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Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's GAA
Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's Gaelic Athletic Association is a Gaelic football, hurling and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, Ireland. History The club was founded as ''Ballinamore'' in January 1889 in McGauran’s Railway Hotel. Unusually for a County Leitrim club, they have always fielded teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. Local schoolteacher Seán O'Heslin was a driving force behind the club in its early years; he died in 1942; Sean O’Heslin Memorial Park opened in 1952 and the club was renamed ''Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's'' in his honour in 1953. The club won twenty Leitrim Senior Football Championships between 1913 and 1990, but have only won it once since then, in 2021. O'Heslin's also reached the final of the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship on four occasions — 1968, 1973, 1986 and 1990 — losing each time. A ladies' Gaelic football team was founded in 2003. Camogie has been occasionally played, around 1917, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballinamore
Ballinamore (, meaning "mouth of the big ford") is a small town in the south-east of County Leitrim in Ireland. Etymology , corrupted ''Bellanamore'', means "town at the mouth of the big ford", so named because it was a main crossing (ford) of the Yellow River. The gaels called the baile Átha na Chuirre ("homestead of ford of the afflictions") because a hospital-house stood near the bridge in the 13th century. Location Ballinamore is in the south-east of County Leitrim in the North Midlands of Ireland, the town being from the county boundary with County Fermanagh. The town is built on the Yellow River. The R202 regional road intersects the R199 and R204 roads here. A historic barge waterway, built in the 1840s to connect the Erne and Shannon rivers, was reopened for boat traffic in 1994 as the Shannon–Erne Waterway. Ballinamore has daily Local-link bus services to Carrick-on-Shannon and Dromod railway station, Monday to Saturday. History After the 5th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leitrim Junior Football Championship
The Leitrim Junior A Football Championship is an annual football competition often contested by lower-tier or 2nd team Leitrim GAA The Leitrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Leitrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Leitrim. The county board is also responsible for the Leitrim ... clubs and is the counties third tier of football championship. The 2024 Junior A Champions of Leitrim were Bornacoola. Junior A Championship Wins listed by club {{Leitrim GAA, state=expanded Junior Gaelic football county championships category:Leitrim GAA club championships 1917 establishments in Ireland Recurring sporting events established in 1917 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football Clubs In County Leitrim
Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages, including: ** Primitive Gaelic or Archaic Gaelic, the oldest known form of the Gaelic languages ** Old Gaelic or Old Irish, used c. AD 600–900 ** Middle Gaelic or Middle Irish, used c. AD 900–1200 ** Irish Gaelic (), including Classical Gaelic and Early Modern Gaelic, c. 1200-1600) *** Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland ** Scottish Gaelic (), historically sometimes called in Scots English *** Canadian Gaelic ( or ), a dialect of Scots Gaelic spoken in the Canadian Maritime region ** Manx Gaelic ( or ), Gaelic language with Norse elements Culture and history *Gaelic Ireland, the history of the Gaels of Ireland * Gaelic literature *Gaelic revival, a movement in the late 20th century to encourage both the use o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Cup
The GAA Interprovincial Championship () or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster GAA teams are composed of the best players from the counties in each province. The games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The Railway Cup was a revival of the Railway Shield which ran from 1905 to 1907 (football) and from 1905 to 1908 (hurling). The first Railway Cup competitions (the name is due to the donation of the trophy by Irish Rail) were held in 1927, with Munster winning the first football title and Leinster winning the first hurling title. Presently, Ulster hold the record for the most football Railway Cup wins with 30, while Munster has won the most hurling titles with 43. The longest hurling streak was Munster's six-in-a-row from 1948 to 1953, while Ulster won a football five-in-a-row from 1991 to 1995. The Railway Cup has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columba Cryan
Thomas Columba Cryan (1929 – 5 May 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at club level with Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's and at inter-county level with the Leitrim senior football team. Playing career Educated at Blackrock College in Dublin, Cryan first played Gaelic football with the Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's club. He captained the team to the Leitrim SFC title in 1956. Cryan first played for Leitrim as a member of the minor team in 1947. He progressed to the junior team and won a Connacht JFC medal in 1952. Cryan was part of the Leitrim senior football team that lost four consecutive Connacht SFC finals to Galway from 1957 to 1961. He was also a sub on the Connacht team that won back-to-back Railway Cup titles in 1957 and 1958. Cryan ended his inter-county career by claiming a second Connacht JFC medal in 1962. Death Cryan died on 5 May 2024, at the age of 94. Honours ;Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's *Leitrim Senior Football Championship: 1956 (c) ;Leitr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leitrim Senior Hurling Championship
The Leitrim Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Leitrim GAA clubs. The winners of the championship qualify to the Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship. St Mary's GAA (Leitrim), Carrick Hurling are the title holders, defeating Cluainín Iomáint by 1–18 to 2–13 in the 2024 final. History Records are unclear on early years for this championship. Some GAA yearbooks give Mohill as the 1904 winner and Manorhamilton Shamrocks as the 1906 winner. There may also have been competitions in 1918–1919 and again in the 1933–1934 period. Contained herein this page ye will find the only results that can be proved conclusively. Format Championship format Final: The two participating teams contest the final. The winning team are declared champions. Qualification for subsequent competitions At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leitrim Minor Football Championship
The Leitrim Minor A Football Championship is a Gaelic football, football competition between the top-tier teams in Minor Gaelic football in County Leitrim, Ireland. The Leitrim GAA, Leitrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1929. Melvin Gaels are the Minor A title holders (2016) defeating holders St Manchan's after a replay to win their first ever Minor A title. Lower-level teams play in the Leitrim Minor B Football Championship and up until 2012 the Minor C Football Championship, but due to rural teams amalgamating, the number of teams competing in the Minor A Football Championship has increased resulting in the removal of the C Championship. The trophy presented to the winners is the O'Dolan Cup. A Championship Wins listed by club B Championship Wins listed by club C Championship Wins listed by club {{Leitrim GAA, state=expanded Leitrim GAA club championships 1929 establishments in Ireland Recurring sporting events established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camogie
Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised by the Dublin-based Camogie Association (An Cumann Camógaíochta). The annual All Ireland Camogie Championship has a record attendance of 33,154,2007 All Ireland final reports iIrish Examiner an while average attendances in recent years are in the range of 15,000 to 18,000. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or palming the ball into the other team's Goal (sport), goal (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goal and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the ball up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar, signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. Two points are awarded if the ball is kicked over the crossbar from a 40 metre range marked by a D-shaped arc, signalled by the umpire raising an orange flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connacht Senior Club Football Championship
The Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between senior clubs in Connacht, with one qualifying from each of the five individual county championships. The winners of the Connacht football championship qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. History The Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Connacht, with the addition of the London champions since 2018. Prior to this, the London champions entered the all-Ireland series at the quarter final stage. The current holders of the title are Padraig Pearses of Roscommon. While a provincial competition existed prior to 1970, Galway side Fr. Griffins were the first winners of the competition in its current format, in the 1970–71 season. The most successful club is Corofin of Galway, who have won the competition on nine o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leitrim Senior Football Championship
The Leitrim Senior Football Championship is an annual football competition contested by top-tier Leitrim GAA clubs. The Leitrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1890. Mohill are the title holders (2024) defeating Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's in the Final. History The 1962 championship had been declared null and void, but in March 2009 Melvin Gaels were declared as champions, ending the longest-running dispute the GAA had ever had. The final play of the 1994 Leitrim Senior Football Championship between Allen Gaels and Aughawillan proved contentious as Martin McGowan of Allen Gaels, who was playing with a dislocated spine, stood to take a free. Aughawillan's full-back, Martin Flanagan, took up a position behind his goalkeeper, Martin Prior. McGowan struck the ball and expressed certainty that it was two yards over the bar. However, Aughawillan's Flanagan gave Prior "a bit of a hoosh" and Prior, with his shoulders close to level with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
