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1979–80 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1979–80 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 10th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 7 October 1979 and ended on 1 June 1980. Blackrock were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Castlegar in the All-Ireland semi-final. On 1 June 1980, Castlegar won the championship after a 1-11 to 1-08 defeat of McQuillan's in the All-Ireland final. Frank Keenan from the Camross club was the championship's top scorer with 4-17. Results Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship First round Semi-final Final Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship Semi-final Final All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Quarter- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Connolly (hurler)
Michael Connolly (born 19 June 1954) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Castlegar and was a member of the Galway and London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ... senior inter-county teams from the 1970s until the 1990s. References 1954 births Living people Castlegar hurlers Galway inter-county hurlers Irish carpenters London inter-county hurlers Connacht inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners 20th-century Irish sportsmen {{Galway-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tremane HC
Tremane Hurling Club () is a hurling club based in Knockadanagan, east of Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland. In 1976, the club won the Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship. Honours * Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1976 * Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship The Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Roscommon GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Roscommon, Ireland. Since 2008, the champions qualify to the Connacht Intermediate C ... (11): 1956, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1995 References External links Official site Gaelic games clubs in County Roscommon [...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] |
Kinnitty GAA
Kinnitty GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Kinnitty, County Offaly, Ireland. The club is a member of the Offaly GAA County Board. The club is almost exclusively concerned with 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 .... Achievements * Offaly Senior Hurling Championship Winners (9) 1920, 1923, 1930, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985 * Offaly Junior A Hurling Championship Winners (7) 1916, 1917, 1966, 1986, 1993, 2000, 2020 Notable players * Liam Carroll * Mark Corrigan * Paddy Corrigan * Ger Coughlan * Pat Delaney * Johnny Flaherty References Gaelic games clubs in County Offaly Hurling clubs in County Offaly {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub ... [...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] |
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 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] |
Trim, County Meath
Trim () is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated on the River Boyne and, as of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, had a population of 9,563. The town is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. The town is noted for Trim Castle – the largest Normans, Norman castle in Ireland. One of the two cathedrals of the Diocese of Meath and Kildare, United Dioceses of Meath and Kildare – Trim Cathedral, St Patrick's cathedral – is located north of the river. Trim won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1972, 1984, 2014 and 2022, and was the joint winner with Ballyconnell in 1974. Trim was historically the county town of Meath, but this title was passed on in 1898 to the larger, neighbouring town of Navan. History Early history At an early date, a monastery was founded at Trim, which lay within the petty kingdom (''tuath'') of the Cenél Lóegaire, Cenél Lóegairi. It is traditionally thought to have been founded by St. Patrick and left in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlow Town GAA
Carlow Town Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Carlow, Ireland. The club is solely concerned with the game of hurling. History Hurling has been played in Carlow since the 19th century, with several clubs representing the town and enjoying success at various intervals. One of these clubs, the Pearses, won Carlow SHC titles in 1961 and 1963 before later disbanding. In 1968, a new club was reformed under the name Carlow Town Hurling Club. The new club had success in the juvenile and underage grades, winning the Carlow U16HC title in 1974, the Carlow MHC title in 1975 and Carlow U21HC titles in 1976 and 1977. Carlow Town claimed their first Carlow SHC title after a defeat of St Finan's in 1977. Further SHC titles were claimed in 1979, 1980 and 1988. Website https://sites.google.com/view/carlow-town-hurling-club/home Honours *Carlow Senior Hurling Championship The Carlow Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killyon GAA
Killyon GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Killyon, Hill of Down, County Meath, County Meath. The club is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling. Honours * Meath Senior Hurling Championship The Meath Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Meath GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Meath, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Intermediate Cl ... (7): 1918, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1991, 2005 External links Killyon on meath.gaa.ie Gaelic games clubs in County Meath Hurling clubs in County Meath {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub ... [...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] |
Athleague
Athleague () is a village and a parish in the Diocese of Elphin on the River Suck in the west of Ireland in County Roscommon, near the town of Roscommon. The village is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. As of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the village population was 296. Its church was founded sometime around 500 by Manchán of Athleague, Maenucan Atha Liacc ('Maonagán of Athleague'). The name is derived from ''Áth Liag'' ('the ford of the flagstones'), indicating its use as a crossing point between the kingdoms of the Uí Maine and Uí Briúin. The village is 8 km south-west of Roscommon town, at the junction of the N63 road (Ireland), N63 National secondary road, national route and the R362 road (Ireland), R362 Regional road (Ireland), regional road. The R357 road (Ireland), R357 leaves the N63 south of the village. The town has a gristmill, mill and a restored church. The church is the local parish for the surroundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
