connacht Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. Mayo's home ground is MacHale Park, Castlebar. The team's manager is Kevin McStay. Mayo was the second Connacht county to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), following Galway, but the first to appear in the final. The team last won the Connacht Senior Championship in 2020, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1951 and the National League in 2019. Mayo has acquired a long-term record for reaching All-Ireland SFC finals only to fall at the ultimate hurdle. In 1989, the county reached a first All-Ireland SFC final since its last previous appearance in 1951 only to lose to Cork. In 1996, a freak point by Meath a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the football up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar , signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball under the crossbar into the net (the ball cannot be hand-passed into the goal), signalled by the umpire raising a green flag. Positions in Gaelic football are similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Births
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people 1996 Mount Everest disaster, die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly (sheep), Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur massacre (Australia), Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Gun laws of Australia, Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was Aircraft hijacking, hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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