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Munster Junior Cup
The Munster Junior Cup is a rugby union competition played in the province of Munster, Ireland. The competition was established for the stronger junior clubs and the second teams of the Senior clubs in the province of Munster. The current champions are Young Munster, captained by Shane O'Brien in 2022, a custodian of the game. The competition has traditionally been dominated by senior clubs. Top Winners Past winners * 1909 Crescent College F.C. * 1910 Garryowen * 1911 Young Munster * 1912 Limerick City Gaulies * 1913 Dolphin * 1914 Shannon * 1915 Suspended * 1916 Suspended * 1917 Suspended * 1918 Suspended * 1919 Suspended 1920s * 1920 Shannon * 1921 UCC * 1922 Young Munster * 1923 Dolphin * 1924 Shannon * 1925 Shannon * 1926 Dolphin * 1927 Young Munster * 1928 Waterford City * 1929 Presentation 1930s * 1930 Waterford City * 1931 Nenagh Ormond * 1932 Bohemians beat Cork Constitution * 1933 UCC * 1934 Tralee * 1935 Nenagh Ormond beat Killorglin. * 1936 Richmond beat Cork C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people of all genders, ages and sizes. In 2014, there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members. In 1845, the first laws were written by students attending Rugby School; other significant even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Christians RFC
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The Southern Star (County Cork)
''The Southern Star'' is a weekly regional newspaper based in Skibbereen, County Cork in Ireland and was established in 1889 as the ''Cork County Southern Star'', by brothers Florence and John O'Sullivan. One of its rival newspapers in the 19th century was ''The Skibbereen Eagle'', founded in 1857. It had become "famous by declaring it was 'keeping an eye on the Czar of Russia' over his expansionist designs on China". On the centenary of the event, Brendan McWilliams gave a slightly different account in ''The Irish Times'', saying that on 5 September 1898 ''The Skibbereen Eagles editorial stated "We will still keep our eye on the Emperor of Russia and on all such despotic enemies, whether at home or abroad, of human progression and man's natural rights.". ''The Skibbereen Eagle'' eventually folded and, in 1929, was bought out by ''The Southern Star''. One of the early editors of ''The Southern Star'' was D. D. Sheehan, and the paper included amongst its shareholders General Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Examiner
The ''Irish Examiner'', formerly ''The Cork Examiner'' and then ''The Examiner'', is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country. History 19th and early 20th centuries The paper was founded by John Francis Maguire under the title ''The Cork Examiner'' in 1841 in support of the Catholic Emancipation and tenant rights work of Daniel O'Connell. Historical copies of ''The Cork Examiner'', dating back to 1841, are available to search and view in digitised form at the Irish Newspaper Archives website and British Newspaper Archive. During the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, the ''Cork Examiner'' (along with other nationalist newspapers) was subject to censorship and suppression. At the time of the Spanish Civil War, the ''Cork Examiner'' reportedly took a strongly pro-Franco tone in its coverage of the conflict. As of the early to mid-20th century, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruff RFC
Bruff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in County Limerick, Ireland. As at April 2022 it was playing in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. The club plays at home in Kilballyowen Park, near the town of Bruff in County Limerick. As at the 2017/18 season they were fielding 16 rugby teams at the club including 3 men's adult squads, girls' youth, minis and boys' youth rugby teams ranging in age from under-7 to under-18. History The club was set up in late 1969 - early 1970 by two G.A.A. players, Willie Conway and Nicholas Cooke. The club's first home game was played in a field to the rear of the church in the village of Bruff and was watched by most of the village occupants. Early in the 1970s the club president, Lt. Col. Gerald Vigors De Courcy O'Grady MC (The O'Grady), donated a gate-lodge from his estate as a dressing room and sold a pitch to the club for the nominal sum of £1. The club grounds at Kilballyowen Park now include an area of approximately , with 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clonakilty
Clonakilty (; ), sometimes shortened to Clon, is a town in County Cork, Ireland. The town is located at the head of the tidal Clonakilty Bay. The rural hinterland is used mainly for dairy farming. The town's population as of 2016 was 4,592. The town is a tourism hub in West Cork, and was recognised as the "Best Town in Europe" in 2017, and "Best Place of the Year" in 2017 by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Clonakilty is in the Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats. History The Clonakilty area has a number of ancient and pre-Celtic sites, including Lios na gCon ringfort. Norman settlers built castles around Clonakilty, and a number of Norman surnames survive in the West Cork area to the present day. In 1292, Thomas De Roach received a charter to hold a market every Monday at Kilgarriffe (then called Kyle Cofthy or Cowhig's Wood), close to where the present town now stands. In the 14th century, a ten-mile strip of fallow woodl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midleton RFC
Midleton RFC is an Irish rugby union club that plays in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. History The club was founded in the 1927/28 season, but disbanded in 1934. Midleton RFC was reformed on 4 March 1967. After a number of decades in the junior leagues, Midleton attained senior status after the 1997/1998 campaign with a 30-7 playoff victory over Sligo RFC. Midleton were beaten finalists in the Munster Senior Cup in 2003. As of 2010, the club was playing in Division Three. By 2020, the club was playing in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. There was a revamp of club facilities in the mid-2000s. Club honours * Munster Junior Cup (2) 1997, 1998 *Cork Charity Cup (3) 1999, 2003, 2006 *Cork Charity Shield (4) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 *Munster Junior Clubs' Challenge Cup (1) 1997 *Munster Junior League Division 1 (2) 1996-97, 1997-98 *Munster Junior League Division 2 (1) 1994 Notable players Former All Black fullback Christian Cullen made a 20 minute appearance for M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennis RFC
Ennis RFC, or Ennis Rugby Football Club, in an amateur rugby union club based on the Drumbiggle Road in Ennis, County Clare adjacent to the Ennis Showgrounds which has a ground capacity of up to 1,000. The club often use the Clare County Council community facility at Lee's Road for training. The club currently plays in the Munster Junior League division 2. History The club was formed in 1923. Players were primarily drawn from among the business community in the town. Many were also involved in the Past Pupils Union of St. Flannan's College. At the beginning of The Emergency (WWII), the club temporarily disbanded and did not reform until 1952. The Gaelic Athletic Association ban on their members playing any 'garrison games' discouraged people playing rugby if they also played hurling or 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Crescent
Old Crescent is a senior rugby club in Limerick, playing in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. History Early years Old Crescent grew out of the Crescent College Munster School's cup team of 1947. Fr Gerry Guinane, who trained rugby in the College, saw great potential in that winning team and persuaded them to stay and play together. In September 1947 it became a member club of the Munster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. In 1952 the club was promoted to senior club membership of the Branch and the ‘Ginner’s’ formidable negotiating skills were more than useful in the process. Father Guinane remained deeply involved with the club until his death. Membership was initially confined to past pupils of Crescent College SJ, however it has been an 'open club' for many years. Contact is closely maintained with the school, and pupils and past pupils are encouraged to play with the club. Father Guinane’s belief in the original team was justified as in 1950/51 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highfield RFC
Highfield Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Cork, Ireland, playing in Division 1B of the All-Ireland League. The club was founded in 1930 and was elevated to senior status in the province of Munster in 1953. Before moving to its present grounds at Woodleigh Park, the club was based in fields off Magazine Road between Highfield Avenue and Highfield West, where the team derived its name. The current ground is now located near a park called Highfield Lawn. The club currently fields teams in Division 1B of the All-Ireland League. Irish Rugby union International, Donncha O'Callaghan, is a product of the Highfield Youth system. The club also has a women's team who participate in Division 1 of the All Ireland League (AIL), featuring two former Irish International players, Laura Guest and Heather O'Brien who were part of the 2013 Six Nations Grand Slam winning team. The Munster Cup competition was retired in 2013 meaning that the club retain the cup as they were the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescent College
Crescent College Comprehensive SJ, formerly known as the College of the Sacred Heart, is a secondary school located on of parkland at Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland. The college is one of a number of Jesuit schools in Ireland. The 2016 ''Sunday Times'' table, of the top performing 400 schools in Ireland, placed Crescent College 24th in terms of provision of graduates to university and tertiary colleges, and ranked Crescent as the 5th best school in Munster. According to the ''Irish Independent'', Crescent has educated executives from two of the top three companies in Ireland: Google's John Herlihy and Microsoft's Paul Rellis. History 16th to 18th centuries The first Jesuit school in Ireland was established at Limerick by the Apostolic Visitor of the Holy See, David Wolfe. Wolfe had been sent to Ireland by Pope Pius IV with the concurrence of the third Jesuit General, Diego Laynez. He was charged with setting up grammar schools "as a remedy against the profound ignora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandon R , a Byzantine military and administrative unit
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Bandon may refer to: Places * Hundred of Bandon, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Bandon (UK Parliament constituency), a former constituency (1801–1885) in Ireland * Bandon, County Cork, Ireland * River Bandon, in Ireland * Bandon Bay, a bay in the Gulf of Thailand * Bandon district or Mueang Surat Thani district, an administrative district in Surat Thani province, Thailand * Bandon, Indiana, United States * Bandon, Oregon, United States Other uses * Earl of Bandon, a title in the Peerage of Ireland * Bandon (Byzantine Empire) The ''bandon'' ( el, βάνδον) was the basic military unit and administrative territorial entity of the middle Byzantine Empire. Its name, like the Latin and ("ensign, banner"), had a Germanic origin. It derived from the Gothic , which is p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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