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St Laurence's GAA
St Laurence's GAA LG Naomh Lorcán'' is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in south County Kildare, Ireland. History St. Laurence's G.A.A. Gaelic Athletic Association Club, Oldgrange, Narraghmore, Co. Kildare is based in the parish of Narraghmore, encompassing villages of Narraghmore, Kilmead, Booley, Calverstown, Kilgowan, Brewel, Ballymount, Crookstown, Ballitore and Mullaghmast. St. Laurence’s G.A.A. club grounds in Oldgrange, Narraghmore were purchased in 1975 and the clubhouse dressing rooms opened in 1992 and 1999 respectively. St. Laurence's have Senior Men’s Football, Ladies Football, Hurling, Camogie, Basketball, Badminton & Bowls teams at all ages to name but a few. St. Laurence's also have a Community Complex with Bar, Sports Hall, a safe gated and fenced off Outdoor Playground and a dedicated 0.75kM Walking/Jogging/Running track around our playing pitches. Gaelic Football eil Ghaelach In 2009 St. Laurence's GAA Club won their first ever Kildare Senior Foot ... [...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] |
County Kildare
County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, which has a population of 246,977. Geography and subdivisions Kildare is the 24th-largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and the seventh largest in terms of population. It is the eighth largest of Leinster's twelve counties in size, and the second largest in terms of population. It is bordered by the counties of Carlow, Laois, Meath, Offaly, South Dublin and Wicklow. As an inland county, Kildare is generally a lowland region. The county's highest points are the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains bordering to the east. The highest point in Kildare is Cupidstown Hill on the border with South Dublin, with the better known Hill of Allen in central Kildare. Towns and villages * Allen * Allenwood * Ardclough * Athy * Ballitore * Ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narraghmore
Narraghmore () is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It lies within a civil parish of the same name. Nearby villages include Ballytore, Calverstown, and Kilmead. Narraghmore village is 6.4km from Ballytore and has the M9 motorway and R448 road to the west and the R418 road The R418 road is a regional road in Ireland, which runs north-south from the R448 at Kilcullen to Athy, County Kildare, and then to the N81 in Tullow, County Carlow. En route it meets and shortly later leaves the N78 in the town of Athy, an ... to the east. The Narraghmore Stud Farm is nearby. References External links Roman Catholic Parishes of Narraghmore & Moone Towns and villages in County Kildare Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names {{County Kildare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare Senior Football Championship
The Kildare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Kildare GAA between the top clubs in County Kildare, Ireland. The winners of the Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Club Championship, the winners of which progress to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current (2022) champions are Naas. The most successful club in Kildare is Sarsfields. Wins listed by club Notes: *Sarsfields includes 9 titles won under the Roseberry name. *Round Towers includes 1 title won under the Kildare St. Patrick's name. *Ellistown includes 2 titles won under the Mountrice Blunts name. Finals listed by year * For those with an * beside the year see below: * 1921 - Won on an objection * 1910 - Replayed after disputed point in first game * 1908 - According to Eoghan Corry's Kildare GAA A Centenary History, Clane Clane (; ) is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, from Dublin. Its population of 7,280 makes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare Junior Football Championship
The Kildare Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Kildare GAA clubs. The winning club plays in the Kildare Intermediate Football Championship in the following year. As of the 2022 season there is an overall Junior Championship winner as well as a Junior A winner (competed for between the bottom four teams in the Junior Championship Round Robin Group 2). There have been various iterations of the competition, which started in 1906 as the secondary competition to the Kildare Senior Football Championship. In 1928 a Kildare Intermediate Football Championship was started for middle tier teams with the Junior Championship ranking below that. In 1947 the Junior Championship was split into A and B competitions with the winners competing for the overall Junior title. They played for a trophy called the Jack Higgins Cup, named after the former Kildare and Naas great. Reserve teams were allowed to enter the Junior Championship at various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare Intermediate Football Championship
The Kildare Intermediate Football Championship, or Kildare I.F.C., is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Kildare GAA clubs since 1928. The winners currently receive the Hugh Campion Cup in honour of the Suncroft official who served as County Board Chairman from 1972 to 1981. Qualification for subsequent competitions Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship The Kildare IFC winner qualifies for the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Kildare to qualify for this competition. The Kildare IFC winner may enter the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage. For example, 2018 winner Two Mile House won the Leinster final, as did 2016 winner St Colmcille's, also at GAA headquarters. as did 2012 winner Monasterevin, 2006 winner Confey, while the Kildare IFC winning club won consecutive Leinster IHC titles in 2009 and 2010, won respectively by Maynoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare Senior Camogie Championship
Camogie was played in Kildare shortly after the sport was first organized in 1904. However, due to sparse records it is not certain when the first senior camogie championship was held. The earliest record of Camogie appears in an advertisement by Athy Ladies Hurling Club advertised a members reunion in July 1909. Kildare sent delegates to the Camogie congress of 1932, and a county board was formed in 1934 with Fr Byrne CC of Caragh Caragh or Carragh () is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located on the R409 regional road between the River Liffey and the Grand Canal and is located 6.1 km north-west of Naas. The village is also 7.9 km from Clane and ... as President, Mrs B McCarthy as vice-president, William Fisher of Newbridge as secretary, and Polly Smyth of Newbridge as treasurer. Camogie was reorganized at a county convention in 1954, and has been played in Kildare continuously since.See Kildare GAA: Camogie Roll of honour Bibliography *Soari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare Senior Football League Division 1
Kildare Senior Football League Division 1 is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the Kildare GAA clubs. As of 2017, 12 clubs play 11 games and are awarded 2 points per win and 1 point per draw. The top two teams qualify to play in the League Final, the winner is presented with the "Leinster Leader The ''Leinster Leader'' is a newspaper published in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. Johnston Press bought the Leinster Leader Group in 2005. The Leinster Leader Group, as well as publishing the Naas-based ''Leinster Leader'' also published The ' ... Cup". Finals listed by year References External links * *{{cite web, url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Kildare/, title=Kildare - HoganStand, website=Hoganstand.com, accessdate=28 January 2019 Gaelic football competitions in County Kildare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare Senior Club Football Championship
The Kildare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Kildare GAA between the top clubs in County Kildare, Ireland. The winners of the Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Club Championship, the winners of which progress to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current (2022) champions are Naas. The most successful club in Kildare is Sarsfields. Wins listed by club Notes: *Sarsfields includes 9 titles won under the Roseberry name. *Round Towers includes 1 title won under the Kildare St. Patrick's name. *Ellistown includes 2 titles won under the Mountrice Blunts name. Finals listed by year * For those with an * beside the year see below: * 1921 - Won on an objection * 1910 - Replayed after disputed point in first game * 1908 - According to Eoghan Corry's Kildare GAA A Centenary History, Clane Clane (; ) is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, from Dublin. Its population of 7,280 makes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoghan Corry
Eoghan Corry ( ga, Eoghan Ó Cómhraí; born 19 January 1961) is an Irish journalist and author. He is the lead commentator on travel for media in Ireland, having edited travel sections in national newspapers and travel publications since the 1980s. A former sportswriter and sports editor he has written books on sports history, and was founding story-editor of the Gaelic Athletic Association Museum at Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland. Awards For service to tourism Cory has been designated a Kentucky Colonel and a freeman of the city of Baltimore. Corry was awarded a lifetime "contribution to the industry" award at the Irish Travel Industry Awards in Dublin on 22 January 2016. He received the Business Travel Journalist of the year award in London in October 2015. Previous awards include Irish sportswriter of the year, young journalist of the year, Seamus Kelly award, MacNamee award for coverage of Gaelic Games and short-listing for sports book of the year. Early life Corry was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1984. Events * April 4 – The narrative of George Orwell's dystopian novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' ( 1949) begins and causes widespread discussion. G. K. Chesterton's '' The Napoleon of Notting Hill'' (1904) is also set in this year; and Haruki Murakami's '' 1Q84'' (いちきゅうはちよん, ''Ichi-Kyū-Hachi-Yon'', 2009–2010) is set in a parallel version of it. *June 16 – Cirque du Soleil is founded in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix. *July – Tom Wolfe's novel '' The Bonfire of the Vanities'' begins serialization in ''Rolling Stone''. *December 19 – Ted Hughes' appointment as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom is announced in succession to Sir John Betjeman, Philip Larkin having turned down the post. *''unknown dates'' **Prvoslav Vujčić's second poetry collection, ''Kastriranje vetra'' (Castration of the Wind), wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
