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1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 95th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The game, played at Croke Park in Dublin, culminated in one of the most famous goals of all time. Kerry entered the match as heavy favourite to complete an unprecedented five consecutive All-Ireland SFC titles, having won the previous four titles in a run that stretched back to 1978. Kerry's opponent Offaly had not won an All-Ireland SFC title since 1972. Kerry and Offaly had met in the 1980 semi-final and the 1981 final, Kerry emerging as victors on both occasions. Indeed, Kerry had not lost a championship game since the 1977 semi-final. However, this time, a last-minute Séamus Darby goal — struck past the hapless Charlie Nelligan — deprived Kerry of their five-in-a-row dream. This was one of the 13 consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 96th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 9 May 1982 and ended on 19 September 1982. It was the last year to date that a Kilkenny team played in the Leinster championship. Kerry were the defending champions and were hoping to win a record-breaking fifth successive championship title. Kerry qualified for the final. On 19 September 1982, Offaly won the championship following a 1-15 to 0-17 defeat of Kerry in one of the most dramatic and iconic All-Ireland finals in the history of the championship. This was their third All-Ireland title, their first in ten championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland SFC victory. Offaly's Matt Connor was the championship's top scorer with 0-34. Offaly's Martin Furlong was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year. Results Connacht Senior Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dublin County Football Team
The Dublin county football team represents County Dublin, Dublin in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Dublin GAA, the County board (Gaelic games), 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 (Ireland), 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 2024 Leinster Senior Football Championship, 2024, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 2023 and the National League in 2021 National Football League (Ireland), 2021. Dublin claimed eleven consecutive Leinster Senior Football Championships following a three-point victory over Wexford county foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Matt Connor
Matt Connor (born 9 July 1959 in Walsh Island, County Offaly) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Walsh Island and at senior level for the Offaly county team from 1978 until 1984, when he was seriously injured in a car crash. Connor's display for Offaly in the 1980 All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kerry, scoring 2–9, was his signature performance, and is considered one of the best personal performances in the history of Gaelic football. He was interviewed for the documentary ''Players of the Faithful''. In May 2020, the ''Irish Independent'' named Connor at number six in its "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years". Armagh captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ... and BBC GAA commentator Jimmy Smyth considers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thomas Connor
Thomas Connor (1842 – Unknown) was a U.S. sailor stationed aboard the during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. Military service Emigrating from his native Ireland, Connor volunteered for service in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the Union steam frigate . His enlistment is credited to the state of Maryland. On January 15, 1865 the North Carolina Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher was taken by a combined Union landing party of sailors, U.S. Marines, and soldiers under the command of Admiral David Dixon Porter and General Alfred Terry. Connor was one of nine crewmen from the USS ''Minnesota'' who received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the battle. Medal of Honor citation "The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Ordinary Seaman Thomas Connor, United States Navy, for extraordinary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Liam Connor
Liam Connor is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Robert James-Collier from 2006 to 2008. Creation and development Casting ''Coronation Streets Connor family were introduced by producer Steve Frost after Kym Marsh made a series of guest appearances as singer Michelle Connor. Marsh was soon given a regular role, and a family for her character were brought into the storyline, including a pair of brothers who were likened by newspaper reports to the Gallagher brothers from Rock band Oasis and the Mitchell brothers Phil and Grant from rival soap opera ''EastEnders''. In July 2006, Robert James-Collier was announced as Michelle's brother Liam, described as "a loveable rogue" with "an eye for the ladies". It was said that, upon his arrival, he would set his sights on Frankie Baldwin (Debra Stephenson). James-Collier, who had worked as a marketing assistant before becoming an actor, said that the role was "a dream come tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stephen Darby
Stephen Mark Darby (born 6 October 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Darby represented England at under-19 level. He began his career playing on the winning side of the Liverpool FA Youth Cup in 2006 and played competitively for Liverpool from 2008 to 2012. Darby then joined the Bradford team that reached the 2013 Football League Cup final, making over 200 appearances for the club and captaining the side for two seasons. Although he afterwards signed a two-year contract with Bolton Wanderers in 2017, Darby retired from his career just over a year later at the age of 29 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Early life Darby was brought up in Maghull, Merseyside, where he attended St. John Bosco Catholic Primary School and Maricourt Roman Catholic High School. Club career Liverpool Darby played in Liverpool's FA Youth Cup winning teams in 2006 and 2007 that defeated Manchester City and Manchester United's academies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pat Fitzgerald
Patrick William Fitzgerald Jr. (born December 2, 1974) is an American former football player and coach. He served as the head football coach of the Northwestern Wildcats from July 2006 until he was fired in July 2023 in the aftermath of a hazing scandal. Fitzgerald was promoted following the sudden death of head coach Randy Walker prior to the 2006 season. He was 31 at the time, making him the youngest head football coach in the Big Ten Conference and NCAA Division I FBS. Fitzgerald became the longest-tenured head coach in Northwestern football history. He played as a linebacker for Northwestern from 1993 to 1996, winning the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Chuck Bednarik Award twice as the best defensive player in college football. He was awarded a Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1997 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. Playing career Fitzgerald starred at linebacker for the Wildcats in the mid-1990s, helping to lead the team to a 10–1 regular season rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mick Fitzgerald
Michael Fitzgerald (born 10 May 1970) is a retired Irish National Hunt jockey and current television racing pundit. Fitzgerald rode for the majority of his career in Great Britain and less often Ireland. Career as a Jockey Mick Fitzgerald's career lasted for over 15 years. After experience on the Pony racing circuit in Ireland he began riding out for Richard Lister, a local flat trainer in County Wexford, at the age of 16. This was followed by a move to the Curragh to ride out for John Hayden. Once he had left school at 16, a growth spurt led to an increase in weight forcing a switch to National Hunt racing. Fitzgerald's first National Hunt yards were in South West England with John Jenkins and Richard Tucker. His first two winners came during this association at the end of 1988, the first being a horse called Lover's Secret at Ludlow on 11 December. However it took until 1991/2 National Hunt season for Fitzgerald to obtain regular rides and winners. This was with Jackie Ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brendan Lowry
Brendan Lowry (born 11 July 1959) is an Irish people, Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Ferbane GAA, Ferbane and for the Offaly county football team, Offaly senior county team from 1981 until 1992. He attended St Joseph & St Saran's Secondary School in Ferbane. Lowry scored 0–3 to help his team to victory in the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, the most recent occasion that Offaly won the Sam Maguire Cup. His brothers Mick Lowry, Mick and Seán Lowry, Seán also played in the 1982 All-Ireland SFC winning side. Lowry managed the Westmeath county football team, Westmeath senior team between 1997 and 2000. He received a controversial six-month ban (which was later lifted) after protesting against a tackle on Dessie Dolan in the 2000 O'Byrne Cup final. His son Shane Lowry, Shane, a professional golfer, won the 2009 Irish Open (golf), Irish Open and the 2019 Open Championship at Portrush. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowry, Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Seán Lowry
Seán Lowry (born 24 February 1952) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Offaly and Mayo county teams spanned fifteen seasons from 1971 to 1985. Lowry made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Offaly minor team. He spent two championship seasons with the minor team, however, he enjoyed little success during that time. Lowry subsequently joined the Offaly under-21 team, winning All-Ireland U21FC medals in 1971 and 1973. By this stage he had also joined the Offaly senior team, having been added to the extended panel during the 1971 championship. Over the course of the next fourteen years, Lowry won three All-Ireland SFC medals, beginning with back-to-back championships in 1971 and 1972, and a final victory in 1982. He also won six Leinster SFC medals, one Connacht SFC medal with Mayo and two All-Stars. He played his last inter-county championship game in August 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mick Lowry
Mick Lowry (born 8 October 1960) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career with the Offaly senior county team spanned eleven seasons from 1980 to 1991. Lowry attended St Joseph & St Saran's Secondary School in Ferbane. He made his senior debut for Offaly during the 1980–81 league. Over the course of the next eleven seasons, he won many medals with his county. Lowry won an All-Ireland SFC title in 1982. Lowry also won two Leinster SFC medals. He played his last game for Offaly in July 1991. Lowry's brothers, Seán and Brendan, also won All-Ireland SFC medals with Offaly in 1982. His nephew, Shane, is a professional golfer. Honours ;Ferbane *Offaly Senior Football Championship (7): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994 ;Offaly *All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 1982 *Leinster Senior Football Championship (2): 1981, 1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Five In A Row (1982 Song)
"Five in a Row" was a song released in advance of the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final to celebrate Kerry's imminent winning of five consecutive titles. ''The Irish Times'' has described it as "infamous". The song's chorus features such lines as: "Five in a row, five in a row, never again will there be five in a row" and "It's hard to believe we've won the five in a row". Kerry, however, had not won the fifth title; they still had a game to play and faced Offaly in the decider. Offaly manager Eugene McGee played the song in his team's dressing room ahead of the game. With Kerry leading by two points approaching the game's conclusion, Séamus Darby scored a critical goal (worth three points) to give Offaly the lead. The referee then blew the final whistle, thus restricting Kerry to just the four. Radio Kerry played the song in September 2018 when the county minor team did what the 1982 team could not. The song also featured in the documentary '' Players of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
