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Mick Mehigan
Michael Mehigan (12 September 1886 – 20 December 1955) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and a Sinn Féin politician during the Irish Revolution. Sporting career Mehigan played as a left wing-back for the Cork senior team. He made his first appearance for the team during the 1906 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen over the next decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and three Munster medals. In 1911 Mehigan captained the team to the All-Ireland title. At club level Mehigan was a multiple county championship medalist with Lees. He began his club career with Clonakilty. Mehigan hailed from a family with a strong association with Gaelic games. His younger brother, Denis, followed him onto the Cork football team. His elder brother, Paddy, played both hurling and football for Cork and London and was later a pioneering Gaelic games journalist. A great grand-nephew, Owen Sexton, played for Cork in the 2000s. Political activity Mehigan was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clonakilty GAA
Clonakilty GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in the town and parish of Clonakilty in County Cork, Ireland. It is affiliated to the Carbery division of Cork. It was founded in October 1887. The club is most famous for being from the same town where black pudding is produced. The club currently plays in the Cork Senior Football Championship and has won the title on 9 occasions. Winning in 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1996 and 2009. The 1945 Cork team that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was backboned by players from Clonakilty. Honours * Cork Senior Football Championship (9) ** 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1996, 2009 * Cork Intermediate Football Championship (2) ** 1913, 1931 * Cork Junior Football Championship (1) ** 1930 * Cork Junior Hurling Championship ** Runners-up 1946 * Cork Middle Grade Hurling Championship ** Runners-up 1912 * Cork Under-21 Football Championship ** Runners-up 1999, 2013 * Cork Minor Football Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London GAA
The London County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Londain) or London GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in London. The county board is also responsible for the London county teams and schools. The county football team compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship on an annual basis, the only English based team to do so. They participate through in the Connacht Senior Football Championship as the Irish community in London are considered as part of the province of Connacht. The county hurling team competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, but having been relegated during the preliminary group stage of the Leinster Championship in the 2014 season, the team currently plays in the third tier Christy Ring Cup. Overview London played in three hurling and five football All Ireland finals in the early 1900s when the All-Ireland and All-Britain champions wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Seventh Flee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Smith (Louth Gaelic Footballer)
James Valentine Smith (13 February 1887 – 10 November 1951) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His championship career with the Meath and Louth senior teams spanned eleven seasons from 1909 until 1919. Born in Drogheda, County Louth, Smith was born to Francis and Margaret Smith (née Eakins). He was educated locally before later moving to Julianstown where he worked as a farmer. Smith first played club football with the Bettystown club in Meath and won a county junior championship medal in 1908. He later transferred to the Tredaghs club in Drogheda and won county senior championship medals in 1910 and 1912. Smith made his debut on the inter-county scene as a member of the Meath junior and senior teams during the 1909 championship. After one season he transferred to Louth where he captained the team to All-Ireland titles in 1910 and 1912. Smith also won two Leinster medals. He retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1919 championship. Smith die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1911
The 1911 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 25th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the Leinster Quarter final Dublin ended Louth's period as All Ireland champions. Cork were the winners, beating Antrim, the first Ulster team to make the final. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship Leinster Senior Football Championship ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Munster Senior Football Championship ---- ---- ---- ---- Ulster Senior Football Championship All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ... ---- ---- Championship statistics Miscellaneous * Cork win their second All Ireland title first since 1890. * Antrim play in their first ever All Ireland final. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sport)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Football Winning Captains
This is a list of players who have captained a winning team to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football. The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is an annual series of games usually played in Ireland during the summer and early autumn, and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Contested by the top inter-county football teams in Ireland, the tournament has taken place every year since 1887—except in 1888, when the competition was not played due to a tour of the United States by would-be competitors. List of winning captains List of players who have captained their team to All-Ireland success on more than one occasion A select number of players have captained their team to All-Ireland success on more than one occasion. See also * Sam Maguire Cup * List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning captains References {{All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Captains Captain is a title, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry McCormack
Laurence McCormack (20 May 1882 – 13 September 1935) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His championship career with the Louth senior team spanned fifteen years from 1904 until 1919. Honours ;Tredaghs *Louth Senior Football Championship (4): 1906, 1909, 1910, 1912 ;Boyne Rangers *Louth Senior Football Championship (1): 1921 ;Louth *All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 1910 (c) *Leinster Senior Football Championship (2): 1909, 1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ... (c) References {{DEFAULTSORT:McCormack, Larry 1882 births 1935 deaths Louth inter-county Gaelic footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Driscoll
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List Of Cork Senior Gaelic Football Team Captains ...
This article lists players who have captained the senior Cork county football team in the Munster Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The captain is no longer chosen from the club that has won the Cork Senior Football Championship. List of captains See also * List of Cork senior ladies' Gaelic football team captains {{Cork county football team Gaelic football Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Collins (Irish Leader)
Michael Collins ( ga, Mícheál Ó Coileáin; 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary period, Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. During the Irish War of Independence, War of Independence he was Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), Irish Republican Army (IRA) and a government minister of the self-declared Irish Republic. He was then Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from January 1922 and commander-in-chief of the National Army (Ireland), National Army from July until his death in an ambush in August 1922, during the Irish Civil War, Civil War. Collins was born in Michael Collins Birthplace, Woodfield, County Cork, the youngest of eight children. He moved to London in 1906 to become a clerk in the National Savings and Investments, Post Office Savings Bank at Blythe House. He was a member of the London GAA, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
