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2022–23 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 2022–23 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The draws for the respective provincial championships took place at various stages between June and September 2022. The competition ran from 6 November 2022 until 22 January 2023. The defending champion was Ballygunner of Waterford; however, that club lost to Ballyhale Shamrocks in the All-Ireland semi-final. Ferns St Aidan's and Shinrone made their championship debuts, while Kilruane MacDonaghs and St Finbarr's returned after long absences. The final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 22 January 2023, between Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny and Dunloy Cúchullains of Antrim, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams. Ballyhale Shamrocks won the match by 1–22 to 1–15 to claim a ninth title, as well as a first title in three years and a th ...
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Pat Hoban (hurler)
Patrick Hoban (born 1968) is an Irish hurling Manager (Gaelic Games), manager and former hurling, player. At club level he lined out with Mullinavat GAA, Mullinavat and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. Hoban later served as a manager with various Kilkenny teams. Playing career Born in Mullinavat, County Kilkenny, Hoban first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Mullinavat GAA, local club. He eventually joined the club's top adult team and was a member of their Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship, County Intermediate Championship-winning teams in 1989 and 2001. Hoban first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny minor team in 1986 before later winning a Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship, Leinster Championship medal with the under-21 team in 1988. He made a number of National Hurling League, National League appearances with the Kilkenny senior hurling team and was an unused substitute on t ...
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Kilruane MacDonaghs GAA
Kilruane MacDonaghs GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred on the villages of Kilruane, Ardcroney and Cloughjordan. The club was founded in 1937 and is named after Thomas MacDonagh, a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation who was born and lived in Cloughjordan. The clubhouse and playing field are located in Cloughjordan. The finest day in the club's history was in 1986 when it won the Senior Hurling Club All-Ireland title, defeating Buffers Alley of Wexford GAA in the final by 1-15 to 2-10. The club incorporates many of clubs that existed in the parishes at the time. A forerunner to the MacDonaghs club was the famous De Wets formed in 1900. On 30 October 2022, Kilruane MacDonaghs defeated Kiladangan 2-20 to 1-16 in the 2022 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship final after a replay to win their first title since 1985. Honours * ...
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Dessie Hutchinson
Dessie Hutchinson (born 5 December 1996) is an Irish hurler and former professional footballer. He last played professional football as a midfielder or full-back for Waterford of the League of Ireland Premier Division. In 2020 he joined the Waterford county hurling team and was part of the team that reached the 2020 All-Ireland SHC Final. He is a cousin of Eoin Ruane's. Hutchinson was born in Dunmore East, County Waterford and played youth football with Waterford Bohemians and Brighton & Hove Albion, where he made his senior debut in the EFL Cup. In 2018 he joined hometown club Waterford, who play in the League of Ireland. Early life Hutchinson was born in Ballygunner. He played both football and hurling as to a good level but decided to focus on football. He played his youth football in Ireland with Bohemians Waterford and was selected for the Waterford & District Junior League team which reached the final of 2012–13 FAI Youth-Inter League Cup. He was a hurler for his h ...
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Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1897 for the top hurling teams in the county of Waterford in Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan .... The series of games are played during the spring, summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Walsh Park in October. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently features a group stage followed by a knock-out stage. The Waterford County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Waterford county final joi ...
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2021 Clare Senior Hurling Championship
The 2021 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was a competition in hurling that was the 126th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. With Sixmilebridge having won back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020, they are looking to be the first Clare club team to win a three-in-a-row since Newmarket-on-Fergus in 1973. They defeated near-neighbours O'Callaghan's Mills in the 2020 final who were contesting their first final since 1993 which they ironically also lost to Sixmilebridge. The 2021 Championship changed from the regular layout in adopting a group stage format. In 2020 a decision was made to not relegate any team from any championship in Clare due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Senior Championship Fixtures Group stage * One group of five and three groups of four. * 2020 semi-finalists are seeded and kept separate. * Each team plays all the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one ...
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2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 47th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship since it began in the 1970–71 season. It is the Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...'s premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The winning team received the Tommy Moore Cup. The competition began on 2 October 2016 and ended on 17 March 2017. The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, defending champion was Na Piarsaigh GAA (Limerick), Na Piarsaigh. That club did not qualify from the group stage of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship. Cuala CLG, Cuala of Dublin defeated Ballyea GAA, Ballyea by 2–19 to 1–10 in the #Final_4, final on 17 March to claim a first title. This was als ...
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Clare Senior Hurling Championship
The Clare Senior Hurling Championship or Clare SHC, is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare GAA, Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is contested by the top-ranking senior hurling clubs in County Clare, Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Clare hurling. Introduced in 1887 as the Clare Hurling Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to senior-ranking club teams. The championship has gone through a number of changes throughout the years, including the use of a round robin, before reverting to a straight knockout format. In its current format, the Clare Senior Hurling Championship begins once the Clare senior hurling team have concluded their All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Championship campaign, with seventeen club teams competing in the championship. Six rounds of games are played, culminating with the final match at Cusack Park (Ennis), Cusack Park in October or November th ...
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Ballyea GAA
Ballyea is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Ballyea / Clarecastle in County Clare, Ireland founded in 1935. History In 2016, Ballyea coached by Robbie Hogan won their first ever Clare Senior Hurling Championship when they defeated Clonlara in the final by 2–14 to 1–14 after a replay. The next week on 6 November, they defeated Thurles Sarsfields from Tipperary in the Munster Semi-final by 4–18 to 1–22 after extra-time. On 20 November 2016, Ballyea won the Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship after a 1–21 to 2–10 victory over Glen Rovers at Semple Stadium. On 4 February 2017, Ballyea qualified for the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final after a 1–19 to 2–14 win against St. Thomas in the semi-final at Semple Stadium. Having led by 13 points in the second half, they overcame a late fightback by St. Thomas's to win by 2 points. In the final on 17 March 2017 against Cuala from Dublin, Ballyea lost by 2–19 to 1–10. In ...
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Colours Of Kilkenny
Color (or colour in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though color is not an inherent property of matter, color perception is related to an object's light absorption, emission spectra, emission, Reflection (physics), reflection and Transmittance, transmission. For most humans, colors are perceived in the visible light spectrum with three types of cone cells (trichromacy). Other animals may have a different number of cone cell types or have eyes sensitive to different wavelengths, such as bees that can distinguish ultraviolet, and thus have a different color sensitivity range. Animal perception of color originates from different light wavelength or spectral sensitivity in cone cell types, which is then processed by the brain. Colors have perceived properties such as hue, colorfulness (saturation), and ...
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2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 50th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The competition began on 27 October 2019 and ended on 19 January 2020. The defending champion was Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny. Ballyhale Shamrocks defeated Borris–Ileigh by 0–18 to 0–15 in the final at Croke Park on 18 January 2020 to win the competition. This was the club's eighth title, as well as a second title in succession. T. J. Reid of Ballyhale Shamrocks was the competition's top scorer, finishing with 2–53. Format County Championships The top hurling teams in Ireland's counties compete in their senior club championship. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions – it can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination. Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If ...
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Dunloy Cuchullains GAA
Dunloy Cú Chulainn's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Dunloy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling. The club competes in Antrim GAA competitions. Honours Hurling *Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championships (11): 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2022 *Antrim Senior Hurling Championships (16): 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2019 2020, 2021, 2022 Football * Antrim Senior Football Championships (6): 1924, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1935, 1936 Camogie * Ulster Senior Club Camogie Championship (2): 1994, 2003 *Antrim Senior Camogie Championship The Antrim Camogie Championship is the senior Camogie competition featuring clubs affiliated to the Antrim GAA The Antrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association () or Antrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, ... (11): 1946, 1949, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2 ...
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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 ...
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