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1983–84 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1983–84 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 14th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship concluded on 3 June 1984. Loughgiel Shamrocks from Antrim were the defending champions; however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by Ballycastle McQuillans in the Antrim Championship. On 3 June 1984, Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship after defeating Gort 1-10 to 0-07 in an All-Ireland final replay. This victory marked their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in three years. Results Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship Second 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 Finals Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship Final All-Ireland Senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Fennelly
Kevin Fennelly (born 7 April 1955) is an Irish former hurling manager and former player who played for his local club Ballyhale Shamrocks and at senior level for the Kilkenny county hurling team from the late 1970s until the late 1980s. Fennelly later served as Kilkenny senior hurling manager for the 1998 season, and Dublin manager for the 2001 and 2002 seasons. He lives in Gowran and writes a hurling column in the ''Sunday World'' newspaper. Early life Kevin Fennelly was born in Piltown, County Kilkenny in 1955. At the age of six his family moved to Ballyhale where his father had bought a farm. From an early age Fennelly and his six brothers – Michael, Ger, Brendan, Liam, Seán and Dermot – all took a great interest in the game of hurling. It was at Ballyhale national school that they first played the game and, in time, all the Fennelly boys would go on to play for club and county. He is an uncle of the famous Kilkenny hurlers, Michael Fennelly and Colin Fennelly. ... [...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] |
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] |
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is the largest city by population on the island of Ireland; at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while the city including suburbs had a population of 1,263,219, County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500. Various definitions of a metropolitan Greater Dublin Area exist. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixth largest in Western Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croke Park
Croke Park (, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Since 1891 the site has been used by the GAA to host Gaelic sports, including the annual All-Ireland finals in List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, Gaelic football and List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finals, hurling. A major expansion and redevelopment of the stadium ran from 1991 to 2005, raising capacity to its current 82,300 spectators. This makes Croke Park the List of European stadiums by capacity, fourth-largest stadium in Europe, and the largest not usually used for association football in Europe. Along with other events held at the stadium include the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games, 2003 Special Olympics, and numerous musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownstown GAA
Brownstown Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Archerstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. The club is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling. History Located in the parish of Delvin, on the Meath-Westmeath border, Brownstown Hurling Club was founded in 1922. The club won its first Westmeath SHC title in 1938. Brownstown regularly contested finals over the following 15 years and had won six SHC titles in total by 1952. Emigration had a big impact following this success, which resulted in the club amalgamating with Delvin in 1966. After the club was reformed in 1968, Brownstown went on to win the Westmeath JHC title in 1970. The club also had success at underage level with back-to-back Westmeath MAHC titles being claimed in 1973 and 1974. After a 25-year absence, the Westmeath SHC title once again returned to Brownstown in 1977. This victory began a new era of dominance for the club. Brownstown's 11th SHC title in 1985 saw them lead the all-time toll of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erins Isle GAA
Erin's Isle ( Irish: ''Oileán na hÉireann'') is a Gaelic games club in Finglas, Dublin, Ireland. The club has won the Dublin Senior Football Championship on two occasions, in 1993 and 1997. It also won the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship in 1997, and contested the final of the 1997–98 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, losing to Corofin. Erin's Isle won the Dublin Juvenile Football Championship for the first time in 1983 and the Dublin Minor Football Championship for the first time in 1985. The club has won the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship on one occasion, in 1983. Notable players Football * Keith Barr – former Dublin player * Robbie Boyle – former Dublin player * P. J. Buckley – former Dublin player * Mick Deegan – former Dublin player * Charlie Redmond – former Dublin player * Sheamus – WWE wrestler Hurling * Keith Dunne – former Dublin player * Thomas Moore – former Dublin player * John Twomey – former Dublin play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathdrum, County Wicklow
Rathdrum () is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated high on the western side of the Avonmore River valley, which flows through the Vale of Clara. The village is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. Transport Railway Rathdrum is served by mainline train and bus from Dublin and Rosslare Europort, Rosslare. Rathdrum railway station opened on 18 July 1863, replacing the earlier terminus at Rathdrum (Kilcommon) (opened on 20 August 1861) when the line was extended. Bus Bus Éireann route 133 from Wicklow to Arklow serves Rathdrum twice a day each way (once each way on Sundays) and provides a link to Avoca, County Wicklow, Avoca, Woodenbridge, Glenealy, County Wicklow, Glenealy and Rathnew. The Wicklow Way bus service operates two routes linking Rathdrum railway station and Rathdrum with Glendalough and Tinahely, respectively. Politics and government Rathdrum is part of the Wicklow (Dáil constituency), Wicklow constituency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portlaoise GAA
Portlaoise GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) affiliated hurling, Gaelic football and camogie club based in Portlaoise, the county town of County Laois, Laois in Ireland. Founded in 1887, the club has won several Laois Senior Football Championship, Laois Senior Football, Laois Senior Hurling Championship, Laois Senior Hurling and Laois Ladies' Senior Football Club Championships. The club won the 1982-93 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The club has its grounds at Rathleague townland, to the southeast of Portlaoise town. History Founding Portlaoise GAA club was founded in the early years of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The inaugural meeting of the club took place in Portlaoise's town hall on Monday 28 November 1887. It was a public meeting called by placard and there was a big attendance. Amongst those present were Dr. Higgins, coroner for the Queen's County (Laois), who presided, N. Walsh, C.T.C., P.A. Meehan, T.C., C. McDermott, T.C., P. Kelly, T.C., T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avondale GAA
Avondale GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland. The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. History Located in the village of Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Avondale GAA Club was founded in 1886. Nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell made the grounds of Avondale House available to the club in the early days, while his brother, John Howard Parnell, became club president. Avondale had its first successes in 1908 when the club secured a SHC- SFC double. The club continued to win championship titles in all grades and in both codes throughout its history, including in the Wicklow SHC. In 1964, Avondale won its 12th Wicklow SHC title to lead the all-time roll of honour for the first time in their history. The club's last SHC triumph was in 1983, however, Avondale has since won several JAHC and IHC titles. Avondale amalgamated with neighbouring club Barndarrig for a brief period and contested the SHC before being relegated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiltale GAA
Kiltale GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club based in Kiltale, in County Meath, Ireland. The club was founded in the early 1920s, then disbanded in 1934 but reformed in 1946. The club does not play Gaelic football; the county's football competitions are contested by the other club in the parish, Moynalvey. The club has won the Meath Senior Hurling Championship nine times, including in 2018, when it completed a five-in-a-row of county titles. It regularly features in the latter stages of that championship. Underage sides representing the club have won several county titles in lower age grades. The club also has a sister camogie club which shares its grounds. History The history of Kiltale Hurling Club dates back to the early 1920s. The club disbanded in 1934 but was reformed in 1946. Kiltale won their first Junior Hurling Championship in 1954. The club reached the Senior Hurling Championship final twice in the late 1950s without success. There was no club in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
