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1933–34 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 1933–34 was the thirteenth awarding of Ireland's premier cup competition prize, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 13 January 1934 and concluded on 17 March with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance of 21,000 people watched Cork claim their sole FAI Cup title by defeating inaugural winners, St James's Gate. First round Second round Semi-finals ---- Replay Replay(2) Final Notes A. From 1923 to 1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup. B. Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means. References ;General * External linksFAI Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Fai Cup 1933-34 1933-34 1933–34 in Irish association football FAI Cup The Football Association of Ireland Senior Chal ...
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Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional Association football, football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is List of football clubs by competitive honours won, the most successful club in the Republic of Ireland football league system, Republic of Ireland. The club has won the League of Ireland title a record 21 times and the FAI Cup a record 25 times. Shamrock Rovers have supplied more players to the Republic of Ireland national football team (64) than any other club. In All-Ireland competitions, such as the Dublin and Belfast Inter-city Cup, Intercity Cup, they hold the record for winning the most titles, having won seven cups overall. Shamrock Rovers were founded in Ringsend, Dublin. The official date of the club's foundation is 1899. They won the League title at the first attempt in the 1922–23 League of Ireland, 1922–23 season and established themselves as Republic of Ir ...
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Dolphin F
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the cetacean clade Odontoceti (toothed whale). Dolphins belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the brackish dolphins), and possibly extinct Lipotidae (baiji or Chinese river dolphin). There are 40 extant species named as dolphins. Dolphins range in size from the and Maui's dolphin to the and orca. Various species of dolphins exhibit sexual dimorphism where the males are larger than females. They have streamlined bodies and two limbs that are modified into flippers. Though not quite as flexible as seals, they are faster; some dolphins can briefly travel at speeds of or leap about . Dolphins use their conical teeth to capture fast-moving prey. They have well-developed hearing which is adapted for both air and water; it is so well developed that some can survive even if they are blind. Some species are well adapted for di ...
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FAI Cup Seasons
FAI may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Festival de Afrobeat Independiente, an afrobeat festival in Buenos Aires * Fai D. Flowright, a fictional character from ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' * Fai, a character in the anime series ''Endro!'' Organizations * Food Allergy Initiative, a former American food allergen research organization * FAI Films, a defunct Australian film production company * FAI Insurance, former Australian insurance company * FAI rent-a-jet, a German airline * Financial Access Initiative, an American research consortium * Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano, the Italian National Trust, an Italian environmental organization * Forschungs- und Arbeitsgemeinschaft Irland e.V., a German society for Irish philately Politics * Broad Left Front (Peru) (Spanish: '), a political coalition in Peru * Federación Anarquista Ibérica, the Iberian Anarchist Federation * Informal Anarchist Federation (Italian: '), an insurrectionary anarchist organization * Italian Anar ...
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Milltown, Dublin
Milltown () is a suburb and townland on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. Milltown was the site of several working mills on the River Dodder and is also the location of the meeting of the River Slang with the Dodder. It is located adjacent to other suburban areas such as Windy Arbour, Ranelagh, Rathmines, Dartry, Clonskeagh, and Donnybrook. History The townland of Milltown, also known as Milton, was so named from at least the 14th century. Both Milltown and Clonskeagh were liberties of Dublin following the 13th-century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. In his 1903 work, ''A History of the County Dublin'', the historian Francis Elrington Ball describes Milltown as being the "scene of industrial enterprise" from a "very early period" and that as "early as the fourteenth century the existence of a mill is mentioned". Ball also states that "mediaeval quarrying operations carried on at Milltown" provided stone for repairs to Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral. By the 18th c ...
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Glenmalure Park
Glenmalure Park, often simply known as Milltown, was a football stadium on the Southside of Dublin city in Ireland. Located in the suburb of Milltown, it was home to Shamrock Rovers from 1926 to 1987, when it was sold to property developers by the club's directors. It is now a housing estate called Glenmalure Square. Ringsend to Milltown Shamrock Rovers moved from the inner city area of Ringsend in the early 20th century to the then semi-rural suburb of Milltown. In Milltown, Rovers secured a long-term lease of land from the Jesuit Order, who were based in the area. The club's ground there was largely built by their supporters, who constructed the main stand and banked the areas on the other three sides. It was officially opened on Sunday 19 September 1926, with a friendly game against Belfast Celtic in front of a crowd of 18,000. Bob Fullam had the honour of scoring Rovers first ever goal at the ground. Development When the Cunningham family took over the club in the ...
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Shelbourne Park
Shelbourne Park is a greyhound racing stadium in the south Dublin inner city suburb of Ringsend. Greyhound Racing Opening The plans to open a greyhound track in Dublin were drawn up by Paddy O’Donoghue, Jerry Collins, Patsy McAlinden and Jim Clarke. Shelbourne Park opened on 14 May 1927 hot on the heels of Celtic Park (Belfast). The stadium located in the docklands in Ringsend was Dublin's answer to the Belfast track and the pair became the two most prestigious greyhound tracks in Irish racing. When opening in 1927 the track employed four resident trainers in Mick Horan, Paddy Quigley, Billy Donoghue and Ben Scally. History One year later it was decided to introduce the Easter Cup which commemorated the 1916 Easter Monday Rising in Dublin. However, the race soon became known for its own fame rather than its naming origins. The first winner was a greyhound called Odd Blade and the brindle dog went on to successfully defend his title the following year. Famously Mick the ...
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Brideville FC
Brideville Football Club was an Irish association football club, originally based in The Liberties, Dublin. Founded in 1919, they were active during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, playing in both the League of Ireland and the Leinster Senior League. They were the first ever winners of the FAI Junior Cup and also played in two FAI Cup finals. History Brideville had three spells playing in the League of Ireland, which added up to seventeen seasons in total. After winning the FAI Junior Cup and then the Leinster Senior Cup in successive seasons, Brideville made their League of Ireland debut in 1925–26. They were elected to replace Brooklyn. In 1925–26 Brideville's reserve team also won the Leinster Senior League. During their first spell in the League of Ireland, Brideville also made two FAI Cup final appearances. In 1926–27, with a team that included Fran Watters, they lost 1–0 in a replay to Drumcondra, then playing in the Leinster Senior League. In 1929–30, with ...
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Bray Unknowns F
Bray may refer to: Places France *Bray, Eure, in the Eure ''département'' *Bray, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire ''département'' *Bray-Dunes, in the Nord ''département'' * Bray-en-Val, in the Loiret ''département'' * Bray-et-Lû, in the Val-d'Oise ''département'' * Bray-lès-Mareuil, in the Somme ''département'' * Bray-Saint-Christophe, in the Aisne ''département'' *Bray-sur-Seine, in the Seine-et-Marne ''département'' *Bray-sur-Somme, in the Somme ''département'' *Pays de Bray, a watershed in Normandy Ireland * Bray, County Wicklow **Bray Daly railway station ** Bray Male School, former name of Saint Cronan's Boys' National School *Bray Head, a hill just south of Bray, Wicklow *Bray Head, Kerry, a hill on Valentia Island, County Kerry *Bray Lower, a townland of County Kildare *Bray Upper, a townland of County Kildare United Kingdom *Bray, Berkshire, a village near Maidenhead *Bray Shop, a village in Cornwall * River Bray United States *Bray Place, a 1796 ...
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Waterford United
Waterford Football Club formerly Waterford United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Waterford who play in the League of Ireland Premier Division. The club was founded and elected to the league in 1930. Originally the club was based at the greyhound stadium known as Kilcohan Park, but moved to the Waterford Regional Sports Centre in the 1993–94 season. In 2018 the club and its players became fully professional. History Early years Waterford first participated in the league in the 1930–31 season finishing ninth and again from 1931 to 1932 before dropping out of the league for two seasons. Waterford re-entered the league in the 1935–36 season along with Sligo Rovers. Waterford won the Shield in their first season. Waterford won the FAI cup for the first time in their history in 1937 beating St. James's Gate F.C.(St. James Gate) and also won the Shield. The club were league runners up in 1937–38 season and again in the 1940–41 season. Bo ...
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Shamrock Rovers F
A shamrock is a type of clover, used as a symbol of Ireland. The name ''shamrock'' comes from Irish (), which is the diminutive of the Irish word and simply means "young clover". At most times'', Shamrock'' refers to either the species (lesser/yellow clover, Irish: ) or '' Trifolium repens'' (white clover, Irish: ). However, other three-leaved plants—such as '' Medicago lupulina'', ''Trifolium pratense'', and ''Oxalis acetosella''—are sometimes called shamrocks. The shamrock was traditionally used for its medicinal properties, and was a popular motif in Victorian times. Botanical species There is still not a consensus over the precise botanical species of clover that is the "true" shamrock. John Gerard in his herbal of 1597 defined the shamrock as ''Trifolium pratense'' or ''Trifolium pratense flore albo'', meaning red or red clover with white flowers. He described the plant in English as "Three leaved grasse" or "Medow Trefoile", "which are called in Irish ' ...
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Sligo Rovers F
Sligo ( ; , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of 20,608 in 2022, it is the county's largest urban centre (constituting 29.5% of the county's population) and the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, 24th largest in the Republic of Ireland. Sligo is a commercial and cultural centre situated on the west coast of Ireland. Its surrounding coast and countryside, as well as its connections to the poet W. B. Yeats, have made it a tourist destination. History Etymology Sligo is the anglicisation of the Irish name ''Sligeach'', meaning "abounding in shells" or "shelly place". It refers to the abundance of shellfish found in the river and its estuary, and from the extensive shell middens in the vicinity. The river now known as the River Garavogue, Garavogue (), perhaps meaning "little torrent", was originally called the Sligeach. It is listed as one of ...
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Dundalk F
Dundalk ( ; ) is the county town of County Louth, Ireland. The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, close to and south of the border with Northern Ireland. It is surrounded by several townlands and villages that form the wider Dundalk Municipal District. It is the seventh largest List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, urban area in Ireland, with a population of 43,112 as of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. Dundalk has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. It was established as a Normans, Norman stronghold in the 12th century following the Norman invasion of Ireland, and became the northernmost outpost of The Pale in the Late Middle Ages. Located where the northernmost point of the province of Leinster meets the province of Ulster, the town came to be known as the "Gap of the North". The modern street layout dates from the early 18th century and ...
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