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St. Nicholas' GAA
St Nicholas' Gaelic Football Club is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Ballyvolane and Blackpool areas of Cork city, Ireland. The club was founded in 1901 and is solely concerned with the game of Gaelic football. St Nick's are closely linked with their sister club Glen Rovers. Gaelic football Honours *Munster Senior Club Football Championships: ** Winner (1): 1967 *Cork Senior Club Football Championships: ** Winner (5): 1938, 1941, 1954, 1965, 1966 ** Runner-up (5): 1947, 1950, 1951, 1963, 1969 *Cork Intermediate Football Championship ** Winner (2) 1917, 1937 * Cork Minor Football Championship ** Winner (15) 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1945, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1969, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1987, 2002 * Cork Under-21 Football Championship ** Winner (1) 2003 * Kelleher Shield (SFL) ** Winner (5) 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970 * Cork City Junior Football Championship ** Winner (9) 1930, 1943, 1958, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 Famous players * Graha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork (city)
Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the city's boundary in 2019, its population is over 222,000. The city centre is an island positioned between two channels of the River Lee which meet downstream at the eastern end of the city centre, where the quays and docks along the river lead outwards towards Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world. Originally a monastic settlement, Cork was expanded by Viking invaders around 915. Its charter was granted by Prince John in 1185. Cork city was once fully walled, and the remnants of the old medieval town centre can be found around South and North Main streets. The city's cognomen of "the rebel city" originates in its support for the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses. Corkonians sometimes refer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Coughlan
Denis Coughlan (born 7 June 1945) is an Irish former hurler, Gaelic footballer and manager who played for Cork Senior Championship clubs Glen Rovers and St. Nicholas'. As a dual player he played for the Cork senior teams for 15 years, during which time he played as a back, a midfielder and a forward. Coughlan is regarded as one of Cork's greatest-ever dual players. Coughlan began his career at club level as a hurler with Glen Rovers and as a Gaelic footballer with St. Nicholas'. His club career spanned three decades from the 1960s until the 1980s, the highlight of which was winning All-Ireland Club Championship medals with Glen Rovers in 1973 as captain and again in 1977. Coughlan also won a combined total of four Munster Club Championship medals and seven Cork County Championship medals across both codes. At inter-county level, Coughlan was part of the successful Cork junior football team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1964 before later winning the All-Ireland C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Daly
Jackie Daly (born 22 June 1945, Kanturk, North Cork, Ireland) is an Irish button accordion and concertina player. He has been a member of a number of prominent Irish traditional-music bands, including De Dannan, Patrick Street, Arcady, and Buttons & Bows.Vallely, Fintan (ed.), ''The Companion to Irish Traditional Music'', Second Edition, Cork University Press, 2011, pp. 179-180, Music career Born and raised in the area known as Sliabh Luachra, Jackie Daly is one of the foremost living exponents of the distinctive music of that region. Among his early musical influences were his father, a melodeon (one-row accordion) player, and local fiddler Jim Keeffe, under whose tutelage he began playing at "crossroads dances". After working in the Dutch merchant navy for several years, Daly decided to become a professional musician on returning to Ireland in the early 1970s. In 1974 he won the All-Ireland Accordion Competition in Listowel, County Kerry. To qualify, he was obliged to pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincy Twomey
Vincent "Vincy" Twomey (1929 – 30 May 1993) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Blackpool, Cork, Twomey first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the junior side. He joined the senior panel during the 1950 championship. Twomey went on to play a key role during a golden age for the team, and won three All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Twomey won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he was a multiple championship medallist with Glen Rovers. Twomey also enjoyed championship success as a Gaelic footballer with St. Nicholas'. Throughout his career Twomey made 19 championship appearances. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1957 champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Ring
Nicholas Christopher Michael Ring (30 October 1920 – 2 March 1979) was an Irish hurling, hurler whose National Hurling League, league and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, championship career at senior level with the Cork county hurling team, Cork county team spanned twenty-four years from 1939 to 1963. He established many All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics, championship records, including career appearances (65), scoring tally (33-208) and number of All-Ireland medals won (8); however, these records were subsequently bested by a number of players. Ring is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game, with many former players, commentators and fans rating him as the number one player of all time. Born in Cloyne, County Cork, Ring first played competitive hurling following encouragement from his local national school teachers Michael O'Brien and Jerry Moynihan. He first appeared on the Cloyne GAA, Cloyne minor team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donie O'Donovan
Daniel Joseph O'Donovan (31 January 1926 – 28 May 1999) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1948 until 1955. O'Donovan managed Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1973. Biography Born Daniel Joseph O'Donovan at 150 Old Youghal Road, Dillon's Cross, Cork into a family with strong sporting and Irish republican background. He was a nephew of Cork IRA officer Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan. He followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and became a carpenter by trade. He married Cork camogie player Sheila Cahill in the 1950s and they had three sons. The eldest, Diarmuid O'Donovan is Assistant CEO of the ''Evening Echo'' and a sports columnist with that newspaper. Honours Player ;St. Nicholas *Munster Senior Club Football Championship: 1966 *Cork Senior Football Championship: 1954, 1965, 1966 ;Glen Rovers *Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1944, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin O'Doherty
Martin O'Doherty (born 26 March 1952) is an Irish former hurler who played as a full-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Galway, O'Doherty first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Coláiste ChrÃost RÃ. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 sides. He made his senior hurling debut during the 1971 championship. O'Doherty later became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won three All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. The All-Ireland-winning captain 1in 1977, he was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, O'Doherty won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a two-time All-Ireland medallist with Glen Rovers O'Doherty also won two Munster medals and two championship medals. Throughout his career O'Doherty ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy O'Brien
James Edward M. O'Brien (1949 – 8 August 2000), known as Teddy O'Brien, was an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Glen Rovers and St. Nicholas' and was also a member of the Cork senior teams as a dual player. Early life Born and raised in Blackpool on Cork's northside, O'Brien first played as a schoolboy in various juvenile competitions before later lining out as a student at the North Monastery in various competitions, including the Harty Cup. Club career O'Brien began his club career at minor level as a hurler with Glen Rovers and as a Gaelic footballer with sister club St. Nicholas'. He joined both clubs' senior teams in 1968. O'Brien enjoyed his first major success at club level when he lined out at left wing-forward on the Glen Rovers team that beat University College Cork in the 1969 Cork SHC final. Three years later he claimed a second winners' medal, this time lining out at left wing-back, when Youghal were beaten in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Mulcahy
Tomás Mulcahy (born 26 June 1963) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-forward at senior level for the Cork county team. Born in Blackpool, Cork, Mulcahy first played competitive Gaelic games during his schooling at the North Monastery. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams as a dual player before later joining the under-21 sides. He made his senior hurling debut during the 1983 championship. Mulcahy immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won three All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. The All-Ireland-winning captain of 1990, he was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Mulcahy won two Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a one-time championship medallist with Glen Rovers. Mulcahy's father, Gerald Mulcahy, also play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (hurler)
John Lyons (1923 - 11 June 2005) was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned fourteen years from 1946 to 1960. Born near Blackpool in Cork, Lyons first played competitive hurling during his schooling at the North Monastery. Here he was a key member of the college team that completed the final two stages of winning four successive Harty Cup titles. Immediately after leaving school, Lyons joined the Glen Rovers senior team. In a club career that spanned three decades he won ten county senior championship medals, serving as captain of the team on two occasions. As a Gaelic footballer with the Glen's sister club, St. Nicholas', he also won a county senior championship medal. Lyons retired from club hurling at the age of thirty-eight following the Glen's failure to secure a fourth successive championship in 1961. Having never played minor or junior hurling for Cork, Lyons made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of twen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lynch
John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Finance from 1965 to 1966, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Education 1957 to 1959, Minister for the Gaeltacht from March 1957 to June 1957, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands and Parliamentary Secretary to the Government from 1951 to 1954. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1948 to 1981. He was the third leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979, succeeding the hugely influential Seán Lemass. Lynch was the last Fianna Fáil leader to secure (in 1977) an overall majority in the Dáil for his party. Historian and journalist T. Ryle Dwyer has called him "the most popular Irish politician since Daniel O'Connell." Before his political career Lynch had a successful sporting car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éamonn Goulding
Edward J. Goulding (1934 - January 17, 1995), known as Éamonn Goulding, was an Irish hurling, hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club he level he played with Glen Rovers GAA, Glen Rovers and St. Nicholas' GAA, St. Nicholas' and was a member of the Cork GAA, Cork senior teams as a dual player. Early life Born and raised in Blackpool, Cork, Blackpool, Cork (city), Cork, Goulding first played as a schoolboy in various juvenile competitions before later lining out as a student at the North Monastery. He enjoyed some success, winning the Dr. Browne and Dr. O'Callaghan Cups in 1951, however, he ended his schoolboy career without a Dr. Harty Cup, Harty Cup or Corn Uà Mhuirà title. Club career Goulding's club career began at juvenile and underage levels as a hurler with Glen Rovers GAA, Glen Rovers and as a Gaelic footballer with sister club St. Nicholas' GAA, St. Nicholas'. He won three successive Cork MHC titles with the Glen from 1950 to 1952, while he also claimed consecutive Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
