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St. Rynagh's GAA
St Rynagh's ( ga, Naomh Raghnach) is the name of two Gaelic Athletic Association sister clubs that encompass the towns of Cloghan and Banagher in County Offaly, in Ireland. The St Rynagh's Football Club is based in Cloghan and wear green and white hooped jerseys; the St Rynagh's Hurling Club is based in Banagher and wear blue and gold jerseys. Formed in 1961, to represent the parish of Cloghan and Banagher, the club gained almost immediate success - winning the senior hurling championship in 1965. The St Rynagh's Hurling Club went on to appear in three All-Ireland club hurling finals during the next 30 years. St Rynagh's has also supplied three of Offaly's four All-Ireland Hurling Championship winning captains, namely Padraig Horan, Martin Hanamy and Hubert Rigney. Other noted players in the club's history include RTÉ pundit Michael Duignan, Pad Joe Whelahan, Aidan Fogarty and Declan Fogarty, David Hughes, Tom and Mícheál Conneely, and first ever all-star goalkeeper Dami ... [...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] |
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
The Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the champion senior clubs in the province of Leinster in Ireland. It is the most prestigious club competition in Leinster hurling. Introduced in 1971, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open to all 12 county senior champions from the 1970 championship season. The competition is currently limited to the eight champion club teams from the strongest hurling counties in Leinster. In its current format, the Leinster Club Championship begins in November following the completion of the individual county championships. The eight participating teams compete in a single-elimination tournament which culminates with the final match on the first Sunday in December. The winner of the Leinster Club Championship, as well as being pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Games Clubs In County Offaly
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Canada. Languages * Goidelic languages or Gaelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages; they include: ** Primitive Irish or Archaic Irish, the oldest known form of the Goidelic (Gaëlic) languages. ** Old Irish or Old Gaelic, used c. AD 600–900 ** Middle Irish or Middle Gaelic, used c. AD 900–1200 ** Irish language (), including Classical Modern Irish and Early Modern Irish, c. 1200-1600) *** Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland ** Scottish Gaelic (), historically sometimes called in Scots and English *** Canadian Gaelic ( or ), a dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken in Canada ** Manx language ( or ), Gaelic language with Norse elements Culture and history *Gaelic Ireland, the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán Moylan (hurler)
Seán Moylan is an Irish former hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Offaly senior team. Born in Banagher, County Offaly, Moylan first played competitive hurling in his youth. He made his senior debut with Offaly during the 1971-72 National League and immediately became a regular member of the team. During his brief career he experienced little success. At club level Moylan is a two-time Leinster medallist with St Rynagh's. He also won numerous championship medals with the club. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1973 championship. Moylan’s brothers Pat and Barney also had lengthy career playing for Offaly, Moylan’s son Thomas also had a short spell with Offaly. Honours ;St Rynagh's *Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 1970, 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Moylan (Offaly Hurler)
Pat Moylan is an Irish former hurler who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Offaly county team. Born in Banagher, County Offaly, Moylan first played competitive hurling in his youth. He made his senior debut with Offaly during the 1966-67 National League and immediately became a regular member of the team. During his brief career he experienced little success. At club level Moylan is a two-time Leinster medallist with St Rynagh's. He also won numerous championship medals with the club. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1973 championship. Honours ;St Rynagh's *Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 1970, 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ... References Living people St Rynagh's hurlers Offaly inter-county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Moylan
Barney Moylan (born 1943) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Offaly senior hurling team. Moylan made his first appearance for the team during the 1965 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1976 championship. During that time he experienced little success with the team. Moylan was a Leinster runner-up on one occasion in 1969, where he marked Eddie Keher scoreless from play. At club level Moylan was a two-time Leinster medalist with St Rynagh's. In addition to this he has also won nine county club championship medals. Playing career Club Moylan enjoyed much success with St Rynagh's in a club career that spanned two decades. In 1965 Moylan won his first championship medal in the senior grade as a defeat of Coolderry earned St Rynagh's their first ever championship title. Further success followed in 1966 as St Rynagh's retained the Seán Robbins Cup. After missing St Rynagh's champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane McGuckin
Shane McGuckin (born 1969) is an Irish retired hurler who played for club sides St Rynagh's and Naomh Éanna and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior hurling team. Career Born in Banagher, County Offaly, McGuckin first came to prominence on the St. Rynagh's club side that won four County Championship title in six seasons between 1987 and 1993. The last of these was converted into a Leinster Club Championship title. Success at club level saw McGuckin drafted onto the Offaly senior team during the 1990-91 National League. He collected his first silverware with the team in 1994 when Offaly won the Leinster Championship before ending the season as an All-Ireland Championship-winner after a defeat of Limerick in the final. McGuckin won a second successive provincial title the following year before captaining the team for the 1996 season. His son, Charlie McGuckin, has lined out for the Wexford senior hurling team. Honours ;St. Rynagh's *Leinster Senior Club Hurl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hughes (hurler)
David Hughes (born 1967 in Banagher, County Offaly) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St Rynagh's and was a member of the Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ... senior inter-county team from 1994 until 1997. References 1967 births Living people St Rynagh's hurlers Offaly inter-county hurlers Hurling goalkeepers {{Offaly-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan Fogarty
Declan Fogerty (born 10 September 1960 in Banagher, County Offaly) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St Rynagh's and was a member of the Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in h ... senior inter-county team from 1983 until 1988. References 1960 births Living people St Rynagh's hurlers Offaly inter-county hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners Irish schoolteachers {{Offaly-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Conneely
Thomas Conneely (born 24 February 1959) is an Irish former hurler who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Offaly county team. Born in Banagher, County Offaly, Connelly first played competitive hurling in his youth. He made his senior debut for Offaly during the 1979-80 National League and subsequently broke onto the starting fifteen. During his career Conneely won one All-Ireland medal and two Leinster medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Conneely is a one-time Leinster medallist with St Rynagh's. In addition to this he also won three championship medals. Conneelly later played with St Gabriel's. Throughout his career Conneely made 16 championship appearances. He played his last game for Offaly during the 1986-87 National League. In retirement from playing Conneely became involved in team management and coaching. He served as manager of the St Gabriel's intermediate hurling team. Playing career Club Conneely played his club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is a competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta. Trophy The trophy for the competition was donated by Bill Carroll, whose daughter, Ann was one of the outstanding players of the first decade of the competition, winning Championships with both St Patrick’s, Glengoole and St Paul’s, Kilkenny. History The competition was established in 1964, six years before the equivalent competitions in hurling and Gaelic football. Between 1971 and 1978 and since 2010, it was concluded in the spring following the county championships. On other years, it was concluded within the calendar year in November and December. Teams from Kilkenny have won the competition 12 times, Cork with 8, followed by Galway and Wexford with 7 victories each, Limerick with 6, Dublin with 5, Tipperary with 4, and Derry with 3 victorie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offaly Senior Football Championship
The Offaly Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1896. Rhode are the title holders (2022), defeating Tullamore on a scoreline of 1-09 to 0-11 in the Final. Format Current teams The 8 clubs competing in the 2021 Offaly Senior Football Championship are: Rhode, Durrow, Tullamore, Edenderry, Cappincur, Bracknagh, Ferbane and Shamrocks. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is ? The club winning the Offaly Championship qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
