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U20 Footballer Of The Year
The EirGrid U20 Footballer of the year, (previously known as the Cadbury's Hero of the Future) is a 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 ... award given to the top performing under-20 (formerly under-21) player in the Provincial and All-Ireland Championship each year. The award was first awarded in 2006. List of winners References External links Official website {{Gaelic games awards Gaelic football awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain.The 2022 population of the Republic of Ireland was 5,123,536 and that of Northern Ireland in 2021 was 1,903,100. These are Census data from the official governmental statistics agencies in the respecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 57th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship ran from 7 February to 19 December 2020. were the defending champions, but were beaten by in the Munster final. The final took place on 19 December 2020, between and . Galway won the match by 1–11 to 0–13 to win their sixth title and their first since 2013. 's Ciarán Archer was the championship's top scorer with 1–25. Galway captain Jack Glynn was named U20 Footballer of the Year. Player eligibility At the start of the championship footballers aged under 20 cannot play for both their county's senior and under-20 championship teams. Initially a footballer must opt to play for either the senior or the under-20 team. Once a county's senior team exits the senior championship all of their under-20 players are then eligible to pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an inter county football competition between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland (Kilkenny did not participate). Provincial championships were held in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster with the winners progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals. The competition was sponsored for the second time by ''EirGrid''. 2016 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship Quarter-final * Roscommon 1-16 Galway 2-10 Kiltoom Semi-finals * Roscommon 1-18 Sligo 0-8 Markievicz Park * Mayo 4-12 Leitrim 0-15 Carrick-on-Shannon Final 2016 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship Preliminary round * Wicklow 5-12 Carlow 3-13 IT Carlow * Laois 3-15 Louth 1-14 Haggardstown * Wexford 0-14 Longford 2-5 Enniscorthy Quarter-finals * Dublin 1-12 Meath 0-9 Parnell Park * Kildare 2-14 Offaly 1-6 Hawkfield * Wexford 0-7 Westmeath 1-5 Enniscorthy * Laois 0-20 Wicklow 3-9 O'Moore Park Semi-finals Final 2016 Munster Und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CLG Na Fianna
CLG Na Fianna ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Na Fianna) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Glasnevin, in the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It caters for the sporting and social needs of many connected residential areas adjacent to its location through the promotion of Gaelic games — Gaelic football, hurling, camogie, handball and rounders—and the traditional Irish pursuits of music and dance. Céilí music and dancing is a regular feature in the club hall, while informal music sessions are a regular feature of the members’ bar. Background Na Fianna was officially formed as a club on 25 April 1955, when 201 members transferred from C.J. Kickham GAA Club to form Cumann Luthchleas Gael Na Fianna. The first Annual General Meeting took place on 27 October 1955 later that year. Na Fianna's first clubhouse was originally transported from the Guinness Sports Grounds in Crumlin to Mobhi Road but was burnt to the ground in May 1967. The members built a new cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 2017 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship was an inter-county gaelic football competition between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland (Kilkenny did not participate). Provincial championships were held in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster with the winners progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals. This was the final year of the Under 21 football championship. Beginning in 2018, it was replaced by an Under 20 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016. Dublin beat Galway by 2-13 to 2-7 in the final on 29 April. The competition was sponsored for the third time by ''EirGrid''. 2017 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship Quarter-final * Galway 4-10 Leitrim 2-12 (11 March) Semi-finals Final 2017 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship Preliminary round *Meath 0-12 Westmeath 2-8 (22 February) *Wicklow 0-9 Louth 1-13 (1 March) *Carlow 0-8 Wexford 1-18 (22 February) Quarter-finals *Dublin 2-14 Westmeath 0-6 (1 March) *Kildare 0-10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyteague GFC
Ballyteague GFC is a Gaelic football club in Kilmeage, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, club of the year in 1980, winners of junior, and intermediate in successive years 1972-1973 and senior finalists in 1974. History RIC records from 1890 show that Boherkill and Kilmoney club had 50 members with officers listed as Edward Delaney, Edward Loughlin, and John Flynn senior and junior listed as officers. Ballyteague affiliated 1927–51, founded by Mick Behan, Paddy Nugent and Jack Gilligan while Dinny Dunny, father of Pat, was one of the original players. The original colours were vertical stripes of red and green. Gaelic football After re-affiliating in 1951, Ballyteague won Junior B in 1962. Joe McTeague, Seamus Brennan, Martin Nugent, John Jacob and later Tommy Herbert spearheaded their from junior to senior in three years. Their introduction to senior football was an eight-point win over Round Towers and they then eliminated Clane and played a memorable three-game semi-fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
The 2018 Inter-County Under 20 Football Championship was the 55th edition of the competition, and the first since the competition was re-graded from Under 21 to Under 20. It was sponsored by Eirgrid, and known as the EirGrid GAA Football U20 All-Ireland Championship for sponsorship purposes. 31 counties played in the tournament (Kilkenny did not participate). The competition began with a preliminary round game in Ulster on 25 May 2018, and ended with the final on 5 August 2018. Competition format Player eligibility Players under 20 years of age cannot play for a county's senior and under-20 championship teams. This rule was introduced to prevent player burnout and to allow the senior and under-20 championships to be scheduled in the same summer months with separate panels of players. If an under-20 player plays for a county's senior championship team, he is ineligible to play for their under-20 team. This rule results in some county under-20 county teams playing without their b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The42
''TheJournal.ie'' is an internet publication in Ireland. It was a mixture of original and aggregated content, before moving to entirely original content. The website was founded in early 2010. It was edited by Jennifer O'Connell in 2010–2011, and by Susan Daly between 2011 and August 2019, when Sinead O'Carroll stepped into the role with Daly’s promotion to Managing Editor. The publication employs approximately 75 people. Content ''TheJournal.ie'' produces 70 original pieces of content per day. The website was originally divided into four components: ''TheJournal.ie'' itself for Irish and international news and opinion; ''Fora'' for business news; ''The42'' (formerly ''TheScore'') for sports news; and ''The Daily Edge'' for entertainment and gossip. ''The Daily Edge'' ceased operations on 29 March 2019 and ''Fora'' on 9 April 2020. Fora was wound down due to a decline in advertising revenue prompting the parent to reduce its costs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomh Maur CLG
Naomh Maur is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Rush, Dublin Rush ( ga, Ros Eó , meaning 'peninsula of the yew trees'), officially ''An Ros'', is a small seaside commuter town in Fingal, Ireland. It was one of the few towns of the historic County Dublin. Rush lies on the Irish Sea coast, between Sker ..., Ireland. The club was founded in 1928. History Naomh Maur G.A.A. club is based in Rush, Fingal, North County Dublin. Rush is a farming and market gardening area, seventeen miles from Dublin City. Football was played in the area between local Parish Teams prior to the foundation of the G.A.A. in 1884. It is believed that a Club called "Emerald Isles" existed 1900, but there are no records to support this. After an unsuccessful attempt to set up a Club between 1914 and 1919, local Curate Fr. Skeehan organised football games in the local school. In 1928, two Gardaí, Tom MacCarville and Peter Fallon, who were stationed in Rush, and local G.A.A enthusiast Mick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin County Football Team
The Dublin county football team represents Dublin in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Dublin GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League. Dublin's official home ground is Parnell Park, Donnycarney. However, the team generally plays its home games at Croke Park. The team's manager is Dessie Farrell. The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 2021, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2020 and the National League in 2021. Dublin claimed eleven consecutive Leinster Senior Football Championships following a three-point victory over Wexford in 2011, a three-point victory over Meath in 2012, a seven-point victory over Meath in 2013, a sixteen-point victory over Meath in 2014, a thirteen-point victory over Westmeath in 2015, a fifteen-point victory over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 56th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 22 June 2019 and ended on 3 August 2019. Kildare entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Laois in the Leinster Championship. The All-Ireland final was played on 3 August 2019 at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, between Cork and Dublin, in what was their first meeting in a final in 39 years. Cork won the match by 3-16 to 1-14 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title since 2009. Dublin's Ciarán Archer was the championship's top scorer with 9-35. Results Connacht Under-20 Football Championship Quarter-final Semi-finals Final Leinster Under-20 Football Championship First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Munster Under-20 Football Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Examiner
The ''Irish Examiner'', formerly ''The Cork Examiner'' and then ''The Examiner'', is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country. History 19th and early 20th centuries The paper was founded by John Francis Maguire under the title ''The Cork Examiner'' in 1841 in support of the Catholic Emancipation and tenant rights work of Daniel O'Connell. Historical copies of ''The Cork Examiner'', dating back to 1841, are available to search and view in digitised form at the Irish Newspaper Archives website and British Newspaper Archive. During the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, the ''Cork Examiner'' (along with other nationalist newspapers) was subject to censorship and suppression. At the time of the Spanish Civil War, the ''Cork Examiner'' reportedly took a strongly pro- Franco tone in its coverage of the conflict. As of the early to mid-20th century, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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