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Jamesie O'Connor
Jamesie O'Connor (born 28 July 1972) is an Irish people, Irish former Hurling, hurler who played as a midfielder for the Clare GAA, Clare senior hurling team. O'Connor made his first appearance for the team during the National Hurling League 1992-93, 1992–93 National League and became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2004, 2004 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland medals, three Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster medals and four GAA All Stars Awards, All-Star awards. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level O'Connor was an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, All-Ireland medalist with St.Josephs Doora-Barefield GAA, St Joseph's Doora-Barefield. He also won two Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship, Munster medals and three Clare Senior Hurling Championship, county club championship medals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Joseph's Doora-Barefield GAA
St Joseph's, Doora-Barefield is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the parish of Doora-Barefield outside Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. Hurling was the more popular sport in Barefield over Gaelic football, now it's 50-50 between the both of them. Their main playing fields are in Gurteen. They have three full-size hurling and football pitches. There is also changing and showering facilities there. History Players from the club twice joined up with local rivals Éire Óg, Ennis to form the Ennis Faughs football team. Both clubs were competing at lower levels at the time so it was seen as an opportunity to play senior football. Between 1944-1956 and 1994-1995, the ''Ennis Faughs'' competed in thirteen county football finals, winning five Senior Football titles in 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954 and 1994. They also won an Intermediate Hurling title in 1945, and an Intermediate Football title in 1946. The club's most recent successes were both in 2022, when they won the Clare Intermedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galway GAA
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe) or Galway GAA are one of the 32 county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway, and for the Galway county teams. Galway is one of the few dual counties in Ireland, competing in a similar level in both hurling and football codes. Prior to amalgamation of the hurling and football county boards into one county board, each of the two codes were previously run by their separate boards in Galway, which was unusual for a dual county. The county football team was the first from the province of Connacht to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), but the second to appear in the final, following Mayo. It contests the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship via the Connacht Senior Football Championship. It is currently in Division 1 of the National Football League. The county hurling team contests the All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athenry GAA
St. Mary's, Athenry is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Athenry in County Galway, Ireland. In men's competitions, the club is a dual club competing in both Gaelic football and hurling at various age levels. The club also competes in camogie competitions, and has won several county, province and national titles in the sport. History Athenry GAA club was founded in 1885. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the club fielded both Gaelic football and hurling teams. The club also participated in handball competitions. While camogie was played locally from at least the 1920s, Athenry's camogie club was formally established in 1973. Hurling The club contested its first county final in 1977. Victory on that occasion went to Kiltormer. Athenry's next county final appearance came in 1987, when they were victorious. They defeated Castlegar 1-12 to 2-6. They went all the way to the All-Ireland final but they were defeated by Midleton from Cork. Athenry also went on to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballygunner GAA
Ballygunner GAA (nicknamed "The Gunners") is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club located in the parish of St Mary's Ballygunner in Waterford City, Ireland. The are the current All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship title holders. The club, which is exclusively concerned with hurling, is one of the most successful in Waterford. It has won 20 county titles and produced many great players for Waterford such as Paul Flynn, Fergal Hartley, Billy O'Sullivan and Pauric Mahony. Ballygunner has an intense rivalry with fellow city club Mount Sion and for many years in the 1990s and 2000s the two dominated the club scene. Since 1992, Ballygunner have won 17 county titles. The Munster Senior title was first won in 2001 with a victory over Cork side Blackrock (2-14 to 0-12). A second crown came in 2018, and a third in 2021–22. As of 2022 they have won 9 county titles in a row. History Ballygunner GAA is a hurling club based in Ballygunner village, on the outskirts of Water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathnure GAA
Rathnure St Anne's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Rathnure, County Wexford, Ireland. Rathnure's most famous players are the Rackards and Quigley brothers. First AGM At a meeting in Rathnure in the year 1931, Rathnure St Anne's GAA Club was founded. Founder members on that night were Pat Byrne, James O'Leary, Pat Doyle, Thomas Murphy, Nick Mernagh, Denis Brennan and Master O'Rielly. Also on the night, the meeting was attended by two 14-year-old boys Mikey Redmond and Ned Caulfield. The first Chairman of the club was Mr. Hugh O'Rielly, the first Secretary was Pat Byrne and the first Treasurer was Pat Doyle. Early years In its first year in existence, Rathnure fielded in junior hurling. However success in terms of championship medals was slow, but more important players were given the opportunity to play their native game, a game that was eventually to flourish in the parish of Rathnure. From the outset great interest was aroused in the club, and it gradually grew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toomevara GAA
Toomevara GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Toomevara in County Tipperary, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling. History Honours *Munster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 3 ** 1993, 2004, 2006 * Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships: 22 ** 1890, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1960, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 * North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships 33 ** 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1946, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011 * Séamus Ó Riain Cups 1 ** 2017 * Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championships 1 ** 1984 * North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championships 3 ** 1944, 1955, 1984 * Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship 2 ** 1913, 1997 * North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championships 11 ** 1910, 1911, 1912, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmaley GAA
Kilmaley is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Clare, Ireland Major honours * Clare Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1985, 2004 * Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Runners-Up: 2017 * Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship (2): 1980, 2017 * Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (3): 1963, 2001, 2006 * Clare Hurling League Div. 1 (Clare Cup) (?): 2001, 2019, 2022 * Clare Under-21 A Hurling Championship (3): 1975, 2015, 2019 Notable players * Conor Clancy * Colin Lynch * Alan Markham * Diarmuid McMahon Diarmuid McMahon (born 1981) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Kilmaley and has been a member of the Clare Clare may refer to: Places Antarctica * Clare Range, a mountain range in Victoria Land Australia * Cla ... References External sources Gaelic games clubs in County Clare Hurling clubs in County Clare {{Munster-GAA-club-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarecastle GAA
Clarecastle GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the village of Clarecastle in County Clare, Ireland. In existence since 1887. Major honours Hurling * Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1997 * Clare Senior Hurling Championship (12): 1928 ''(with Ennis Dalcassians)'', 1943, 1945, 1949, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005 * Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 1931 * Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (2): 1985, 2012 * Clare Under-21 A Hurling Championship (4): 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 Gaelic Football * Clare Senior Football Championship (1): 1908 * Clare Intermediate Football Championship (3): 1984, 1993, 1998 * Clare Junior A Football Championship (3): 1936, 1982, 2012 History The name "Clár Átha an Dá Choradh" has its origins in the local medieval castle first built around 1250 and reconstructed and fortified in the late 15th century. The castle is built on a site, which was an island formed by a divide in the river Fergus. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clare Champion
''The Clare Champion'' is a weekly local newspaper in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. It was founded in 1903 after ''The Clare Man'' was forced to close. In February 1918 it was banned and County Clare was declared a military area A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ....De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow page 103 Many people have been associated with ''The Clare Champion'' over the years. Andy McEvoy came to the paper in 1925 as editor. He retired in 1950. Earlier one of the paper’s reporters was Pat Quinn, who later moved to Dublin to become the political correspondent of the ''Irish Independent''. Larry DeLacey was the editor for most of the 1950s and was followed by George Mulvey and Frank O’Dea, who came to the paper in 1959 and retired in 1996. Austin Hobbs jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzgibbon Cup
The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideachais Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG), the GAA's Higher Education Council. Comhairle Ard Oideachais also oversees the Ryan Cup (tier 2 hurling championship), the Fergal Maher Cup (tier 3 hurling championship) and the Padraig MacDiarmada (tier 4 hurling championship). The GAA Higher Education Cups are sponsored by Electric Ireland. History The cup is named after Dr. Edwin Fitzgibbon, a Capuchin friar and, from 1911 to 1936, who was Professor of Philosophy at University College Cork. In 1912 Dr. Fitzgibbon donated most of his annual salary to purchase the trophy. The cup was made at William Egan and Sons' silversmiths, Cork, and bears a large inscription on its front: The Fitzgibbon Cup, Donated by The Rev Fr Edwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Kieran's College
St Kieran's College (Coláiste Chiaráin) is a Roman Catholic secondary school, located on College Road, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. History St Kieran's College was founded in Kilkenny, in the diocese of Ossory in 1782, after the passing of the Catholic Relief Act of 1782. This act enabled Catholics to found schools (with the consent of the Protestant bishop of the diocese) for the first time since the Irish penal laws were introduced. Prior to this only Protestants could found educational institutions. The college was founded as the diocesan school and was the first of its kind in the country. The school's motto is "Hiems Transiit", Latin for "The winter has passed", It is a metaphor for the repeal of the penal laws which had kept Catholics as second class citizens in Ireland. It is taken from chapter 3:17 verse 11 of the Song of Solomon book of the Bible: The saint for whom the school was named was St Ciarán of Saigir, Apostle of Kingdom of Ossory, Osraige, "first- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Flannan's College
Saint Flannan's College is an Irish co-educational secondary school located in Ennis, County Clare, which takes its name from the 7th century patron saint of the Dál gCais. Formerly an all-boys boarding school, the first girls class was entered in 2002 and in 2005 the boarding school was closed. In 2003 an extension which added over 20 new rooms to the college was completed. A measure of the expansion that has taken place over the past thirty years is that in 1962, there were some 370 pupils, 140 of whom were day boys. Only 37 teachers were in attendance. By 2004, enrollment had risen to more than 1,001 students. Staff numbers had risen to 60. In September 2002, co-ed classes were introduced in First Year. In September 2003, a new wing containing extensive new facilities was opened. In the 2010-11 school year there were 1,206 students. History In 1846, the Diocese of Killaloe lent its prestige and patronage to the private academy conducted at Springfield House, Ennis by a Mr Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
