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Scottish Gaelic Football Championship
The Scottish Gaelic Football Championship is a knockout and the principal competition played between Scottish GAA Clubs in Scotland. History The first Championship was played in 1985, when Clan Na Gael were the inaugural winners. Men's Finals References www.tirconaillharps.com {{Gaelic games in Great Britain 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 a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ... Recurring sporting events established in 1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland GAA
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 Subdivisions of Scotland, administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow, Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland (council area), Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dúnedin Connolly GAC
Dunedin Connollys Gaelic Football Club (Irish: ''Dún Éideann Uí Chonghaile'') is a Scottish GAA club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 1988, the club takes its name from the Gaelic name for Edinburgh, Dùn Èideann and the surname of Edinburgh-born Irish republican and socialist leader James Connolly. Dunedin Connollys have won the Scottish Championship 17 times and the British GAA title four times, most recently in 2018. Dunedin Connollys currently runs a Senior Men's team, an Intermediate Men's team, a Junior Men's team, two Ladies' teams and an underage set-up, Dunedin Og. History Dunedin Connollys was founded in 1988 on Leith Walk, in the north of Edinburgh, at an Irish dancing show. Father Eamonn Sweeney, the priest who had been instrumental in setting up Gaelic football clubs in the west of Scotland, had a chance meeting with Belfast native Anthony Haughey and plans for an Edinburgh-based Gaelic team were formed. Initially, the team consisted of first and second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Gaels GFC
Glasgow Gaels Gaelic Football Club or Glasgow Gaels GFC ( Irish: ''Cumann Peile Ghaeil Ghlaschú,'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glasgow. The team is a member of the Scottish GAA and are one of the most successful Scottish teams of all time. They currently cater for both Men's Gaelic football, junior and senior levels, Ladies' Gaelic football, and Juvenile Gaelic Football. The teams have competed in the All Britain championships, reaching the Men's All-British semi-finals in 2006. After defeating Dunedin Connollys in the 2022 Scottish Senior Championship Final, they marched on to achieve a historic first for the club winning the All-British Championship before losing out narrowly to Stewartstown Gaels from Tyrone in the Junior All Ireland Quarter Final. In 2016, the ladies won the All-British Junior Final after being runners-up in 2015. The ladies made history in 2016 by winning their first ever Scottish Senior League Title. In 2016, the ladies were also vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dúnedin Connolly
Dunedin Connollys Gaelic Football Club ( Irish: ''Dún Éideann Uí Chonghaile'') is a Scottish GAA club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 1988, the club takes its name from the Gaelic name for Edinburgh, Dùn Èideann and the surname of Edinburgh-born Irish republican and socialist leader James Connolly. Dunedin Connollys have won the Scottish Championship 17 times and the British GAA title four times, most recently in 2018. Dunedin Connollys currently runs a Senior Men's team, an Intermediate Men's team, a Junior Men's team, two Ladies' teams and an underage set-up, Dunedin Og. History Dunedin Connollys was founded in 1988 on Leith Walk, in the north of Edinburgh, at an Irish dancing show. Father Eamonn Sweeney, the priest who had been instrumental in setting up Gaelic football clubs in the west of Scotland, had a chance meeting with Belfast native Anthony Haughey and plans for an Edinburgh-based Gaelic team were formed. Initially, the team consisted of first and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tír Conaill Harps
Tír Conaill Harps Gaelic Athletics Club (GAC), (Irish language, Irish: ''Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Cláirsigh Thír Conaill'') is a Gaelic football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club plays Gaelic football at both senior and underage levels. Tir Conaill Harps is the biggest Gaelic football club in Scotland in terms of structure and has a fully integrated youth system fielding teams for all age groups. The club's colours are green and gold. History Tír Conaill Harps was formed in 1994 following an amicable break away from the Pearse Harps club by the underage football section, who left to form the club at a meeting in the Govanhill Neighbourhood Centre, in Glasgow's south side. Tír Conaill is the Irish for the land of Connell, an ancient name for the area now mostly known as County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland. This reflects the long tradition of people from there settling in the area. A number of members and players have family links to the county. Tír Conaill Harp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaschu Gaels
Glasgow Gaels Gaelic Football Club or Glasgow Gaels GFC ( Irish: ''Cumann Peile Ghaeil Ghlaschú,'' ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glasgow. The team is a member of the Scottish GAA and are one of the most successful Scottish teams of all time. They currently cater for both Men's Gaelic football, junior and senior levels, Ladies' Gaelic football, and Juvenile Gaelic Football. The teams have competed in the All Britain championships, reaching the Men's All-British semi-finals in 2006. After defeating Dunedin Connollys in the 2022 Scottish Senior Championship Final, they marched on to achieve a historic first for the club winning the All-British Championship before losing out narrowly to Stewartstown Gaels from Tyrone in the Junior All Ireland Quarter Final. In 2016, the ladies won the All-British Junior Final after being runners-up in 2015. The ladies made history in 2016 by winning their first ever Scottish Senior League Title. In 2016, the ladies were also vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sands McSwiney
Sands MacSwineys Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football team formed in 1986 and based in the Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge, Scotland. It is the longest running GAA club in Scotland. The club plays its home matches at St Ambrose Gaelic Ground. History Sands MacSwineys were founded in 1986, being named using an amalgam of the names of hunger strikers Bobby Sands and Terence MacSwiney. The club was formed out of the Pearse Harps club in Glasgow when Coatbridge-based players within Pearce Harps setup felt "it would be more appropriate to give birth to a more local based team in an area previously renowned for its Gaelic sports activities". Honours In Sands' first season in existence the club went all the way 1986 final of the Glasgow Championship before being beaten by St Patrick's. In 1988 Sands won their first major trophy, the Ó Fiaich Cup. The Ó Fiaich Cup was brought back to Coatbridge again in 1996. Sands MacSwineys won the Championship in 1990, 1991 and 1999, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
