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Paddy Sheelan Cup
The Paddy Sheelan Cup is an annual subsidiary league competition organised by Louth GAA for Senior and Intermediate grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth. History The competition was launched in 1952 and Dundalk Gaels were the first winners. The Old Gaels Cup was presented to the winning team until 1978, when ACC Bank was brought in as sponsor. The ACC Cup was presented to the winners for the last time in 2003. In 2004, the captain of the winning Cooley Kickhams Cooley Kickhams Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based on the Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, Ireland. History The club was founded in 1887 and is named after the Cooley Peninsula on which it stands. ... team received the Paddy Sheelan Cup, named in honour of a former Kickhams stalwart, for the first time. Format Teams are split into groups, with the four best performing teams qualifying for the semi-final stage. The two semi-final victors then face off in the fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomh Máirtín CPG
Naomh Máirtín Cumann Peile Gaelach is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland. History Naomh Máirtín was founded in 1957 and named after Martin of Tours. They reached the final of the 2018 Louth Senior Football Championship, losing to Newtown Blues. Notable players * Michael Fanning * Brendan Reilly *JP Rooney Honours * Louth Senior Football Championship (2): 2020, 2021 * Louth Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1988 * Louth Junior Football Championship (1): 1980 * Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (2): 2017, 2019 * Louth Senior Football League Division 1B (1): 2006 * Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (5): 1959, 1972, 2012, 2019, 2022 * Louth Minor Football Championship (2): 2016, 2019 * Louth Junior 2C Football Championship (1): 2018 * Paddy Sheelan Cup (1): 2023 * Louth Junior A Football League (2): 1978, 1980 * Paddy Sheelan Shield (1): 2012 * Drogheda and Dundalk Dairies Shield (1): 1980 * Louth Junior 2A Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattock Rangers GAA
Mattock Rangers Gaelic Athletic Association is a Gaelic football, camogie, hurling and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Collon, County Louth, Republic of Ireland. 2] 4] History The club was founded in 1952 and is named after the Mattock River, a tributary of the River Boyne, Boyne. They won a Louth Junior Football Championship county football title in 1961 and a Louth Intermediate Football Championship title in 1982. Mattock lost their first four Louth Senior Football Championship finals, in 1973, 1976, 1962 and 2001. Senior success finally came in 2002; in that year, Mattock Rangers reached the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, losing to Dunshaughlin. They have won three more senior titles since then. The hurlers have never been county champions, but reached the final of the Louth Senior Hurling Championship in 2011. Honours Gaelic football * Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship: Winners (1) 2019 * Louth Senior Football Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lann Léire CPG
Lann Léire CPG is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is based in the County Louth town of Dunleer. The club plays home matches at Páirc Uí Mhuirí, named after Larry Murray, the Louth priest who made a significant contribution to GAA affairs in the county and elsewhere. As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Junior Championship and Division 2 of the county football Leagues. Former Louth captain Nicky Malone is the senior team manager. History A club called Thomas Davis existed in Dunleer in the 1940s. Louth GAA records show that they won the Second Division Championship in 1946. An earlier version of the Lann Léire club had reached the finals of the Second Division Championship and the Ranafast Cup in 1942, losing both to Kilkerley Emmets. There were no active GAA clubs in the area by the early 1950s however. Hence a decision was made to re-establish Lann Léire in 1952 to serve the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drogheda Independent
The ''Drogheda Independent'' is a newspaper that serves the Drogheda area, including Drogheda, Mid-Louth and East Meath. The newspaper covers many thing's from local and regional news and advertisements including its own database of records. It is Drogheda's only non-free newspaper, the other main newspaper in Drogheda being the non-fee paying ''Drogheda Leader''. The paper is owned by Mediahuis, through its subsidiary Independent News & Media. References External links * 1884 establishments in Ireland Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ... Independent News & Media Mass media in County Meath Mass media in County Louth Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Newspapers established in 1884 {{Ireland-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Joseph's GFC (Louth)
St Joseph's GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is based in the County Louth, Louth village of Dromiskin, near the county town of Dundalk. As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Senior Football Championship, Louth Senior Championship and Division 2 of the county football Leagues. History The club was founded in 1961 when members of the two GAA clubs in the parish of Darver and Dromiskin - Darver Volunteers and Dromiskin Unknowns - decided to amalgamate. The new club's first major success came in 1971, when St Joseph's defeated St Patrick's GAA (Louth), St Patrick's of Lordship, County Louth, Lordship in the final of the Louth Junior Football Championship, Louth Junior Championship. In 1983 they overcame Oliver Plunketts GFC, Oliver Plunketts in the Louth Louth Intermediate Football Championship, Intermediate football final. The team progressed to the Louth Senior Football Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mochta's GFC
St Mochta's GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is based in the village of Louth, where Saint Mochta is said to have founded a monastery in the 6th century. Both the club and the football ground, which has been a frequent venue for county finals, are named in his honour. In 2021 the club reached the final of the Louth Senior Football Championship for the first time. Their side, which included former AFL player and Louth county footballer Ciarán Byrne, lost by eleven points to defending champions Naomh Máirtín at Ardee's Páirc Mhuire. As of 2023 John Moylan is manager of the senior team. In August 2023 St Mochta's won their first ever Senior trophy, the Cardinal O'Donnell Cup, by beating Naomh Máirtín in the Louth Senior Football League Final. Honours * Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (1): 2023 * Louth Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1981, 2018 * Louth Junior Football Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundalk Democrat
The ''Dundalk Democrat'' is a regional newspaper printed in Dundalk, Ireland. Established in 1849, it primarily serves County Louth as well as County Monaghan and parts of County Armagh, County Down, County Cavan and County Meath. It comes out every Tuesday with three editions: ''The Town Edition'', ''The County Edition'' and ''The Monaghan Democrat''. The paper is owned by Iconic Newspapers, which acquired Johnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014. The ''Dundalk Democrat'' is one of two non-free newspapers in Dundalk, the other being '' The Argus''. The original offices of the ''Dundalk Democrat'' still stand at No. 3 Earl Street in the centre of Dundalk. It now operates from 16b Williamsons Mall, a short distance from its original location. References External links * 1849 establishments in Ireland Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Argus (Dundalk)
''The Argus'' is a regional newspaper serving Dundalk, Ireland. The paper is owned by Mediahuis, through its subsidiary Independent News & Media. ''The Argus'' is one of two non-free newspapers serving Dundalk, the other being the ''Dundalk Democrat''. The newspaper is named after Argus Panoptes, a hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology. The newspaper’s staff work from home after the closure of their office in Park Street, Dundalk due to COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ... and cost cutting measures. References External links * 1830 establishments in Ireland Independent News & Media Mass media in County Louth Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Publications established in 1830 Weekly newspapers published in Ireland {{Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Connells GFC (Louth)
O'Connells GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. The club pitch is located in the mid-Louth village of Castlebellingham. Players are drawn from Castlebellingham, Kilsaran and surrounding areas. As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Intermediate Championship and Division 2 of the county football Leagues. John Garvey is the manager of the senior team. History The club was founded in 1929. As that year was the centenary of Catholic emancipation it was decided to name the club after Daniel O'Connell. That same year they reached the final of the Louth Senior Football Championship, only to lose to Wolfe Tones. In 2012, O'Connells won the county Intermediate Championship for the first time and progressed to represent Louth in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship Final. A low-scoring game in Drogheda saw them edged out 0–04 to 0–03 by Kildare champions Monasterevin. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilkerley Emmets GFC
Kilkerley Emmets GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Intermediate Football Championship, Louth Intermediate Championship and Division 2 of the county football Leagues. Former Louth county football team, Louth goalkeeper Seán Connor is the manager of the senior team. Situated in an area of north County Louth, Louth that contains several GAA clubs, Kilkerley's local rivals are considered to be Roche Emmets GFC, Roche Emmets and St Bride's GFC, St Bride's. History The club was founded in 1940 and is located in the townland of Tankardsrock in Kilkerley parish, four miles from Dundalk town centre. The Emmets enjoyed a significant period of success in the late 1970s, winning the Junior 1 League in 1977 and then beating Dreadnots GFC, Dreadnots in the final of the 1978 Louth Intermediate Football Championship. The jump from junior to senior football in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Bride's GFC
St Bride's GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is based in the County Louth village of Knockbridge. As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Senior Championship and Division 1 of the county football Leagues. Gary Mallon is the manager of the senior team. History The club was founded in 1927. Their sole success in the Louth Senior Football Championship came in 1943, when they defeated Cooley Kickhams in the county final by 3–09 to 2–03. Honours * Louth Senior Football Championship (1): 1943 * Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (1): 1968 * Louth Senior Football League Division 1B (1): 2001 * Louth Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2020 * Louth Intermediate Football League (3): 1986, 1999, 2017 * Old Gaels Cup (1): 1975 * Louth Junior Football Championship (4): 1931, 1940, 1949, 1967 * Louth Junior A Football League (3): 1937, 1959, 1995 * Kevin Mullen Shield (1): 1997 * Louth Minor Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
