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Cúchulainn Gaels (Louth)
Cúchulainn Gaels GFC is a Gaelic Football club located in Omeath, on the north-eastern side of the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth, Ireland. It fields teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA and recruits players from the neighbouring Peninsula villages of Omeath and Carlingford. The club competes in the Louth Junior Championship and Division 3B of the county football Leagues. Noel Litchfield is the senior team manager. History The club was formed in July 2005, making it the youngest Gaelic football club in the county. The club colours of black and amber are the same as those of the former Omeath secondary school, St. Michael's. Then GAA President Seán Kelly spoke at the official launch of the club in March 2006. Cúchulainn Gaels made their debut in Louth adult football in 2006, when a team was entered in the Louth Junior 2B Championship and Division 4C of the county football Leagues. In 2007, the Gaels claimed their first win in a competitive match and at juvenile ...
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Omeath
Omeath (; or ''Uí Meth'') is a village on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth, Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland. It is roughly midway between Dublin and Belfast, very near the County Louth and County Armagh / County Down border. As of the 2016 census, Omeath had a population of 603, up from 439 during the 2006 census. It is approximately from Carlingford and about from Newry. By sea, Omeath's nearest land neighbour is Warrenpoint on the south County Down coast. Omeath is home to the Cúchulainn Gaels Gaelic Athletic Association club. Name It is named after ''Muireadheach Méith'' (''méith'' meaning 'the fat') and was originally called ''Uí Méith Mara'', by the sea, to distinguish it from another Ó Méith named after the same man. History Omeath was a village that sprung up around the old Omeath railway station in 1876. The town attracted day-trippers from around Northern Ireland and elsewhere, but unlike nearby Warrenpoint, Omeath never became ...
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Seán Kelly (politician)
Seán Kelly (born 26 April 1952) is an Irish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the South constituency since July 2009. He is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party. He served as the 34th President of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 2003 to 2006. He was the first person from County Kerry to hold the office, being elected at his first attempt by a record margin at the GAA Congress in 2002. In July 2006, he took up the position of Executive Chairman of the Irish Institute of Sport, a body that was set up in Ireland to support elite athletes and players, and served as Executive President until he announced his resignation in July 2008. Early and personal life Kelly was born in Knockataggle, Kilcummin, Killarney, County Kerry in 1952. He was born into a family that was deeply involved in the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). His grandfather had been chairman of the local club and his four uncles had distingui ...
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Seán McDermott's GFC (Louth)
Seán McDermott's GFC is a Gaelic Football club in Mountrush, a townland in the civil parish of Ardee, County Louth, Ireland, which fields teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. 'The Seán's' compete in the Louth Junior Championship and Division 3 of the all county football League. Bryan Sharkey is the senior team manager. History The club is named after County Leitrim republican Seán Mac Diarmada, who was executed for his participation in the Easter Rising of 1916. Players are drawn from the neighbouring Ardee townlands of Cookstown and Mountrush. In 1974, the club won the county Junior 'Double' of League and Championship titles. Dundalk Young Irelands were defeated in the MacArdle Cup final, while in the Championship title match, the Sean's triumphed over Ardee neighbours St Mary's, on a scoreline of 0–07 to 0–05. The club has reached the final of the Louth Intermediate Championship twice and lost both times, to Stabannon Parnells in 1989 and Naomh Fionnb ...
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Dowdallshill GF & AC
Dowdallshill GF & AC is a GAA club from Dundalk, County Louth, which fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. Of the six gaelic football clubs in the Dundalk urban area, Dowdallshill is the only one located north of the Castletown River. History The Dowdallshill club was founded in 1886, making it one of the oldest gaelic football teams in Ireland. They contested the inaugural Louth Senior Football Championship final in 1887 against Dundalk Young Irelands at Haggardstown. The match finished in a scoreless draw. Young Irelands won the replay by 0–03 to 0–02. A lack of playing personnel in 1908 saw the club disappear from Louth football for a prolonged period. A group of local men came together in 1928 and reorganized the club. These included Patsy Hearty, Paddy McCourt, Willie Curran, Jim McKeown, Tom Toal and Larry and Packie O'Hanlon. 1934 was a vintage year for the club. The MacArdle Cup for the Louth Junior League was won with victory in ...
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LMFM
LMFM is an independent local radio station based in Drogheda, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In terms of listenership, It is the largest radio station in Ireland outside of Dublin and Cork (city), Cork broadcasting to a population in excess of 300,000 adults. Media group UTV Media, now News Broadcasting, bought the station in a deal worth about €10 million in 2005. LMFM broadcasts on a number of frequencies, the main being either 95.8FM or 95.5FM. The station is licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to service both Counties County Louth, Louth & County Meath, Meath. The station also has a strong listenership in counties County Dublin, Dublin, County Kildare, Kildare, County Cavan, Cavan, County Monaghan, Monaghan and County Armagh, Armagh in Northern Ireland. Its 95.5 MHz transmitter is notable significantly outside its franchise area, in County Dublin. History LMFM came to be in 1989 with the awarding of a legal licence to cover the Louth/Meath area. Thi ...
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Louth Minor Football Championship
The Louth Minor Football Championship is an annual competition organised by Louth GAA between the premier teams in minor (under-17) Gaelic football in County Louth. Trophy The winning team is presented with the Father Larry Murray Cup, named after the Louth priest who was a dedicated promoter of underage football and the Irish language. The Ulster Minor Football Championship and Leinster Minor Football Championship trophies are also named in his honour, as is Páirc Uí Mhuirí in Dunleer (where Murray served as Parish priest), home to the Lann Léire club. He trained the Louth minor team from 1934 to 1941, a very successful period for the county during which two All-Ireland Minor Football Championship The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it was replaced by an under ... titles were won. Final ...
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Cooley Kickhams G
Cooley may refer to: *Cooley (surname), a surname (and a list of people with the surname) *Cooley Distillery, an Irish whiskey distillery *Cooley LLP, a Silicon Valley–based law firm *Cooley Peninsula, Ireland * Cooley High School, Detroit, Michigan, United States *Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, United States *McNary, Arizona, formerly known as Cooley * Cooley, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland See also *''Cooley High'', a 1975 film produced by American International Pictures *'' Cooley v. Board of Wardens'' (53 U.S. 299) (1853), a United States Supreme Court case regarding shipping *Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley), a central tale in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology * Birch Cooley Township, Minnesota, in Renville County, Minnesota, United States * Cowley (other) * Coley (other) * Colley (other) * Coolie, an Asian slave or a racial slur * Cooley Mountains The Cooley Mountains () are on the Cooley ...
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Pádraig O'Neill
Pádraig O'Neill (1966 – 20 July 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with Cooley Kickhams and at inter-county level with the Armagh and Louth senior football teams. Playing career Born in Newry, County Armagh, O'Neill's family moved to Carlingford, County Louth at a young age. He first played Gaelic football to a high standard as a student at the Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School in Newry, losing consecutive MacRory Cup finals in 1982 and 1983. O'Neill later attended Ulster University and won three Sigerson Cup titles. O'Neill's club career began at juvenile level with Cumann Peile Cuchulainn before progressing to the Cooley Kickhams underage sides. Louth MFC and Louth U21FC titles followed. O'Neill made his senior team debut in 1982. He won several Cardinal O'Donnell Cup and ACC Cup titles in a lengthy career that ended in 2005. O'Neill first appeared on the inter-county scene with Armagh as captain of the minor team beaten by Derry ...
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Clan Na Gael GFC (Louth)
Clan na Gael GFC is a GAA club from Dundalk, County Louth, which fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. Their motto is 'Once a Clan, Always a Clan'. History Affiliating in 1916, the club won the Louth Minor Football Championship in 1920. The first adult title followed in 1922 with victory in the Louth Junior Football Championship. 1923 saw the club win the Louth Senior Football Championship by defeating Boyne Rangers of Drogheda, captained by inter-county player Peter Garland. In 1924 the Clans retained the championship by beating Larks of Killineer in the final on a scoreline of 1–06 to 0–01 at the Dundalk Athletic Grounds. In 1933 the club lost the Louth Senior Football Championship final for the first time, going down 3–03 to 1–07 against Newtown Blues at the Drogheda Gaelic Grounds, with a team that featured five Hearty brothers. It would be a further 26 years before Clans would reach their next senior championship final. In 1959 th ...
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Féile Na NGael
Féile na nGael (; Irish for "Festival of the Gaels") is an annual tournament comprising the sports of hurling, camogie and handball organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Its stated aim is to bond communities, forge friendships, provide educational opportunities and unearth new leaders. The competition hosts approximately 25,000 boys and girls each year with all 32 of Ireland's Gaelic games counties represented along with teams from London, Lancashire, Warwickshire, New York, Australasia and county Europe. Féile na nGael states that its primary objective is to facilitate and enable personal, social and cultural development amongst young people with emphasis on cultural and community activities, leadership and training through sport. Féile na nGael was first held in 1971 and was hosted by Tipperary. Since then it has been held annually in late June in different counties. Féile na nGael in 2011 was hosted by Galway. Participation in Féile na nGael is by invitati ...
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Louth Junior 2B Football Championship
The Louth Junior 2B Football Championship is an annual knockout gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA, contested by the second teams of Intermediate and Junior clubs in County Louth. Prior to 1994, the Louth Junior 2A Championship was the only knockout competition for clubs' second teams. That year, the County Board introduced a second knockout competition, confined to the Intermediate and Junior clubs, which would be known as the 2B Championship. Trophy The captain of the winning team is presented with the Terry Maher Cup, in memory of the former County Board A county board is a common form of county legislature, particular of counties in the United States. Related forms of county government include: * Board of Supervisors — a form of county legislature in some U.S. states * County commission, ... Chairman. Finals ''(R) = Replay'' References External links Louth GAA official website {{Louth GAA, state=expanded Louth GAA club championship ...
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President Of The Gaelic Athletic Association
The president of the Gaelic Athletic Association () is the head of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The president holds office for three years. The role of president has existed since the foundation of the GAA. The president of the GAA is one of the leading figures in civil society in Ireland, as the association has around one million members and is present in every parish in the country. The role of president involves representing the GAA in Ireland and across the world. Former presidents of the GAA have a key role within the GAA, sitting on the motions committee which rules if motions to the annual Congress are in order. They also have become known for other roles such as Seán Kelly, who is now an MEP. The president travels across Ireland and the world to promote the organisation and attend games; former President Nickey Brennan travelled 160,000 miles in Ireland alone during his three years as president, and visited Great Britain, Europe, North America, Asia, Austra ...
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