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Seán Stack
Seán Stack (born 1953) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-back for the Clare senior team. Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Stack first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Flannan's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Clare minor team before later joining the under-21, junior and intermediate sides. He made his senior debut during the 1974 championship. Stack immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won two National Hurling League medals. He was a Munster runner-up on five occasions. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Stack won two Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a one-time Munster medallist with Sixmilebridge. In addition to this he has also seven championship medals. Throughout his career Stack made 28 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1987 championship. In r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixmilebridge GAA
Sixmilebridge is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Sixmilebridge, County Clare, Ireland. History Sixmilebridge GAA Club was founded in 1904. The first recorded matches were at junior hurling and football level against Newmarket-on-Fergus with the hurlers winning and the footballers losing 2–07 to 0–02. The first recorded championship success was in 1940. Kilkishen were defeated in the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship by Newmarket-on-Fergus. A further ten years elapsed before Sixmilebridge won the Clare Junior A Hurling Championship. In 1951 they won the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship beating Ennis Dalcassians in the final. The following year the Bridge reached the county senior final only to be beaten by Scariff. In 1954 Sixmilebridge won their first ever senior trophy winning the Clare Cup against Newmarket-on-Fergus on a scoreline of 4-06 to 2-06. The next county final appearance was in 1962, where they lost to Ruan in a replay by 3-09 to 2-08. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glin, County Limerick
Glin () is a village in the northwest of County Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the south shore of the River Shannon's estuary, on the N69 road (Ireland), N69 road between Foynes and Tarbert, Kerry, Tarbert. The population of the village at the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census was 576. History The lands around Glin were the Manorialism, manor of the Knight of Glin after the Norman invasion of Ireland, Norman invasion. Glin was not included in the Down Survey of the 1650s. The village, as it was then, was called Ballygullyhannane. Glin ''An Gleann'' was previously ''Gleann Corbraighe'', "Valley of the Corbry", from the stream flowing through the village into the Shannon. Glin is in the Barony (Ireland), barony of Shanid, formerly a division of the barony of Lower Connello.Glin ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'' (1837), Samue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarecastle GAA
Clarecastle GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the village of Clarecastle in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In existence since 1887. Major honours Hurling * Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1997 * Clare Senior Hurling Championship (12): 1928 ''(with Éire Óg, Inis GAA, Ennis Dalcassians)'', 1943, 1945, 1949, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005 * Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1931 * Clare Junior Hurling Championship, Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (2): 1985, 2012 * Clare Under-21 Hurling Championship, Clare Under-21 A Hurling Championship (4): 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 Gaelic Football * Clare Senior Football Championship (1): 1908 * Clare Intermediate Football Championship (3): 1984, 1993, 1998 * Clare Junior Football Championship, Clare Junior A Football Championship (3): 1936, 1982, 2012 History The name "Clár Átha an Dá Choradh" has its origins in the local medieval castle first built around 1250 and recon ... [...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] |
Éire Óg, Inis GAA
Éire Óg, Inis GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ennis, County Clare, Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club plays both Hurling and Gaelic Football at all age levels. Their most recent major achievement came on 7 November 2021 when they won the Clare Senior Football Championship for the nineteenth time, defeating Kilmurry Ibrickane GAA, Kilmurry-Ibrickane by 1–11 to 0–09 in Cusack Park (Ennis), Cusack Park. Prior to the official club formation in 1952, the Ennis Dalcassians represented the county capital. Between 1944-1956 and 1994-1995, players from local rivals St.Josephs Doora-Barefield GAA, St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield joined up with the club to form the Ennis Faughs. Both clubs were competing at lower levels at the time so it was seen as an opportunity to play senior football. The ''Ennis Faughs'' competed in thirteen county finals, winning five Clare Senior Football Championship, Senior Football titles in 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954 and 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
