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An Ríocht GAC
An Ríocht GAC is a GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) Club based in County Down, Northern Ireland. The club provides teams from underage level to adult level in both Gaelic football and camogie. The club is one of 47 in Down GAA. It is based in the Mournes just outside Kilkeel at Dunavil Road. The club today An Ríocht GAC is one of the main clubs in County Down today. The club has camogie teams and football teams at Under-8, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14, Under-16, Minor, Seconds, Thirds, Under-21 and Senior Level as well as a youth club. The youth club goes under the name of The Kingdom Youth Club. The Senior Football team are in Division 2 and play in the Down Senior Football Championship. An Ríocht is regularly represented on Down GAA teams. In 2010 three An Ríocht players started on the Down team which lost the All-Ireland Final to Cork - Brendan McVeigh, Martin Clarke and John Clarke, while James Colgan was a member of the 2010 Down panel. Brendan McVeigh and Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and GAA rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and Irish dance, dance, as well as the Irish language and it also promotes environmental stewardship through its Green Clubs initiative. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members, and declared total revenues of €96.1 million in 2022. The Competitions Control Committee (CCC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendance. Gaelic football is also the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Clarke (footballer)
Martin "Marty" Clarke (; born 13 November 1987) is a Gaelic and former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2007 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2014. Underage Clarke was an outstanding underage Gaelic football talent. He starred for Down GAA Minors, helping them to the 2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and also played a large part in bringing his school (St Louis, Kilkeel), to 2 MacRory Cup finals in 2005 and 2006, and also to a MacLarnon Cup and an All Ireland Colleges 'B' title in as many years. He was part of the Down under-21 team that won an Ulster Championship in 2005. Clarke scored 3 goals and 20 points in an under 14 club game and 18 points in a schools game. He played senior football at local club level with An Ríocht as a centre half forward. AFL career He was first alerted to AFL scouts in the 2005 MacRory Cup final, at which the Australian U17 international rules football t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gaelic Athletic Association Clubs
Lists of Gaelic games clubs include: * List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland * List of Gaelic games clubs outside Ireland This is a list of Gaelic games clubs across the world outside Ireland, organised by the club's associated County (Gaelic games), county (the name for a unit in which a club is grouped). Gaelic games clubs exist on every continent (except Anta ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaelic games clubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down Senior Club Football Championship
The Down Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Down GAA clubs. The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1903. Kilcoo are the title holders (2024) defeating Burren in the Final. History Since the turn of the Millennium, the competition and Down football has largely been dominated by the "Big Three", with 21 of the 23 titles being shared by Kilcoo (11 titles), Mayobridge (7) and Burren (St Mary's) (3). Clonduff in 2000 and Bryansford in 2003 are the only other 2 teams to win a senior championship this century. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Frank O'Hare Cup. The winners of the Down Senior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the Football (ball)#Australian rules football, oval ball between the central goal posts (worth six points), or between a central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kick (football), kicking, handball (Australian rules football), handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled; for example, players running with the ball must intermittently running bounce, bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GAA GPA All Stars Awards
The Gaelic Athletic Association-Gaelic Players' Association All Stars Awards (often known simply as the All Stars) are awarded annually to the best player in each of the 15 playing positions in Gaelic football and hurling. Additionally, one player in each code is selected as Player of the Year. The awards were instituted in 1971. Since 2011 they have been presented jointly by the Gaelic Athletic Association and the representative body for inter-county players, the Gaelic Players Association. Each player who receives a nomination is given a medallion marking the milestone. It is considered "the most coveted sporting award scheme in the country". Equivalent awards exist for Ladies' Gaelic football All Stars Awards, ladies' football, Rounders All Stars Awards, rounders and Camogie All Stars Awards, camogie. History and procedure Since the 1960s there had been a tradition of annually selecting the best player in each position, in Gaelic football, football and hurling, to create a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Colgan
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John Clarke (Gaelic Footballer)
John Clarke is a Gaelic footballer from County Down, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Down senior inter-county football team and with his local club St Johns GAA. Clarke made 108 appearances for Down between League and Championship. He started at full forward and scored a point in the 2010 All-Ireland Football Final where Down were defeated 0–15 to 0-16 by Cork. A versatile player, He played corner back in 2003 Ulster final draw and subsequent replay defeat to Tyrone. He is the older brother of Martin Clarke . Club Clarke back to back Down Minor Football Championships 2000 2001. In 2006 he helped An Riocht to a Division 2 title in the 2007 he helped them to the club's first ever Division 1 title beating Kilcoo. However, in 2008 the club lost there title and went back to Division 2. 2009 he collected his second Division 2 title beating Ballyholland Harps 1–14 to 2-08. Currently plying his trade with Down Division 2 Side St Johns Drumnaquoile after moving from An Rio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan McVeigh
Brendan McVeigh is a Gaelic football player from County Down, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Down senior inter county football team and for his club An Ríocht as a goalkeeper. McVeigh made his first start in 2005 against Tyrone he also played Midfield in the 2005 Championship, scoring a point. He played in the 2010 All-Ireland Football Final in which Down were defeated 0-15 to 0-16 by Cork. In October 2010, McVeigh was named as the goalkeeper in the 2010 All Star football team for his performances for Down during the 2010 season; it was his first All Star Award. In November 2010, McVeigh was also named in the 2010 GPA Gaelic Football Team of the Year. Honours ;Winner * 1 All Stars Award (2010) * 1 ''Irish News'' Ulster All Star (2010) * 1 Dr. McKenna Cup (2008) * 1 Railway Cup (2012) * 1 Down ACFL League Division 1 (2007) * 2 Down ACFL Division 2s (2006, 2009) ;Runner-up * 1 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2010) * 2 Ulster Senior Football Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Down
County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 552,261. It borders County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west, and County Louth across Carlingford Lough to the southwest. In the east of the county is Strangford Lough and the Ards Peninsula. The largest settlement is Bangor, County Down, Bangor, a city on the northeast coast. Three other large towns and cities are on its border: Newry lies on the western border with County Armagh, while Lisburn and Belfast lie on the northern border with County Antrim. Down contains both the southernmost point of Northern Ireland (Cranfield Point) and the easternmost point of Ireland (Burr Point). It was one of two counties of Northern Ireland to have a Protestant majority at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census. The other Protestant-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilkeel
Kilkeel () is a small town and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the main fishing port on the Down coast, and its harbour is home to the largest fishing fleet in Northern Ireland. It had a population of 6,633 people at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The town contains the ruins of a 14th-century church and fort, winding streets and terraced shops. It lies just south of the Mourne Mountains, in the historic Barony (geographic), barony of Mourne (barony), Mourne, and is the southernmost town in Northern Ireland. Geography Kilkeel town sits on a plain south of the Mourne Mountains, west of where the Kilkeel River flows south into the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel. The town is centred in the townland of Magheramurphy (), and extends into the neighbouring townlands of: *Derryoge () *Drumcro () *Dunnaman *Kilkeel () Altogether there are 69 townlands in the civil parish and bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mourne Mountains
The Mourne Mountains ( ; ), also called the Mournes or the Mountains of Mourne, are a predominantly granite mountain range in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland. They include the highest mountain in all of Ulster, Slieve Donard at . The Mournes are designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and it has been proposed to make the area Northern Ireland's first national park. The area is partly owned by the National Trust and sees over 50,000 visitors every year. The Mourne Wall crosses fifteen of the summits and was built to enclose the catchment basin of the Silent Valley and Ben Crom reservoirs. The wall, and the area inside it, are owned by Northern Ireland Water. Name The name ' Mourne' is derived from the name of a Gaelic clan or sept called the ''Múghdhorna''. The older name of this mountainous territory was ''Bairrche'', which is likely a collective noun derived from the Irish ''barr'', meaning 'top, peak'. This survives in the Irish name for the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
