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Munster Senior Cup (rugby Union)
The Munster Senior Cup is a rugby union competition for the senior clubs affiliated to the Munster branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. The winners compete with the other three provincial cup winners for the All-Ireland Cup. Top winners List of winners 1880s * 1885–86 Bandon beat Garryowen * 1886–87 Queens College beat Limerick County * 1887–88 Queens College beat Garryowen * 1888–89 Garryowen beat Limerick County 1890s * 1890 Garryowen beat Queens College * 1891 Garryowen * 1892 Garryowen beat Queens College * 1893 Garryowen beat Cork * 1894 Garryowen * 1895 Garryowen beat Cork County * 1896 Garryowen beat Cork County * 1897 Queens College beat Rockwell College * 1898 Garryowen beat Queens College * 1899 Garryowen beat Queens College 10-3 1900s * 1900 Queens College beat Tralee * 1901 Queens College beat Cork Constitution * 1902 Garryowen beat Rockwell College * 1903 Garryowen beat Queens College * 1904 Garryowen beat Rockwell Colle ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundays Well
Sunday's Well () is a suburb of Cork city in Ireland. It is situated in the north-west of the city, on a ridge on the northern bank of the River Lee. Sunday's Well is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central. The area's GAA club is St Vincent's, with the parish's former church having the same name. 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 m ... club Sundays Well RFC was formed in the area in 1906, before moving to Musgrave Park on the southside of the city in the 1940s. Sundays Well Boating and Tennis Club is also based nearby. References Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names {{Cork-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union Competitions In Munster
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Both codes *** Tag rugby *Rugby Fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * Rugby (video game), '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Senior Cup (rugby Union)
The Ulster Senior Cup is a knock-out competition for senior rugby union teams in the province of Ulster. It is administered by Ulster Rugby. The most successful club is Queen's University with 23 wins. The current holders are City of Armagh RFC. The winners compete with the other three provincial cup winners for the All-Ireland Cup. Entry requirements Entry is currently restricted to rugby clubs from Ulster that play in the All-Ireland League. Performance by club Finals 1880s * 1884-85 NIFC (North of Ireland) 19-4 Lisburn * 1885-86 Queen's College 6-0 Albion * 1886-87 Queen's College 5-0 NIFC * 1887-88 Lisburn 5-0 Albion * 1888-89 Albion 4-3 Queen's College 1890s * 1889-90 Queen's College 13-0 Albion * 1890-91 Queen's College 8-0 Albion * 1891-92 Queen's College 6-0 Albion * 1892-93 NIFC 3-0 Queen's College (After extra time in Replay) * 1893-94 NIFC 11-8 Collegians * 1894-95 NIFC 3-0 Collegians * 1895-96 NIFC 11-3 Collegians * 1896-97 NIFC 9-3 Queen's College * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Senior Cup (rugby Union)
The Leinster Senior Cup is a major rugby competition in Ireland, involving all senior rugby clubs in Leinster, i.e., clubs from Leinster competing in the All-Ireland League. From 2006 until 2016 it was known as the Leinster Senior League Cup during the period when the Leinster Senior League had been discontinued, but reverted to its traditional name for the 2016-17 season upon the revival of the Senior League. From 2011 to 2016 only the top senior teams competed and those in the lower divisions of the All-Ireland League competed for the Leinster Senior League Shield. History The Inaugural Leinster Challenge Cup The Leinster Challenge Cup competition was founded in the 1881-82 season. A meeting of the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union took place at John Lawrence's Rooms (Sports Outfitters) at 63 Grafton Street on Monday 31 October 1881. The meeting was chaired by William Joshua Goulding, Hon. President I.R.F.U. (1880–81) and was attended by representatives o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connacht Senior Cup (rugby Union)
The Connacht Senior Cup is a knockout competition for Senior rugby union clubs in the Irish province of Connacht, under the auspices of The Connacht Branch IRFU. The Cup has been played for a total of 102 times, with twelve different cubs having won the trophy during that period. Until 1928 all finals were played at the grounds of the then Galway Grammar School. From 1929 until the present the final is traditionally held at the Galway Sportsground on College Road, Galway. The winners compete with the other three provincial cup winners for the All-Ireland Cup. 1890s * 1895-96 Galway Town beat Queens College, Galway (9-0) * 1896-97 Queens College, Galway beat Lancashire Fusiliers (9-0) * 1897-98 Galway Grammar School beat Queens College, Galway (3-0) * 1898-99 Queens College, Galway beat Galway Town (19-5) 1900s * 1899-1902 ''No competition'' * 1902-1903 Queens College, Galway beat Galway Town (13-0, after Replay) * 1903-1904 Queens College, Galway beat Old Galwegians (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenagh Ormond
Nenagh Ormond RFC is an Irish Rugby union club based in Nenagh, County Tipperary. It was founded in 1884 as the Ormond Cricket and Football Club. The club plays in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League and was County Tipperary's first ever senior grade rugby club. The club's main ground is New Ormond Park with another ground in Tyone where underage teams train and play. The club fields 2 adult sides and 10 underage sides, including u13 to u20 teams which compete in North Munster competitions and Munster competitions. The club also fields a women's side and girl's underage sides. The club joined the senior ranks in 2005 when they won the round robin and spent their first ten seasons as a senior club in the bottom division of the All Ireland League. In the 2013/2014 season, the club won Division 2B of the All Ireland League and retained the Munster Senior Plate which had been won for the first time in December 2012 with a win over Dolphin in Mahon, Cork. In 2014, Nenagh beat Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon R
Shannon may refer to: People * Shannon (given name) * Shannon (surname) * Shannon (American singer), stage name of singer Shannon Brenda Greene (born 1958) * Shannon (South Korean singer), British-South Korean singer and actress Shannon Arrum Williams (born 1998) * Shannon, intermittent stage name of English singer-songwriter Marty Wilde (born 1939) * Claude Shannon (1916-2001) was American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as a "father of information theory" Places Australia * Shannon, Tasmania, a locality * Hundred of Shannon, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Shannon, a former name for the area named Calomba, South Australia since 1916 * Shannon River (Western Australia) Canada * Shannon, New Brunswick, a community * Shannon, Quebec, a city * Shannon Bay, former name of Darrell Bay, British Columbia * Shannon Falls, a waterfall in British Columbia Ireland * River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland ** Shannon Cave, a subterranean s ... [...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] |
Midleton
Midleton (; , meaning "monastery at the weir") is a town in south-eastern County Cork, Ireland. It lies approximately 16 km east of Cork City on the Owenacurra River and the N25 road, which connects Cork to the port of Rosslare. A satellite town of Cork City, Midleton is part of Metropolitan Cork. It is the central hub of business for the East Cork Area. Midleton is within the Cork East Dáil constituency. History In the 1180s advancing Normans led by Barry Fitz Gerald established an abbey at a weir on the river to be populated by Cistercian Monks from Burgundy. The abbey became known as "Chore Abbey" and "Castrum Chor", taking its name from the Irish word (weir), although some say that "Chor" comes from "Choir" or "Choral". The abbey is commemorated in the Irish name for Midleton, , or "Monastery at the Weir", and of the local river Owenacurra or meaning "River of the Weirs". St John the Baptist's Church, belonging to the Church of Ireland was erected in 1825 and today ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterpark
A water park (or waterpark, water world) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other barefoot environments. Modern water parks may also be equipped with some type of artificial surfing or bodyboarding environment, such as a wave pool or flowrider. History Water parks have grown in popularity since their introduction in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The United States has the largest and most concentrated water park market, with over 1,000 water parks and dozens of new parks opening each year. Major organizations are the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) and WWA (World Waterpark Association), which is the industry trade association. Water parks which emerge from spas tend to more closely resemble mountain resorts, as they become year-round destinations. For example, Splash Universe W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohemians R
Bohemian or Bohemians may refer to: *Anything of or relating to Bohemia Beer * National Bohemian, a brand brewed by Pabst * Bohemian, a brand of beer brewed by Molson Coors Culture and arts * Bohemianism, an unconventional lifestyle, originally practised by 19th–20th century European and American artists and writers. * Bohemian style, a fashion movement * ''La bohème'', an opera by Giacomo Puccini * Bohemian (band), South Korean pop group * Bohemian glass or crystal * Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, an alternative rock band formed in the 1980s Geography * Bohemian Massif, a mountainous region of central Czech Republic, eastern Germany, southern Poland and northern Austria Paintings * ''The Bohemian'' (Renoir painting), a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir completed in 1868 * ''The Bohemian (Bouguereau painting)'', a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1890 Peoples * Bohemians, anyone from or residing in Bohemia * Bohemian Roma, a subgroup of the Romani p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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