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Naomh Bríd GAA
Naomh Bríd is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland. The club is solely concerned with the game of hurling. History Located in the town of Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Naomh Bríd was founded in February 1996 when Parnells of Leighlinbridge and St. Fintan's of Ballinabranna decided to amalgamate. Former Wexford hurler, Christy Keogh, was the team's first manager and, after a practice game against Marshalstown, their first competitive game was against losing 1995 finalists Carlow Town in the Bolger Cup. Their inaugural season yielded the ultimate in terms of club success, when the Carlow SHC title was secured after a defeat of St. Mullin's. The club claimed further Carlow SHC titles in 2004 and 2008 and has the distinction of having never lost a final. Honours *Carlow Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1996, 2004, 2008 *Carlow Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2021 Notable players * Johnny Nevin: All-Ireland SBHC-winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared total revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games Administration Committee (GAC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendances. Gaelic football is also the second most popular participation sport in Northern Ireland. The women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlow Intermediate Hurling Championship
The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Ceatharlach) or Carlow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Carlow and the Carlow county teams. The Carlow county football team play in the Leinster Senior Football Championship and in Division 3 of the Allianz Football League for 2019. The Carlow county hurling team compete in the Joe McDonagh Cup, the second tier of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, and in Division 1B of the National Hurling League in 2019. Football Clubs Clubs contest the Carlow Senior Football Championship. That competition's most successful club is Éire Óg, with 29 titles. Carlow clubs have a decent record in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Éire Óg has five Leinster titles, while O'Hanrahans has one. Éire Óg was deprived of the All-Ireland club title in 1993 by Cork's O'Donovan Rossa of Skibber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Joe McDonagh Cup
The 2023 Joe McDonagh Cup is due to be the sixth staging of the Joe McDonagh Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2018 Joe McDonagh Cup, 2018. Antrim county hurling team, Antrim, winner of the 2022 Joe McDonagh Cup, 2022 final, were promoted to the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, replaced by Laois county hurling team, Laois who were relegated back to this competition. Kildare county hurling team, Kildare were promoted from the Christy Ring Cup. The top 2 teams from the round robin stage will play off in the final to decide the winner. Both will advance to the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship knock-out stages. The bottom team will be relegated to Christy Ring Cup. Team changes To Championship Relegated from the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship * Laois county hurling team, Laois Promoted from the Christy Ring Cup * Kildare county hurling team, Kildare From Championship Promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe McDonagh Cup
The Joe McDonagh Cup is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It forms the second tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and is the second highest level of inter-county championship hurling competition in Ireland. The last of the five tiers to be established, the competition was contested for the first time in 2018 Joe McDonagh Cup, 2018. Creation and history At the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA’s Gaelic Athletic Association Congress, Special Congress on 30 September 2017, a new provincial hurling championship system featuring five-team round-robin groups in both Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Leinster and Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster was accepted. This restructure necessitated the removal of four counties from the Leinster Championship. These four teams joined the 2017 Christy Ring Cup finalists - Antrim GAA, Antrim and Carlow GAA, Carlow - in creating the new Tier 2 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiach O'Toole
Fiach O'Toole (born 2002) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Naomh Bríd, while he has also lined out at inter-county level with various Carlow teams. Career O'Toole first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Naomh Bríd club in Leighlinbridge. He subsequently progressed to adult level and was part of the club's intermediate team that won the Carlow IHC title in 2021. O'Toole first appeared on the inter-county scene with Carlow during a two-year tenure with the minor team in 2018 and 2019. He later spent a number of seasons with the under-20 team and was the team's top scorer in 2022. By this stage, O'Toole had already joined the Carlow senior hurling team. He came on as a substitute when Carlow beat Offaly in extra-time to claim the Joe McDonagh Cup title in 2023. Honours ;Naomh Bríd *Carlow Intermediate Hurling Championship: 2021 ;Carlow *Joe McDonagh Cup: 2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
The 1992 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship was the 19th staging of the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1974. The championship ran from 10 May to 12 July 1992. Westmeath entered the championship as the defending champions, howeevr, they were beaten by Carlow in the All-Ireland home final. The All-Ireland final was played at the Emerald GAA Grounds in Ruislip on 12 July 1992 between Carlow and London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ..., in what was their second meeting in the All-Ireland final and a first meeting in five years. Carlow won the match by 2-15 to 3-10 to claim their very first All-Ireland title. Westmeath's David Kilcoyne was the championship's top scorer with 2-27. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship was an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association between 1974 and 2004 for the so-called 'weaker' hurling teams in Ireland. The teams now play in the Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2 of the All Ireland Championship). The series of games began every year immediately after the completion of the National Hurling League with the All-Ireland final being played in June or July, initially in Croke Park, Dublin but later in provincial venues around the country and in United Kingdom, Britain. The championship was open to all hurling teams who did not take part in the proper All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was a knock-out competition whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The title was won by 11 different teams, 6 of which won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are London GAA, London, who won the competition 5 times. The history of the championship was bookended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Nevin
Johnny Nevin is a former dual player from County Carlow, Ireland. He played Gaelic football and hurling with Carlow between the late 1980s and the 2000s. Nevin won an All-Ireland B Football medal in 1994 He competed in the Railway Cup in both football and hurling with Leinster Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir .... He played well over 100 games with both teams. Including hurling and football, Cork is the only county Nevin has not played against competitively at senior level. In recent years, Nevin has gone into coaching. He has been involved in many teams such as Naomh Bríd, Old Leighlin, and Carlow juvenile hurling and football teams respectively. He has been very successful in the development of juvenile hurling and football in Carlow. References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mullin's GAA
St Mullin's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located on the banks of the river Barrow beneath the Blackstairs mountains in St Mullin's, County Carlow, Ireland. The club, founded in 1914, primarily involves hurling. Honours * Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship: Runners-up 2019 * Carlow Senior Hurling Championships: (28) 1932, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022 * Carlow Intermediate Hurling Championship (6): 1998, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2023 Notable players * Marty Kavanagh Martin Joseph Kavanagh (June 13, 1891 – July 28, 1960) was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball for six years from 1913 to 1918, including five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1914–1916, 1918) ... * Jack Kavanagh * Paudie Kehoe References External linksSt. Mullin's GAA Club Gaelic games clubs i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighlinbridge
Leighlinbridge (; ) is a small town on the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. The N9 National primary route once passed through the village, which was by-passed in the 1980s. It now lies on the R705 regional road. It covers the townlands of Leighlin (east bank of the river) and Ballyknockan (west bank). The village features narrow winding streets, grey limestone malthouses and castle ruins overlooking a 14th-century bridge across the River Barrow. Leighlinbridge has won the National Tidy Towns Competition, has come first in the Barrow Awards, been an overall national winner in Ireland's Green Town 2000, and represented Ireland in the European "Entente Florale" competition in 2001. Places of interest Leighlinbridge Castle, also called Black Castle, was one of Ireland's earliest Norman castles. A 50 ft tall broken castle tower and bawn wall are all that can be seen today. Leighlinbridge meteorite On the night of 28 November 1999, a loud detonation and bright fireba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlow Senior Hurling Championship
The Carlow Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Carlow GAA clubs. Mount Leinster Rangers are the title holders (2020) defeating Ballinkillen in the Final. History Since 1927, with the exception of the 'foot and mouth' year of 1941, a 'Premier' Carlow Hurling Championship has been completed. Carlow's premier hurling championship was first awarded senior status in 1960, as the county team had won promotion to Division 1 of the N.H.L. following back-to-back Division 2 title wins. St Mullin's are the Carlow kingpins, with their 27 titles including pre-1960 titles that were won in Carlow's premier hurling competition in those days. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is ? The winners of the Carlow Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Club Championship, the winners of which go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Keogh
Christy Keogh (29 June 1943 – 19 July 2002) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward at senior level for the Wexford county team. Born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Keogh arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-eight when he first linked up with the Wexford senior team. He made his debut in the 1971 championship. Keogh went on to play a key part for the rest of the decade, and won two Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. Keogh represented the Leinster Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of ... inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, winning one Railway Cup medals in 1974. At club level he played with Rapparees and Shamrocks. Throughout his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
