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Willie Horgan
William Horgan (17 May 1944 – 29 May 2015) was an Irish hurling, hurler, Gaelic footballer and referee. At club level he played with Brian Dillons GAA, Brian Dillons and later served as a referee at club and inter-county levels. Career Horgan played hurling and Gaelic football with the Brian Dillons GAA, Brian Dillons club and was a member of the team that won City Junior A Hurling Championship, City JHC titles in 1965 and 1968. He later served as club secretary and was heavily involved in the underage and juvenile section of the club, particularly in running the local street leagues. In retirement from playing, Horgan began his refereeing career in 1974. He began officiating at a number of club games in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship, Cork SHC before joining the inter-county refereeing scene at All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, minor and All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, under-21 levels. Horgan took charge of his first National Hurling League, National ... [...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] |
Kilkenny GAA
The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Kilkenny GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Cill Chainnigh) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny county teams in all codes at all levels. The Kilkenny branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1887. In hurling, the dominant sport in the county, Kilkenny competes annually in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 36 times (a national record), the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 73 times, and the National Hurling League, which it has won 19 times(a national record). The camogie team has won the both National Camogie League and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 15 times each. Hurling Clubs Clubs contest the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship. That competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Deaths
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1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * January 14 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Murphy
Richard 'Dickie' Murphy (born 1961 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford) is an Irish hurling referee and former player. He played hurling with his local club Rapparees and with the Wexford senior inter-county team in the 1970s and 1980s. Murphy is regarded as one of the best and most popular referees on the inter-county scene. He is married to Jacquie Murphy (née Doyle) and has three sons Cathal, Brian and Ruairi. Playing career Club Murphy played his club hurling with his local Rapparees club in Enniscorthy. A talented player, he was a substitute on the team which won its only senior county title in 1978. During this time he was heavily involved in the burgeoning Ska and Two-Tone music scenes. As bassist in the band Trojan Undefeated he supported The Specials when they played Dublin's Stardust ballroom in January 1981. Murphy was still a member of the Rapparees team that reached the county senior final in 1993, however, they lost to Cloughbawn on that occasion. He continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 105th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 19 May 1991 and ended on 1 September 1991. Cork were the defending champions but were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster final replay. Westmeath qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final as winners of the B championship. On 1 September 1991, Tipperary won the championship following a 1–16 to 0–15 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 24th All-Ireland title, their second in three championship seasons. Tipperary's Michael Cleary was the championship's top scorer with 3-35. Tipperary's Pat Fox was the choice for Texaco Hurler of the Year. Results Munster Senior Hurling Championship ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship ---- ---- ---- ---- Ulster Senior Hurling Championship ---- ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Referee
A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titles depending on the sport, including umpire, judge, arbiter (chess), commissaire, or technical official (by the International Olympic Committee). Referees may be assisted by umpires, linesmen, timekeepers, touch judges, or video review officials. Football (association) Originally team captains would consult each other in order to resolve any dispute on the pitch. Eventually this role was delegated to an ''umpire''. Each team would bring their own partisan umpire allowing the team captains to concentrate on the game. Later, the referee, a third "neutral" official was added; this ''referee'' would be "referred to" if the umpires could not resolve a dispute. The referee did not take his place on the pitch until 1891, when the umpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moore (referee)
John Moore (born 1949) is an Irish retired hurling referee. Born in Waterford "Waterford remains the untaken city" , mapsize = 220px , pushpin_map = Ireland#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ireland##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = 1 , coordinates ..., he became one of the top referees throughout the 1980s and 1990s and officiated at several All-Ireland finals in minor, under-21 and senior levels. References 1949 births Living people Hurling referees {{Waterford-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork Senior Camogie Team
The Cork county camogie team represents Cork in camogie. The team competes at inter-county level. Cork camogie has experienced four periods of ascendancy in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, winning 24 titles in all. The team won six championships in an eight-year period, 1934-6 and 1939–41, won four-in-a-row 1970-4, won three titles in a five-year period 1978-83, five titles in a seven-year period 1992-8, and six more titles since 2002. The team also dominated the National Camogie League despite taking nine years to win their first title in 1984, winning seven-in-a-row 1995-2001 and ten titles in 13 years 1991-2003. Cork is the leading team at under-16 level, with 13 successes. Titles * All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships: 24 ** 1939, 1940, 1941, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Camogie Final being played on the second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin. The prize for the winning team is the O'Duffy Cup. The men's equivalent tournament is the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Participants The county is a geographical region in Ireland, and each county organises its own camogie affairs. Twelve Counties currently participate in the Senior Championship following the promotion of Intermediate champions Down at the end of the 2020 season. These are Clare, Cork, Down, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath and Wexford. Format The counties participate in a group series with the top teams progressing to the knock-out stages. The eight te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
The 1938 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 21st staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten in the Leinster Championship. The All-Ireland final was played on 30 October 1938 at New Eltham, between London and Cork, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. London won the match by 4-04 to 4-01 to claim their first ever championship title. Results All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker ... All-Ireland semi-finals All-Ireland home final All-Ireland final References {{All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship Junior All-Ireland Junior Hurling Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London GAA
The London County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Londain) or London GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in London. The county board is also responsible for the London county teams and schools. The county football team compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship on an annual basis, the only English based team to do so. They participate through in the Connacht Senior Football Championship as the Irish community in London are considered as part of the province of Connacht. The county hurling team competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, but having been relegated during the preliminary group stage of the Leinster Championship in the 2014 season, the team currently plays in the third tier Christy Ring Cup. Overview London played in three hurling and five football All Ireland finals in the early 1900s when the All-Ireland and All-Britain champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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