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1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the seventh staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier Inter county, inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 24 October 1976 and ended on 27 March 1977. James Stephens GAA, James Stephens of Kilkenny were the 1975-76 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, defending champions, however, they were defeated by Camross GAA, Camross in the Leinster final. Cúchulainn's GAA, Cúchulainn's of Armagh, Kilmessan GAA, Kilmessan of Meath, Kiltormer GAA, Kiltormer of Galway and St. Gabriel's GAA, St. Gabriel's of London were first-time participants. On 27 March 1977, Glen Rovers GAA, Glen Rovers won the championship following a 2-12 to 0-08 defeat of Camross in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in four championship seasons. Frank Keenan (hurler), Frank Keenan of Camross was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finbarr O'Neill
Finbarr O'Neill (born 1941) is an Irish retired hurling, hurler. He played hurling at club level with Glen Rovers GAA, Glen Rovers and at inter-county level as a member of the Cork GAA, Cork senior hurling team. Biography O'Neill joined the Glen Rovers GAA, Glen Rovers club at a young age and made his senior debut as goalkeeper during the 1964 Cork Senior Hurling Championship, 1964 championship. He won All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Championship medals in 1973 and 1977. O'Neill also won three Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship, Munster Championship medals and five Cork Senior Hurling Championship, County Championship medals. At inter-county level, O'Neill was sub-goalkeeper on the Cork GAA, Cork senior hurling team that won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Championship in 1966. He had earlier won a Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Championship medal as a substitute. Honours ;Glen Rovers *All-Ireland Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballinrobe
Ballinrobe () is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. It is located on the River Robe, which empties into Lough Mask two kilometres to the west. As of the 2022 census, the population was 3,148. The town is in a civil parish of the same name. History Foundation and development Ballinrobe is considered to be one of the oldest towns in Mayo, dating to 1390. In 1337, the registry of the Dominican friary of Athenry mentions the monastery ''de Roba'', an Augustinian friary whose restored ruins are one of the landmarks of the town today. A Royal Patent granted to the people of Ballinrobe on 6 December 1606 by King James allowed the town to hold fairs and markets. Obtaining a market charter was an important step in the economic development of a town and required having a spokesperson who was in the king's favour. The town became the largest and most important in the area. Market day in Ballinrobe was Monday. Each commodity had its special place in the town. Well into the mid-1900s, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmacud Crokes GAA
Kilmacud Crokes () is a large Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland. Background Kilmacud GAA club was formed in 1959 following a public meeting in Saint Laurence's Hall, where Stillorgan shopping centre now stands. The first meeting of the club took place on 12 March 1959. Sixty people attended the meeting and donated a shilling each, meaning the club made Irish pound, IR£3.30 on the night. The club decided to use green-and-white jerseys, but they later decided to use the gold-and-purple colours, some say because of the local school Scoil Lorcain Naofa who also use gold and purple, others say it was because blue are the colours of the crocus. In 1963 the club purchased a -acre site behind the Ormonde Cinema as a permanent home pitch for themselves, Páirc de Burca, and in 1965 the adjoining Glenalbyn House was bought. In April 1966, Crokes hurling club joined up with Kilmacud football club. The name of the joint football/hurling teams was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundalk
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lough Lene Gaels GAA
Lough Lene Gaels (Irish language, Irish: ''Gaeil Loch Léinn'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, based in Collinstown, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Club history Lough Lene Gaels was founded as a hurling club in 1969 as a result of an amalgamation between the Collinstown, Fore, County Westmeath, Fore, Glenidan and Rickardstown hurling clubs. The club played its first match in the 1970 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship and it resulted in a 5-17 to 5-1 win over Delvin. The club's first league title was won, in early 1972, in a postponed 1971 Junior hurling league final. Lough Lene Gaels defeated Raharney, by 4-10 to 2-3, in that final. The first championship title came in 1973 when the Junior title was won by defeating Castletown-Geoghegan 7-3 to 2-3. At senior level, the club won the 1975 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship by defeating Raharney in the final. The senior title was retained in 1976. Throughout the 1980s, Lough Lene Gaels picked up c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomh Moninne H
In Christianity, certain deceased Christians are recognized as saints, including some from Ireland. The vast majority of these saints lived during the 4th–10th centuries, the period of early Christian Ireland, when Celtic Christianity produced many missionaries to Great Britain and the European continent. The exact number of Irish saints is not known but the Martyrology of Donegal lists 1000 saints, male and female. For this reason, Ireland in a 19th-century adage is described as "the land of saints and scholars".''The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church'', Volume 3, John and Charles Mozley (1852)p. 215 Christianity was introduced into Ireland toward the end of the 4th century. The details of the introduction are obscure, though the strict ascetic nature of monasticism in Ireland is said to be derived from the practices of the Desert Fathers. Although there were some Christians in Ireland before Patrick, who was a native of Roman Britain, he playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlow
Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 27,351, the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, twelfth-largest urban center in Ireland. The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic boundary between counties County Laois, Laois and Carlow. However, the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 included the town entirely in County Carlow. The settlement of Carlow is thousands of years old and pre-dates written Irish history. The town has played a major role in Irish history, serving as the capital of the country in the 14th century. The town is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. Etymology The name is an anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish ''Ceatharlach''. Historically, it was anglicised as ''Caherlagh'', ''Caterlagh'' and ''Catherlagh'', which are closer to the Irish spell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnew Emmets GAA
Carnew Emmets GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Carnew, County Wicklow, Ireland. The club fields teams in both Gaelic football and hurling. Honours * Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship (19): 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009 * Wicklow Senior Football Championship The Wicklow Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Wicklow GAA between the top Gaelic football clubs in County Wicklow, Ireland. The winner of the Wicklow Championship qualifies to repres ... (4): 1916, 1927, 1945, 1973 • Wicklow Intermediate Football Championship (2): 2008 , 2024 External linksCarnew Emmets GAA site Gaelic games clubs in County Wicklow Hurling clubs in County Wicklow Gaelic football clubs in County Wicklow {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomh Eoin GAA
Naomh Eoin is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Myshall, County Carlow. Named in honour of Pope John XXIII, the club was founded in 1968 and fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. History In 1986 Namoh Eoin became the only club in Carlow to win the Senior Football and Senior Hurling Championship double. Honours * Carlow Senior Hurling Championship (18): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2005 * Carlow Senior Football Championship The Carlow Senior Football Championship (currently also known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Michael Lyng Motors Carlow SFC''), is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Carlow GAA clubs. The Carlow County Board of the G ... (1): 1986 * Carlow Intermediate Hurling Championship (9): 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2018, 2020, 2022 References Gaelic games clubs in County Carlow Hurling clubs in County Carlow Gaelic football clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmessan
Kilmessan () is a village in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated 10/15 minutes away from Dunshaughlin, Trim and Navan, 6 km from the M3 motorway. The village has a primary school, shop, post office and several pubs. The Station House Hotel is located in Kilmessan. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Sport Kilmessan GAA club plays hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa .... They are the most successful hurling club in Meath having won the Meath championship 29 times. The Kilmessan men won the Leinster Intermediate Championship in 2008 and lost out on reaching the All-Ireland final after losing the semi-final after extra-time. Kilmessan also have a Camogie club. Kilmessan became All-Ireland junior club champions in 2014 and again in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardclough GAA
Ardclough is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Ardclough, County Kildare, Ireland. The club's biggest achievements include winning the Kildare County Senior Football Championship after a replayed final against the Army in 1949, winning 13 Kildare County Senior Hurling Championships, the latest in 2017 beating Naas in the final, defeating Buffer's Alley in the 1976 Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship and winning the Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship in 2006. History RIC records from 1890 show that Hazlehatch Irish Harpers, based on Lord Concurry's field near Skeagh, had 70 members with officers listed as Ambrose Dwyer, Christy Fitzsimons, Michael Saunders and John Cantwell. John Buggle is listed as an officer with Kilteel King O'Tooles club. Thomas Kenny from Ardclough bore the nickname "The Harper" Kenny all his life. An Ardclough club competed in the 1924–27 championships. The current club was founded at a meeting in Mick Treacy's workshop ... [...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 GAA, 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 1970-71 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship, 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 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
