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2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 46th annual Gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970–71 season. The defending champion was Corofin; however, the club was knocked out by Castlebar Mitchels in the Connacht Club SFC final. Ballyboden St Enda's defeated Castlebar Mitchels by 2–14 to 0–7 in the final at Croke Park on 17 March 2016. It was the club's first title. The winning team received the Andy Merrigan Cup. Connacht Quarter-final Semi-finals Final Leinster First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Munster Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Ulster Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Quarter-final Semi-finals Final Daragh Nelson was the winning captain, while Bob Dwan claimed the man of the match award. Finalists Andy McEntee managed the winning team, with Paul Waters as coach. # Paul Durcan # Bob Dwan # Stephen Hiney # Shane Clay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allied Irish Bank
Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. is one of the so-called Big Four commercial banks in the Republic of Ireland. AIB offers a full range of personal, business and corporate banking services. The bank also offers a range of general insurance products such as home, travel and car. It offers life assurance and pensions through its tied agency with Irish Life Assurance plc. In December 2010 the Irish government took a majority stake in the bank, which eventually grew to 99.8%. AIB's shares are currently traded on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, but its shares were delisted from these exchanges between 2011 and 2017, following its effective nationalisation. The remainder of its publicly traded shares were listed on the Enterprise Securities Market of the Irish Stock Exchange until 23 June 2017. AIB also owns Allied Irish Bank (GB) in Great Britain and AIB (NI) in Northern Ireland. In November 2010, it sold its 22.5% stake in M&T Bank in the United States. At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palatine GAA
Palatine GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bennekerry, County Carlow in Ireland. It draws players mainly from the parish of Bennekerry, including the townlands of Brownshill, Ducketsgrove, Kernanstown, Russellstown and Palatine, County Carlow. The club was founded in 1909 and has won seven Carlow Senior Football Championships and one Carlow Senior Hurling Championship in its history. Football Formation and early history Football was being played in the Palatine area almost 20 years before the present Palatine GAA club was founded. The original team was Ballyhade Slashers,Cnoc Arda: Céad Bliain ag Fás by John Brown and though Ballyhade is in neighbouring County Kildare, they were allowed to compete in Carlow. Another club named Ardnehue folded in 1905. The current Palatine club was founded in 1909, and their first match on record is a 0–17 to 0–3 defeat to Carlow Graigue. They won their first championship in 1913; the Carlow Junior Championship. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Patrick's GAA (Louth)
St Patrick's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is located in Lordship on the Cooley Peninsula in north County Louth. The club has a local rivalry with peninsula neighbours Cooley Kickhams. As of 2023, the club was competing in the Louth Senior Championship and Division 1 of the county football Leagues. Former Dublin defender Johnny Magee is senior team manager. History Founded in 1953, the club reached the final of the Louth Senior Football Championship for the first time in 1995, losing by ten points to St Mary's of Ardee at Cluskey Park in Dromiskin. In 2003 the club returned to the county final under the management of Peter Fitzpatrick. St Patrick's beat St Mary's 2–11 to 0–10 in a replay to clinch their first Joe Ward Cup. Powered by Louth All-Star Paddy Keenan and several other inter-county players, the club would go on to win seven Senior Championships by the end of 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Loman's GAA
St Loman's Mullingar GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Mullingar, Ireland. History The club was founded with the name Mental Hospital and represented the staff of St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar, a psychiatric hospital which operated from 1855–2015. They played under the name Springfield Stars in 1910, becoming Mental Hospital in the 1920s and St. Loman's Mullingar in the late 1950s. The club plays at St Loman's Mullingar Sports Ground on the Delvin Road. Gaelic football St Loman's Mullingar G.A.A. have won eleven county senior titles Hurling Mental Hospital won the 1924 Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship. Ladies' football St Loman's Ground hosted the final of the 2000 All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championship. Notable players * Mick Carley * Jason Daly * Paddy Flanagan * John Heslin *Sam McCartan * Billy O'Loughlin * Ronan O'Toole * Paul Sharry *Phil Smyth Honours *Westmeath Senior Football Championship winner: 1948, 1961, 1963, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navan O'Mahonys GAA
Navan O'Mahony's () is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GGA) club located in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. The club fields teams in Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie. Navan O'Mahony's participates in various Meath GAA Senior Football Championship competitions having won the title 20 times, making it the most successful football club in Meath. Additionally, the club has claimed the Meath Senior Hurling Championship title twice, placing it among the top teams in the county. History The idea of forming a new Gaelic football club in Navan was first mooted during a late evening discussion at the house of the late Peter Hughes, Artherton, Navan, with co-founders, the late Eddie Duignan and Jack Callaghan spearheading the move. An impromptu meeting was called for the purpose of forming the new club but just nine men turned up for this meeting. They were Peter Hughes, Jack Callaghan, Eddie Duignan, Paddy Cahill, Benny Garland, Tom Duignan, Patsy Reilly, Terry O'Dea and Jackie Carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Moore Park
O'Moore Park () is a GAA stadium in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. It is the home of the Laois Gaelic football and hurling teams. Under a new sponsorship deal it is known as "Laois Hire O'Moore Park". Although it may have been in use as a GAA ground since 1888, and was acquired by Maryborough GAA Club in 1908, it was not purchased as the county grounds until 1917, becoming then one of the first grounds acquired by a county board (just six years after the purchase of Croke Park). on Laois GAA website The spectator capacity is about 22,000, of which 6,500 can be seated. Its pitch is one of Ireland's best under weather. It is the venue for many club and county matches, particularly since the installation of floodlights. It is frequently used as a neutral stadium for inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarsfields GAA (Kildare)
Sarsfields is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Newbridge in County Kildare, Ireland. The club name is linked to Patrick Sarsfield's castle in the area and the club's colours are green with a white sash. Sarsfields has won 25 Kildare Senior Football Championships, more than any other club in the competition. Football The club was founded in 1897. Originally known as "Roseberry" or "Roseberry Sarsfields", and with its headquarters in the Roseberry area, it was registered as "Sons of Sarsfield Gaelic Football Club". A green jersey, with a white sash, were the chosen club colours. Roseberry Sarsfields won its first championship title in 1904, beating Naas in a delayed final which was played in January 1905. Sarsfields combined with Clane to represent Kildare in the 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and went on to win the 1905 final. Sarsfields would dominate Kildare football for the coming decade, with only a Monasterevin intervention in 1911 preventing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Connor Park
O'Connor Park () is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA stadium in Tullamore, County Offaly, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is one of the principal grounds of the Offaly GAA Gaelic football and hurling teams. It is known for sponsorship reasons as Glenisk O’Connor Park. The ground was opened in 1934, to replace Ballyduff Park, and currently has a capacity of 18,000. The ground currently consists of a covered stand on one side of the pitch, with terracing on the other three. A stand was built in 1991, but replaced by the current structure in 2006. The stand (currently known as the 'New Stand' pending decision on a new name) was completed in 2006. It seats 7,000 people and also includes a press box and a special section for wheelchair users. Its 10 sections are each split horizontally with green, white and gold colour seats (the colours of Offaly GAA), with the words '' (the Irish language, Irish for Offaly) spelt out across the stand's white section. At the same time as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathnew GAA
Rathnew GAA is a Gaelic football club in Rathnew, County Wicklow, Ireland. History As of 2017, Rathnew's coach was Harry Murphy. Panel * Peter Dignam * Paul Merrigan * Damien Power * Jamie Snell * JT Moorehouse * Ross O'Brien * John Manley * James Stafford * Theo Smyth * Eddie Doyle ( c) * Jody Merrigan * Danny Staunton * Nicky Mernagh * Mark Doyle * Leighton Glynn * Stephen Byrne * Enan Glynn * Graham Merrigan * Chris Healy * Warren Kavanagh Notable players * Harry Murphy Honours * Leinster Senior Club Football Championships: (1) ** 2001 * Wicklow Senior Football Championships: (34) ** 1893, 1896, 1897, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1921, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1970, 1978, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2017. * Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship The Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Lightning Protection Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and abb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edenderry GAA
Edenderry GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland. It participates in competitions organised by the Offaly GAA county board. The club fields both Gaelic football and hurling teams. Paul O'Kelly, who was a selector under Tommy Lyons when the Offaly county team won the 1997 Leinster Senior Football Championship and the 1997–98 National Football League, is from the Edenderry club. O'Kelly later served as manager of the county team himself. Notable players * Gerry Carroll * Finbarr Cullen * Seán Evans * Cillian Farrell * Seán Foran Achievements * Offaly Senior Football Championship (11 titles): 1936, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2011, 2015 * Offaly Senior Hurling Championship The Offaly Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Molloy Environmental Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearse Park (Longford)
Pearse Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA stadium in Longford, Ireland. It is the main grounds of Longford GAA, Longford's Gaelic football and hurling teams. In December 2011, the stadium was renamed Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, due to sponsorship with Glennon Brothers, a local timber firm. The ground originally had a capacity of 18,000, however in November 2011, this was cut to 8,000 for health and safety reasons. Following completion of works in recent years, the capacity currently sits at 10,000. History The grounds were formerly named the Gaelic Grounds and prior to playing in this location, Longford played its games at Longford Park (later the Greyhound Stadium). Longford moved from Longford Park to the current location in 1933 but the site didn't officially open as Pearse Park until April 1937. The ground was named Pearse Park after Patrick Pearse who had been executed during the Easter Rising. On 4 June 2006, Dublin defeated Longford by two points at Pearse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James' GAA (Wexford)
St James' GAA may refer to: * St James' GAA (Cork), a sports club in Ardfield–Rathbarry, Ireland * St James' GAA (Galway), a sports club in Doughiska, Ireland * St James' GAA (Wexford), a sports club in Ramsgrange, Ireland {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
