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Midland Athletic F.C.
Midland Athletic Football Club was an Irish association football club. During the 1920s they played in both the League of Ireland and the Leinster Senior League. Despite the name, the club was based in Dublin and not the Midlands. Like several fellow early League of Ireland clubs, such as St James's Gate, Jacobs, Fordsons and Dundalk, Midland had their origins as a factory or works team. They were originally the football team of the Midland Great Western Railway based in Broadstone, Dublin. The club celebrated its 50th anniversary of its founding by holding a golden jubilee dinner in Moran's Hotel, Dublin on 10 December 1955. The occasion was noted in a Dublin newspaper with a photograph of the team and officials who represented them in the 1909–10 season. History Early years Midland Athletic were founded in 1904 and among its founding members was a young Joe Wickham. Wickham played as a centre-half with Midland Athletic and started his career as a football administrator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 In Ireland
Events in the year 1904 in Ireland. Events * 26 April – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrived at Kingstown. The royal couple attended the Punchestown Races for the day. * 2 May – The King and Queen travelled to Waterford where they stayed at Lismore Castle, home of the Duke of Devonshire. Thomas Horgan of Youghal made the first known film in Ireland of this event. * 4 May – The final day of the royal visit to Ireland. * 2 June – The nave of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, was consecrated. * 27 June – The second Fastnet Rock lighthouse was first lit. * 28 June – The Danish ocean liner, the , was wrecked on Helen's Reef off Rockall with the loss of 635 lives. * 24 July – St Patrick's Cathedral was consecrated in Armagh town. * Construction started of Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin (finishes 1922). * The "Limerick Pogrom" began. * The first "steamboat ladies" – female students at the women's colleges of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamrock Rovers F
A shamrock is a young sprig, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity. The name ''shamrock'' comes from Irish (), which is the diminutive of the Irish word and simply means "young clover". At most times'', Shamrock'' refers to either the species (lesser clover, Irish: ) or (white clover, Irish: ). However, other three-leaved plants—such as , , and —are sometimes called shamrocks. The shamrock was traditionally used for its medicinal properties and was a popular motif in Victorian times. Botanical species There is still not a consensus over the precise botanical species of clover that is the "true" shamrock. John Gerard in his herbal of 1597 defined the shamrock as ''Trifolium pratense'' or ''Trifolium pratense flore albo'', meaning red or white clover. He described the plant in English as "Three leaved grasse" or "Medow Trefoile", "which are called in Irish ''Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923–24 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 1923–24 was the third edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 5 January 1924 and concluded on 17 March with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance of 18,000 people watched Dinny Hannon secure Athlone Town A.F.C., Athlone Town's sole FAI Cup title by defeating Cork (city), Cork side Cork F.C., Fordsons. First round Second round Semi-finals ---- Replay Final Notes A. From 1923-1936, the FAI Cup The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Extra.ie FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry ... was known as the Free State Cup. B. Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
