But this is October baseball, when hurlers dictate to hitters.
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The Phillies had just three hits off six Blue Jays' hurlers.
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A flood of injuries has bumped these relatively unknown hurlers into starting roles.
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The teams' hurlers combined to hit a league-high six batters in their sixth meeting.
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The rotation looks pretty solid, with Max Scherzer leading a crew of talented if injury-prone hurlers.
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Tiger hurlers allowed only three hits in Saturday's 2-0 win and Fulmer gave up just four Sunday.
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But a pair of rookie Washington Nationals hurlers at least momentarily derailed the Mets' playoff push Friday night.
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Judge insists that opposing hurlers are not doing much differently, that he is just missing their mistake pitches.
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Now the award has forged a bond between two American hurlers who have defined themselves for the Hanshin Tigers.
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Home plate umpire Dan Iassogna had a strike zone that seemed to favor the hurlers on a chilly, windy night.
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They're followed by teenage hurlers Kolby Allard and Mike Soroka, and the top five rounds out with Ronald Acuna, another teenager.
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The problem, as so often seems to happen when a pitching coach becomes a manager, was that the hurlers let down badly.
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The 23 walks were the most issued by New York hurlers since they walked 12 against the Chicago Cubs on March 31, 2003.
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But even with the recent success of some of these shorter hurlers, scouts and front-offices still can be hesitant to pull the trigger.
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That's the kind of backdrop Mets hurlers have been operating under: Win or else, and no one faced greater pressure than deGrom on Saturday.
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That hasn&apost applied to Twins hurlers or at Target Field, where Upton has 11 hits in 21 at-bats in four games at the park.
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You know all about the four-man rotation experiment and the unnervingly long list of hurlers who proved unable to catch their breath at Coors' altitude.
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It also happened with hurlers like Andrew Miller, and it even reportedly caused the Washington Nationals to have second thoughts on both Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper.
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Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.), a pitcher for the Republicans, said he and the other GOP hurlers usually practice near the third-base dugout, where the shooting originated.
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They then watched young Gaelic footballers and hurlers play the traditional Irish sports at Croke Park, where Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney was pitchside to explain the rules.
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Despite having the highest average velocity in the league, Yankee hurlers throw the fewest fastballs of any staff — a paradoxical distinction in a season that's been full of surprises.
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Eccles is a top collegiate softball outfielder at the University of British Columbia, and has also become one of the go-to hurlers with Canada's National Women's Baseball Team.
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Anderson has fared better than most hurlers at Coors Field thus far, going 4-43 with a 3.32 ERA while allowing only three home runs in seven home starts.
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Veteran Ervin Santana has led the way for Minnesota and entered Sunday leading the majors in ERA (1.80) and ranking second in wins (seven) and WHIP (0.83) among qualified hurlers.
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And when hurlers do get hurt, the consequences are often devastating: recovery time for the Tommy John elbow surgery is usually at least a year, and shoulder injuries frequently end careers.
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And a handful of hurlers from this group, such as Madison Bumgarner of the San Francisco Giants, have drawn attention with occasional displays of batting power on the days they pitch.
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That is an impressive mark for a team that has featured some of the game's top hurlers, like Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Orel Hershiser, Don Sutton, Fernando Valenzuela and Hideo Nomo.
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Pitchers are fragile specimens: losing a year or two to elbow-reconstruction surgery has become an increasingly common pit stop in young hurlers' careers, and shoulder damage is still often career-ending.
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He left after 109 pitches, falling one shy of matching Cleveland's Trevor Bauer as the only hurlers since the start of the 2018 season to throw 110 pitches in five straight starts.
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In the wake of deGrom, Kluber and now Gilbert, Stetson coaches have honed their recruiting pitch, branding the midmajor program as a hotbed for hurlers looking to develop into Cy Young winners.
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It is a novelty, then, that excellence in pitching has forged a bond between two American hurlers who have defined themselves in Nippon Professional Baseball, which is typically dominated by homegrown stars.
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Sidearm Nation, a seven-year-old organization dedicated to advancing the cause of sidearm and submarine hurlers, offers instructional camps for players who often had to turn to YouTube to learn their craft.
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In 2016, the Mets' season-opening rotation was Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz and Bartolo Colon, the over-40, overweight outlier among a group of young, dynamic, hard-throwing hurlers.
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NOTES: While Milwaukee is near the bottom of the NL Central, pitching has been a bright spot lately as Brewers hurlers had a major league-best 2.73 ERA over their previous 23 games.
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Anderson was the 29th pitcher used by the Dodgers this season and manager Dave Roberts has done a strong job keeping his team in contention despite the revolving door of hurlers the entire season.
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The Braves face Zack Greinke, one of the top hurlers in the National League, eight days after Atlanta completed a three-game home sweep of the Diamondbacks - outscoring Arizona 19-9 in the three victories.
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There are so many talented hurlers coming into games late that can not only bring desert-like heat, but have the ungodly breaking stuff that catcher in that movie was talking about on the bus.
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On Thursday, the two hurlers will look to deliver a strong encore performance when they square off in the finale of a four-game series between the host Philadelphia Phillies and the San Diego Padres.
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By this measure, the four-home-run club is more impressive than pitching a "mere" no-hitter—which happens a few times a year, often by relatively unremarkable hurlers—but well short of 18-strikeout territory.
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But that was the lone blemish in an otherwise sterling combined effort by four Detroit hurlers, with left-hander Daniel Norris delivering three scoreless innings before handing the ball to Alexander, who allowed three hits and one walk with three strikeouts over four innings.
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Matt Wisler is considered a key to the starting rotation Atlanta hopes will return it to postseason competition at some point in the future, and the 23-year-old is getting his chance to face some of top hurlers in baseball early this season.
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Marlins 63, Rays 0 JT Riddle's run-scoring triple in the sixth inning and solo home run in the eighth backed the combined four-hit pitching from a quartet of Miami hurlers as the Marlins defeated visiting Tampa Bay to win the three-game Sunshine State series.
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JT Riddle's run-scoring triple in the sixth inning and solo home run in the eighth backed the combined four-hit pitching from a quartet of Miami hurlers as the Marlins defeated the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Marlins Park to win the three-game Sunshine State series and cool off the red-hot Rays.
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WATCH: VICE Sports Explains Blisters in Baseball All in all, Sanchez—who had a procedure in April to remove part of his finger nail to alleviate the blister issue—has made eight starts and thrown just 36 innings this season, boasting a 1-3 record, 4.25 ERA, 1.72 WHIP, and a whole bunch of time on the DL. Not quite the encore the Blue Jays were hoping to get out of last year's American League ERA leader, but blister injuries with pitchers are a wildly unpredictable beast, as several other big-name hurlers around the majors can attest.
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Broadford hurlers play Gaelic football with Clogherinkoe, Johnstownbridge or Carbury.
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McKenna Park is the home ground for the county hurlers.
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In 2009, the hurlers made both league and championship semi finals.
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Ferry, Ryan. "Hurlers rise to Christy Ring challenge". Donegal News. 17 May 2019.
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Cooney was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll. In May 2020, the Irish Independent named Cooney at number eleven in its "Top 20 hurlers in Ireland over the past 50 years".
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The Hurlers are the subject of a 2008 song by Devon singer, Seth Lakeman.
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He is an uncle of the famous Kilkenny hurlers, Michael Fennelly and Colin Fennelly.
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The hurlers again beat Ulster but were again beaten by Leinster in the semi-final. In 1974 both the University hurlers and footballers reached the semi-finals, losing to MunsterIrish Independent, 18 February 1974, p. 11 and Leinster,Irish Independent, 11 February 1974, p.
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The under-14 hurlers and footballers both did the double in league and championship. The under-14 footballers won the Feile All-Ireland. The under-14 hurlers won the Feile Shield All-Ireland Title. The under-14 camogie team won the county title and All-Ireland Feile shield.
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With the strike ongoing the Cork county board fielding a team made up of players who were not involved in the 2008 panel. While an estimated 10,000 marched in support of the striking hurlers. The Cork footballers have said they will join the Hurlers on strike if the matter is not settled by the end of the National Football League. While the Hurlers asked the clubs of Cork too put a motion of no confidence in Gerald McCarthy before the county board.
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One such account recalls a match which took place on the Crumlin Commons in May 1748, where a selection of hurlers from Leinster defeated 20 hurlers from Munster. In a re-match a month later, the Leinster hurlers proved their worth by beating the Munster selection for a second time. Another report describes a hurling match which took place on Irishtown Green in 1757. The game was held between married men and bachelors for a wager of 50 guineas a side.
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Laois hurlers currently compete in the Joe McDonagh Cup, a competition reserved for the second tier hurling counties.
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Skehan was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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Whelahan was re-appointed for a second year in charge of the Offaly hurlers on 30 October 2014.
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But on 19 March 2009 the Students of Benildus went out and won their first ever Dublin senior "A" colleges title. The school had much success in hurling in 08/09. The U-16 hurlers won the Dublin "A" division title and the U-14 hurlers won the "A" division shield.
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Cummins continued to line out with the Munster hurlers until 1980, however, he failed to have any further success.
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Hurlers from the village play for the parish team Lorrha-Dorrha GAA at St. Ruadhan's Park at Moatfield, Redwood.
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In the process, they denied Cork the Double, the hurlers having claimed the Liam MacCarthy Cup two weeks previously.
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2016 saw the Men's Footballers and men's hurlers both win their respective Intermediate Championships. The footballers achieved victory over An Riocht in Pairc Esler and the hurlers achieving victory over Ballycran in Newcastle. Also in 2016, the ladies footballers went on to win the Senior Championship wrh a victory over Castlewellen in Downpatrick.
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By the time the Galway hurlers were heavily beaten in 1975 and 1979 finals the curse was part of folklore.
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His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1935 championship. In retirement from playing O'Regan became involved in team management and coaching. After serving as trainer with Courcey Rovers and St. Vincent's, he guided the Cork senior hurlers to All- Ireland success in 1966. O'Regan is widely regarded as one of Cork's greatest hurlers.
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Standing stones in the middle circle of The Hurlers The Hurlers from the north The north circle Map of the stone circles The Hurlers (Cornish: An Hurlysi"Place names in the SWF" at magakernow.org.uk) is a group of three stone circles in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK. The site is half-a-mile (0.8 km) west of the village of Minions on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor, and approximately four miles (6 km) north of LiskeardOrdnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston at .
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Plaque on Rowe Street Lower, Wexford town, commemorating the founding of the county board in 1886. Hurling has been played in Wexford from medieval times. Evidence of this can be found in the hurling ballads of the 15th and 16th centuries. The nickname "Yellowbellies" is said to have been given to the county's hurlers by Sir Caesar Colclough of Tintern in south Wexford, following a 17th-century game between a team of hurlers under his patronage and a team of hurlers from Cornwall, near Glynn in County Wexford.
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In recent times Dromtarriffe have formed a Hurling team from good work at underage levels after sometime without a hurling team and are currently competing at Junior A Hurling level. Dromtarriffe's minor hurlers made the Cork Minor C Hurling Championship final in 2009 but were defeated by Cobh. In 2016, Dromtarriffe's hurlers won the Cork Junior B Interdivisional Championship after a replay against Sarsfields GAA in Páirc Uí Rinn. A week later, the clubs under 21 hurlers won their first ever Duhallow Under 21 'A' Hurling Championship against Robert Emmets.
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Former hurlers, associated with the club, include former Wexford manager Liam Dunne and current Oulart the Ballagh senior manager Martin Storey.
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Keith Begley is an Irish sports psychologist and Gaelic football manager. He has worked with the Carlow senior hurlers, Clare senior footballers and Cuala senior hurlers. He has also led the Offaly minor football team. An accredited sports psychologist with the Sport Ireland Institute and a former physical education teacher, he is often referenced in the national media.
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During a two-year term as manager of the Galway senior hurlers, he guided the team to an All-Ireland final appearance.
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They are the only hurlers from Waterford to have achieved winning 3 Harty Cup Titles. At club level Kearney plays with Tallow.
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It was Clohessy's last major title with the Limerick inter-county hurlers as he retired from inter-county hurling following the victory.
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The club has produced many fine hurlers throughout the years, many of whom have gone on to win All Ireland Medals with Galway.
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In May 2020, the Irish Independent named Keher at number four in its "Top 20 hurlers in Ireland over the past 50 years".
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2006 saw Grenagh surrender their divisional hurling title, however, while the club's hurlers failed the footballers enjoyed some success. A 1–10 to 1–6 defeat of Iveleary gave Kenny a second divisional junior hurling winners' medal. In 2007 the opposite of what happened in 2006 occurred. The Grenagh footballers surrendered their title, however, the club's hurlers reached the divisional final once again.
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The team featured slugger Gary Alexander, who hit .313 with 12 home runs, and ace hurlers and future major leaguers Jeff Conine and Mike Ignasiak.
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The Hurlers are north of Liskeard near the village of Minions on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor in east Cornwall. Just to the west of the circles are two standing stones known as the Pipers. Nearby are Rillaton Barrow and Trethevy Quoit, an entrance grave from the Neolithic period. The Hurlers are managed by the Cornwall Heritage Trust on behalf of English Heritage.
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The 2007–08 Cork players' strike was a dispute in Republic of Ireland between the Cork County Board and its Gaelic footballers and hurlers. It led to the footballers and hurlers refusing to play for the Cork County Board. The cause of the strike was the issue of deciding who should pick the senior teams' selectors. The players believed the manager should pick the selectors.
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Universities do not have ‘first call’ on hurlers from counties participating in the Leinster Championship Qualifier Group (i.e. Laois, Meath and Westmeath) or playing in the 2017 Christy Ring Cup (i.e. Carlow and Kildare) unless the hurler is in receipt of a college scholarship. Universities have ‘first call’ on county hurlers up to a maximum of six, chosen from Dublin, Kilkenny, Offaly, Wexford and Galway.
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16 This is the only occasion in the history of the Railway Cup that it was not won by a provincial team. The hurlers again beat Ulster but were again beaten by Leinster in the semi-final. In 1974 both the University hurlers and footballers reached the semi-finals, losing to MunsterIrish Independent, 18 February 1974, p. 11 and Leinster,Irish Independent, 11 February 1974, p.
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Carey's granduncle, Paddy Phelan, is regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all-time and won four All-Ireland medals with Kilkenny. His aunt, Peggy Carey, won four All-Ireland medal with the Kilkenny camogie team. Carey's brother, Martin, was sub goalkeeper on the Kilkenny for a number of years. Carey is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game.
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2011 also saw Bredagh Senior Hurlers compete in the Down Senior Hurling Championship for the first time in the history of the club. In 2012 Bredagh Senior Hurlers won the Down Junior Hurling Championship for the second time after re-structuring from the Down County Board saw them drop from Senior Championship to Junior. The Senior Hurlers made history in October 2012 when they won the Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship for the first time in the club's history beating Na Magha of Derry 4-18 to 3-07 at Casement Park. The Senior Men's Footballers gained promotion to Down Division 2 in 2012.
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Brian is currently a selector for Wolfe Tones na Sionna senior hurlers and is a public advocate for seeking change to current club structure in Ireland.
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Confey players that have represented Kildare as Senior Hurlers; Daragh Nolan (2002–2003, 2007). Kieran Divilly (2003–2014). Paul Keegan (2003, 2011). Robert Connolly (2003, 2011).
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At club level Archer was a three-time Munster medallist with the St. Finbarr's senior hurlers. In addition to this he also won three championship medals.
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After the highs of the previous year, 2008 proved to be a difficult year for the Limerick hurlers with Lawlor failing to make any championship appearances.
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McGurk played for Derry hurlers in various positions over a 14-year period. Among his honours are helping the county win the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship.
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The Intermediate hurlers are unbeaten after beating Kill, De la Salle and a draw with Ballygunner. This means they should automatically be entered into the quarter final.
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The Hurlers, looking south On Craddock Moor, near Minions, are "The Hurlers". These consist of three separate Bronze Age stone circles with thirteen, seventeen and nine surviving stones. Local tradition maintains that they are men turned to stone for profaning the Lords Day by taking part in a hurling match. The arrangement of the stones led to the name and was recorded as far back as 1584 by John Norden.
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After a magnificent campaign the footballers again achieved Senior status in 1995 with a thrilling Dublin Intermediate Football Championship victory over St Vincents after a replay in Lawless Park in Swords. Further success followed and the footballers now compete in Division 1 of the Senior Football League. 1998 was a tremendous year for its hurlers. The intermediate hurlers won three cup competitions, Corn Céitinn, Corn Fogarty and Corn.
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Notable residents of Coonagh include Limerick inter-county hurlers Kevin Downes and Thomas Grimes, who play with Limerick club Na Piarsaigh, and Limerick senior and minor teams, respectively.
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Some O'Mahony hurlers have also represented Meath at inter- county level such as Ben Tansey, Gerry Kelly, Pádraic Coone, Niall and Shane McKeigue, Trevor Donoghue and Seamus Duignan.
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Limerick later went on to defeat Wexford by just a single point to retain their All-Ireland title. It was Geary's last game for the under-21 hurlers.
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In 2009 he was chosen on a special Munster team of the quarter century, while he was also included as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time.
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At juvenile level the Ballyporeen club also takes in footballers from, and provides hurlers for, the hurling club in the neighbouring townland of Skeheenarinky, part of the same parish.
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He won a seventh Munster title, however, his side were beaten by Galway in the All- Ireland semi-final. This was Crowley’s last game with the Cork senior hurlers.
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Plan of the Hurlers, 1906 The Hurlers comprises three stone circles that lie on a line from SSW to NNE, and have diameters of , and . The two outer stone circles are circular. The middle circle, the largest is slightly elliptical. The survival of the southern stone circle, which now contains nine stones, has been most precarious: only two of the remaining stones are upright and the other seven are partially covered with soil.
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1994 was to prove one of the most trophy laden years in the club's history. The Laois All- County Football League Division 2 trophy was collected first, and was then followed up by the hurlers doing the league and championship double as they marched back to senior ranks again. Another chapter in the club's history was written in 2003 when the junior hurlers picked up the Championship trophy in dramatic circumstances in O'Moore Park.
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In 2006, the footballers won the Down JFC and the Hurlers won Division 3 of the Ulster Club Hurling League. In 2007 the hurlers won the Down Junior Hurling Championship and Division 2 of the All County Hurling League - both for the first time. In 2008 they won Antrim League Division 4B. At underage level they won the Division 1 (14s) and Division 2 (16s)Down Hurling Championship at U14 and U16.
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Daryl O'Neill was the captain. 2003 was a year when Glenealy Hurling Club finally put the ghosts of previous disappointments to rest when the Senior hurlers took their 7th Senior title with a 1-10 to 1-7 victory over Carnew. Glenealy won the Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship in 2005. In 2007, the Glenealy Senior hurlers regained the O'Donoghue Cup when they defeated Kiltegan 4-16 to 3-14 after a thrilling County final.
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The under-16 and minor footballers won county championships, with wins over Seán MacCumhaills and Naomh Conaill respectively. The club's hurlers won their first Donegal Under-21 Hurling Championship, defeating Setanta.
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289 with seven homers and 66 RBI. As hurlers adapted to the new pitching style, batting averages declined even more during the 1949 season. Sams won the batting crown with a .
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Cahalane first played for Cork at minor level in 2013. A dual player with both the hurlers and Gaelic footballers, his season ultimately ended without success with defeats by Waterford and Tipperary.
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After the Kehoe Cup group stage is completed hurlers who played with their university may play for their county in the final if their college did not qualify for the Kehoe Cup final.
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In 2016, the senior hurlers won the Connacht C Hurling Championship final and went on to contest the All-Ireland title losing out to Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal of Blarney by 1 point.
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This is an incomplete list of all Tipperary Senior hurlers. The players in this list included are from 1887 onwards. This list also includes a number of players from the first county selection in 1886, a year before the first All- Ireland Senior championship. This list is an A-Z of Tipperary Senior hurlers that have had the privilege of donning the Blue and Gold jersey of Tipperary and the All-Ireland and Munster Senior medals that they have individually won.
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The All- Ireland hurling final also gave Wexford the chance of joining Cork and Tipperary in the unique situation of being double All-Ireland winners. That game saw Limerick provide the opposition, however, the hurlers were not able to match the Munster men’s scoring skills. A score line of 9-5 to 1-3 gave victory to Limerick. A seventh Leinster football title in-a-row proved beyond this Wexford team while the hurlers also gave up their provincial crown.
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During Viking times, a river ran close to the location of the Abbeygormican cemetery, said to be used for the transportation of goods by the monks in the nearby monastery that was located on the site of the cemetery. The Mullagh Hurling Club competes in the County Galway Senior Championship and has an illustrious history at all age-levels. The local hurling club has produced many well-known hurlers and all-stars. Such hurlers include Tony Reddin and Derek Hardiman.
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Craddock Moor Stone Circle or Craddock Moor Circle is a stone circle located near Minions on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK. It is situated around half a mile Northwest of The Hurlers (stone circles).
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An 80-strong party of Clare hurlers, their partners and officials flew out in early January 2014 for a 10-day end of year holiday taking in Boston, Cancun in Mexico and New York.
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Hurlers Cross () is a small village in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated close to Shannon Town and from both Sixmilebridge and Newmarket-on-Fergus. It forms a part of Newmarket-on-Fergus parish.
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Na Magha senior hurlers have recently enjoyed their biggest success since winning the Derry Senior Championship in 1993 by making it to an Ulster league division 3 final after a narrow victory over Naomh Colmcille.
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The 1970s was to be a glorious decade for Cork's hurlers. In 1975 Cork won their first Munster title since 1972. It was to be the first of five Munster Championship victories in-a-row.
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Oola GAA is a Gaelic football club, founded in 1887. It is based in the village of Oola in County Limerick, Ireland. The club only plays football; hurlers in the parish play with neighbouring Doon.
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On that occasion Michael Kavanagh, Henry Shefflin, Tommy Walsh, Jackie Tyrrell, Derek Lyng, Eoin Larkin, Eddie Brennan, Aidan Fogarty and Martin Comerford joined a unique club of hurlers who won four consecutive All-Ireland titles.
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The under-21 footballers defeated Glenfin by 5-11 to 1-08 to win the Donegal Under-21 Football Championship. The under-21 hurlers defeated Buncrana to win the club's second Donegal Under-21 Hurling Championship. The minor footballers won a record 19th Minor Football Championship, and a third in four years, with a 3–14 to 1–7 victory over Naomh Padraig from Muff under the floodlights in Convoy. The minor hurlers won the Donegal Minor Hurling Championship, defeating An Clochán Liath in the final.
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In each of these years Ballinascarthy were defeated at the penultimate stage by the eventual Cork Junior Hurling Championship winners. The club has been successful at minor and U21 level over the years winning a hurling and football double in 1985. The club's first county title success was secured in 2004 when the minor hurlers brought home the Cork Minor B Hurling Championship. The first county title at adult level was secured by the under 21 hurlers, capturing the Cork Under 21 B Hurling Championship in 2013.
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165x165px From 1 January 2010, the wearing of helmets with faceguards became compulsory for hurlers at all levels. This saw senior players follow the regulations already introduced in 2009 at minor and under 21 grades. The GAA hopes to significantly reduce the number of injuries by introducing the compulsory wearing of helmets with full faceguards, both in training and matches. Hurlers of all ages, including those at nursery clubs when holding a hurley in their hand, must wear a helmet and faceguard at all times.
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Hayes is widely regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever club and inter-county hurlers. He has often been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at full-back on the Galway Hurling Team of the Millennium and on the All-Ireland Club Hurling Silver Jubilee Team. In retirement from playing, Hayes became involved in team management and coaching. During a four-year term as manager of the Galway senior hurlers, he guided the team to an All-Ireland final appearance.
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Berry made his debut during the National Hurling league against Clare following his good showing last time out against Down.RTÉ Sport: GAA - Carton debut for Wexford hurlers. Rte.ie (2010-03-12). Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
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Mulcahy was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll, while he was also selected as one of Cork's greatest players of the era in a 2013 selection.
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The match ends when the ball is placed in a goal or carried over the boundary. The hurler who does this is termed the “winner of the ball” and his team wins the match. The hurlers then walk back to the town, and once in the main streets the winner of the ball is carried on the shoulders of two team-mates back to Market Square, while members of the victorious team sing the hurling song: Each rendition of the song is followed by the winner "calling-up" the ball, which involves three cheers followed by his declaring "Town Ball" or "Country Ball" as appropriate, to further cheers by the winning side. The song and call-up are repeated until the hurlers reach Market Square, where the ball is called-up a final time before the hurlers disperse.
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The club has fluctuated between senior hurling and intermediate grades, which is similar to senior 'B' in other counties, since the late-1990s but has still continued to produce many inter-county Galway hurlers at all grades.
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Coughlan came from a family of other hurlers, and his brothers, Pat, Denis and Dan, all won All-Ireland medals with Cork. His nephews, Eudie and John, were also All-Ireland medalists in the 1920s and 1930s.
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He also won a Senior County Medal with his college in Dublin (UCD), whilst also winning two Fitzgibbon Cup Medal. Pat is one of a handful of hurlers to have 3 County Medals in 3 different counties.
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In retirement from playing, Ryan became involved in team management and coaching. He was a selector and adviser with Ahane during their championship victory in 1955. Ryan is regarded as one of Limerick's all-time greatest hurlers.
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Usually this will have taken place sometime between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm unless the hurl and return walk were unusually long. Fitness and running ability are significant factors in hurling: strong runners are the most likely to be involved in the latter stage of the game and to win the ball. Some such hurlers have done so several times; the most prolific on record is Michael Weldhen, who won the ball 17 times for the Country between 1953 and 1982. Several hurlers have won the ball more than once.
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In 2015, the Westmeath minor hurlers surprised heavy favourites Wexford by two points in the Leinster quarter-final, the win has been regarded by the manager as the 'biggest result in history of Westmeath hurling'. The senior hurlers beat Carlow by two points in the Leinster Qualifier group and extended their winning run beating favourites, Antrim 1–21 to 0–7. A famous victory over near rivals Offaly was achieved in May 2016 in the Leinster Championship. Westmeath led by some distance for the entire game before winning 2–21 to 1–10.
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The American Invasion Tour was an 1888 tour of the United States of America by Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) athletes, mostly hurlers. The tour had two objectives: to raise funds for a modern version of the ancient Tailteann Games and to encourage the development of Irish sports for Americans of Irish descent. The first objective failed, with no funds being raised and a loan required to bring the touring party home. Ultimately, more than half of the hurlers participating "absconded" to New York and did not return to Ireland.
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Horgan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most popular club and county hurlers of his era. In retirement from playing he has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-back on the Club Hurling Silver Jubilee Team in 1996 and the Supreme All-Stars team in 2001. Horgan was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all time in a 2009 poll. After battling illness for several years, Horgan died on 10 June 2016.
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Kilmacud Crokes has won the All-Ireland Football Féile final three times, the first of these coming in 2003, the second in 2008 and the third in 2019. The hurlers added to the club's success with an All-Ireland Hurling Féile of their own in 2005. This hurling victory was the first time in the club's history that they had won the Dublin Hurling Féile and only the second time a Dublin Club had won the All-Ireland Féile. In 2014 the hurlers won Dublin and All-Ireland Hurling Féile titles.
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In 2015, the Westmeath minor hurlers surprised heavy favourites Wexford by two points in the Leinster quarter-final, the win has been regarded by the manager as the 'biggest result in history of Westmeath hurling'. The senior hurlers beat Carlow by two points in the Leinster Qualifier group and extended their winning run beating favourites, Antrim 1–21 to 0–7. A famous victory over near rivals Offaly was achieved in May 2016 in the Leinster Championship. Westmeath led by some distance for the entire game before winning 2–21 to 1–10.
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His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1961 championship, however, he was recalled to the team for two more seasons before retiring again after the 1964 championship. Barry is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all time. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-forward on the Cork Hurling Team of the Century and the Munster Hurling Team of the Millennium. McCarthy was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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The name "Hurlers" derives from a legend, in which men were playing Cornish hurling on a Sunday and were magically transformed into stones as punishment.Westwood, Jennifer (1985), Albion. A Guide to Legendary Britain. London : Grafton Books. . p. 21.
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Bridie Doran was a sister of Mick Jacob, the first Wexford man to win an All- Star, she had married Bill Doran who won an All-Ireland Intermediate hurling medal, brother of All-Ireland hurlers, Tony and Colm.
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Donegan (2005) pp. 29 Cummins was still eligible to play with the Cork minor hurlers again on 1939. That year he collected a second Munster minor winners’ medal following an 8-3 to 0-2 defeat of Clare.
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One of the greatest hurlers in Sligo history, Paul Seevers played with the club for a number of years winning many medals with both the Gaelic football and Hurling teams. The club combines with Cloonacool at underage level.
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Paul Kelly was born in Mullinahone on the Tipperary-Kilkenny border in 1979. He is the older brother of Eoin Kelly. He was educated locally and attended Scoil Riain Killenaule Vocational School which has produced many Tipperary Hurlers.
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Minor 1992 (County) and 1999, Junior 1992. Intermediate 1985 and 1993 and 1996 (County). Senior Championship and league 1998. In the 2000s (decade), the Minor and junior hurlers, Intermediate footballers have brought more titles back to the club.
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Keeva's father Ger and uncles all gave distinguished service to Kilkenny. She has two first cousins, Leann Fennelly and Kelly Ann Cotterell, on the 2009 All Ireland panel, while another cousin, Michael Fennelly, captained the Kilkenny hurlers in 2009.
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The Ladies football team also won the O Connor Cup back to back in 1998 and 1999. Furthermore, the hurlers won the Ryan Cup in 1997 with the camogie team winning the Purcell Shield also in the same year.
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Cornish Blue, a cheese made by the Cornish Cheese Company at Upton Cross, was the winning cheese in the World Food Awards in December 2010. The Hurlers are a group of three stone circles some distance to the west.
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NACB is overseen by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the governing body of hurling at its top level in Ireland. The St. Louis Hurling Club is the first association of American-born hurlers ever invited to join NACB in a club's first year of organization, and is the second-largest club of primarily American-born hurlers in North America. A seven-members executive committee was formed on May 22, 2003 for two year terms, with the founding president's term serving as four consecutive years. Television, radio, newspaper and magazine exposure increased the number of interested hurlers, and in September 2003, the first ever St. Louis Hurling Club season was held, an 8-week league featuring three teams: Brown & Brown Financial, Black Thorn Sons of Liberty, and McGurk's Black Shamrocks, with McGurk's defeating Brown & Brown, winning the first ever Gateway Cup on November 22, 2003.
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In 2019, Mullahoran won a 4 in a row to gain their 26th Cavan title. Mullahoran's U-14 hurlers also won the All-Ireland Féile in 2003, becoming one of the first Cavan teams to win a national hurling honour.
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Half time between Cork vs Kerry 2012 Páirc Uí Chaoimh was officially opened on 6 June 1976. by Con Murphy, then president of the GAA. On the opening day the Cork hurlers played Kilkenny while the Cork footballers took on Kerry.
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In keeping with their senior and minor teams, Galway's under-21 hurlers left the Munster Championship where they had been playing since 1964. Having no competition in their own province, Galway received a bye to the All-Ireland semi-final stage.
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Starting in 1900, he was one of the regular Reds hurlers for a few years. Archie Stimmel died at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, Maryland about 4 a. m. on Sunday August 18, 1958 after a lingering illness. He was 85.
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He added a second Munster medal to his collection, as the footballers defeated Kerry by 3–11 to 0–12. A week later O'Doherty won his first Munster medal with the hurlers as Tipperary were accounted for on a score line of 1–12 to 2–4. On 7 September 1969 Cork faced Kilkenny in the All-Ireland decider. A 2–15 to 3–6 victory gave O'Doherty his first All-Ireland medal. O'Doherty collected a second Munster medal with the hurlers in 1970 following a 3–8 to 4–4 defeat of Tipperary once again.
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At the end of the 2014 Collins along with his brother reported they would be committing to football only for the 2015 season. In October 2015, it was reported that Collins would again play with the Clare footballers and hurlers in 2016.
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The club's main sponsor is The Headfort Arms Hotel. The club's Adult Hurlers are sponsored by Annie Maes Bar, while the clubs underage section is sponsored by Kelly Brothers Roadlines Ltd. The club's Adult Ladies team is sponsored by Gerard O'Rorke Chartered Accountants.
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On 11 September 2010, Tipperary Under-21 hurlers, managed by Hogan, won the All Ireland Under-21 title by defeating Galway by 5–22 to 0–12 at Semple Stadium. Hogan managed the Under-21 team from 2009 until stepping down in 2013.
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McGoldrick won back-to-back Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship medals with the Derry Under 21 team in 2007 and 2008. He played for Derry Senior hurlers between 2007 and 2008. He was named Derry Senior Hurler of the Year for 2007.
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Craig Leahy (born 1 September 1989 in Glanmire, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling at club level with Sarsfield's and was called up to the Cork senior inter-county team in 2009 due to the 2008-2009 Cork Hurlers strike.
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In addition to this he also won four Connacht medals and six championship medals. Throughout his career Connolly made 26 championship appearances for Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1981 championship. Connolly is widely regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever hurlers.
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His son, Fergal, was an All-Ireland medallist with the Cork hurlers while his brother-in-law, Mick O'Connell, played for Kerry and is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all-time. McCormack's retirement came following the conclusion of the 1971 championship.
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On 26 September 2019 Fitzgerald confirmed that he would be staying on with the Wexford Senior hurlers for another two seasons. He had been linked to vacant Galway hurling managerial position but said that he ever spoke to anyone other than the Wexford County Board.
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In 2006 Cork attempted to capture an elusive three-in-a-row, however, they were defeated by Kilkenny. The Cork senior footballers and hurlers withdrew their services for almost 100 days from November 2007 until February 2008, during the 2007-2008 Cork players strike.
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He also managed Wexford's Intermediate hurlers, who won the All-Ireland title in September 2005, the first time Wexford had won since 1964. He was reappointed for the 2006 season, but decided to retire before the 2007 season after a 25-year hurling career.
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304 average. In 1996, Ishii was 3-6 with four saves and a 2.93 ERA. Among Lions hurlers with 50+ innings, only closer Tetsuya Shiozaki had a better ERA. Takashi was 10-8 with nine saves and a 3.61 ERA in 59 outings in 1997.
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Blaney represented Down hurlers at Minor, Under 21 and Senior level. In 1978 he won an Ulster Minor Hurling Championship medal with the county. He was part of the Down side that won the 1992 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship \- the county's first since 1941.
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McCarthy's side later reached the All-Ireland decider and faced Wexford. Cork's hurlers defeated the Leinster champions by 2-17 to 2-8, giving McCarthy and All-Ireland winners' medal in this grade. By this stage McCarthy had joined the Cork under-21 hurling team.
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Cloughbawn GAA Club has been home to hurlers such as Tim Flood and Larry Murphy. Clonroche is also the birthplace of Walter O'Brien, the founder and CEO of Scorpion Computer Services, and the inspiration for and an executive producer of the 2014 CBS television series .
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In 1959, Kilshannig won its first North Cork final, beating Castletownroche by two points. The team were beaten by Dromtarriffe in the second round of the county. In the same year, Pat O'Sullivan played for the Cork Junior Footballers and the Cork Senior Hurlers.
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McInerney also lined out with Liam Mellows. Throughout his career McInerney made a combined total of 26 championship appearances for Clare and Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1983 championship. McInerney is widely regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever hurlers.
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Irish rugby union player Marcus Horan and Irish hurlers Colm and Darach Honan are from the village as is Jan O'Sullivan (née Gale), Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick City. It is also the part-time home of Jake Bourke, socialite and beauty icon.
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In 1888 Stapleton was among 50 Irish athletes and hurlers who traveled to the United States to play in several hurling exhibition games. While many of the group stayed in America, Stapleton returned home where he continued his involvement with the infant Gaelic Athletic Association.
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The Ireland national hurling team, consisting solely of hurlers, is a representative team for Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) in the sport of composite rules shinty–hurling. The team is usually made up of a mixture of high-profile hurlers who compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship as well as lesser-known players who play for smaller counties which traditionally compete in the Christy Ring and Nicky Rackard Cups. At present the only team it plays is the Scotland national shinty team, on an annual basis in the Shinty/Hurling International Series. Ireland have won 7 of 12 series played at men's senior level.
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Corcoran is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of his generation and second only to Christy Ring in terms of Cork's all-time greatest players, and second to the great Clare Hurler Seanie McMahon in terms of the country's all time outstanding centre backs. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-back on the Cork Hurling Team of the Century in 2000, while he was later chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll. Corcoran also won two Hurler of the Year accolades and three All-Star awards.
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He ended the game as man of the match. On 3 November 2013, Nash was in goal when the Kanturk hurlers faced Éire Óg in the final of the county intermediate championship. He scored a point from a free in the 2-22 to 1-12 victory.
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The London county hurling team finished bottom of the preliminary group after being beaten by Westmeath in the final game of the round robin stage, and were relegated back to the Christy Ring Cup for the 2015 season. London's hurlers are currently managed by Shane Kelly.
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Michael Divilly (2005, 2008–2011). Oisin Lynch (2006–2009). Kevin Chan (2008–2009). Paul Divilly (2006–2009, 2012–2015). Colm Chan (2015) Frank Bass (2018) Kildare Under 21 Hurlers; Adrian Kinsella (1999-2000), Kieran Divilly & Daragh Nolan (2001). Kevin Chan, Patrick Nolan, Michael Divilly & Mark Fennelly (2005).
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A bear's primary weapons are his immense strength, savage jaws, and razor-sharp claws. He uses these in close combat or when fighting duels with other bears. However, bears use fire hurlers, which are a combination of flame throwers and catapults, against human enemies and outcasts.
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Aonghus Callanan (born 1985) is an Irish sportsman. He played for the Galway senior hurlers from 2005 to 2013. He plays club hurling with Liam Mellows and his gaelic football with Salthill-Knocknacarra. Callanan plays his club hurling with his local Liam Mellows club in Galway.
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The club won consecutive All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships in 2017 and 2018. The club replaced the Davy Group of stockbrokers as its jersey sponsor with biotech company Amgen in 2019 as part of a deal that attracted notice outside the area. Huawei sponsors the hurlers.
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Alan Kennedy (born 1986 in Glanmire, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Sarsfield's and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2009 when he was called up due to the 2008-2009 Cork Hurlers strike.
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His brother, Maurice, is a current member of the Waterford senior team., and his former teammate, Eoin Kelly, is his cousin. In retirement from playing, Shanahan became involved in team management and coaching. In October 2013 he became part of Derek McGrath's management team to the Waterford senior hurlers.
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At the GAA Congress on 24 February 2018, the age limit of the championship was changed to twenty, following a successful motion by the Offaly County Board. In contrast to Gaelic football, under-20 hurlers are eligible to play both under-20 and senior hurling for their county.
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Overall, Rodney went 16-12 with 117 saves and a 2.99 ERA in 194 games in Nippon Pro Baseball and 65-40 with a 3.82 ERA in 159 minor league games. Through 2009, he was 19th in Nippon Pro Baseball annals in saves and 3rd among foreign-born hurlers.
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He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at right corner-forward on the Club Hurling Silver Jubilee Team and the Supreme All-Stars team. McCarthy was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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He was second only to Rusie in wins and earned run average. His statistics also reflected both his speed and wildness; he ranked third in the league with 137 strikeouts but also finished third with 176 walks. In addition, he led all NL hurlers with 22 wild pitches.
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He also served as a selector on various occasions with both Limerick and Munster. Mackey also served as a referee. Mackey is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. He was the inaugural recipient of the All-Time All-Star Award.
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Traditionally the most successful competitors have generally been goalkeepers, owing to the need for goalkeepers to puck the ball far up the field in a game of hurling but increasingly there are more "outfield" Hurlers and Camogs out qualifying their goalkeeping contemporaries at county and provincial final level.
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At the GAA Congress on 24 February 2018, the age limit of the championship was changed to twenty, following a successful motion by the Offaly County Board. In contrast to Gaelic football, under-20 hurlers are eligible to play both under-20 and senior hurling for their county.
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As far back as the 1740s Hurling was to be seen in Crumlin. The village was bordered by an area of “Common Land”. The most important game recorded at Crumlin Common was in 1748, between hurlers representing Leinster and Munster, a game which Leinster won by a late goal.
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Clogherinkoe was founded in 1954 by Jimmy Donoghue and Davey Doran and won a Junior B championship within three years. They played in McKeever's field in Broadford until 1980, when they combined with Broadford hurlers to purchase a field, located in Balrinnet townland, 2 km southwest of Clogharinka village.
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Between 1975-1985 aerial survey and subsequent analysis by various teams, (including Cambridge University, University College London, RCHME and co-ordinated by Cornwall Archaeology Unit) was used to identify and map the features.Bodmin Moor: An archaeological survey - Volume 1 English Heritage conducted a geophysical survey in 2004. A survey by the Cornwall Archeological Unit in 2009 indicated that there might also be a fourth circle and two stone rows.Cornwall County Council, Cornwall Archaeological Unit; Nowakowski, J., Gould, J., Gossip, J. & Buck, C. / 2010 / The Hurlers, Cornwall: archaeological assessment and scoping study 2009 / Report No 09R062 The Hurlers was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1981, and the protected area was extended in 1994 to include the Pipers.
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He and fellow Donegal player Stephen Gillespie featured on the Nicky Rackard Team of the Year. Coulter was named as a replacement on the 2018 All-Star team for their game against the 2019 All- Star team in Abu Dhabi in November 2019. He put in a man of the match performance and scored 1–6 from play, despite not being an actual All-Star and being in the presence of hurlers from teams ranked above any across Ulster. Martin Breheny, in the Irish Independent, wrote that Coulter, having outscored teammates of the calibre of Séamus Harnedy (Cork) and Graeme Mulcahy (Limerick), had "made a major statement on behalf of hurlers from lower-ranked counties".
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Shefflin is still widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game, with many commentators ranking him as the greatest player of all-time. During his playing days he won a record-breaking eleven All-Star awards, as well as being the only player ever to be named Hurler of the Year on three occasions. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including in 2009 when he was picked on a special Leinster team of the past twenty-five years as well as being named in the top spot on a special list of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time.
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The only previous time Glenealy had managed a 3 in a row was when they won their first ever titles in the late 1950s. In 2013 at Aughrim GAA grounds Glenealy senior hurlers completed the club's first ever '4 in a row' of Wicklow SHC titles by defeating Bray Emmets 0-17 to 0-14. On 5/10/2014 at Aughrim GAA grounds Glenealy senior hurlers were denied their first ever '5 in a row' when they lost by the narrowest of margins to last year's beaten finalists Bray Emmets. Despite a cracking start to the second half when Glenealy stormed ahead the final score was 2-09 (15) to 1-11 (14).
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On 8 August 1960, Fr Mac Sheáin staged a hurling event for the young hurlers of Fatima in the Cooley Mountains. Inspired by the stories of Cú Chulainn travelling over these mountains pucking his sliothar before him, six under-16 hurlers pucked from Anaverna to Aghameen, a distance of nearly , with the aim of completing the course in the fewest pucks. The final result was Damian Callan, 115; Jerome McDonagh, 117; Peter Myles, 125; Peter Crilly, 127; Seán McAneaney, 134; Mal Begley, 153; many of whom would later play senior hurling for Louth. Fr Mac Sheáin named the competition thereafter ‘An Poc Fada’, which is the Irish translation for ‘The Long Puck’.
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The following year Barry-Murphy added a championship medal in the intermediate grade to his collection, following Cloughduv's 6-4 to 3-0 defeat of Buttevant. This win meant that Barry-Murphy is one of the few hurlers to have made a clean sweep of junior, intermediate and senior championship medals.
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Until the publication of a more widely read article in 2001, however, on Baseball Prospectus, most of the baseball research community believed that individual pitchers had an inherent ability to prevent hits on balls in play.Voros McCracken, "Pitching and Defense: How Much Control Do Hurlers Have?," BaseballProspectus.com, January 23, 2001.
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The Pipers are a pair of standing stones near The Hurlers stone circles, located on Bodmin Moor near the village of Minions, Cornwall, UK. They share the name with another pair of standing stones near the Merry Maidens to the south of the village of St Buryan, also in Cornwall.
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Hunt became known for his creative and skilful play as well as his work rate as a winger. Although born in Laois, Hunt grew up in Clonea-Power, Waterford. He was a talented under-age hurler and soccer player. He played for Waterford hurlers at under-15 and under-16 levels.
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McLoughlin later won a Munster medal with the hurlers after a 1-23 to 0-25 extra time defeat of Kilmaley. On 4 February 2018, he won an All-Ireland medal after scoring seven points in a 1-18 to 1-17 defeat of St Patrick's Ballyragget in the final.
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He played football and hurling for his club and county for many years and is generally regarded as one of the most skilful hurlers to have pulled on the Blue and White jersey of Laois. This was evidenced by his selection in 1999 on the Laois Hurling Team of the Millennium.
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Padraig Mannion for Galway in the 2015 National Hurling League. Both hurling and football are strong in Galway city. Pearse Stadium in Salthill is the home to Galway GAA, the county's Gaelic games body. The Galway hurlers compete annually in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
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Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 49 A stone circle known as the Hurlers is located on the west side of the village. Several other tumuli are also in the area, including Rillaton round barrow, where a Bronze Age gold beaker was discovered. The Cheesewring, a distinctive rock formation, is a mile northwest.
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Offaly surrendered their provincial crown for the next few years and failed to regain it. In 1998 Offaly had another controversial year. Dooley's side reached the Leinster final but lost to Kilkenny. This defeat prompted their manager, Babs Keating, to describe the Offaly hurlers as "sheep in a heap", and he promptly resigned.
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Local rivals include St. Brigids and Castleknock. The adult footballers are competing inn AFL3 and also compete in the Dublin Senior Football Championship having won the IFC in 2006. The senior hurlers compete in AHL3 and Intermediate Hurling Championship The Club is humorously referred to as " The Penguins" because of their strip.
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Throughout his career Cummins made 49 championship appearances. His retirement came following Kilkenny's defeat in the 1985 championship. Cummins is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. Throughout his career he won four All-Star awards as well as Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1983.
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His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1960 championship. Finn is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at right wing-back on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984.
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Billy White was nominated for Christy Ring Hurler of the Year in 2007. The senior hurlers were also crowned All-Ireland Intermediate Elevens Champions in 2011. Celbridge went on to win senior county titles in 2013, 2016, 2018. The basis for these successes were numerous underage county titles won throughout the last decade.
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Philip Quigley (2006–2007). Eoin Fitzpatrick & Cillian MacSuibhne (2007). John O'Neill, Padraig Keegan, David Slattery (2009). Colm Chan (2009–2010) Luke Quinn (2016) Frank Bass (2015-2017) Kildare Minor Hurlers; Adrian Kinsella (1997-1998), Michael Divilly & Shane Doyle (2002), Conor Feeney, Oisin Lynch, Cillian MacSuibhne, Paul Divilly, Eoin Fitzpatrick & Philip Quigley (2004).
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Sixmilebridge Hurling Club was founded in 1904. The first recorded matches were at Junior hurling and football level against Newmarket on Fergus with the hurlers winning and the footballers losing 2-7 to 0-2. The first recorded championship success was in 1940. Kilkishen were defeated in the Intermediate "B" championship in Newmarket.
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Kilmoyley are a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kerry, Ireland. They are located in North Kerry, the main hurling area of Kerry and are primarily hurlers. They are one of the most successful hurling clubs in Kerry. The club competes in competitions organized by Kerry GAA county board and the North Division hurling board.
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Maynooth won the Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1999, a double championship winning year, as the club's footballer's also won the Intermediate Championship. 2009 was another successful year for the club's hurlers as they regained senior status by winning the Intermediate Championship in October, setting up the chance of a double championship year for the club.
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Windgap GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Windgap, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1954 and is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling .Windgap are a Junior club located in South Kilkenny on the Tipperary border. Senior County hurlers from the club are Kieran Purcell and Paddy Walsh.
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In retirement from playing McCarthy became involved in team management and coaching. After serving as coach of the Cork minor and senior teams he guided club side St. Finbarr's to championship success. McCarthy is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of his era. During his playing days he won three All-Star awards.
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But for this serious injury, O'Connor would have been one of the outstanding hurlers of the 1990s. At club level O'Connor was a two-time county club championship medalist with Na Piarsaigh. With University College Cork O'Connor won five consecutive Fitzgibbon Cup winners' medals. He is regarded as one the competition's greatest-ever players.
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Later that year he decided to retire from inter-county football in an effort to prolong his hurling career. After a seven-year hiatus Cork's hurlers claimed the provincial title in 1999. A 1-15 to 0-14 defeat of three-in-a-row hopefuls Clare gave Corcoran his second Munster medal in that code.
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The club have underage teams, two adult men's team and a camogie team. The adult hurlers were Dublin Hurling League Division 8 (AHL8) winners in 2009. The field is also the location of an indoor handball alley, which is still in regular use. A number of former handball world champions are from the village.
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In 1960, the Junior 'B' hurlers defeated Kilworth in the Championship final. In 1962, Kilshannig won their first ever minor football Championship by defeating Glanworth in the final. Johnny O'Flynn captained the Cork Senior Football team to the Munster Senior Football Championship final against Kerry. Tim Breen and Dan O'Sullivan were also on that team.
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Throughout his career Loughnane made 26 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1987 championship. In retirement from playing, Loughnane became involved in team management and coaching. During a six-year term as manager of the Clare senior hurlers, he guided the team to two All-Ireland and three Munster titles.
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He was a selector with the Cork senior team during their three-in-a-row of All-Ireland successes between 1976 and 1978. Murphy is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all-time. In 2000 he was named in the left corner-back position on the Munster Hurling Team of the Millennium.
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Throughout his career Linnane made 28 championship appearances for Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1989 championship. Linnane is widely regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever hurlers. He has often been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at right corner-back on the Galway Hurling Team of the Millennium.
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In retirement from hurling Brennan became involved in the administration of the Gaelic Athletic Association. In 1990 Brennan managed the Kilkenny Under 21 hurlers to All-Ireland success over Tipperary. In 1991 he commenced a four-year term as Chairman of the Kilkenny County Board. In 1995 he succeeded Ollie Walsh as manager of the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
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Teddy O'Brien (1949–2000) was an Irish sportsman. A noted dual player in his day, he played hurling and football with his local clubs Glen Rovers and St. Nicholas' respectively. O'Brien also played hurling and football with the Cork senior inter-county teams in the early 1970s. Category:1949 births Category:2000 deaths Category:Dual players Category:Glen Rovers hurlers Category:St.
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A subsequent defeat of Cork allowed Dublin to advance to an All-Ireland final meeting with Galway. The westerners got off to a dream start and took an early lead. At the long whistle McCrabbe's side were disappointingly defeated by 5-11 to 0-12. This was his last outing with the Dublin under-21 hurlers.
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Meath were expected to win their eighth All-Ireland senior football title. Referee Michael Collins had also officiated Galway's semi-final match. Galway's hurlers contested the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final on 9 September, but lost to Tipperary. Dual player Alan Kerins, who played in the hurling final, was named as a substitute for the football final.
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Keating played his club hurling with Ballybacon-Grange. Throughout his career Keating made 27 championship appearances with the senior hurlers. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1975 championship, however, his inter- county football career lasted until the end of the 1980 championship. Keating is widely regarded one of the greatest players of his generation.
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The winter of 2005–2006 was semisweet – his record was 4-5 but his 2.49 ERA was second only to Spike Lundberg. Mazatlán went 35-32 even though their top two hurlers, Ortega and Campos, combined to go 8-11. In the 2006 Caribbean Series, he allowed two runs in nine innings in a no-decision against Puerto Rico.
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Ollie played for and captained the Galway senior hurlers winning four All Stars, while Deirdre played for the county camogie team. Joe's family instilled a love of hurling in him, and he was a talented underage hurler and rugby player. Canning was educated locally, before going on to study Business and Marketing at the Limerick Institute of Technology.
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The current senior football team manager is Rory Gallagher, while John McEvoy is the Derry senior hurling team manager. Mickey Donnelly is in charge of the under-20 football team. The minor football manager (under-17) is Martin Boyle. The management teams for the under-20 and minor hurlers includes Ryan O'Neill, Martin Birt and Kevin Kelly.
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Down beat Kilkenny in 1993 in a division 1 match 1-12 to 1-11. Down hurlers won the Christy Ring Cup for the first time in 2013, their greatest All-Ireland level success to date. This entitled them to enter the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship; however, Down opted to remain in the 2nd on this occasion.
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Younger brother Aisake followed Setanta to Carlton, while elder brother Seán Óg continued with the Cork hurlers. Ó hAilpín returned to Ireland in 2004 to play for the Irish team in the 2004 International Rules Series against Australia. During his trip, he also turned out alongside his brothers for Na Piarsaigh as they won the Cork Senior Hurling Championship.
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Dakides was nominated for the 2005 Teen Choice Awards in the category of Choice Xtreme Athlete - Female, losing out to surfer Layne Beachley. She was ranked #90 on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2004. She was featured in episode 62 of MTV Cribs. Dakides appeared as the captain of the Denver Hurlers on Game Show Network's show Extreme Dodgeball.
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On 19 November 2017, Walsh won a Munster Championship medal with the hurlers after a 1-23 to 0-25 extra-time defeat of Kilmaley in the final. On 4 February 2018, he won an All-Ireland medal after scoring two points in a 1-18 to 1-17 defeat of St Patrick's Ballyragget in the final.
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However, the hurlers lost their senior status in 2013 and are currently competing at premier intermediate level. The footballers of Bruree won the County Junior Football Championship in 2010 and reached the Munster final where they were beaten by St. Mary's Cahirciveen of Kerry. They were relegated from the intermediate grade in 2012 and play at the junior grade.
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Those two hurlers would help the Yankees win three pennants in four seasons, and Boyer would become a regular on five World Series entrants. But Belardi did not make the Yankee varsity. He spent the final year of his professional career by hitting .220 in 1957 with their Double-A farm team, the New Orleans Pelicans.
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After a couple of seasons in the doldrums Offaly emerged again in 1998, however, the year was not without controversy. That year Martin's side reached the Leinster final but lost by five points to Kilkenny. This defeat prompted their manager, Babs Keating, to describe the Offaly hurlers as "sheep in a heap", and he promptly resigned.
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He served as coach of the Cloughbawn junior hurling team before later serving as a selector. Flood is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of his era and has been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-forward on a specially-chosen greatest ever Wexford side in 2002.
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His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1990 championship. Lane is widely regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever hurlers. He has often been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-forward on the Galway Hurling Team of the Millennium. In retirement from playing, Lane became involved in team management and coaching.
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Cork withdrew from the field in protest at rough play by the Wexford team. Cork were awarded the title. f. The 1888 Championship was unfinished owing to a tour of the United States by hurlers, footballers and athletes. #1997 was the first All-Ireland Hurling Final where the two competing teams came from the same province.
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After a couple of seasons in the doldrums Offaly emerged again in 1998, however, the year was not without controversy. That year Pilkington's side reached the Leinster final but lost by five points to Kilkenny. This defeat prompted their manager, Babs Keating, to describe the Offaly hurlers as "sheep in a heap", and he promptly resigned.
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Hanamy was selected for the Offaly minor and under 21 hurling sides. however, he was unlucky in missing out on a really big prize. In 1986, the Offaly minor hurlers won the All-Ireland title, however, Hanamy was 19 years old and not eligible to play. Hanamy made his senior hurling debut for Offaly in 1987.
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The civil parish is home to the Clara GAA club, which has produced some famous inter-county hurlers such as Jim Langton, Paddy Prendergast, Lester Ryan and Harry Ryan. One of the team's milestones in sport came in 1986, when they won their first Senior Hurling Championship. More recently, they won the 2013 Senior Hurling Championship.
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He was a selector with the Kilkenny minor team that won the Leinster title in 1998. Fennelly is widely regarded as one of the greatest club hurlers of his era. During his playing days he won one All-Star awards as well as being named at left wing- forward on the Club Hurling Silver Jubilee Team.
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In retirement from playing, Keane became involved in team management and coaching. As trainer of the Waterford senior team in 1959, he guided them to Munster and All-Ireland victory. He was also heavily involved with training various Mount Sion teams. Keane is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game.
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He is the only man ever to whole the roles of captain, Chairman, President and manager of St. Mary's and was elected Life President in 1999. As manager he led Ulster to Railway Cups in 1970 and 1987. He also trained the Derry Under 21 hurlers to victory in the 1993 Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship.
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Skehan has also served as a selector with the Kilkenny senior hurlers under Brian Cody. During his tenure as a selector in the early 2000s (decade) Kilkenny captured back-to-back All-Ireland titles in 2002 and 2003. Those two years also saw Skehan guide the Leinster provincial team to back-to-back Railway Cup titles.
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2008 was the first year any Ballinteer St John's team qualified to play in the All Ireland Under 14 Féile na nGael and Féile Peil na nÓg in hurling and football. Most of the players played both codes. The footballers beat a strong Castleknock team after extra time with a Golden Score. The hurlers beat local rivals St Olafs.
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Once again Cork's hurlers reached the Munster final, however, they were defeated by Waterford on a score line of 1–11 to 1–6.The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games p. 25 In spite of a lack of success in 1958 Brohan was still included on a Sunday Review best hurling team of the year selection.
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His retirement came following Tipperary's defeat by Limerick in the 1973 championship. In retirement from playing Doyle became involved in team management and coaching. At club level he guided Portlaoise to championship success before later taking charge of the Laois senior team. Doyle is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game.
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In September, the Astros called up rookie Glenn Davis after he posted impressive numbers in AAA. The Astros finished in second place. In 1985, Mike Scott learned a new pitch, the split- finger fastball. Scott, who was coming off of a 5–11 season, had found his new pitch and would become one of Houston's most celebrated hurlers.
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The earliest mention of the Hurlers was by historian John Norden, who visited them around 1584.M. V. Taylor, Francis Haverfield, Louis Francis Salzman, 1906, The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall: Volume 1, p. 399 They were described by William Camden in his Britannia of 1586. In 1754 William Borlase published the first detailed description of the site.
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That same year, the Down hurlers made history by becoming the first non-Leinster team to enter the competition. In 2004, UCD entered the first college team in the Walsh Cup and even went on to win the tournament. In a historic final in Nolan Park, the Students beat the reigning All-Ireland champions, Kilkenny, by 2-16 to 0-5.
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A dual player, McCarthy joined the Cork senior football team in 1985. Between then and 1996 he won two All- Ireland medals, six Munster medals and one All-Star. McCarthy's ten-year career with the Cork senior hurlers saw him win two All-Ireland medals, three Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. At club level McCarthy played for Sarsfield's and Glanmire.
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He was named in the same position for the replay a week which Cork lost by 1-16 to 1-13. After the Cork senior hurlers were eliminated from the championship, Cadogan committed fully to the Cork senior football team. On 19 September, he was named in the right corner-back on the Cork team that faced Down in the All- Ireland final.
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Today, Ballygunner is one of the biggest clubs in Waterford. It caters for hundreds of juveniles from under 6 to under 16 & hundreds of adult hurlers from minor level to senior. Ballygunner defeated Lismore after a replay to win the 2009 senior County Championship. They were narrowly defeated in the Munster final by Newtownshandrum for the second time in recent years.
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He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at centre-back on a special non-All-Ireland-winning Team of the Century in 1984. Stack was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll, before being included on a special Team of the 1980s in 2013.
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This appeared to signal the end for this Kerry team. In 2005, RTÉ named Darby's goal as one of the Top 20 GAA Moments. The expression "to do a Séamus Darby" has been used in other fields. The match received renewed attention in 2010 when the Kilkenny hurlers were aiming to complete their own five-in-a- row, also never realised.
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In 1929 he contemplated leaving the Gardaí and emigrating to the United States, however, the Wall Street Crash and the subsequent depression ended this plan. Mick Gill died on 21 September 1980, just one day short of his 81st birthday and just two weeks after the Galway hurlers bridged a 57-year gap to capture their second All-Ireland title.
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Statue of Rackard in Wexford town. Nicky Rackard is generally regarded as perhaps one of the greatest hurlers of all-time. He was personally honoured by being posthumously named on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984. He was not named on the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000, with the full-forward position going to Cork's Ray Cummins.
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While Kilkenny were the favourites Gerald McCarthy captained one of the youngest Cork teams ever to victory. Kilkenny had their revenge over Cork in 1969, however, in 1970 Cork captured the Liam MacCarthy Cup with a massive win over Wexford. The 1970s was to be a glorious decade for Cork's hurlers. In 1975 Cork won their first Munster title since 1972.
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Subsequently, the antiquary Richard Carew mentioned the story in his book, The Survey of Cornwall, published in 1602, noting that it was applied both the Stonehenge and to The Hurlers in Cornwall. The countless stones motif has been attributed to over five different stone circles, as well as several ruined long barrows such as Little Kit's Coty House in Kent.
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St Mark's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Springfield, Tallaght in South Dublin, Ireland. St Marks won the 2005 Dublin Intermediate A Hurling Championship then went on in 2006 to win the Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship. St. Marks Hurlers were promoted to AHL3 in 2018. St Marks will field teams at AFL4 in football and AHL3 Hurling in 2019.
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Ellen ‘Nell’ McCarthy (Éilís Ní Chártaigh) was the 15th president of the Camogie Association and the most successful camogie coach of all time, training Dublin camogie teams at a time they won 18 All Irelands in a 19-year- period. She was born in Carrigtwohill in Cork. Her uncle Jimmy Kennedy captained Cork senior hurlers to All Ireland honours in 1919.
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Liam Simpson was born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, in 1966. He was educated locally and grew up on the famous Woodlawn Estate along with many other famous hurlers. Noel Skehan, Paddy Morann, Séamus Cleere, Pat Lawlor, John Kinsella, and Liam Cleere, who have won a total of 22 senior All-Ireland medals; all live in the same area as Simpson.
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In the final, they played Offaly at Croke Park but were beaten by 1-19 to 2-11, Twomey managing to contribute a point from the corner-back position. Aside from reaching their first Leinster final since 1964, the Dublin hurlers also received their first All Star award since 1971 that year, when Brian McMahon was awarded it for the full-forward position.
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Nine Maidens stone row is an ancient monument in the parish of St Columb Major, Cornwall, England. The Nine Maidens () are also known in Cornish as Naw-voz, or Naw-whoors meaning "the nine sisters".Popular Romances of the West of England: Romances of the Rocks: The Dancing Stones, the Hurlers &c; This late neolithic stone row is north of St Columb Major.
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Five successive final victories between 1935 and 1939 gave him championship medals in the other code also. Ahane hurlers bounced back in 1942 to reach a tenth successive county decider. A 7–8 to 1–0 defeat of Rathkeale gave Mackey an eight winners' medal in the hurling championship. This victory set Ahane off on another great run of success.
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O'Keeffe was appointed captain of the Wexford under-21 football team in 2013, while he was also a member of the extended panel of the under-21 hurling team. On 11 July 2013, he was a member of the extended panel when the Wexford under-21 hurlers defeated Kilkenny by 1-21 to 0-21 to win the Leinster Championship.
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He was later interred in Cork and the Curragh but was released in 1924. Following this, Hurley returned to his native Clonakilty where he became town clerk and shortly afterwards, he enrolled as a night student at University College Cork. It was here that his sporting career began in earnest as he won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal with UCC's hurlers.
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Becoming an outcast is the worst shame to a bear. The outcast is forced to leave his home and if he approaches Svalbard again, he will be shot down from afar with fire hurlers. Bears consider death by fire hurler to be dishonourable. The outcast may not participate in a legal duel, and any other bear may kill him without punishment or censure.
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Rigney's side later went on to lose the All-Ireland final to Clare, who won their first All- Ireland title since 1914. 1998 proved to be a controversial year for Offaly. Rigney's side reached the Leinster final but lost to Kilkenny. This defeat prompted their manager, Babs Keating, to describe the Offaly hurlers as "sheep in a heap", and he promptly resigned.
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I was always a great fan of his even though we were great rivals. Jimmy was also a gentleman both on and off the field and such a beautiful striker of the ball." Former teammate Len Gaynor said: "Jimmy was a master of his craft, that was for sure. He was one of the best hurlers ever, unbelievably skilful, a terrific forward.
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He won a second Munster title that year before claiming his first All-Ireland medal with an emphatic victory over Kilkenny. Four years later in 1940 Power won his third Munster medal which was subsequently converted into a second All-Ireland medal. 1940 was a watershed for Limerick’s hurlers. It was their last Munster and All-Ireland titles for 33 years.
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In 1967 Scottish engineer Alexander Thom suggested borderline case alignments at the Hurlers. He suggested two solar alignments of four stones with far uprights. He suggested two stone-to-site alignments with Vega and Arcturus and two other site-to-site alignments with Arcturus. Each stellar alignment was given with tabulated declinations at a date some time in between the range of 2100 to 1500 BC.
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The hurlers lost their provincial crown to Tipperary; however, the footballers were just beginning a run of successes. After a draw and a replay "the Rebel's" broke Kerry's stranglehold on provincial football with a 0–13 to 1–5 victory. It was McCarthy's first Munster medal in the senior grade. The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Cork play Meath for the first time in twenty years.
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Laois hurlers currently compete in the Liam MacCarthy Cup, a competition reserved for the premiere hurling counties while the footballers compete in the Sam Maguire Cup. Laois play home games at O'Moore Park, the county's largest sporting venue, which is often used for hurling Championship games because of its central location. In Rugby football, Portlaoise RFC and Portarlington RFC compete in Division 2A of the Leinster League.
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St Mary's Rosslare are a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Wexford. St Mary's were the first winners of the Wexford Senior Football Championship in 1886 under the name of Rosslare Tigers. They include such famous hurlers as 1996 All Ireland winning Wexford manager Liam Griffin and one of Wexfords most experienced players of all time, former Wexford Football Captain & centre back David Murphy.
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Ballygunner GAA is a hurling club based in Ballygunner village, on the outskirts of Waterford city. The club was founded in 1954 by local schoolteacher Jimmy McGinn. Prior to 1954, there was no adult hurling team in the parish. All hurlers who came out of the small national school travelled into Waterford city to play for either the Erin's Own club or now archrivals Mount Sion.
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Cian O'Connor (born 29 December 1983 in Glounthaune, County Cork, Ireland) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Erin's Own and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 2004 until 2007. Cian O'Connor was born in East County Cork 29 December 1983. He has made six appearances for the Cork senior hurlers since making his debut in 2004.
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In 1969 they won the double in inter championship and league. The Hurlers won the senior hurling league in 1970 to get the decade off to a strong start. In 1971 they won the senior hurling league again. In the 73, 74 ,75 season the club team won a number of juvenile leagues in under 12, 13 and 14 but lost our senior football status in 1976.
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The badge also features two footballs, along with a crossed pair of hurleys. Cork's traditional colours are red and white, but this was not always the case. In its early days of competing, the county wore a blue jersey with a saffron-coloured 'C' emblazoned on the chest. This was changed in 1919 when the Cork hurlers were preparing to play Dublin in the All-Ireland Final.
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During his playing days he won three All-Star awards, while he was later chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll. In retirement from playing O'Leary became involved in team management and coaching. After an unsuccessful stint as coach of the Cork under-21 team, he was a two-time All- Ireland-winning selector with the Cork senior team.
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On 21 October 1997 Keating was appointed manager of the Offaly senior hurling team. Offaly, unlike Laois, had enjoyed much success in the recent past. They had won the All-Ireland title in 1994 and were generally regarded as one of the most skilful groups of hurlers in the country. Unfortunately, the team also earned a reputation for being lazy when it came to training.
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Mick is former a teacher in St Davids C.B.S in Artane Dublin, where he taught Geography and Irish, among other subjects. Mick also looked after the hurlers of the school. Mick has worked with several Irish composers including Michael Holohan, Linda Buckley and Dave Flynn. He premiered the first ever set of Études for Uilleann Pipes in 2011 at the Masters of Tradition Festival in Bantry.
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John Tennyson was born in , County Kilkenny in 1985. He was educated locally at Newmarket N.S. and later at St. Kieran's College, a school renowned for producing fine county hurlers. It was here that Tennyson first tasted success as he won an All-Ireland colleges medal with the school's senior team. Tennyson graduated from University College Cork with an honours degree in civil & environmental engineering.
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They needed extra time to beat Clare in the quarter-final before winning by a point and beat Derry by 7-7 to 4-4 in the semi-final at Greenlock, County Londonderry. Deirdre Costello scored two goals against Clare and four against Derry. Full forward Ann Ryan was a former All-Ireland Feile na nGael skills title holder and sister of hurlers Paschal and John Ryan.
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Four years later in 1990 Cork were again Munster champions before taking part in another final against Galway. Cork returned as the underdogs coming into the final. In one of the most high-scoring finals in years Cork re-emerged victorious with a scoreline of 5-15 to 2-21. The 1990s which started so well were to prove difficult for the Cork hurlers.
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He retired from inter- county hurling following the conclusion of the 2003 championship. In retirement from playing Dunne became involved in team management and coaching. After taking charge of the Wexford minor team and the Oulart-the Ballagh senior team, he was appointed manager of the Wexford senior hurling team in 2011. Dunne is widely regarded as one of Wexford's greatest hurlers of all time.
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During his playing days he won three All-Star awards. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at centre-back on a special all-time Wexford team in 2002 and on the Leinster team of the quarter century in 2009. Dunne was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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The team has won the Interprovincial Football Championship 32 times, but has never won the Interprovincial Hurling Championship. At international level, footballers can play for the Ireland International Rules football team against the best Australian Rules football players from Australia. Hurlers playing in the lower divisions of the All- Ireland Championship are eligible to play against the best shinty players from Scotland in composite rules shinty-hurling.
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When bringing down the curtain on his playing career, Michael becomes the player who has won the most amount of All Ireland winner's medals between club and county combined. In his collection he now possesses 16 All Ireland medals. 8 with the Senior Kilkenny intercounty team, 5 with his club Shamrocks Ballyhale, 2 with the Under-21 Kilkenny hurling team and 1 with the Minor Kilkenny hurlers.
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The club was formed at the end of February 1952, initially to cater for Junior hurlers. The historic first meeting took place in a house in Steele’s Terrace. The club’s first colours were white with a green shamrock and these jerseys were bought by the residents of Steele’s Terrace and the Boreen. In 1954 the club colours were changed to red with white collar and cuffs.
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In 1962 Keane guided Waterford to an Oireachtas title and the following year to National Hurling League and Munster honours. However Waterford fell to Kilkenny in an exciting All-Ireland final. In his final years Keane, who smoked cigarettes through most of his life, suffered from ill health. A heart condition and circulation problems reduced the mobility of one of Ireland's greatest-ever hurlers.
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Samuel Thompson (May 27, 1908 - January 29, 1978), nicknamed "Sad Sam", was an American pitcher in the Negro leagues from 1932 to 1942. A native of Sulligent, Alabama, Thompson attended Sumner High School and Wiley College. He pitched for over a decade in the Negro leagues, and was often ranked among the league's top hurlers. Thompson died in Los Angeles, California in 1978 at age 69.
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Ger Rogan (born 1963) is an Irish hurling manager and former dual player. He is the current manager of the Derry senior and under-21 hurling teams. Rogan made his first appearances for the Antrim senior hurling and Gaelic football teams in 1982. He continued with the footballers for five seasons but remained with the hurlers until his retirement after the 1991-92 National League.
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Jacob retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1984 championship. Jacob's siblings- Christy, Robbie and Bridie - also played with distinction at all levels with Wexford. His children - Helena, Ursula, Michael and Rory - have also lined out with Wexford. Jacob won three All-Star awards, and was chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all time in a 2009 poll.
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McGrath first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Dublin minor hurling team. Hen enjoyed little success in this grade before moving onto the county under-21 hurling team. In 2011 McGrath won a Leinster medal with the under-21 hurlers, following a 1-18 to 0-11 defeat of Wexford. Dublin later qualified for an All-Ireland showdown with Galway.
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After retirement from playing Qualter became involved in team management and coaching. At club level he has managed St. Faithleach's Gaelic football team in Roscommon. During his tenure as manager of the Westmeath senior hurling team, Qualter delivered two Christy Ring Cup titles, while he also took charge of the Westmeath minor hurlers. He later served as manager of the Roscommon under-21 and senior hurling teams.
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Throughout his career Silke made 27 championship appearances for Galway. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1984 championship. Silke is widely regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever hurlers. He has often been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at centre-back on the Galway Hurling Team of the Millennium and on the Fitzgibbon Cup Team of the Century.
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With the revival of the Tailteann Games in 1924, Howard received the ultimate honour by being one of fifteen hurlers chosen to make up an Irish hurling team. Ireland defeated a United States selection on that occasion. That same year he also played against Scotland in a shinty international. In 1928 Howard was once again included on the Irish hurling team for the Tailteann Games.
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Pearse Stadium Both hurling and football are strong in Galway city. Pearse Stadium in Salthill is the home to Galway GAA, the county's Gaelic games body. The Galway hurlers compete annually in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Despite having won the cup only five times in their history, Galway is considered as one of the top teams in the Championship.
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Not long after his retirement from playing Leahy was back as manager again in 1989. His stay was a short one on this occasion a she left without success in 1990. Two years later in 1992 Leahy served as a selector when John Meyler took charge of Kerry's hurlers. Their victory over Waterford in the 1993 championship is perhaps one of Kerry's greatest-ever hurling victories.
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The club caters for both football and hurling with the hurlers playing under the Southern Gaels banner. The club have three full size floodlit pitches, the 3rd pitch is dedicated to the memory of former player and coach, David Allen. The Athlone GAA also has its own bar and ballroom and is used by various local groups (Tae Kwon Do, Irish traditional music, Line Dancing, ...).
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In 1998 Offaly had another controversial year. Whelahan's side reached the Leinster final but lost to Kilkenny. This defeat prompted their manager, Babs Keating, to describe the Offaly hurlers as "sheep in a heap", and he promptly resigned. It looked as if Offaly's championship hopes were in disarray, however, they overcame Antrim in the All-Ireland quarter-final and qualified to meet Clare in the semi-final.
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Despite having won the cup only 5 times in their history, Galway is considered as one of the top teams in the Championship. The footballers compete annually in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship for the Sam Maguire Cup, though being less successful than the hurlers in recent years, the footballers have won the cup 9 times with the most recent being in 2001.
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He served as secretary of the Kilkenny County Board between 1984 and 1995. Carroll is regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of his era, culminating with his selection as the Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1969. He has sometimes been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at centre-back on the Fitzgibbon Cup Hurling Team of the Century in 2012.
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Ryan did well at centre-back for Cork in the opening games of the competition. Although he was sent off with a yellow card against Dublin in Cork's opening fixture, he impressed against Tipperary in the next game. Ray Ryan was also selected for Munster hurlers in the Railway Cup in February 2009. He was one of only two Cork players on the panel.
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Glassmullagh St Colmcille's Hurling Club was formed in Trillick parish in 1905, and the Coa club soon afterwards. These Trillick hurlers competed mainly in Fermanagh, there being little interest in hurling in Tyrone. The two Trillick clubs not only met one another in two Fermanagh finals: they jointly provided the entire membership of the Fermanagh team that played in the 1939 Ulster junior hurling championship.
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The hurlers can go anywhere in the parish: sometimes play keeps to roads, though often players go through fields and sometimes woods and farmyards, when necessary scrambling over hedges and ditches and wading through rivers.Rabey A. I. (1984) The Silver Ball: the story of hurling at St Columb A quick, unchallenged run to one of the goals or a close part of the boundary can take less than 10 minutes, whilst a hard-fought hurl with several tackles and scrums, especially to a more distant part of the boundary, will last longer, sometimes 30 minutes or more after leaving the town. Due to the pace of the game, this latter stage usually involves only a small number of hurlers, fit enough to keep up with those in possession of the ball. Spectators rarely witness any hurling action in the concluding stage of the game.
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The hurlers surrendered their provincial and All-Ireland crowns to Tipperary; however, the footballers were just beginning a remarkable run of success. After a draw and a replay 'the Rebel's broke Kerry's stranglehold on provincial football with a 0–13 to 1–5 victory. It was Walsh's first senior Munster football title. The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Cork play Meath for the first time in twenty years.
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This included winning the Intermediate football league in 1987 and being runners-up in the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship in the same year. Another highlight was the junior hurlers reaching the Dublin Junior Hurling Championship final in 1979. Guinness GAA Club's history goes back much further than that of An Caisleán. The first club to represent and win in an All-Ireland (1891) for Dublin was a team called Young Irelands.
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His tally of 21-58 marks him out as Waterford's fourth highest scorer of all-time, while he is the all-time leading goal-scorer for Waterford. Shanahan announced his inter-county retirement on 18 August 2010. Shanahan is widely regarded as one of Waterford's greatest hurlers. During his career he won three All-Star awards, while in 2007 he was named Texaco, All-Star and GPA Hurler of the Year.
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Browne first came to prominence with Waterford as a member of the county minor team in the late eighties. He enjoyed little success in this grade, however, he later joined the Waterford under-21 hurling team. In 1992 Browne was captain of the Waterford under-21 hurlers as the team reached the provincial decider. A narrow 0–17 to 1–12 defeat of Clare gave him his first Munster medal.
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Laois has a strong tradition of Gaelic games, enjoying success at both Gaelic football and hurling. Laois are one of few counties to contest an All-Ireland final in both Gaelic football and hurling. In recent times Laois have been more successful footballers than hurlers. Laois minors have had considerable success over the past two decades, and the Laois senior footballers reached the Leinster final in 2003 (victorious), 2004, and 2005.
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Kenny also secured three Munster Championship medals. He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 12 December 2013. Kenny was nominated for six consecutive All-Stars between 2003 and 2008 and is regarded as one of the best Cork hurlers never to win the accolade. At inter-provincial level, he was selected to play in two championship campaigns with Munster, with his sole Railway Cup medal being won in 2013.
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At inter-county level he was trainer of the Clare under-21 team before later serving as a selector. At club level Stack has taken charge of numerous club teams including Sixmilebridge, Clonlara, Toomevara and Na Piarsaigh. Stack is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all-time. During his playing days, and in spite of a lack of championship success, he won one All-Star award.
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Old Christians went on to win both Minor County Championships in hurling and football in 1966. However the 1980s saw a revival and the club won several underage city and county titles. The minor hurlers reached the county final in 1984 under the Southill/Old Christians name. The popularity of football also grew and footballers played with the neighbouring Ballinacurra Gaels club and later in hurling as well in the 1990s.
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Tipperary went into decline following this victory as Limerick and Cork dominated the provincial series. On 20 July 1975 he played his last game for the Tipperary hurlers in a 0-17 to 1-10 Munster semi-final replay defeat by Limerick. He lined out with the Tipperary footballers for one further season in 1976, however, he was recalled to the team at the age of thirty-six in 1980.
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Back with the hurlers Cork subsequently qualified for the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny. Once again the wet conditions severely hampered what many people expected to be a classic game. Both teams shot seventeen wides over the seventy minutes, however, the Jimmy Barry-Murphy-managed Cork team, with an average age of twenty-two, sealed a 0–13 to 0–12 victory. It was Ó hAilpín's first All-Ireland medal.
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Ollie Moran was born in Castleconnell, County Limerick in 1975. He was raised by his parents, Pat and Brigid, on a dairy farm along with his brother and fellow Limerick hurler, Niall. He was born into a family that has a strong association with the game of hurling. He is a first cousin to Tipperary hurlers, Eoin and Paul Kelly and is also a relation of former Tipperary manager, Babs Keating.
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Yoo is known for his unconventional pitching style. Yoo has a fairly short stature for a pitcher, standing at 1.80 m, and is bulky, weighing 88 kg. Yoo is amongst the slowest hurlers in the league, as his fastball rarely tops 133 km/h (83 mph). Yoo, a left-handed pitcher, makes up for this slow delivery with excellent control, and a very efficient set of change-ups and breaking balls.
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Rosenallis has never won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship but has won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship three times (in 1989, 1999 and 2016). In 2012, Rosenallis GAA had a huge representation at county level. Patrick Keating played for Laois U21 hurling while at minor level, Ruaidhri C-Fennell and Dean Mahon played with the county footballers and Ronan Murray, John Lennon and Eoin Carroll played for the county hurlers.
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The name is derived from the meeting of three roads: one to Ennis (and later Shannon), one to Limerick and one to Sixmilebridge. The last named is now closed off at the western end of the village, following the opening of a dual-carriageway bypass (N18/N19) serving the Limerick to Ennis route, which has taken away the heavy traffic that was once a feature of Hurlers Cross.
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Ballylooby GAA club was formed in 1941, after a change in GAA rules meant that Ballylooby hurlers were no longer eligible to play with the neighbouring parish's team, the Rehill Unknowns (formed in 1934). Ballylooby won the South Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship in 1945. After of long period of decline, the club again won the Junior championship in 1972. The present club name was adopted in the mid-1970s.
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Reid was one of six Ballyhale Shamrocks hurlers later chosen on the Team of the Year. On 27 October 2019, Reid lined out at centre-forward when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced James Stephens in the Kilkenny Championship final. He top scored for the team with six points, with all bar one coming from placed balls, and collected a seventh winners' medal after the 2-21 to 1-15 victory.
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Both the hurlers and footballers were successful in the subsequent series of games and reached the All-Ireland final. The All-Ireland football final saw Wexford take on Tipperary in yet another novel encounter. A close-scoring game saw Wexford just about secure a victory by 0-5 to 0-4. It was Mackey’s fourth All-Ireland medal and an unparalleled record fourth title in-a-row for Wexford.
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In retirement from playing O'Grady has remained strongly involved at club and county level. He first gained managerial experience when he was a selector when Cork won the 1986 Munster and All-Ireland titles. He was appointed manager of the Cork senior hurling team in December 2002. It was a huge challenge for O'Grady, particularly since the inter-county hurlers had gone on strike for better conditions earlier in the year.
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Bologna led the league in the win-loss column, with a pitching staff led by four hurlers with ERA below 2.00. Cillo had a 9–1 record in 14 starts, and his 1.34 ERA was second in the league to Telemarket Rimini's Gustavo Martinez (1.17). Cillo finished third in the Miglior Lanciatore Assoluto (Italian equivalent to the Cy Young Award) behind Martinez and T&A; San Marino's Tiago DaSilva.
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Culloty first played with Kerry when he lined out in goal for the county minor hurlers when he was just 14 in a Munster Championship game with Limerick. He later joined the county minor football panel where he won a Munster Championship in 1954. That same year he was part of the Kerry junior side that won both Munster and All Ireland titles. The following year he joined the senior team.
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The best known sporting club in the area is Borris- Ileigh GAA. The club's name is distinctive and is not to be confused with the place name Borrisoleigh. Famous All-Ireland champion hurlers with the club were Liam Devaney, Ned Ryan, Paddy Kenny, Seán Kenny and Jimmy Finn whose years of glory were in the period 1949–1965. Noel O'Dwyer was an all Ireland medal winner in 1971.
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The U14 Hurling team also won Division 1of the county league and the Division 1 Down Feile. They were also narrowly beaten in the final of the Division 2 All-Ireland Feile in Co.Clare. In 2010 the hurlers won the Down Intermediate Hurling Championship for the first time along with Antrim League Division 4A. In 2011 Bredagh Won The Down Junior Football Beating Dromara 4.10 To 0.09 in the final.
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13 and doubted whether the Combined Universities would revive the Railway Cup.Irish Independent, 29 October 1971, p. 18 Pat McDonnell of UCC and Cork full-back, Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1969, had the honour of captaining the first Combined Universities team to compete in the Railway Cup against Ulster at Croke Park. The University hurlers defeated Ulster in the preliminary round,Irish Press, 7 February 1972, p.
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Later that year he made his championship debut at midfield in a Munster quarter-final defeat by Cork. Two years later in 2009 Bugler enjoyed his first major success with the Clare senior hurlers. A 1-12 t 1-7 defeat of Tipperary secured the pre- season Waterford Crystal Cup title. Bugler won a National League (Division 1B) medal in 2012 as Clare defeated Limerick by 0-21 to 1-16.
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Both sides were captained by Donal Gormley who later played for Dublin Minor Hurlers in the All-Ireland final 2011. Conor Conway was the only player who scored in both finals. The club's Under 21 football team won the 2008 Dublin C Championship, beating Naomh Mearnóg in the final, 1-10 to 0-7. And in the 2010 Féile, the U-14 footballers won the Division 2 competition by 3 points.
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This is a list of hurlers who have received a winners' medal in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Currently, the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association issues medals limited to the winning team, however, the individual county board has the option of ordering extra medals for members of the extended panel or for players who may have played during the championship but missed the final due to injury.
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The club's first minor title in 2000 was the club's first breakthrough and to this day many of that team form the spine of the club's senior team. The current senior team have a bright future with many talented young players coming through. Celbridge were named Kildare Hurling Club of the year 2010. Simon Holmes, a name known nationally for his humanitarian efforts, lines out for the Celbridge hurlers.
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In 1948 Éire Óg won their only Senior Football Championship title to date. After beating Ardoyne and Dunloy GAC, Éire Óg knocked out the holders, O’Connell’s, in the semi-final winning 1-7 to 1-3, despite a late comeback by O’Connell’s. The winning Ógs team was a very young team - only five of them being over 21 years of age. Éire Óg has contributed many county footballers and hurlers.
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The GAA Club has also a long tradition of winning under-age titles in both Hurling and Football and completed a unique double in 2014 when the Under 16 and Under 21 footballers and hurlers won their respective championships, this was followed by Minor hurling and football championship victories in 2015. In total the club has won 48 A county hurling championships and 32 A county Football championships.
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Ballybacon-Grange GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the areas of Goatenbridge and Ardfinnan in County Tipperary, Ireland. The club plays hurling in the Intermediate competitions at county level and in the South division of Tipperary GAA. The club has a fraternal co-existence with Ardfinnan Gaelic Football Club which is also affiliated to the GAA. As a consequence, some club hurlers also play football with ardfinnan .
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Hoboken Guards is a hurling club based in Hoboken, New Jersey. It is the first hurling club in the state, and was founded in December 2010. The Hoboken Guards Hurling Club offers basic skill training for males and females that are 16 years of age and older. Hoboken Guards compete in both the New York Senior Hurling Championship and for American born hurlers in the North American GAA Tournament.
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Dick Grace was born in Tullaroan, County Kilkenny in 1891. He was educated at the local national school and, in time, would go on to become one of his county’s greatest-ever hurlers. The Graces of Tullaroan were synonymous with both hurling and Gaelic football. Between them the three brothers – Dick, Jack and Pierce - won a total of 15 All-Ireland senior medals – eight in hurling and seven in football.
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Kilkenny later reached the All- Ireland final, however, his side were defeated by Galway once again. In 1988 he was appointed captain of the senior team, however, Kilkenny's hurlers were facing a low period. It would be 1991 before Walsh won a third Leinster title and, once again, Kilkenny later qualified for the All-Ireland final. Once again, however, 'the Cats' faced defeat at the hands of Tipperary.
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After the highs of the previous year, 2008 proved to be a difficult year for the Limerick hurlers. The team were beaten by 4–12 to 1–16 in opening game of the championship by Clare. The newly structured qualifier system pitted O'Shaughnessy's side against Offaly in a must-win game. Limerick, however, were out of sorts as they suffered a surprising 3–19 to 0–18 defeat.
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The club was founded in the Summer of 2002 on the south side of Tower Grove Park, by three former Milwaukee Hurling Club mates, Paul C. Rohde, Dan Lapke, and Patrick O’Connor. The vision included introducing the sport of hurling to the metro St. Louis, Missouri area, creating opportunities to play the sport, developing better hurlers, and developing strong St. Louis representation in nationwide competition. Through targeted recruiting and promoting the sport, potential Hurlers continued to join, and in Autumn 2002, small scrimmages were being held at the southwest corner, and eventually the northeast section of Tower Grove, to allow for the continued growth. In March 2003, the downtown and AOH-Dogtown St. Patrick's Day parades saw hurling represented for the first time in the history of St. Louis. On April 26, 2003, St. Louis played its first national match at Chicago's Gaelic Park, defeating the University of Notre Dame 3-9 (19) to 2-3 (9).
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Wagman then attended college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he earned a degree in International Business."Joey Wagman," Cal Poly. In 2010, he played summer baseball for the Walla Walla Sweets of the summer collegiate West Coast League, going 2-2 record with a 2.65 ERA."Pair of Hurlers Join 2011 Rafters Staff," Northwoods League, March 25, 2011. In 2011, he played summer baseball for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters in Northwoods League.
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Throughout his career Langton made 43 championship appearances. His retirement came following Kilkenny's defeat by Wexford in the 1954 championship. Langton is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left wing-forward on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984 and the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000.
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Meelick-Eyrecourt GAA club is a GAA club which has managed to produce some of Ireland's best known hurlers. It borders with Killimor , Portumna and Kiltormer GAA clubs in Galway and St. Rynaghs in Banagher Co. Offaly. A club founded in Meelick in the 1880s contested the first all-Ireland hurling final in 1887. The present club has players from the largely rural areas of Clonfert and Meelick, and the small village of Eyrecourt.
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He was then drafted again by the White Sox in the 44th round of the 2009 Draft.AUBURN HURLERS PAUL BURNSIDE AND TAYLOR THOMPSON SELECTED BY CHICAGO WHITE SOX IN MLB DRAFT Thompson was called up to the majors for the first time on July 20, 2014 and made his Major League debut that same day against the Houston Astros pitching an inning and a third giving up one hit and striking out two.
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Two years later in 1989, Ryan had joined the Tipperary under-21 teams in both codes. He won his first Munster medal with the hurlers following a remarkable 5–16 to 1–6 thrashing of Limerick. Tipperary later faced old rivals Offaly in the subsequent All-Ireland decider. A huge crowd at O'Moore Park of over 30,000 saw one of the great finals, as Tipperary narrowly triumphed by 4–12 to 3–11.
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Once again the game was a close affair with Cork's Colm O'Neill being sent off. In spite of being reduced to fourteen men Cork won the game by 0–11 to 0–9. The Double was done and McCarthy wrote his name in the history books by adding an All-Ireland football medal to the hurling medal he won two weeks earlier. In 1992 McCarthy had more success with the Cork hurlers.
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While Cork were the favourites to retain the All- Ireland football title the team's march to victory came to an abrupt halt when Dublin defeated them in the All-Ireland semi-final. It would by nine years before the Cork football would return to Croke Park. 1975 saw the Cork hurlers return to the big time. Cummins captured a fourth Munster winners' medal that year following the provincial final trouncing of Limerick.
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In 2011 Ballincollig GAA Club won its first ever top grade Minor Football County Championship by defeating Douglas after a replay and added time in the CIT sports complex. Added to this was the Intermediate hurlers winning the Liam Breathnach Cup, the Senior footballers winning the Tadgh Crowley Cup and Junior footballers winning a Mid Cork Championship to cap off the most successful year in a long time for the Senior section of the Club.
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Murphy was also a selector to the Cork senior team, being involved with six All-Ireland-winning teams. Murphy is widely regarded as one of Cork's greatest ever hurlers. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at full-back on the Cork Hurling Team of the Century. The cup awarded to the winners of the senior hurling championship in Cork is named in his honour.
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The home pitch is Tobin Park but will relocate to an adjacent new leisure complex at Aneter Road. Moortown had a very successful hurling club formed by Master Tom Magner around 1960 which competed in the Tyrone league and later in the South Derry and Armagh leagues. Several Moortown hurlers represented County Tyrone at both minor and senior hurling level during the 1960s and 1970s. A camogie team existed in Moortown during the 1950s.
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Langdon, A. G. (2005) Stone Crosses in East Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 45-46 Also in the parish are the Holy Well of St Melor; a 15th-century bridge over the Lynher at Plushabridge; and near Minions the Rillaton round barrow (in which Bronze Age grave goods, including a gold beaker, were discovered in 1837). The Hurlers are a group of three stone circles near Upton Cross.
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DIT has more than 40 student clubs, Also here including Gaelic Athletic Association, football, Handball, rifle shooting, waterpolo, archery, basketball, kite surfing, cricket and many more. In 2013 Dublin Institute of Technology won the Sigerson Cup, the premier Gaelic Football Championship among Irish Higher Education institutions. DIT's hurlers won the Kehoe Cup in 2007 and the Walsh Cup Shield in 2013. Outdoor and indoor sports facilities are being developed at Grangegorman and at Broom Bridge.
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He has served as a selector with the Cork under-21 and senior teams. During his playing days, O'Sullivan won five All-Star awards as well as being named Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1990. O'Sullivan was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll, while he was also selected as one of Cork's greatest players of the era in a 2013 selection.
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Maher was a selector with the victorious Tipperary under-21 team in 2010 before later guiding the Tipperary minor team to All-Ireland success in 2012. In October 2013 he became part of Derek McGrath's management team to the Waterford senior hurlers. In November 2015, Maher was named as the new manager of the Tipperary Under-21 hurling team. Maher stepped down as Under-21 manager in July 2017 due to work commitments.
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Joe O'Neill was the first club captain 1902. A successful builder, his portfolio included Synge Street CBS Primary School, a stronghold for Kevins hurlers to this very day. John Dunne was the first Kevins man to represent the club at Senior Inter County level in 1914. Joe Connolly (Leader in City Hall) and Seamus Doyle (Battle of Mount Street Bridge) were two of many Kevins men who took part in the 1916 uprising.
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All-Ireland Champions Kilkenny in the 2015 Allianz Hurling League. The crest of the Galway hurlers until a new design was introduced in 2013 Galway were runners up in the first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, losing to Tipperary in the 1887 final. The team did not reach another final in the competition until the 1923 Championship. In the 1923 final, Galway defeated Limerick, to become champions for the first time in their history.
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On 1 March 2009, Cork management were forced to field an understrength side that was defeated by Galway by 14 points in front of crowd of only 600 their third defeat in a row. On 5 March 2009, Na Piarsaigh became one of many clubs to support the hurlers. On 10 March 2009, Gerald McCarthy confirmed that he would be stepping down as Cork hurling manager with immediate effect after reported death threats.
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Dunnamaggin is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated in the south of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1897, but had to wait ninety-four years for its first senior county title, taking home the junior trophy in 1994. Despite being based in one of the smallest parishes in the county, many Dunnamaggin hurlers have gone on to play with the Kilkenny intercounty team. The club also won the senior title in 1997.
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He was captain of the team in 2005 when they won their first County Senior Hurling title in thirty-one years. O'Grady has played for Tipperary at minor, Under-21 & Intermediate level, winning a Munster Under-21 medal as a substitute in 1999. O'Grady made his competitive debut for the Tipperary senior hurlers in the 2003 National League against Offaly. Later that year he made his Championship debut against Laois in the All-Ireland Qualifiers.
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Their golden age in top flight Hurling ended in 1932. The late 1930s they found success for minor hurlers, winning a first county title in that grade, beating Claughan 7-5 to 0-1, and they reclaimed the County Junior Football title in 1938 beating Killmallock 0-4 to 0-3. The 1940s began with a win in a West minor hurling title, while losing the county final to Ahane (6-1 to 3-1).
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When the striking hurlers returned for the latter stages of the National League, O'Sullivan was one of four players retained from the "development panel" who were retained. He was later included in Cork's panel for the 2009 Munster Championship and made his first appearance on 31 May in a 1-19 to 0-19 defeat by Tipperary. On 6 May 2012, O'Sullivan was named on the bench for Cork's National League final meeting with Kilkenny.
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Sioux Falls was narrowly beat out by Sioux City in the first half of the season while the "Birds" finished four games out of first in the second half. Chris Powell batted a league-best .357, while Jamie Ybarra paced all league hurlers with 10 wins and 109 strikeouts. In 1996, the Canaries overcame a 20–22 first half to the season and posted a 24–18 mark over the second half of the campaign.
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This was more than the accumulated totals for Kingussie's closest rivals, Newtonmore Camanachd Club and Fort William Shinty Club in the league that season. His previous best, in season 2001–02, was 88. Ross retired from international shinty for the second time on 14 October 2007 after helping Scotland defeat the Irish hurlers in Fort William. He finished the 2007 season, where he helped Kingussie reclaim the Premier League title, with 72 goals.
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Quigley's brothers – Pat, John, Jimmy and Martin – also played with distinction at all levels with Wexford. Regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time, Quigley was named as the Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1968. He was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all time in a 2009 poll. In retirement from playing Quigley became involved in team management and coaching at all levels with Rathnure.
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Cillian Buckley in action in a National Hurling League game against Galway in Pearse Stadium Nickey Brennan guided the Kilkenny senior hurlers for two seasons in the mid-1990s. However, he had little success. His successor, Kevin Fennelly, brought the county back to their winning ways by capturing a Leinster title in 1998 at the expense of Offaly GAA. Offaly later gained their revenge by defeating ‘the Cats’ in the All-Ireland final.
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In 2009, former Clare manager, Anthony Daly was appointed manager of Dublin. Under his management, Dublin contested the Leinster Final, but lost by 2 goals to Kilkenny. Dublin won the National Hurling League in May 2011 after a 12-point win over Kilkenny, their first national title since they won the All Ireland in 1938. The hurlers have a very fervent following who travel in significant numbers to matches in the provinces.
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In the Autumn of 1917 a number of young hurlers got together after a mummers ball in Forrestalstown and they decided that there should be a club formed and entered a team in the 1918 championship and this club was to be known as Cloughbawn. While we already had a club in existence in the top end of the parish known as Killegney, it did not cater for the whole of the parish.
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Limerick had a rich history in the early decades of the GAA,but have flattered to deceive in recent times. They have produced some decent hurlers like Mick and John Mackey, Jackie Power, Paddy Scanlon and Ciarán Carey. These two teams have given us great games, the 1973 Munster final and the 3 game saga of 2007 come to mind straight away. As does the 1996 Munster Final , which resulted in 2 memorable games.
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In retirement from playing at inter-county level, Quaid became involved in the management side of hurling. In 1998 he guided the Limerick intermediate hurlers to a Munster title in that grade following a 2–11 to 0–15 defeat of Tipperary. Quaid's side later qualified for the All-Ireland final, with Kilkenny providing the opposition. Unfortunately, that game took place in the same week that Quaid suffered his fatal accident at work.
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On 10 February 1973, Lotty died at St. Finbarr's Hospital in Cork after suffering a severe heart attack a week earlier. After the news of his death, leading figures from the world of hurling paid tribute to him. Former teammate and incumbent Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, described him as "one of the most stylish hurlers I have ever seen." His funeral took place at St. Michael's Church in his adopted home of Blackrock two days later.
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In 2004 he lined out in the provincial decider against Cork. Tipp were ahead coming into the final stages and survived a late rally by 'the Rebels' to secure a 1-16 to 1-13 victory and a Munster under-21 winners' medal. A subsequent trouncing of Down set up an All-Ireland final meeting with Kilkenny. It was another black day for Tipperary's underage hurlers as 'the Cats' were dominant throughout the game.
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The winner that day was Damien Callen with 115 pucks; he is recognised as being the first person to ever win the Poc Fada. In 1961, Fr Mac Sheáin and the Naomh Moninne club founded the All- Ireland Poc Fada Championship. Sixteen hurlers from all over Ireland were invited to take part in the tournament. The winner of the first Poc Fada was a teacher from County Limerick named Vincent ‘Godfrey’ Huggins.
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Maher captained Tipperary to win the 2012 All- Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, defeating Dublin in the final on a 2-18 to 1-11 scoreline. He made his championship debut for the Tipperary hurlers on 21 June 2015 against Limerick in the 2015 Munster Senior Hurling Championship. He was also named in the Tipperary squad for the 2016 National Hurling League. Maher made his championship debut for the Tipperary footballers in 2016 against Waterford.
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Injuries sidelined starting pitchers Mike Mussina, Carl Pavano, and Chien-Ming Wang, leaving only original starters Andy Pettitte and Kei Igawa active. The team set a major league record with 10 different starters in the first 30 games, including a record 6 rookies. Even the rookie hurlers were not immune in the early going. Jeff Karstens was hit by a line drive off his first pitch on April 28, fracturing his right fibula.
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In retirement from playing, Langton came to be regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all-time. Thirty years after he last lined out with Kilkenny, he was doubly honoured in the GAA's centenary year in 1984. That year he was presented with the All-Time All-Star award, while he was also chosen at left wing-forward on the Hurling Team of the Century. He retained that position on the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000.
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O'Donoghue first played for Cork at minor level in 2014. A dual player with both the hurlers and Gaelic footballers, his season ultimately ended without success with defeats by Limerick and Dublin. O'Donoghue was subsequently a dual player at under-21 level and won a Munster medal with the Gaelic football team in 2016. On 30 April 2016, he lined out in the All-Ireland final, however, Cork were defeated by Mayo by 5-07 to 1-14.
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Ryan first played for Tipperary as a dual minor in 1987. After losing out to Cork in the provincial football championship, he later collected a Munster medal with the hurlers following a 2–11 to 1–9 defeat of the dame opposition. Tipperary later qualified for the All-Ireland final against Offaly with Ryan lining out at right wing-back. The game was a close affair, with Tipperary eventually losing out by 2–8 to 0–12.
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During 1990, McCarthy was a member of the senior hurling team, but missed Cork's victory over Tipp in the Munster final. He also missed the Munster football tie as Cork beat Kerry by 2–23 to 1–11. The All-Ireland final that year pitted Cork's hurlers against Galway for the second time in four years, with McCarthy lining out at midfield. Galway were the bookies favourites and justified this tag by going seven points ahead.
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Just under a year later, in November 2008, McCarthy was named as one of Gerald McCarthy's two new Cork hurling selectors. Once again he entered a dissatisfied camp as the Cork hurlers were unhappy about Gerald McCarthy's reappointment as manager. The team eventually went on strike and refused to play under McCarthy's management. Cork fielded a completely new team in the opening rounds of the National Hurling League before the selectors resigned along with Gerald McCarthy in March 2009.
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25 This win allowed Cork to advance directly to the All-Ireland final where Kilkenny provided the opposition. It was Cummins's first full game with the senior hurling team. It was a baptism of fire for the young hurlers as he was marking Pa Dillon, one of Kilkenny's most intimidating players. Cork took an early lead, however, after Pat Delaney was stretchered off Kilkenny came from behind to win the game by 2–15 to 2–9.
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The selectors were Nicky Kehoe, Sean Kehoe and John Smithers (Sn). In 2000 The Minor hurlers won our first ever Minor championship when they captured the minor B Hurling championship by beating Na Fianna on a scoreline of 0-9 to 0-8. The minor team also won the Division 3 hurling title and Division 5 football title aswell as the cup. The manager was Robbie McCarthy(sn) with selectors Jim O’Donnell, James Whelan and Club coach Paul McManus.
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Galway's hurlers faced a lean period following this, however, Canning's performances earned him a second All-Star award in 2003. Two years later in 2005 Galway were back on top. The team defeated Kilkenny in a thrilling All-Ireland semi- final before later meeting Cork in the All-Ireland final. Unfortunately Canning ended up on the losing side in an All-Ireland final for the second time, however, he did win a third All-Star award.
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Michael Herron (born 1986) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a centre- back and vice-captain of the Antrim senior team. A brother of Antrim hurlers Ciarán and Brendan, Herron made his first appearance for the team during the 2004 championship and has become a regular member of the starting fifteen since then. During that time he won three Ulster winners' medals. At club level Herron plays hurling and Gaelic football with Lámh Dhearg.
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Troy was also hugely involved as a selector and a coach with a range of Cork hurling teams at all levels. In the mid-1960s he became involved with the Cork minor hurling side. He coached the team to win six Munster titles in-a-row between 1966 and 1971. These provincial wins were converted into four All-Ireland titles in the same period. During the same period Troy was hugely involved with Cork’s under-21 hurlers.
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The club went into a slow decline, but come the 1990s the club flourished when it established its Juvenile section in 1991. In May of that year the club saw its Under 12's capture the club's first juvenile title after defeating Cobh in the U-12 football final. The year 1994 was a notable year for the club, as the junior hurlers won the club's first adult county title winning the Cork Junior B Hurling Final beating Buttevant.
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A victory for 'the Cats' by 3–8 to 2–7 put an end to a 45-year Tipperary bogey for the Kilkenny hurlers. Kilkenny would also stop John Doyle from winning an historic ninth All Ireland medal, as this was his last final. 1968 – In 1968 Tipperary contested their seventh All-Ireland final of the decade, having won four and lost two. Furthermore, it was their second consecutive final having lost to Kilkenny the previous year.
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Darren Hanniffy (born 1974) is an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Offaly senior team. Brother of Offaly hurlers Gary and Rory, Hanniffy joined the team during the 1998 National League and was a regular member of the team for just one season. During that time he won one All-Ireland winners' medal on the field of play. At club level Hanniffy is a one-time All-Ireland, Leinster and county club championship medalist with Birr.
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Underdogs was a television programme broadcast on TG4. It featured "underdog" players of Gaelic games, focusing on those individuals who had never played senior inter-county football or hurling or received a nomination for a GAA All-Star, and offering them the chance to compete against teams of high quality. The first series was specifically dedicated to male footballers and hurlers. In June 2008, Adare Productions requested female applications for a follow-up series of The Underdogs.
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The 2018 Firebirds featured league Outstanding Pro Prospect J.J. Bleday, a CCBL all-star outfielder who hit .311 with five home runs, and hurlers Mitchell Senger and Aaron Ochsenbein, who tossed a combined no-hitter against Brewster. New Bedford, Massachusetts native Jared Shuster was the league's Outstanding New England Player in 2019. A league all-star, Shuster posted a 4–0 record with a 1.40 ERA in 30 innings, striking out 35 while walking only five.
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Cork went on to win their first football and hurling matches after the strike, beating Dublin's hurlers 2–16 to 3–18 and Roscommon's footballers 0–15 to 1–14 However, the decision to award the teams that Cork did not play victory points had a knock-on effect for other teams in both leagues. Roscommon and Wexford both lodged unsuccessful appeals against the decision. Wexford's case was taken to the Disputes Resolution Authority but was rejected.
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In July Carlow manager Liam Hayes was forced to pull his side out of the championship due to the unavailability of the majority of his first-choice squad. Hayes made the decision as 12 of his panel were injured and four dual players decided to line out for the Carlow hurlers. In August the Antrim County Board took the decision to withdraw from the championship due to a full club hurling fixture list, injuries and players on holidays.
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This record would stand until it was later equalled by Kilkenny and Tipperary. Between 1901 and 1905 Cork appeared in five successive All-Ireland finals, however, victory only came in the form of a two-in-a-row in 1902 and 1903. Following this, Cork's hurlers waited sixteen years before their next All-Ireland win in 1919. A further five All-Ireland finals were contested by Cork between 1926 and 1931 with victory coming on four occasions.
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Sporting and extra-curricular activities include basketball, debating, Gaelic football, hurling, association football (soccer) and athletics. A number of pupils have worn the Tipperary jersey, including David Kennedy, Paul Ormond, Noel Morris, Pat McGrath, Tommy Dunne, Bobby and Aidan Ryan. All of these hurlers have won All-Ireland hurling medals and some have also won Dr. Harty Cup medals. As Templemore CBS in 1978 the school won the Harty Cup and All-Ireland Colleges competitions in hurling.
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Eighteen days later, on July 8, Owens retired from the field to become the Astros' pitching coach, succeeding the fired Gordon Jones. He held that job through the end of the 1972 season, working with hurlers such as Mike Cuellar, Larry Dierker and Don Wilson. Overall, Owens' pitching record was 42–68 with a 4.31 ERA. Of the 286 games he appeared in, he started 103 of them, completing 21 of the starts and tossing one shutout.
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St. Michaels G.F.C. is a Gaelic football club in Cork City, Ireland. The club was formed in 1951 after a discourse in the Leaping Salmon bar in Blackrock near Cork. At that time some of the Blackrock hurlers played football with different city teams and it was thought a good idea to enter a football team from Blackrock, thus keeping the players together. A formal meeting was held and St Michael's Gaelic Football Club was born.
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It was the beginning of a run of success, as Ahane went on to dominated club hurling in Limerick for the rest of the decade. Back-to-back defeats of Kildimo in 1934 and 1935, followed by four successive defeats of Croom brought Ryan's championship medal tally to eight. Eight-in-a-row proved beyond Ahane, as Croom triumphed in 1940 and again in 1941. Ahane hurlers bounced back in 1942 to reach a tenth successive county decider.
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Rossmore is primarily an agricultural area, with numerous dairy and beef farms. The Multeen River, a tributary of the River Suir flows by the village, passing beside Rossmore Community Hall, and continuing downstream under Rossmore Bridge.Picture of Rossmore Bridge, 1867 (RIC police on the lookout for the Tipperary Fenian Flying Column) The most popular team sport in the area is hurling, with hurlers from Rossmore having represented the Tipperary GAA hurling team at all age grades.
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Jacoby Ellsbury played for the Commodores in 2004. 2005 Commodore Tim Norton was co-recipient of the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award, posting a 5–1 record with a 1.77 ERA and 77 strikeouts against only 15 walks in 61 innings. The 2006 season featured a combined no-hitter tossed by Commodore hurlers Kris Dobrowiecki, Sean Morgan, Brandon Copp and Sam Demel against Bourne. Future major league all-star pitcher Aaron Crow was the CCBL's Outstanding Pro Prospect in 2007.
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A West Senior Football Title was also won in 1980 amalgamated with Golden Kilfeacle. County Juvenile Hurling and Football Titles were won in 1955 (the hurlers beating a fancied Toomevara side in the final) and the footballers repeated the feat in 1956 for good measure. The club continues to compete strongly in both hurling and football and is one of very few clubs in Tipperary to win County Titles in both codes and adult level in recent years.
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When the strike finally ended in 1995, the Mets finally showed some promise again, finishing in 2nd place (but still 6 games under .500) behind eventual World Series champion Atlanta. The 1995 season marked the emergence of pitchers Bill Pulsipher, Jason Isringhausen, and Paul Wilson. The trio were dubbed Generation K, a group of talented young hurlers who were destined to bring the Mets into greatness, much like Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Nolan Ryan did in the 1960s.
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Glenmore first distinguished itself in Kilkenny on the football field, and it was only in the 1940s that hurling started to take over. Early success came in 1953, when the hurlers won the County Junior Championship. By the 1960s, Glenmore were among the top sides in the county, narrowly losing out to Bennettsbridge in the 1960 and 1964 county finals. Things soon took a turn for the worse, however, when the club was relegated to Junior status in 1967.
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The institute has over 30 sports clubs and upwards of 25 societies registered each year. The WIT GAA Club is the best known and most successful with its hurlers having won the Fitzgibbon Cup on nine occasions and the Camogie team Ashbourne Cup winners eight times. Many other sports such as basketball, rugby, soccer, kayaking and horse riding are supported at the institute also. A significant portion of the institute's students live in WIT Campus Accommodation i.e.
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McIntyre was born in 1971 to PJ and Mamie McIntyre. His father was a Garda as well as a former Kerry hurler and footballer and a GAA administrator, while his mother had been very closely involved in the Community Games movement. He had a brother, Padraig, and a sister, Geraldine. McIntyre had been an outstanding campaigner with the Kerry hurlers in the 1990s, playing against top teams such as Clare, Offaly, Tipperery, Kilkenny, Galway and Waterfprd.
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John Mitchel's Hurling Club was formed in 1933, around the same time as the Warwickshire County Board. In fact, the club supplied pitches and playing kit to the county, which is how the Warwickshire hurlers came to have a white strip. In the early years the club had such great Gaels as Paddy Ryan from Pallasgreen, County Limerick and Mick Ryan from County Laois at the helm. In the 1940s, the club was dominant in all competitions.
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They would make up for this defeat the following year against Tipperary and would defeat Meath in the All-Ireland final. The junior hurlers secured the county's first ever adult silverware in 1931, winning both the Munster and All-Ireland titles. They would repeat this feat in 1934. At senior level, the county was edging ever closer to Munster success, with the 1931 team drawing with Cork in the final only to lose the replay by 15 points.
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However, as in the previous century the win signaled a change of fortune. The Intermediate hurlers contested a first final in ten years when they lost the 1987 final to near neighbours Glynn / Barntown. The club was back the following year to beat Shamrocks in the final and to record a first adult hurling success in the parish for fifty eight years. This victory also saw the parish return to the top senior grade of Wexford hurling.
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He struck out at least one batter in each of his 10 starts and averaged 12.2 punchouts per 9.0 innings. His 1.85 ERA led all Spinners hurlers with at least 20.0 innings pitched. In he made three starts in his first full pro season at Class-A Greenville Drive of the South Atlantic League before being placed on the disabled list on April 19 and missing the rest of the season as the result of Tommy John surgery.
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He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 5 December 2014. Delaney is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time. In 2003 he won the first of six All-Star awards, while he also made a clean sweep of all the top individual awards, winning the All-Star, Texaco and GPA Hurler of the Year awards. Delaney was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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He has often been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at full-back on the Fitzgibbon Cup Hurling Team of the Century. In retirement from playing, McInerney became involved in team management and coaching. At schools level he was involved in coaching the Galway vocational schools' hurlers to a remarkable sixteen All-Ireland titles, including a record eight-in-a-row. He also helped Moneenageisha Vocational School to two All-Ireland titles.
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Murphy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a dual player in the minor grades in 1969. He was an unused substitute that year as the Cork minor hurlers captured the Munster and All- Ireland crowns. That same year Murphy was also a regular starter with the Cork minor football team and won a Munster medal following a 3–11 to 0–12 defeat of Kerry. Cork later faced Derry in the All-Ireland decider.
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Murphy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a dual player with the Cork minor hurling and football teams in 1966. With the hurlers he collected a Munster medal following a 6-7 to 2-8 defeat of Galway. Cork later faced Wexford in the All-Ireland decider, however, a high-scoring 6-7 apiece draw was the result. The replay was much more conclusive with Wexford claiming a 4-1 to 1-8 victory.
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The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. In addition, the division selects football and hurling teams from the adult teams playing at junior level or county intermediate level, and these then compete for the Cork Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship. The division is known best for its hurlers, and in recent times, players from here have dominated on the Cork GAA senior hurling team.
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Limerick fought back, however, 'the Cats', however, went on to win the game by six points. In spite of this loss Murray was later presented with his first All-Star award, marking him out as the best goalkeeper in the championship. After the highs of the previous year, 2008 proved to be a difficult year for the Limerick hurlers. The team were trounced by 4–12 to 1–16 in opening game of the championship by Clare.
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The club made history on 19 September 2009, when the Senior A camogie team won the club's first ever Dublin Senior Championship title, beating Good Counsel 1–10 to 1–8 in the final. The club grounds were officially named "Páirc Mhearnóg" in 2010 to mark the tenth anniversary since the clubhouse was built. In 2019 the Adult Men's Football team won promotion to Division 1 of the League. In 2019 the U21 Hurlers won the U21C Championship.
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He was an unused substitute as the Cork hurlers defeated Wexford by 5–17 to 0–8 in a replay of the All-Ireland decider, however, he was a regular member of the under-21 football side for the latter stages of the championship. On 4 October 1970 Cork faced Fermamagh in the All-Ireland final. A convincing 2–11 to 0–9 victory gave O'Doherty a first All-Ireland medal in that grade. O'Doherty was a dual provincial medallist with the under-21s in 1971. A 5–11 to 4–9 defeat of Tipperary gave him his first Munster medal with the hurlers, while he also collected a first Munster medal with the footballers following a 1–10 to 2–5 defeat of Waterford. O'Doherty was at right corner-back for the subsequent All-Ireland hurling decider against Wexford on 12 September 1971. John Rothwell ran riot and scored four goals as Cork powered to a 7–8 to 1–11 victory. It was his first All-Ireland medal with the under-21s on the field of play.
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The junior hurlers won the county's third Munster and All-Ireland double at that level in 1936, and the senior hurlers, after those near misses at the start of the decade, were ready to secure the Munster title. An 11-point win over Cork in the 1938 Munster semi-final saw Waterford into their seventh Munster final, where they defeated Clare by 3–5 to 2–5. They reached the county's first ever All-Ireland final after an easy win over Galway, where they went down to Dublin in Croke Park by 2-5 (11) to 1-6 (9). The following year, Waterford played in their first National Hurling League final, losing to Dublin by 1-8 (11) to 1-4 (7). If Limerick had proven to be Waterford's nemesis in the 1930s, defeating Waterford again in 1940 on their way to another All-Ireland, the 1940s belonged to Cork who would win the All- Ireland four years running from 1941 to 1944 and again in 1946, defeating Waterford in 1943, 1946 and 1947.
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Ring remains the most iconic of hurlers, possessed of everything from talent and ferocious application to longevity and a string of records, including the first to reach eight All-Ireland medals. Obsessive about the game, he worked relentlessly to sustain a formidable array of techniques, complemented by great vision and anticipation. Physically resilient, he played senior inter-county between 1939 and 1963, when he retired as the top championship scorer of all time. A decade later Kilkenny's Eddie Keher broke Ring's scoring record.
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The 1982 All-Ireland and Darby's part in it received renewed attention in 2010 when the Kilkenny hurlers were aiming to complete their own five-in-a-row, also never realised. Darby was interviewed for the documentary Players of the Faithful. This aired in 2018 when Dublin's footballers had just won their fourth consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and would be bidding for their fifth in 2019. An episode of Laochra Gael dedicated to his life first aired on TG4 in 2019.
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Tom O’Sullivan was an Irish sportsperson who played hurling with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1950s. O'Sullivan first came to prominence with the Cork senior hurlers in the early 1950s. He first tasted success in 1953 when he played in the corner-forward position as Cork defeated Galway in one of the dirtiest championship deciders ever. In 1954 O'Sullivan won his first Munster title as a player, however, he played no part in Cork’s subsequent All-Ireland victory over Wexford.
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McCarthy first played for Cork as a dual minor in 1995. After being shocked by Tipperary in the Munster football decider, he later collected a Munster medal with the hurlers following a 3–18 to 0–10 trouncing of Waterford. Cork later qualified for the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny with McCarthy lining out at centre-forward. The game turned into a rout as Cork easily won by 2–10 to 1–2, giving McCarthy an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal.
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The game saw a record 64-point score line for both teams as Cork's Eddie O'Brien scored a hat-trick of goal to give Cork a considerable lead. At full-time Cork were the winners by 6–21 to 5–10, giving Cummins his first senior All-Ireland winners' medal. In 1971 Cork's hurlers failed, however, the footballers emerged from the wilderness. Cork defeated Kerry by 0–25 to 0–14 in the provincial final, giving Cummins his first Munster football medal.
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Cummins was a regular fixture on the team over the next few years, however, success was difficult to come by in both codes. He did, however, win a Railway Cup medal with the Munster footballers in 1972. After five years of Leinster domination in the hurling competition, Munster broke back in 1976 with Cummins adding a second Railway Cup hurling winners' medal to his collection. Two years later a defeat of Connacht gave him his third winners' memento with the province's hurlers.
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Born in Blackrock, Coughlan was the eldest of what would become a hurling 'dynasty'. His young brothers, Denis, Jer, Dan and Tom, would all become All-Ireland medalists with Cork. Coughlan worked as a fisherman and was affectionately knows as Parson. He married Nora Dorney, sister of fellow Blackrock and Cork hurlers "Bill Bill" Dorney and "Down Down" Dorney. Coughlan’s sons, Eudie and John, went on to win seven All-Ireland medals between them with Cork between 1920 and 1931.
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This record would stand until it was later equalled by Kilkenny and Tipperary. Between 1901 and 1905 Cork appeared in five successive All-Ireland finals, however, victory only came in the form of a two-in-a-row in 1902 and 1903. Following this Cork's hurlers faced a barren spell of sixteen years until their next All- Ireland win in 1919. A further five All-Ireland finals were contested by Cork between 1926 and 1931 with victory coming on four occasions.
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Sean "Goggie" Delaney (1949 – 12 April 2004) was a sportsman from County Laois, Ireland. Delaney was an inter-county goalkeeper and corner-forward with Laois GAA, and a senior goalkeeper with Portlaoise GAA hurlers. He was also a League of Ireland footballer with Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne and St. Patrick's Athletic. Later in his career as a manager to the Laois Ladies' Gaelic football team, he guided the county to its first All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship title in 2001.
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Afterwards it vied in competition with Midleton GAA Club, continuously challenging for senior honours. By the early 1900s however the club had a decline in fortunes as due to mainly economic reasons, a lot of people in the Lisgoold parish moved to the parishes of Ballinacurra and Aghada. However the club survived and eventually the first adult title was claimed by the club as Captain Dan Joe McCarthy led the 1952 hurlers to the East Cork 'B' title against Watergrasshill.
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Keating had just retired from inter-county hurling when he became involved in inter-county coaching. After an unsuccessful one-year stint as trainer of the Galway senior hurlers during the 1976-77 season, he was back as coach a year later. A good run of results during the group stage of the league allowed the team qualify for the final where Ketaing's native county of Tipperary provided the opposition. A 3-15 to 0-8 trouncing was the result on that occasion.
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The circle consists of sixteen fallen stones with one remaining possible stump, all considerably overgrown making it one of the harder circles to find on the moor. John Barnatt has suggested that the circle was situated so that the summit of Brown Willy marked the midsummer sunset. It is nearby to Craddock Moor stone row and an embanked enclosure. Christopher Tilley noted what he called a "possible axis of movement" linking the stone row, an embanked enclosure, the circle and the Hurlers.
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Daly is widely regarded as one of Clare's all-time greatest and most popular players. During his playing days he won three All-Star awards, while he was later chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll. In retirement from playing Daly became involved in team management and coaching. After guiding Clarecastle, Kilmoyley and Kilmihil to club titles in their respective counties, he had an unsuccessful three-year spell as manager of the Clare senior team.
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This region was conveniently supplied with dry level terrain and many ash trees, which became the favoured wood for hurls. The Eighteenth Century has been referred to as "The Golden Age of Hurling." There were also inter-county hurling matches. The memoirs of Sydney, Lady Morgan, Volume 1, page 41, state- In the early 18th century the hurling matches in the provinces were the Olympic games of ould Ireland; the athletes of Connaught would challenge the rival hurlers of Munster.
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That year Kinahan's side reached the Leinster final but lost by five points to Kilkenny. This defeat prompted their manager, Babs Keating, to describe the Offaly hurlers as "sheep in a heap", and he promptly resigned. It looked as if Offaly's championship hopes were in disarray, however, they overcame Antrim in the All-Ireland quarter-final and qualified to meet Clare in the semi-final. That game ended in a draw 1-13 apiece draw and had to be replayed.
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Birr's hurling team, Birr GAA, has won All- Ireland championship four times. Many of Birr's hurlers, including Brian Whelahan, learned their craft at St. Brendan's Community School. The first ever All-Ireland hurling final was played in Hoare's field (currently the location of a Tesco store) in Birr on Easter Sunday, 1 April 1888, between Tipperary and Galway. The match was won by Tipperary on a score line of 1 goal, 1 point and 1 forfeit point to Galway's no score.
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Despite progress made in 2006, the GAA condemned the county's hurlers to the Christy Ring Cup - this time without the prospect of promotion. Further rule changes and a Christy Ring win in 2010 allowed Westmeath back into the 2011 Liam McCarthy. Further progress came on 20 April 2008 with victory in the NHL (Division 2), winning the final against Carlow. That day also saw their footballing counterparts move into Division 1 of the NFL also, with a win over Dublin.
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The players demands included having their own doctor at all Championship, League, resolving disputes over travel arrangements and providing players with free gymnasium access. The strike was eventually resolved and all the demands were met, but not before the Cork footballers also went on strike in sympathy. Following the strike the Cork hurlers came back stronger than ever, winning three out of the next four Munster championships. Cork reached four consecutive All-Ireland finals with victories coming in 2004 and 2005.
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The activities of the Cork footballers and their reaction to the appointment of Teddy Holland as their new manager impacted greatly on the preparations of the Cork hurling team. The entire panel went on a sympathy strike and missed the opening games of the National League. In the end the Cork hurlers returned to duty, however, their first championship game resulted in a defeat by Tipperary and 'the Rebels' had to take their chances in the win-or-bust qualifiers.
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Galvin first played at intercounty senior level for Kerry not with the footballers but the hurlers in the late 90s. He made a number of appearances with the team during the NHL during this time. Galvin joined the Kerry senior football team in the early 2000s, however, he had to wait for a number of years before establishing himself on the starting fifteen. In 2003 he renewed his rivalry with Limerick when he came on as a substitute in the provincial decider.
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Eugene's last game was against beagh in a match to see who would go through to the quarter finals in 2008. beagh beat athenry after extra time, he was forced to retire after recurring injuries as he was approaching his 30th birthday. In all, Cloonan made 88 Championship appearances for Athenry Senior Hurlers, from his debut against Portumna in 1996, to his final game against Beagh in 2008. During that time he amassed an incredible tally of 53 goals and 652 points.
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Prior to the opening of the championship former All-Ireland-winning manager Éamonn Cregan gave his predictions for the upcoming championship in the Irish Times. As with the previous three championships the field was wide open. Although they were the reigning champions, Wexford were given little chance of making it two-in-a- row. The departure of manager Liam Griffin and the sheer exertion of winning the previous years' title meant that Wexford's hurlers, it seemed, had reached their peak.
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Hurlers David Collins (Galway) and Eoin Kelly (Tipperary) in the 2014 National League Hurling is a stick and ball game played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped goals at each end. The primary object is to score by driving the ball through the goals or putting the ball over the bar and thereby scoring a point. Three points is the equivalent of a goal. The team with the highest score at the end of the match wins.
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Former students include former Fianna Fáil government minister Frank Fahey, the actor Mick Lally and deceased Bishop of Galway, James McLoughlin. Former students in the sports news include Galway Gaelic Footballers Paul Conroy, Eddie Hoare, Gareth Bradshaw, Dessie Conneely and David Wynne, soccer players Stephen O'Donnell (Dundalk AFC captain) and Vinny Faherty and Galway hurlers Fergal Moore, Tadhg Haran, Dean Higgins and Tony Og Regan. Mary's men in Politics include Seán Kyne TD, Noel Grealish TD, Derek Nolan and James Charity.
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Despite progress made in 2006, the GAA condemned the county's hurlers to the Christy Ring Cup - this time without the prospect of promotion. Further rule changes and a Christy Ring win in 2010 allowed Westmeath back into the 2011 Liam McCarthy. Further progress came on 20 April 2008 with victory in the NHL (Division 2), winning the final against Carlow. That day also saw their footballing counterparts move into Division 1 of the NFL also, with a win over Dublin.
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Eric Lowndes (born 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career as a corner-back at senior level with the Dublin county team has lasted four seasons since 2014. Lowndes made his debut on the inter- county scene when he was selected for the Dublin minor teams as a dual player in 2011. After back-to-back All-Ireland defeats with the hurlers, he ended his minor career as an All-Ireland medal winner with the footballers in 2012.
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Starting pitchers who played complete games had not been an unusual thing in baseball's history. Now, pitchers were throwing harder than ever and pitching coaches watched to see how many pitches a player had thrown over the game. At anywhere from 100 to 125, pitchers increasingly would be pulled out to preserve their arms. Bullpens began to specialize more, with more pitchers being trained as middle relievers, and a few hurlers, usually possessing high velocity but not much durability, as closers.
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The club went it alone in 1986 and captured the U21B hurling title. The underage teams of the early 1980s contained the players who would carry the club forward into the 1990s. The tale of woe in adult finals continued in 1984 when Gorey beat the junior B hurlers in the final. In 1985 it was the junior B footballers who beat Castletown in the final to record a first adult success in football after all the effort to win a hurling title.
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County titles also came in 1989, 1992, & 1993\. In 1995 the ‘Bridge had three reasons to celebrate. The Tommy Morey memorial stand was officially opened, the U.14 won the All-Ireland Feile competition, and the senior hurlers won the senior hurling championship and the Munster title and went on to win the All-Ireland senior club championship on St. Patrick’s Day 1996. In 2008 sixmilebridge officially celebrated the opening of their new facilities by hosting a challenge match between Clare and Kilkenny.
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While some units of the association outside Ireland participate in Irish competitions, the association does not hold internationals played according to the rules of either Gaelic football or hurling. Compromise rules have been reached with two "related sports". Hurlers play an annual fixture against a national shinty team from Scotland. International Rules Football matches have taken place between an Irish national team drawn from the ranks of Gaelic footballers, against an Australian national team drawn from the Australian Football League.
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Hurling is a close relative of the indigenous Scottish sport of shinty, and there is an annual international between Scotland's shinty players and Ireland's hurlers, using composite rules. The traditional forms of hurling played in Antrim and Donegal, where many of Scotland's Irish immigrants originate from, were closest to Scottish shinty, and were at one point almost indistinguishable. The Ireland hurling plays an annual international against a Scottish shinty side under composite rules. Camogie is also played to a low level.
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Some of those who played on that team were Bridget Nugent, Annie Hughes, Kitty Brady, Dill Thornberry, Chrissie Murray, Margaret Feeney, Kate Nugent and Margaret Gannon. The club's footballers were prominent in the 1920s and 1930s. The high point of this era was undoubtedly a famous victory over a star- studded Garda team in 1929 who were the Dublin Senior Football Championship winners at the time. The hurlers captured the limelight in the 1960s winning the Junior 'B' Hurling League.
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O'Brien immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen. At club level O'Brien is a one-time championship medallist in the intermediate grade as a hurler with Ballina. O'Brien made his debut for the Tipperary hurlers in the 2014 Waterford Crystal Cup final victory against Clare and was a member of the Tipperary hurling panel in 2016 which went on to win the All-Ireland title. He made his debut as a late substitute against Clare on 3 April 2016.
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The activities of the Cork footballers and their reaction to the appointment of Teddy Holland as their new manager impacted greatly on the preparations of the Cork hurling team. The entire panel went on a sympathy strike and missed the opening games of the National League. In the end the Cork hurlers returned to duty, however, their first championship game resulted in a defeat by Tipperary and 'the Rebels' had to take their chances in the win-or-bust qualifiers.
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He scored three points from play and claimed a winners' medal after the 0-14 to 0-13 victory. On 19 November 2017, Walsh won a Munster Club Championship medal with the hurlers after lining out at midfield in the 1-23 to 0-25 extra-time defeat of Kilmaley in the final. On 4 February 2018, he won an All-Ireland medal after scoring 1-02 from play in a 1-18 to 1-17 defeat of St Patrick's Ballyragget in the final.
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In 1993 the senior hurlers won the senior hurling league and the junior football team won the Mooney Cup under the management of Paul Farrell. The Senior Hurling selectors were Joe Moran, Joe Lyons and Tommy McDonagh. In 1992 the club submitted plans for a new club house at the site at Charleville house but the council refused it. At that time two officials, Grace McGuire and Tom Mitchell, of the corporation were very sympathetic to the club's position on a new club house.
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Nicholas Rackard (28 April 1922 – 10 April 1976) was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Wexford senior team spanned seventeen years from 1940 to 1957. He established many championship scoring records, including being the top championship goal-scorer of all time with 59 goals. Rackard is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. Born in Killane, County Wexford, Rackard was introduced to sport by his father who had hoped he would become a cricketer.
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In one of the most high-scoring finals in years Cork emerged victorious again with a scoreline of 5–15 to 2–21. The 1990s which started so well were to prove difficult for the Cork hurlers. After losing to Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final in 1992 it would take until 1999 for Cork to re-emerge as Munster and All-Ireland champions. Jimmy Barry- Murphy, who had given so much service as a player, masterminded the youngest Cork team ever to another All-Ireland victory.
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McGrath was a key member of the Cratloe senior football team that faced Doonbeg in the 2013 final. A close game developed, however, a 1-0 to 0-7 victory gave McGrath the distinction of being a dual championship medal winner. 2014 was a huge year for McGrath, as the Cratloe hurlers and footballers reached the finals of their respective championships. A 0-14 to 0-6 defeat of Crusheen in the hurling decider gave McGrath, who scored 0-6, a second championship medal.
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Having been a regular member of the Tipperary senior football team since 1960, Keating joined the Tipperary senior hurlers in 1964. He won his first National Hurling League medal that year following a 4-16 to 6-6 defeat of New York. Keating made his senior championship debut on 5 July 1964 in a 6-13 to 2-5 Munster semi-final defeat of Clare. Tipperary later cantered casually past Cork by fourteen points in the provincial decider, giving Keating his first Munster medal.
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Famous Laois intercounty hurlers who have played for Castletown include Paul Cuddy, David Cuddy, Cyril Cuddy, John Lyons, Pat Mullaney, Barry McEvoy and James Hooban. In terms of the club's history, it takes its roots from the Cuddagh team of the late 1950s and early 1960s when the club won Junior and Intermediate titles in successive years and lost out in the Laois SHC final the following year by the narrowest of margins to near neighbours, Camross, who themselves as a result were winning their first title.
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After enjoying little success with the Clare minor and under-21 hurlers, O'Loughlin quickly joined the senior hurling team for the 1986–87 National Hurling League. Clare reached the final of the competition that year and lined out against Galway. O'Loughlin's side just fell short that day and lost the game by 3–12 to 3–10. The next few years proved to be an unhappy time for the Clare hurling team as they struggled against the traditional hurling powers in the provincial championship.
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Laois are a dual county, enjoying comparative success at both football and hurling. Laois are one of a select group of counties to have contested All Ireland finals in both football and hurling, and are six times Leinster Senior Football Champions, and three times Leinster Senior Hurling Champions. In recent times Laois have been more successful footballers than hurlers. Laois minors have had considerable success over the past two decades, and the Laois senior footballers reached the Leinster final in 2003 (victorious), 2004, and 2005.
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The club is located in the parish of Doon, mostly in County Limerick but also containing a few townlands in County Tipperary; these can play with the other club in the parish, Glengar, which is affiliated to the Tipperary GAA County Board. As Oola is only a football club, hurlers from the parish play with Doon. The club is roughly 30 km east of Limerick City. Bordering clubs include Cappamore, Pallasgreen and Doon's sister club Oola in Limerick, and Seán Treacy's, Cappawhite and Solohead in Tipperary.
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McLoughlin first played for Cork at minor level in 2007. A dual player with both the hurlers and Gaelic footballers, he won a Munster medal with the Cork minor football team when he was introduced as a blood sub in their 1–16 to 2–8 defeat of Kerry. On 2 September 2007 McLoughlin was at right wing-back when the Cork minor hurling team were defeated by Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. McLoughlin subsequently joined the Cork under-21 teams as a dual player.
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He began by winning a Munster medal with the footballers following a 4–11 to 0–5 trouncing of Clare. A week later he won a Munster medal with the hurlers following a 2–14 to 2–9 defeat of Tipperary. On 6 September 1964 Cork faced Laois in the All-Ireland decider. McCarthy bagged 3–1 as Cork powered to a remarkable 10–7 to 1–4 victory, collecting an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal in what was his last game in that grade.
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His retirement came following Galway's defeat by Cork in the 1953 All-Ireland final. His brothers, Jimmy and Paddy, all played with distinction for Galway, while their sister, Monica, was a renowned camogie player. Duggan is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including as goalkeeper on a special Team of the Century composed of players never to have won an All-Ireland medal.
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On 11 September 2010, Tipperary Under-21 hurlers, coached by Dunne, clinched the All Ireland Under-21 title by defeating Galway by 5–22 to 0–12 at Semple Stadium. In November 2010, he was appointed as coach of the Tipperary Senior hurling team as part of new manager Declan Ryan's management team. Also, Dunne holds qualifications in Strength & Conditioning coaching from online sports college Setanta College. In September 2017, Dunne was announced as the manager of the Tipperary U-17 hurling team for 2018.
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In addition to their representative side, they regularly join forces with other clubs in the Midwest to send teams overseas: most recently, in 2013 the "Heartland Hurlers", composed of top players from St Louis, Indianapolis and Kansas City, traveled to Ireland for a week of training and competition with sides from Kilkenny, Limerick and Tipperary, finishing with a tournament in Thurles where "the Interstate 70 Boys" reached the semi-finals and received recognition from Irish TV when the group was shown during a match at Semple Stadium.
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Doyle is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. During his playing days he won two Cú Chulainn awards, as well as being named Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1964. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-back on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984 and the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000. He was a Fianna Fáil senator from 1969 to 1973.
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Noel Skehan was born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny in 1945. He was born into a family, and into an area, that had a strong association with hurling. His uncle, Dan Kennedy, captained Kilkenny to victory over Cork in the 1947 All-Ireland final, while his mother, May, was a first cousin of the legendary Kilkenny goalkeeper Ollie Walsh. He lived on the famous Woodlawn Estate with many other famous hurlers including Paddy Moran, Séamus Cleere, Liam Cleere, John Kinsella, Pat Lawlor and Liam Simpson.
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The N19 road is a national primary road in Ireland, connecting from the N18 Limerick-Ennis-Galway road to Shannon Airport. It forms part of European route E20. The route in its current form consists mostly of a dual-carriageway passing around Shannon Town, which starts at an interchange near Hurlers Cross on the N18 road. The dual-carriageway ends on the far side of Shannon Town at the Shannon Free Zone industrial estate, and proceeds as a two lane road to the airport.
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Shefflin was born at the Regional Hospital Waterford to Henry and Mae Shefflin (née Fitzgerald). One of a family of four boys and three girls, he was born into a household that had a strong sporting background, particularly in the game of hurling. Shefflin was educated at St. Patrick's national school in Ballyhale where his hurling skills were first noted and honed by the local headmaster, Joe Dunphy. As a child he saw his two older brothers line out with the Kilkenny hurlers at various grades.
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The following year, legendary Kilkenny goalkeeper Ollie Walsh won the tournament and went on to be joint winner in 1963. Apart from the competition being suspended between 1970 and 1980, it has been held every year since and has become a popular annual event on the national GAA calendar. It has attracted some of Ireland's greatest ever hurlers, in particular goalkeepers, whose long puckouts are well suited to the competition. Past winners include the likes of Ger Cunningham, Tommy Quaid, Davy Fitzgerald and Brendan Cummins.
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162 and that, although he did not get > to play in too many ballgames, he gained valuable information about American > League hurlers that would help him in the future. I suspect that the > information he gathered was that every pitcher in the American League could > get him out, and that perhaps he should try another line of work. > Now, it is not necessary for me to declare that Hector Lopez was the worst > fielding third baseman in the history of baseball. Everyone knows that.
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The following year Murphy represented Cork in both U21 Football and Hurling, winning a Munster U21 medal from full back in Football while also playing full back with the U21 hurlers which were beaten in the Munster final by Tipperary. Murphy was awarded the Man of the Match award for his display at Full Back in the 2009 National League encounter against Tipperary In Thurles, which was a notable achievement as his direct opponents on the night where John O Brien and Patrick "Bonner" Maher.
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As a dual player at club level, Barry enjoyed a very successful year in 1951. A 3–2 to 1–5 defeat of Delaney Rovers in a replay of the junior football decider secured a championship medal for Barry. That year Sarsfield's senior hurlers reached the final of the championship where they faced reigning champions and four-in-a- row hopefuls Glen Rovers. A 5–8 to 3–7 victory gave Sarsfield's their first county triumph, while Barry also collected his first championship medal.
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Dowling first came to prominence with the Cork senior hurlers in the early 1950s. He won his first Munster title as a full- forward in 1952. Dowling later collected his first All-Ireland medal following a victory over Dublin in the championship decider. Cork continued their winning ways in 1953 with Dowling adding a National Hurling League medal to his collection. He later collected his second Munster title before later winning a second All-Ireland medal, following Cork’s defeat of Galway in one of the dirtiest All-Ireland finals ever.
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As a Dublin Senior footballer he played under seven different management teams, Gerry McCaul, Paddy Cullen, Pat O'Neill, Mickey Whelan, Tommy Carr, Tommy Lyons and Paul 'Pillar' Caffrey. As well as representing Dublin football at Minor, U21 and Senior levels, he also captained the Dublin U21 hurlers in 1992. He was educated at St. Vincent's C.B.S., Glasnevin. Detailed account of his playing career are recorded in his autobiography which was released on 30 November 2005, the same night that he announced his official retirement from inter-county football.
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Another multi-sport athlete, Kyler Murray of the University of Oklahoma, played for Harwich in 2017 and went on to win the Heisman Trophy in 2018. In a season highlighted by a regular season no-hitter by Jacob Palisch, and a playoff combined no-hitter against Chatham by hurlers Connor McCullough and Joe Boyle, the Mariners finished the 2019 regular season with only a .500 record, but cruised to the league championship series with playoff sweeps of Chatham and Y-D before being bounced in the finals by Cotuit.
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Danish attended Durant High School in Plant City, Florida. As a senior in 2013, he did not allow an earned run in 94 innings pitched. In addition to his 0.00 ERA, he pitched 156 strikeouts, one of the five best high school hurlers in the nation that year. Danish was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the second round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.Prep pitcher Danish taken by White Sox at No. 55 He made his professional debut that season with the Bristol White Sox.
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The footballers had more success than the hurlers and reached 1 County Final and 3 Semi-finals where they were narrowly defeated each time. However on September the 8th 1996 Clyda finally realised their potential when they defeated Carrigaline to win the Cork Intermediate Football Championship title. Scenes of great celebration followed and for the first time in its history Clyda was a Senior Football Club. For the next 8 years the Clyda team gave us some historic victories, beating teams such as Muskerry, Carbery, Naomh Abhan, Bishopstown, Douglas, Duhallow to name a few.
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He won a total of four Railway Cup medals across both codes. Cummins has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at full-forward on the Club Hurling Silver Jubilee Team in 1996. At the turn of the century he was included in the same position on the Cork Hurling Team of the Century, as well as the Munster and National Team of the Millennium. Cummins was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all time in a 2009 poll.
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The club has produced a number of All Star winning players for Waterford and also two Inter-county hurlers of the year, Tony Browne in 1998 and Austin Gleeson in 2016. John Keane was also selected on the hurling team of the millennium. Frankie Walsh was the last Waterford man to lift the Liam McCarthy cup in 1959. The club enjoys a rivalry with fellow city club Ballygunner and for much of the 1990s and 2000s the two clubs dominated the county scene in Waterford playing each other in the county final most years.
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In 2020 was a unique year with the COVID 19 pandemic cancelling all league games. The county board decided that only championships would go ahead this season. And what a season it was for “The Barr’s” with the Senior hurlers capturing there third Senior B championship in 10 years by beating Cuala B on a scoreline of 2-14 to 0-17. Followed 6 days later by the Intermediate footballers who won our first championship at that level since 2000 when they beat Naomh Barrog on a scoeline of 3-10 to 2-11.
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The senior hurlers were managed by Nial Brady with a backroom team consisting of Brendan Quinn, Shane Langan, Sue Keogh and Declan Fagan With Thomas Gleeson as coach. The intermediate footballers were managed by Keith Russell with a backroom team of Ian McDonnell, Gerard O’Reilly, Johnny Morgan(jn), Paddy Quinn and Cian Hall Quinn with Chris Moore as coach. In 1996 a small Irish language crèche was started by Elish Langan and Ellen Farrell. The seed planted, to promote our native tongue, has resulted in 250 pupils attending this school in 2010.
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The club won their second Dublin Senior Football Championship title in 2011, eventually losing the Leinster Final to Garrycastle by a controversial injury time free in Tullamore. St Brigid's senior Hurlers are yet to win the Senior A Hurling title, losing the 2003 final to Craobh Chiarán and 2019 to Cuala, also losing semi-finals in 2011 and 2013. They did win the Senior B Title and AHL 2 League title in 2010 and again in 2014. Eoin Kennedy, the Dual All Ireland Handball Senior Singles Champion, is a club member.
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The earliest textual accounts of the story date from the late sixteenth century, where it is linked to the stone circle of Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Multiple sources from the seventeenth-century also link the story to Stonehenge, although also apply it to The Hurlers in Cornwall and Long Meg and Her Daughters in Cumberland (now Cumbria). The countless stones motif was the subject of a study by folklorist S. F. Menefee, published in the Folklore journal in 1975, and was part of Leslie Grinsell's catalogue of folkloric motifs associated with prehistoric sites in Britain.
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The players demands included having their own doctor at all Championship, League, resolving disputes over travel arrangements and providing players with free gymnasium access. The strike was eventually resolved and all the demands were met, but not before the Cork footballers also went on strike in sympathy. Following the strike the Cork hurlers came back stronger than ever, winning three out of the next four Munster championships. Cork became the best team in the country reaching four consecutive All-Ireland finals with victories coming in 2004 and 2005.
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3, published by E S Werner & Co., New York. He had a reputation as a talented hurler in his younger years, and the local Callan GAA hurling team was named the "John Lockes" when federated in 1902.Website for John Lockes (hurlers), Callan (includes some biography) Whilst still in his teens, he became involved with the Fenian movement writing articles and poems for the Irish People newspaper critical of British rule in Ireland. The paper was suppressed, and Locke was arrested and given a six-month term in Kilkenny jail.
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The son of Morgan and Mai Delaney, Delaney spent his early years in Portlaoise and attended St Mary's CBS where he won a number of underage titles. With the Portlaoise hurlers, he won Laois Minor Hurling Championship titles in 1964 and 1965, and at 17 played in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship decider defeating Camross in 1965. He was in goal for Laois in 1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final, a match which Laois lost to Down. As a soccer player, Delaney was a free kick specialist.
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In 1971 he was named on the inaugural All-Star team, while he also collected the Texaco Hurler of the Year award. Delaney was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll. In retirement from playing Keating became involved in team management and coaching. At various times he has served as manager of the Galway, Offaly and Laois senior teams, however, it has been with his own native Tipperary that he enjoyed his greatest success, guiding the team to two All-Ireland victories.
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Keating first played for Tipperary as a dual player in the minor grades in 1960. He won his first Munster medal with the hurlers that year, following a 6-7 to 4-3 defeat of Galway. The subsequent All-Ireland decider saw Tipperary face Kilkenny in a repeat of the previous years final. A huge 7-12 to 1-11 defeat was Keating's lot on that occasion. In 1961 Keating added a second Munster medal to his collection following a 7-11 to 1-6 defeat of Cork.
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He began the year by winning a National Football League medal following a 0–12 to 1–7 victory over Dublin. Later that year the Cork senior hurlers were back in the Munster final for the first time in seven years. Clare, the provincial stars of the last few years, provided the opposition on that occasion and were the firm favourites to secure a fourth title in five years. A Joe Deane goal proved the key for Cork and, at the full-time whistle, 'the Rebels' were the victors by 1–15 to 0–14.
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Two weeks after this victory he lined out for the Cork footballers in the All-Ireland final against Meath. In an exciting game that saw the lead switch hands on several occasions Cork's hopes of doing the double were dashed as Meath won by 1–11 to 1–8. In 2000 Cork's hurlers were the favourites to retain their All- Ireland title. The team got off to a good start by retaining their Munster title, however, Tipperary put up a good fight in the final but were ultimately defeated by 0–23 to 3–12.
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These conditions have been countered to some extent since 2002 by the team's use of humidors to store baseballs before games. These difficult circumstances for Rockies pitchers may not adversely affect their win-loss records, since opposing pitchers must deal with the same problems. Indeed, hometown hurlers have some advantage in any given game since they are physically acclimated to the altitude and often develop techniques to mitigate the challenges of this ballpark. Still, conditions there tend to inflate Rockies' ERAs relative to the rest of the league.
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The Pipers are approximately 2 metres high and the width between them is about the same distance. They are situated about 120 metres west-south-west of the central Hurlers circle. According to folklore they represent musicians playing for three circles of dancers who were turned to stone for engaging in festivities on a holy day. The area around the Pipers is notable in archaeology for the discovery of a bronze dagger and gold beaker along with some beads and flint at Rillaton Barrow in 1818, approximately 550 m north of the Pipers.
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Today, St Columb hurling balls weigh over a pound but there is no definitive size or weight, as the ball is handmade; generally the weight is about 19 to 21 ounces (~ 570 grams) and is roughly equal in size to a cricket ball (i.e. a sphere about 9 inches or 23 cm in circumference).Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports By Tony Collins, John Martin, Wray Vamplew (page 169) Given its weight and hardness, hurlers and spectators maintain intense vigilance to avoid serious injury from a long or poorly aimed throw.
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There are no referees, no written rules and no organising committee or authority of any kind. There are, however, certain acts that are generally accepted as being wrong, such as hiding the ball (unless in jest), excessive violence and using any form of transport other than foot. Furthermore, there are points of etiquette that are generally observed. For example, during the hurl in the town, if a hurler holds the ball aloft it signals that he intends to give it to a spectator to hold, and other hurlers refrain from tackling him.
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On 10 December, the players officially went on strike. The county board and the players held the first of a series of meetings to try resolve the strike ten days later. On 9 January, the hurlers confirmed they would not play in the Waterford Crystal Cup and the county was forced to give a walkover to Limerick IT. Later in the month (23 January), Teddy Holland issued a press statement announcing he would not resign. More than 100 club delegates voted unanimously in support of Holland at a county board meeting held on 30 January.
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Gerry Ryan hurled with the Dubs at various levels before representing the club at Senior Inter County level for a number of years in the early 1970s. Mick Bollard hurled at Minor and Under 21 level with the Dubs before establishing himself as a regular keeper on the senior hurling team in the early 1980s. Mick was on the last senior county hurling panel to reach the National League Semi Finals. Other prominent club hurlers who played senior inter county level included John Treacey, Donal Tutty, Joey Dalton, Andy Doyle, Greg Balfe and Tommy Daly.
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The Sligo senior hurlers achieved All-Ireland glory for the first time since 2008, then under Michael Galvin. Darragh Cox and Daithí Hand's men beat Lancashire in a Lory Meagher All-Ireland Final with a late last-minute goal to seal the winning points. Benny Kenny's under-17 squad, a few weeks later, beat Donegal in a convincing win to become All-Ireland Celtic Challenge Cup Champions in the Michael Feery Cup, beating Mayo, Roscommon and others along the way. 2019 brought more success in back to back All-Ireland Senior titles.
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Carroll played his club hurling with his native Roscrea with whom he won a North Tipperary Senior Hurling medal in 2004. Carroll first tasted inter-county success when he captained the Tipperary Under-16 team to the 'Nenagh Co-Op All-Ireland' title in 1994. Since then he has played for Tipperary at minor and Under-21 level, winning an All-Ireland minor medal in 1996 and a Munster Under-21 medal in 1999. Carroll made his competitive debut for the Tipperary senior hurlers in the 1997 National League semi-final against Galway.
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He announced his retirement from inter- county hurling on 20 November 2014. Walsh is one of the most successful players of all-time. During his playing days he won nine consecutive All-Star awards, while he was later chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all- time in a 2009 poll. That same year Walsh made a clean sweep of all the top individual awards, winning the All-Star, Texaco and GPA Hurler of the Year awards, while he was chosen on the Leinster team of the past twenty-five years.
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As a manager Dempsey managed Laois to the Leinster U21 Football Championship title in 1994 and managed the Laois senior team in 1997 and 1998. With the Carlow club O’Hanrahans coach, Dempsey led the Blues to three championships and a Leinster title (2000) in his four- year tenure. He also managed the Muckalee and St Martins clubs in Kilkenny before joining manager Brian Cody as part of the leadership team for the Kilkenny senior hurlers in 2003. Dempsey stepped down as part of the Kilkenny hurling backroom team in October 2019.
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The pitch annually hosts the Munster and All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship final. The Killeedy club has won numerous west and county championships over the years but the pinnacle of their success came in 1980 when they won the County Senior Hurling Championship beating Patrickswell in the final. The following year, Killeedy man Paudie Fitzmaurice (one of the Killeedy Fitzmaurice brothers, along with his brother Willie Fitzmaurice) captained GAA to win the Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Another Killeedy man, Donie Flynn, was joint manager of the Limerick senior hurlers from 1988 to 1991.
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This was in the junior grade and with many young hurlers in the team it augured well for the future of the club. In this final Rathnure were opposed by St. Fintan's, the south Wexford club with a tremendous hurling reputation, a club that had many fine achievements to its credit up to then. This match was described as the hurling spectacle of the year and signalled the arrival of Rathnure as a hurling force in the model county. The final score was St. Fintan's 4–5 Rathnure 5–0.
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Cummins became a dual player at senior level in 1993. He made his debut with the Tipperary hurlers in a one-point National Hurling League victory over Waterford on 14 November 1993. His first silverware in the top flight came in April 1994, when the Tipperary senior football team won the delayed final of the McGrath Cup. The retirement of Ken Hogan as first-choice goalkeeper on the Tipp senior hurling team in 1993 meant that the door was now open for a new player to join the starting fifteen.
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Two more years at Triple-A followed; during the second, 1951, Grissom won 20 games for the Seattle Rainiers. Then, during the 1951–52 offseason, he was acquired by the White Sox. In , at age 34, Grissom finally established himself as a Major League pitcher, going 12–10 (3.74) in 28 games (24 as a starter) and 166 innings pitched, with seven complete games and one shutout. The following February, he was one of three ChiSox hurlers swapped to the pitching-poor Red Sox for veteran shortstop Vern Stephens.
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The entire panel went on a sympathy strike and missed the opening games of the National League. In the end the Cork hurlers returned to duty, with their first championship game being a Munster semi-final with Tipperary. In the lead up to the game there was speculation as to the formation of the Cork team as it was believed that some of the ‘old guard’ would be blending into the background. Cork lost to Tipp by six points and had to take their chances in the win-or-bust qualifiers.
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In retirement from playing Larkin became involved in team management and coaching. As well as a brief spell as manager of the Kilkenny senior team, he also served as an inter-county and club selector. During his playing days, Larkin won four All-Star awards, while he was also chosen on a special supreme All-Star team. Larkin was named at right corner-back on the Kilkenny Hurling Team of the Century, while he was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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Corbett, having never played minor hurling for Tipperary, arrived on the inter-county scene in 2000 when he lined out against Clare in the South East League. He played no further part for the senior hurlers that year, however, he was included on the Tipperary under-21 team. In 2001 Corbett became a regular member of the starting fifteen as Tipperary made it all the way to the league final. Clare provided the opposition and were left to rue five missed goal opportunities as Tipperary claimed a 1-19 to 0-17 victory.
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He went on to play a key role for Cork in attack and won one All-Ireland medal, four Munster medals and one National Football League medal. Barry-Murphy's eleven-year career with the Cork senior hurlers saw him win five All-Ireland medals, a record-equaling ten Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team in both codes, Barry-Murphy won a combined total of five Railway Cup medals.
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Ben is one of an elite group of Roscommon hurlers to have played Railway Cup with Connacht. He won 2 Roscommon Senior Hurling Championships with Four Roads and also a Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship medal in 1977. He won an Intermediate Football Championship with St Aidan's and was also club footballer of the year in 1975. Ben transferred to Navan O'Mahony's in 1979. With them he won 7 Meath Senior Football Championships and 2 Meath Senior Hurling Championships, being a member of the double winning team in 1985.
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The college's facilities also cater to the training needs of various local and inter-county teams, including the Cork Ladies Football teams from underage to senior level, Cork Senior and Minor Camogies and the Cork Minor and Under-21 Hurlers. CIT is also the home ground for the Cork Admirals Flag Football games. In 2009 CIT won the Sigerson Cup, the premier Gaelic football competition in Ireland for the first time, beating Dublin Institute of Technology by 5 points in the final. CIT enjoys a local rivalry with University College Cork.
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Kingston first played for Cork at minor level in 2014. A dual player with both the hurlers and Gaelic footballers, his season ultimately ended without success with defeats by Limerick and Dublin. Kinsgton was eligible for the minor grade again in 2015 and lined out in both codes as well as being named captain of the hurling team. After playing in the early rounds of both championships, he sustained a broken fibula and significant ligament damage in a challenge game against Clare, bringing his season to an end.
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The local myth about the creation of the stones suggests that nine maidens were turned into stone as punishment for dancing on a Sunday. The Fiddler, a megalith some distance north of the row, is said to be the petrified remains of the musician who played for the dancers. These petrifaction legends are often associated with stone circles, and is reflected in the folk names of some of the nearby sites, for example The Hurlers and The Pipers on Bodmin Moor. The stone row was first noted by historian Richard Carew in 1605.
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Hurling is also played at the school, and a team from the school won the Munster B hurling championship in 1991 and subsequently participated in the All Ireland final. Among the CSN hurlers who have gone on to play at inter- county level are Brian Murphy (who played senior football with Kildare) and Ronan Curran (a former member of the Cork senior hurling panel). The school has one of the oldest mountaineering clubs in Cork, founded in 1972. Other societies in the school include a creative writing club and the drama club.
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He collected a set of Munster and All-Ireland medals with the under-21 footballers as an unused substitute in 1981, following respective provincial and All-Ireland decider defeats of Kerry and Galway. The following year Cunningham added a Munster medal with the under-21 hurlers to his collection. Galway were the opponents in the subsequent All-Ireland decider on a day when both defences gave superb displays. Cork came from behind in the closing stages to win by a single point, scored from long range by Kevin Hennessy.
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Wirth entered the AAGPBL in with the South Bend Blue Sox, playing for them through the season as a replacement for departed shortstop Dottie Schroeder. She joined a talented team, managed by Marty McManus, that included players as pitching star Jean Faut, one of the most dominant hurlers of the league, as well as Bonnie Baker, Betsy Jochum, Phyllis Koehn, Elizabeth Mahon and Inez Voyce, whom could be counted on for their bats and solid defense. Wirth had a promising debut, leading the league hitters with a .386 average at a point of the season.
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Waterford were comfortable winners on a scoreline of 0–25 to 0-17. Waterford played Tipperary in the Munster Final on 12 July in Thurles, having agreed to play the game there to mark the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the GAA in the town. Waterford never looked like they were going to win and lost by four points on a scoreline of 4–14 to 2-16. A positive result on the day was the Waterford minor hurlers' victory over Tipperary, the county's first Munster championship success in the grade since 1992.
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Over the course of the next decade Ryan was a regular player with the hurlers, the highlight of his career being the winning of All-Ireland and Munster medals as a non- playing substitute in 1971. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1977 championship. Ryan's wife, Orla Ní Síocháin, was a three-time All-Ireland medal winner with the Dublin camogie team and a daughter of GAA General-Secretary Seán Ó Síocháin, while his son, Shane Ryan, was a six-time Leinster medal winner with the Dublin senior football team.
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Glida, who upon release from hibernation would assume the name Nightglider. As indicated in Secret City Saga #0, this may have been an "official" term for her and/or her kin during her days in Gazra, for she possesses bodily modification that would foster the abilities of flight, such as a hollow bone structure. Bombast, who seems to have been a member of Gazra's military, possibly of some sort of demolitions or heavy ordnance team, whose official term seems to have been "hurlers". Skilled at ballistics and explosives.
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Is that a vuvuzela he's holding? The Gaelic Players Association (), or GPA, is the officially recognised player representative body for inter county Gaelic footballers and hurlers in Ireland. The GPA's aim is to promote and protect all aspects of player welfare and to provide an independent voice for players. The GPA was formed in 1999 when former IMG employee Donal O'Neill and a number of high-profile inter-county players, including Tyrone's Fergal Logan and Peter Canavan, Derry's Fergal McCusker and Dublin's Dessie Farrell were instrumental in the birth of the organisation.
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Convoy is to be the proposed site of the Donegal GAA centre of excellence, it is set to be completed by the end of 2013. Seán Dunnion, chairman of the county board said of the centre: “The benefits that can be accrued out of it will be huge to our footballers, our hurlers, our ladies, our camogie players, our schools…the benefits to everyone will be immense.” Naomh Mhuire Conmhaigh is the local GAA club. Founded in 1928 the club caters for players both male and female at all age levels in football.
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Ger Loughnane was born in Feakle, County Clare. He was educated at his local national school where he was first introduced to the game of hurling, before later attending St. Flannan's College in Ennis, a virtual academy for young and gifted hurlers. During his tenure at St. Flannan's, Loughnane won a Munster Colleges Under-15 medal, as well as playing on the college teams that lost Dean Ryan and Harty Cup finals. He also played hurling with St. Patrick's College in Dublin, where he trained as a primary school teacher.
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Kildare participated in the Christy Ring Cup at the inter-county level, reaching the final in 2007 where they were defeated by Westmeath. In recent years, the leading clubs have been Coill Dubh, Éire Óg/Corra Coill, Ardclough and Celbridge. Kildare's youngest club, Confey, became the reigning Senior Hurling Championship in 2007, winning over Coill Dubh in the final. Kildare hurlers came within minutes of reaching a Leinster senior hurling final in 1976, holding a four-point lead over eventual All Ireland finalists Wexford until the closing stages of the semi-final.
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1970 saw the success continue with Looney winning a second consecutive set of provincial and All-Ireland medals in hurling. That year he also added both Munster and All-Ireland under-21 football medals to his ever- growing collection of honours. In 1971 Looney completed a famous three-in-a- row with the under-21 hurlers when they captured the Munster and All-Ireland titles for a third successive year. Not to be outdone the Cork under-21 footballers also retained their Munster and All-Ireland honours, making it two-in-a-row.
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His Cork side beat Kilkenny in the 1946 All Ireland final but were beaten by the cats the following year. Cork won the League again in 1948. Barry's Cork returned for another run of multiple All-Ireland's, a three-in-a-row, from 1952-1954 (the middle year also saw another league won). There was then a barren period for 12 years before Cork returned with a shock victory over old rivals Kilkenny in the 1966 final. It was after this final that Barry said, “In Cork, hurlers come up overnight like mushrooms”.
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The underage success eventually wavered and throughout the late 2000s-early 2010s the club mainly fielded 13-a-side and 11 a-side teams, often amalgamating with neighbouring parishes to field a 15-a-side team. The hurlers lost their senior status in 2013 losing a relegation play-off to rivals Patrickswell and will play at premier intermediate level for 2014 for the first time since 1998. The footballers were also relegated in 2013 marking a bad year for the club. They were beaten by old rivals Gerald Griffin's in the relegation playoff.
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The team on the day was: Eddie Mahon, Tom Cloney Brennan, Martin Coogan (Capt), Donal Dunne, Tommy Brennan, Peter Boran, Martin Fogarty, Eamonn Wallace, Joe O' Neill, Michael Nash, Mick Cloney Brennan, Seamus Brennan, Eamonn Brennan, Mick China Brennan, Terry Brennan The club has won titles in all grades of Hurling and Football except the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship. In 2001 both titles were in sight, with the Hurlers losing the League final and reaching the Championship semi-final, while the footballers went even closer, losing the final in a replay.
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Naomh Moninne Hurling Club started as a youth club, ‘Cumann Ógra Naomh Moninne’, in the Castletown area of Faughart in 1959. It was there that local priest, Father Pól Mac Sheáin but more commonly referred to in Irish as ‘an tAthair Pól Mac Sheáin’, set up the first underage hurling team. Most of the young hurlers were from the Fatima estate in Castletown. Fr Mac Sheáin was originally from County Armagh and was not just a hurling enthusiast, but also an advocate of the Irish language and culture.
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That same year, the club achieved its first national title at underage level by winning the Féile na nGael Division 3. In 1990, the club suffered another defeat in the county final to Wolf Tones but their underage hurlers were successful once more winning the Féile na nGael Division 4. Their next success at senior level was when they won the double between 1992 and 1993. The club also achieved their first national title at adult level in 1993 when they won the All- Ireland Sevens Hurling Shield at the Kilmacud Crokes club in Dublin.
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However what is seldom mentioned is that four very prominent hurlers Leonard Enright, Jim O'Donnell, Michael Graham and Mick O'Loughlin were all unavailable, for one reason or another to Limerick In a tactical masterstroke, Limerick moved their own star forward, Éamonn Cregan, to centre-back where he nullified the Kilkenny attack. Richie Bennis top scored with ten points while Mossie Dowling scored what has been described as a "push over" goal to help Limerick to a 1-21 to 1-14 victory. It remains Limerick's last All-Ireland triumph.
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Tipperary went into a period of decline following this, as Cork and Wexford had a stranglehold on the All-Ireland crown. In spite of this, Doyle added two more National League medals to his collection following defeats of Kilkenny in 1954 and Wexford in 1955. Remembered for his wonderful anticipation, sharp reflexes and his vision, Reddin suffered from deafness and associated speech limitations throughout his career. In 1950 his ability to hear and speak improved when he got his first hearing-aid during a trip to New York with the Tipperary hurlers.
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With UCD, FitzGerald has won a Freshers All-Ireland in 2002 and a Walsh Cup medal in 2004. He also has two Dublin Senior Hurling medals, won in 2004 and 2005. FitzGerald plays club hurling with his native Roscrea where he has won two North Tipperary Minor Hurling medals in 1999 and 2000, and a North Tipperary Senior medal in 2004. He captained the Tipperary minor hurlers to munster final glory in 2001 against a highly fancied Cork side on a blistering hot day in Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
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As part of the centenary celebrations a special presentation took place prior to the game itself. All living former All-Ireland winning captains were given a special introduction onto the field. On that occasion the 60,000 spectators took to their feet as they witnessed some of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game take to the field. RTÉ's Michael O'Hehir acted as master of ceremonies as 38 captains from 40 All-Ireland-winning teams were introduced to and congratulated by the President of the Gaelic Athletic Association Paddy Buggy.
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Blackrock is home to Blackrock National Hurling Club (nicknamed The Rockies) which is located on Church Road. The Rockies are one of Ireland's most successful clubs, with 32 Senior Hurling Championship titles, 3 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships, 5 pre-1970 All-Ireland Titles and a number of notable inter-county hurlers over the years. Gaelic Football is played at St. Michael's GAA (nicknamed The Dazzlers) which has its playing pitches in Mahon. The Beaumont area of Blackrock is home to the under-age section of Avondale United.
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Coutts sent Gandy to the hill, and the game was tight until the Kettleers erupted for seven runs in the fifth, punctuated by Glenn Davis' three-run bomb. Gandy held the Chatham bats at bay, and Kevin Sheredy came on in relief to get the final five outs and secure the crown for the Kettleers. Gandy and Paul shared playoff MVP honors. Coutts' 1996 Kettleers returned hurlers Cressend and Gandy, and both had memorable seasons. Cressend improved on his impressive prior season's marks, going 7–0 with a 1.89 ERA, and Gandy tossed a no-hitter in a 1–0 victory over Wareham.
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Clonmel GAA Ground, also called Clonmel Sportsground, is a GAA stadium located in the town of Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is the home ground of St. Mary's hurling team and Gaelic football team Clonmel Commercials. It is also occasionally used by the Tipperary county football team and has hosted games in the Munster Senior Football Championship, McGrath Cup and National Football League. Declan Ryan's first game in charge of the Tipperary hurlers took place in Clonmel in January 2011 in the Waterford Crystal Cup against WIT where Tipperary were defeated by a scoreline of 2–17 to 1–19.
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Sean Eiffe Park the Ratoath GAA grounds Just outside the town is the horse racing track Fairyhouse racecourse, where the Irish Grand National is held. Ratoath has a long history with horse racing, with many jockeys coming from the area. These include Keith Flood, the founder of Fairyhouse racecourse, and holder of the record for the most Grade 1 wins in Ireland and the UK. In 2016, for the first time in their history, Ratoath GAA hurlers got into a Leinster final after they defeated Rosenallis. Ratoath GAA-A Football, Hurling & Camogie club based in the village of Ratoath, Co. Meath, Ireland.
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Also during that game a Kilmoyley man's leg was broken and two other players got severe injuries. Kilmoyley team that day :- Jack W. Quane, James Kelly, Willie O'Connell, Peter Stack, Michael McCarthy, Patsy O'Rourke, Phil Ml McCarthy, Mick McQuinn, Michael Riordan, Pat Sheehy, Tadgh Donall McCarthy, Daniel Driscoll, Charles Nolan, Pat Nolan, Tom Nolan, Pat Quane, Michael Pat Sheehy, Maurice Fitzgerald, Jack McCarthy, Thade Eugene McCarthy. The Kilmoyley girls wore the same type multi-coloured caps as the hurlers when attending games to differentiate themselves from other clubs' female supporters. In 1890 Kilmoyley was to win its first County title.
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Robert Cleveland Muncrief (January 28, 1916 – February 6, 1996) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 288 games in Major League Baseball over 12 seasons between and with the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees. Born in Madill, Oklahoma, he batted and threw right-handed and was listed as tall and . He is perhaps best known as a key starting pitcher for the 1944 Browns, the only American League team from St. Louis to win a pennant. The following season, in , Muncrief led all Junior Circuit hurlers in winning percentage, posting a .
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Ryan plays his club hurling with his local club Tallow in Waterford. He has played with Tallow/Cois Bride from underage upwards. Ryan has enjoyed little success with Tallow, however he was part of the 2008 under-21(B) team who won the Western hurling title. He also was part of the Minor(b) team who won the 2007 Western Hurling title. In 2007 Cois Bhride made it to the county under 18 hurling (B) final where it ended in a draw against St Marys, Ryan was said to be one of the most skillful hurlers playing that day contributing 7points.
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Spillane made and broke a number of records during his football career. In 1986 Spillane and his three Kerry teammates broke Danno O'Keeffe's long-standing record by capturing an unprecedented eighth All-Ireland winners' medal. His inter-county football career, which spanned three decades, saw him earn a record nine All-Star awards, more than any other player in the history of the game. Spillane shares this record of nine All-Star wins with Kilkenny hurlers Henry Shefflin, D.J. Carey , Tommy Walsh and Eddie Keher (although Keher's record is made up of 5 All-Stars and 4 Cú Chulainn Awards).
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Carew was aware of the tradition at Stonehenge, comparing it with that found at The Hurlers, a group of three stone circles near Liskeard in Cornwall. The next textual appearance of the story dates from 1604, and can be found in the Scottish poet Alexander Craig's book The Poetical Essays of Alexander Craige Scotobritane. Here, it features in reference to Stonehenge as part of the poem "To His Calidonian Mistris". The Stonehenge countless stones story is again mentioned in William Rowley's play The Birth of Merlin, which was published in 1662 but probably authored forty of fifty years previously.
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There have been mixed fortunes at Club level for the Fontenoy Hurlers, winning the Down Intermediate championship in 1998, and again in 2001, captained on both occasions by John Brown. In October 2006, Declan Burns led the club to another Intermediate title at the expense of Ballycran IIs. Liatroim Fontenoys enjoyed their best day on the Hurling front for some years when, on 23 October 2006, they defeated Armagh in the Ulster Intermediate Club hurling Semi-final in Casement Park. Their opponents in the Ulster final on 5 November at St Tiernach's Park, Clones, were Antrim's representatives, Gort na Móna.
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Accordingly, both the team and the manager exuded an over- confidence from the start of the championship. In an infamous interview Keating dismissed Cork’s chances in the championship by stating that "donkeys don’t win derbies." This comment severely riled the Cork hurlers, so much so that they defeated Tipperary by 4-16 to 2-14 in a classic Munster final. Keating’s side regrouped in 1991 and collected a fourth Munster title in five years following a remarkable 4-19 to 4-15 replay defeat of Cork. On 1 September 1991 Tipperary faced old rivals Kilkenny in the All-Ireland decider.
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By the season's end, the teams had tied the series, 8–8. The Sounds experienced their longest winning streak against the Redbirds when they won nine games in a row from July 4 to August 24, 2006. In the July 15 game played during that stretch, Sounds hurlers Carlos Villanueva (6 IP), Mike Meyers (2 IP), and Alec Zumwalt (1 IP) combined to pitch a no-hitter against the Redbirds at Greer Stadium. The trio, who struck out 11 batters, was aided offensively by a Nelson Cruz RBI single in the first inning and a Brent Abernathy solo home run in the sixth.
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An act that is widely disapproved of but not considered illegal is to make a particularly early attempt to carry-off the ball to the goal or boundary. Occasional disputes are generally resolved by the hurlers that happen to be present at the time, as there is no referee or higher authority. The hurler who wins the ball for his team is the custodian of it until the next hurl. He has the right to keep it in perpetuity, but to do so he must pay for a new one to be made for the next game.
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The club takes its name from St. Stephens De La Salle National School in Patrick Street and previous to the current club being established, fielded a hurling team under the name of St. Stephens. St. Stephens won 2 Senior County Hurling Championships, 1913 and 1914. In recent years the club has concentrated on developing juvenile players and now has one of the biggest under age setups in the South East of Ireland. The club has produced many Senior Inter County hurlers in the last few years such as John Mullane, Johnny and Stephen Brenner, Kevin Moran, Bryan Phelan and Derek McGrath.
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McMahon is regarded by many as one of the finest hurlers to have ever played for Clare. He made his championship debut in 1994 against Tipperary and was a prominent member of the Clare side that won the Munster Championship and All- Ireland titles in 1995. Two years later in 1997 the team repeated the same feat, with McMahon claiming his second Munster and All-Ireland medals, this was followed by a third Munster medal in 1998. He played at centre half back, and along with Anthony Daly and Liam Doyle, formed one of the most formidable half backlines of the 1990s.
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He became a seven-time all-star catcher for Yarmouth, and led the Indians to CCBL championships in 1958 and 1960, defeating the powerful Sagamore Clouters for both titles. The 1958 Indians featured star hurlers Bob Sherman and Jack Silver, as well as CCBL Hall of Famer Jim Hubbard, an outfielder who went on to manage Cotuit to four consecutive Cape League titles in the 1960s. Yarmouth met perennial league powerhouse Orleans in the best-of- three Lower Cape title series. The teams split the first two games, with the Indians taking Game 1, 3–0, but dropping Game 2, 5–1.
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The morale that had been raised on the back of that run in the League was nearly squandered as Waterford needed a late flurry of point to secure an even more flattering eight points win against Kerry. Despite this, confidence was high going into a semi-final that, due to the Munster finalists being guaranteed a place in the All-Ireland series, had an extra frisson of tension. The Waterford hurlers did not disappoint, securing a 0–21 to 2-12 (18) win over Tipperary. Waterford were back in the Munster final and heading for Croke Park.
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Roscommon hurlers' one appearance in an All Ireland semi-final was back in 1910, when they were beaten by 10 goals to one point by Tipperary. Their biggest achievements to date are winning the All Ireland Senior B in 1994, the All Ireland Intermediate in 1999, Nicky Rackard Cup Final in 2007 and 2015, both of which were won in Croke Park. Another notable victory was the defeat of Wexford in the 1984 Centenary cup competition in 1984. They competed in the newly formed Christy Ring Cup in 2005 and 2006 but were relegated to the Nicky Rackard cup after poor performances.
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However, a disastrous All- Ireland campaign followed for Galway, with the team losing to London in the 1969 championship and the following year Connacht lost at home to Ulster in the preliminary round of the 1970 Railway Cup, running up 20 wides. By the time the Galway hurlers were heavily beaten in 1975 and 1979 finals the curse was part of folklore. In 1980 Castlegar won the All-Ireland Club Championship, while Connacht beat Munster in that year's Railway Cup final, bringing a measure of success back to Galway. In the 1980 championship, the team was managed by Cyril Farrell.
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Among the more famous sporting personalities born in the parish was Tim Doody. He had the unusual distinction of playing in two All Ireland Senior Finals with London, in hurling and football, in the same day in 1901. The hurlers were successful and Doody became the first 'Tour' man to win an All Ireland senior hurling medal, a record equalled by Seamus Horgan, who guarded the Limerick net in the 1973 All Ireland final. Sean (Jimmy) O'Sullivan and his brother Michael were famous cross country athletes with Sean winning the Caltex award, forerunner of the current Texaco awards, in 1963.
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In a 1946 paper published in the Folklore journal, John H. Evans recorded a Kentish folk belief which had been widespread "up to the last generation". This held that it was impossible to successfully count the number of stones in the Medway Megaliths. The countless stones motif is not unique to Kent, having been recorded at other megalithic monuments in Britain and Ireland. The earliest textual evidence for it is in an early 16th-century document, where it applies to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, although an early 17th- century document also applied it to The Hurlers, a set of three stone circles in Cornwall.
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At inter-county level, Twomey played exclusively with the Dublin hurlers. He was selected for the senior team in 1982 by the famous Dublin hurling mentor, Jimmy Boggan, who had managed Dublin to an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship in 1965. Twomey made his senior debut in the National Hurling League against Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds when he was only 20 years of age. In 1983, Twomey made his championship debut for Dublin when they beat Laois by 4-10 to 2-11 in Nowlan Park in the quarter final of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
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This defeat prompted their manager, Babs Keating, to describe the Offaly hurlers as "sheep in a heap", and he promptly resigned. It looked as if Offaly’s championship hopes were in disarray, however, they overcame Antrim in the All-Ireland quarter-final and qualified to meet Clare in the semi-final. The first game ended in a draw and had to be replayed, however, the replay was ended early because of a time- keeping error by the referee. Following a protest on the pitch of Croke Park by the Offaly supporters it was decided that Clare and Offaly would meet for a third time.
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Also, two Angels hurlers (Kevin Gregg and Brendan Donnelly) had already been thrown out of the game for hitting batters, and manager Mike Scioscia and bench coach Ron Roenicke had been ejected as well. Rangers pitcher Scott Feldman hit Kennedy in the buttocks with a fastball with only one out remaining in the game, and his team up 9–3.Daley, Ken, "Angels lose in melee-filled contest: Saunders suffers first big-league loss in contentious affair" , MLB.com, 8/17/06, accessed 8/14/09 Kennedy charged the mound, triggering a fight between the 6' 5" Feldman and the 6' 1" Kennedy.
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Flaherty first came to prominence on the inter- county scene as a member of the Offaly minor and under-21 teams. He had little success in either of these grades and he quickly joined the county senior team. Flaherty emigrated to the United States at the start of the 1970s; however, when he returned he resumed his place on the Offaly senior team. Things were on the up for the Offaly hurlers in the late 1970s; however, the big breakthrough was yet to come. All this changed in 1980 when Flaherty’s team defeated reigning All-Ireland champions Kilkenny in the Leinster final.
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After the rush of titles won in the 80s the 90s were quite times for the club with just one mid junior "A" title coming in 1990 and one mid minor "B" title in 1998. In 1999 the club won its first adult county title in 14 years when the under 21 hurlers captained by Micheal Hassett took mid and county honours in the under 21 "B" championship defeating Kildangan in the county final. Moycarkey had similar fortune in football winning the under 21 "B" mid and county in 1997 along with mid minor "B" titles in 1995 and 1997.
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In the first direct elections to the European Parliament in December 1979 he stood in the Munster constituency but was not elected. He played hurling as a full-back with the Limerick Senior Hurling team, with whom he won a National Hurling League medal in 1947, and also with his local club Ahane. He retired prematurely from the game following a serious head injury sustained in a club match in 1949. His brothers Seán Herbert and Tony Herbert were also hurlers with Limerick and his son Turlough Herbert was a member of the Limerick senior hurling panel for the 1994 All-Ireland final.
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Waterford, a team who won four Munster titles between 2002 and 2010, were seen as a team to have missed out on their chance at an All- Ireland title and were ranked at 25/1. London, the winners of the 2012 Christy Ring Cup, availed of their automatic right to promotion to the top tier and joined the Leinster championship. Prior to the championship draw it emerged that Croke Park officials had written to the Laois County Board inviting the county hurlers to participate in the 2013 Christy Ring Cup. This was prompted by Laois's poor results during the previous few seasons.
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London have a strong hurling tradition, and besides their All-Ireland win in 1901 they have also won three B All-Irelands in the last twenty years, and claim consistently good results in the National Hurling League. As a mid-table Division 2 side, London are actually placed above half the counties of Ireland, in strong contrast to their role as "whipping boys" in football. The Exiles also won the inaugural Nicky Rackard Cup in 2005, defeating Louth's hurlers by 15 points in the final. London competed in the 2013 Senior All Ireland Championship, facing Carlow in their opening match.
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However, in March 1931 a delegation from UCD went to Croke Park to advance this proposition. On this occasion the Central Council approved the idea of an annual series of matches. Unfortunately the first hurling match in April 1931 between an NUI Colleges Select team (6 from UCC, 5 from UCG and 4 from UCD) and the All-Ireland Champions Tipperary at Thurles was disastrous in terms of furthering the concept of an annual series of games. Tipperary proved far too strong for the NUI Select hurlers and won the match without a point being registered against them.
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John Ryan was a student at UCD in the 1910s who led the UCD hurlers to two Fitzgibbon Cup victories and captained Dublin to All-Ireland Hurling success in 1917.UCD and the Sigerson: UCD 100 years 1911–2011, Irial Glynn (edited by Paul Rose), 2011, Edition 1, University College Dublin The 1950 match received extensive press coverage, was aired on radio and attended by over 20,000 spectators. Although the students lost by six points, they did the University sector proud in this high profile game. The match was praised as the kind of football that would throng Croke Park any Sunday.
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The 1992 Munster Senior Hurling Championship was a relatively good one for the seniors, defeating Clare after a replay and only losing by three points to Limerick in the semi-final. It was the underage sides though that would provide Waterford with its best year in nearly three decades. The minor hurlers, playing in their first Munster final since 1968, needed a last minute Paul Flynn goal to secure a draw, Waterford's 4–7 to Tipperary's 3-10. Between that drawn game and the replay, the Under-21s defeated a Ger Loughnane-managed Clare team by 0–17 to 1-12 (15).
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Meyler first played for Wexford at minor level in 1973. A dual player with both the hurlers and Gaelic footballers, he enjoyed little success in this grade. Meyler subsequently joined the Wexford under-21 teams, once again as a dual player, however, he ended his underage career without any silverware. On 24 May 1981, Meyler made his championship debut with the Wexford senior hurling team in a 2-20 to 0-08 Leinster Championship quarter- final defeat of Dublin. Meyler transferred to Cork in 1982 and made his championship debut for the Cork senior hurling team on 12 May 1983.
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Furthermore, Cork were playing in their first final in a decade and fielded one of the youngest team's ever. There was even speculation that 45-year-old Christy Ring would be redrafted back onto the panel. In the final itself Cork defeated ‘the Cats’ by 3–9 to 1-10. Kilkenny returned for a second consecutive final appearance in 1967, this time taking on a Tipperary team that was heading over the hill. A victory for ‘the Cats’ by 3–8 to 2-7 put an end to a 45-year Tipperary bogey for the Kilkenny hurlers.
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The Lory Meagher Cup (; often referred to as the Meagher Cup) is the fifth- highest inter-county senior championship in hurling. Each year, the champion team in the Lory Meagher Cup is promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup. The Lory Meagher Cup, which was introduced for the 2009 season, provides a meaningful championship for fifth tier teams deemed "too weak" for the fourth tier Nicky Rackard Cup. The winners of the championship receive the Lory Meagher Cup, named after former Kilkenny hurler Lory Meagher who many regard as one of the greatest hurlers of all time.
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The turn of the decade has seen considerable success for the underage teams of Kilshannig, which bodes well for the future of the club. The 1996–2000 age groups have been especially responsible for this upturn in fortunes. 2010–2013 saw the club amass over 10 North Cork championships in both hurling and football between U11 and U14, supplemented by a Cork U15 B Hurling Championship in 2011, and a Cork U13 A Football Championship in 2012. 2012 saw Kilshannig teams playing at Premier level for the first time in our history, with our U13 Hurlers playing at Premier 2.
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Kill hurlers began contesting the Junior Championship in the 1950s. They won the Division 3 Hurling League in 2001, followed by the Division 2 Hurling league in 2002. Kill also contested the Junior championship finals of 2002, 2003, 2004, before finally winning it in 2005 with a last second goal by Brian McMahon, winning by a point over Leixlip. They followed this by reaching the Intermediate Championship Final in 2006, losing narrowly to Ardclough. By reaching the Intermediate final, they then went on to represent Kildare in the 2006 Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship against Our Lady's Island from Wexford.
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Sheehan first played for Cork with the county's minor football team in 2007. That year he won a Munster title following a 1–16 to 2–8 defeat of Kerry. By 2008 Sheehan had made it onto the Cork minor hurling team. He quickly added a Munster title in that code to his collection following a one-point defeat of Tipperary. Sheehan subsequently joined the Cork under-21 panels in both codes. He enjoyed little success with the hurlers, however, in 2009 he won a Munster under-21 football title following a 1–9 to 2–5 defeat of Tipperary.
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At club level he took charge of club sides Camross and Kiltormer before serving as manager of the Offaly senior team for a two-year spell. Whelahan is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. During his playing days he won four All-Star awards, as well as being the first person to be named Texaco Hurler of the Year on two occasions. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left wing-back on the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000.
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On 1 May 2008, the Iverahain Golf Society launched the inaugural Tommy Quaid Perpetual Cup in 'The Hurlers', Castletroy, County Limerick. Membership of the society is confined to men who have worn the hurling Number 1 jersey at senior inter- county level for one of the six Munster counties. The Tommy Quaid Perpetual Cup is awarded to the winner of this annual competition and the outing will alternate between the six Munster counties over the coming years. Present and former hurling goalkeepers from the entire province have jumped at the opportunity of participating in this novel outing.
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Bernie Murphy (born 1923) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team. Born in Cork, Murphy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Cork senior hurling team. He made his debut during the 1942 championship before later joining the Cork senior football team. Murphy immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one All-Ireland medal, one Munster medal and one National Hurling League medal with the hurlers as well as one Munster medal with the footballers.
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In the All-Ireland Club semi-final they beat Mayo champions Tourmakeady, before losing narrowly to Ardfert of Kerry in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship final on 10 March 2007 in Croke Park. In May 2006 Barry McGoldrick became the first Eoghan Rua player to play in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship when he was part of the Derry team that defeated Tyrone in the first round of the Ulster Championship in Healy Park. His brother, Seán Leo McGoldrick made his debut for Derry in the 2007 McKenna Cup v Queen's University Belfast. Both have also played for Derry hurlers.
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On the field of play the hurlers battled with the elements as well as with each other. So bad were the conditions that the dye from the players’ jerseys ran into their togs. The Cork players found their feet and came storming back into the game. Jack Lynch stood up and played a captain’s role once again when he scored another goal for Cork. Kilkenny’s Paddy Phelan was the star defender of the day as he repelled wave after wave of Cork attacks on goal. As the game neared its conclusion Cork’s Willie Campbell lined up to take a long-range free.
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At 3:15pm the former Clare hurler and match referee Tommy Daly got the game underway in earnest. Limerick, after coming through a tough provincial campaign in Munster were regarded as the favourites while the Kilkenny team were regarded as being too old to trouble the Munster men who were undefeated in 35 games over the course of two years. A record crowd of 46,591, for any GAA match up to that point, thronged Croke Park in anticipation of a hurling classic. The elements conspired against the hurlers as the rain came down in torrents during the entire game.
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In 1977 Murphy claimed his second All-Ireland hurling medal in-a-row, together with his second Railway Cup medal in-a-row. 1978 saw Murphy was instrumental in helping Cork to complete a remarkable three All-Ireland hurling victories in- a-row, marking the team out as one of the greatest of all-time. Once again Murphy completed another treble by claiming a third consecutive Railway Cup title with Munster. In 1979 the Cork senior hurlers almost succeeded in making it to the hurling final again, however, they were defeated by Galway in the semi-final.
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Reddin is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game, with many former players, commentators and fans rating him as the number one goalkeeper of all-time. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including as goalkeeper on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984 and the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000. At the time of his death Reddin was the oldest living senior All-Ireland medal winner, a mantle he had held since the death of Tommy Cooke in 2014.
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The game of hurling has been played in Dublin long since before the foundation of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship and the GAA. According to Irish historian James Ware (1594–1666), it was customary in the 13th century for the inhabitants of Dublin to organise hurling matches on festive days. On Easter Monday 1209, hundreds of Dublin citizens left the safety of the city walls and descended on the woods near Cullenswood, now Ranelagh, for a hurling match. Tragically, the hurlers and spectators were ambushed by rival clans who had come down from the Wicklow Mountains.
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In the 1954 Cape League championship series, Games 1 and 2 against Orleans were played as a doubleheader. In a matchup of CCBL Hall of Fame hurlers, Orleans took Game 1, 4–3, with Roy Bruninghaus outdueling the Clouters' Jack Sanford. Sagamore answered in Game 2 with a 5–3 victory behind moundsman Dick Smith. The Clouters took Game 3, but Orleans knotted the series with a 10–6 Game 4 victory, setting up a decisive Game 5 to be played on the neutral Chatham field. In the finale, the Clouters held down Orleans early, leading 5–0 after seven behind a masterful performance by Sanford.
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Dessie Farrell is a former Chief Executive and founder member of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) the official representative body for Ireland's county Gaelic footballers and hurlers. A former All Star Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Dublin county team for nearly 15 years, he retired from county football in 2005 and spent another four years playing with his club Na Fianna. Having won an All-Ireland with Dublin in 1995, Dessie went on to captain his county, winning six Leinster championships, a National League title and three county championships with his club. He managed the Dublin minor football team in 2011 and 2012.
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In the latter years of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the fame of Kilmoyley's hurlers and their deeds spread to non-hurling areas in the county and beyond. Hurling was practised in Kilmoyley many years before the Gaelic Athletic Association's foundation in 1884. In the two decades prior to the foundation of the GAA, Kilmoyley organised hurling matches with Abbeydorney, Lixnaw and Ballyduff. Early officers of the club were Jack McGrath, Dan O'Connor, Michael Hanlon, David Reidy, Cornelius Regan, Thomas Sheehy, Edward Ryle, John Lawlor, and David Mahony. Meetings were conducted in Patcheen Quane's house and the players "trained" in Nolan's field before 11 o'clock Sunday mass.
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Lugo had previously pitched for Parma in 2018 before being signed as an international free agent, and returned following the cancellation of the 2020 minor league season. The big lefty posted a 3-3 record in 40.0 IP, striking out 69 while issuing only 10 walks to go with an impressive 1.40 ERA. Pomponi came back with Parma after having missed the entire 2019 season due to injury. The young righty logged 39.2 IP, striking out 48 to go with a 2.47 ERA. Italian national team hurlers Mattia Aldegheri (31.1 IP, 33 K, 4.02 ERA) and Yomel Rivera (18.0 IP, 30 K, 3.11 ERA) solidified the Parma bullpen.
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This was the start of what would be called the Golden decade as the club won a number of championships and leagues to go both senior Hurling and Football in a 12 year period. In 1966 the football team won their way into senior ranks by winning the inter football Championship. The Junior Hurlers made the big break through in 1965 by winning the junior Hurling league and championship. In 1968 our under 13 footballers was beaten in the A league final and this team would be the back bone of the Cabra west team who won three consecutive community games Gold medals in Croke Park.
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St. Brendan's Community School is a secondary school located in the town of Birr, County Offaly in the midlands of Ireland. The school was opened in January 1980 following an amalgamation of the following schools that were in operation around the town; Presentation College (Oxmantown Mall), Mercy Sisters Convent (Wilmer Road) and the Vocational School (Green St). The first principal of the school was Brother Denis, who remained in that position until 1998, when he was succeeded by Tom Foley. The school has a strong hurling tradition, and has produced many hurlers (including Brian Whelahan) who have won All-Ireland titles at both club and county level.
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In 1981 however both clubs underwent their greatest change when it was decided it would be best for all, to amalgamate the Park G.F.C and the Ratheniska Hurling Club under the one name, the Park/Ratheniska GAA Club. The new club had to wait six years for its name to be carved on a trophy, but this came along in 1987 when the Junior Hurlers did the League and Championship double. The footballers took their lead from this and stormed their way back to Senior ranks in 1988 when winning the Laois Intermediate Football Championship final on a wild and windy day in O'Moore Park.
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Later, clubs were formed in Boston, Cleveland, and many other centers of Irish America. American teams competed in the short lived revival of the ancient Tailteann Games in 1928 and 1932 In 1910, twenty-two hurlers, composed of an equal number from Chicago and New York, conducted a tour of Ireland, where they played against the County teams from Kilkenny, Tipperary, Limerick, Dublin, and Wexford. Traditionally a game played by Irish immigrants and discarded by their children, many American hurling teams took to raising money to import players directly from Ireland. In recent years, this has changed considerably with the advent of the Internet.
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He started as a coach, being promoted as their farm director in 1990 and served as their major league pitching coach from 1996 through 1999. During his four seasons in that role, two Toronto hurlers won three consecutive Cy Young Awards as the top pitcher in the American League — Pat Hentgen in 1996 and Roger Clemens in the 1997 and 1998 seasons. In addition, Queen was instrumental in helping shape the careers of several Blue Jays players. They included pitchers Chris Carpenter, Pat Hentgen, Todd Stottlemyre, Mike Timlin, David Wells and Woody Williams; infielders Alex Gonzalez and Jeff Kent, as well as outfielders Shawn Green and Shannon Stewart, among others.
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O'Sullivan's performances with the Cork minor footballers saw him added to the starting fifteen of the under-21 side for the All-Ireland final replay with Galway on 8 November 1981. That game failed to live up to the excitement of the replay, however, a 2–9 to 1–6 victory gave O'Sullivan an All-Ireland medal in the under-21 grade. As a dual under-21 player in 1982, O'Sullivan enjoyed mixed fortunes. With the hurlers he won his first Munster medal following a 1–14 to 1–4 provincial decider defeat of Limerick. On 12 September 1982 Cork faced Galway in the All-Ireland decider.
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As well as the 6 adult sides named above, 4 other underage clubs have formed in recent years. These clubs are Ballyvary, Moytura, Caiseal Gaels and Claremorris. These 10 clubs provide the players for the Mayo underage hurling development panels. Mayo have development panels at U14, U15, U16 and Minor age-groups, and compete in the All-Ireland 'B' competitions each year. Mayo's most famous hurlers are Joe Henry (Tooreen), who won Railway Cup medals with Connacht in the 1980s, and current dual player Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis) who played for the Mayo football team in the All-Ireland football final in 2006, 2012, 2103 and 2016.
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Brendan C. Considine (21 February 1897 – 17 December 1983) was an Irish hurler, Gaelic footballer, rugby player and boxer who played as a left corner- forward for the Clare, Dublin, Cork and Waterford senior teams. He first played for Clare in 1914 and was a regular inter-county hurler until his retirement in 1930. Part of the famous Considine family that included his brothers Willie and Tull, Considine is regarded as one of Clare's greatest- ever hurlers. He won two All-Ireland winners' medals, winning his first as a seventeen-year-old in 1914 making him the youngest player ever to win an All- Ireland title.
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Paul Greville is a dual player from County Westmeath. He plays both Gaelic football and hurling with Westmeath GAA,"Greville starts for Westmeath hurlers" Westmeath 26 February 2010; retrieved May 2011 and was part of the team that won the Christy Ring Cup."Greville recalled for Ring Cup final" Westmeath 3 July 2010; retrieved May 2011 He has received National Hurling League and National Football League medals. Greville plays club football with Killucan, winning the 2005 intermediate football championship,"Super-sub Greville the Killucan hero" Westmeath 3 November 2005; retrieved May 2011 and club hurling with Raharney GAA, winning Westmeath Senior Hurling Championships in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
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A week later on 21 July 1968, Coughlan lined out at midfield when the Cork senior hurling team faced Tipperary in the Munster final. For the second week in succession he ended the Munster final on the losing side as the hurlers suffered a 2-13 to 1-07 defeat. Coughlan continued with his dual player status for the 1969 season, and won a National Hurling League medal as a non-playing substitute on 4 May 1969 after a 3-12 to 1-14 defeat of Wexford in the final. Coughlan lined out in a third successive Munster final with the Cork senior football team on 20 July 1969.
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John Horgan (25 May 1950 - 10 June 2016) was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned twelve years from 1969 to 1981. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game and as one of the most iconic Cork players of all time. Born near Barrack Street on the south side of Cork city, Horgan was introduced to hurling by his father, a county junior championship medal winner with Blackrock. He developed his skills at Sullivan's Quay CBS while simultaneously coming to prominence at underage levels with the Passage club, before transferring to Blackrock in 1968.
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Then in the 1960s, John Mitchel's built what was arguably their best-ever team - they reached their peak in 1971 winning the Warwickshire championship and getting through to the Championship of Britain final. Here they faced the mighty Brian Boru's in New Eltham. This Brians team featured no fewer than ten London senior players who had played in the Munster championship, including Johnny Barrett, Timmy Sheehan, Roger Cashin, Paddy McGrath, Patsy O'Neill, Pat McDermott, Martin Connolly and Tom Connolly. The Mitchels had many stars of their own with many fine hurlers such as Billy Collins, Jimmy Moynihan, Paddy Grimes, Liam Dalton and Ritchie Walsh.
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Laois won one All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship title, in 1915, when the day was so wet the team reportedly played the second half in their overcoats. Laois currently competes in the Liam MacCarthy Cup (Tier 1 of the Senior Hurling Championship), but has also won three All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championships. The hurlers reached National Hurling League semi-finals in 1981 and 1983 before losing the Centenary Cup hurling final to Cork in 1984, and were back in the National Hurling League semi-final in 1996. Laois most recently contested the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final in 1985, in what was to be a disappointing final defeat against Offaly.
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Although Loughnane was noted as a great hurler in a county that was starved of success, it is for his exploits as manager of the Clare senior hurlers in the 1990s that he is best known. His managerial career began in the early 1990s when he became a selector on the Clare senior hurling team under Len Gaynor. He was later dropped after a heavy defeat, serving as manager of the Clare under-21 team in the intervening period, but returned as a senior selector in 1993. When Gaynor stepped down in 1994 Loughnane immediately became manager and was charged with preparing the team for the 1995 championship.
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In the quarter final they played Civil Service, their first competitive game rivals, winning 1-13 to 1-8 on 16 August in Hazelbury Park. The hurlers have often made the quarter finals of the championship but failed to progress beyond that stage, 2012 was the first time they have done so. They played fellow Dublin 15 club Castleknock in the semi final winning in Somerton 3-11 to 0-8. On 14 October in O'Toole Park they played St. Marks in their first ever hurling final, losing 3-13 to 4-4. 8 members of the first team who started out in 2007 were part of the squad.
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The club more than held its own at senior level and in 1994 narrowly lost the senior semi final to Oulart/ Ballagh who went on to record their own first senior win. At underage level in 1994 the club contested its first premier minor hurling final as a single club losing out to Rathnure. In 1995 the junior B hurlers won the final at the third attempt beating the Rapparees in the final having lost the 1989 final to Bannow / Ballymitty. This was the high tide mark of the club as each year that followed saw a gradual slippage until in 2000 the club was relegated from senior ranks.
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The tradition of a 'married versus singles' hurling match is still staged by many Dublin hurling clubs on St. Stephen's Day. In 1778, police officers dispersed a crowd on Summerhill that had assembled in the fields there every Sunday during the summer for the purpose of playing football and hurling. It is believed that this was the exact spot where Croke Park now stands. According to the Freeman's Journal, in August of 1779, there was a bet between the penny boys of Smithfield, who had arranged a bull bait for the Fifteen Acres, that they would draw a bigger crowd than "the hurlers of the Phoenix Park".
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Taylor batted .262 with 28 hits (including four home runs) in 33 games over the final two months of the season, including 24 starts as a corner outfielder. At season's end, however, he was included in a five-player December 5 trade in which the Redlegs, seeking pitching help, acquired three hurlers from the St. Louis Cardinals. The three pitchers involved would win only six total games for Cincinnati, but the rookie center fielder who accompanied Taylor to St. Louis—Curt Flood—would become a three-time National League All-Star, a seven-time Gold Glove Award winner, a two-time World Series champion, and a pivotal figure in baseball labor relations.
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Braves hurler Jeff Thompson spun a no-hitter in a rain-shortened six-inning game against Harwich at Doran Park in 2012, and pitchers Austin Gomber, Josh Laxer, and Ryan Harris teamed up for a combined no-hitter at Cotuit in 2013. Bourne's Spencer Brickhouse was West Division MVP at the 2018 CCBL All-Star Game, going 2-for-2 with a homer, double and two RBI's in the West's 4–3 victory. A pair of Braves hurlers were named co-recipients of the league's Outstanding New England Player Award in 2018, as Justin Lasko of Stratford, Connecticut and the University of Massachusetts shared the honor with Methuen, Massachusetts native Jacob Wallace of the University of Connecticut.
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In 2009, Galway became the first team from Connacht to enter the Walsh Cup, which came about as part of their move from the Connacht Championship to the Leinster Championship in a bid to play more competitive provincial hurling. Along with the county hurlers, Galway colleges GMIT and NUIG entered the Walsh cup, as well as Dublin college DIT. The following year, Galway won the Walsh Cup for the first time, beating Dublin in the final by 1-22 to 1-15. In December 2011, the Leinster Council announced a three-year sponsorship deal with Bord na Móna, providing the competition with a title sponsor for the first time in its history.
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In 1966 Kilworth won a famous U-21 and Junior hurling double beating Ballyhea and parish rivals Araglen respectively. Kanturk sent Kilworth out in the County stages but this experience would put Kilworth in good stead for the following campaign. The U-21 hurlers regained their title as did the Junior team in 1967. In the North Cork final, they defeated Freemount and an historic first County win was on the cards as Kilworth set up a mouth-watering clash with Cloghduv in the final. This proved to be the case as Kilworth outplayed Cloughduv on the day, winning by 3–11 to 2–7 to capture the clubs first County title.
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The club secured a 15th Donegal Senior Football Championship on 2 November 2014 against local rivals Glenswilly at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey, a 0–09–0–06 win, with John Haran at 38 years old putting in a man-of-the-match performance in the middle of the field. Manager was Maxi Curran, who was the first manager outside the club's membership in its history. The under-21 side defeated a Cill Chartha team, with a flurry of late goals in the final of the Donegal Under-21 Football Championship leading to a scoreline of 3–12 to 1–15. The club's hurlers won their first Donegal Under-16 Hurling Championship title, defeating Buncrana in the final.
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Crowley first came to prominence as a dual player of both hurling and Gaelic football with Cork in 1974. He won a Munster medal with the hurlers following a 2–11 to 2–7 defeat of Tipperary in a replay, while he also claimed a provincial medal with the footballers who bested old rivals Kerry by 0–13 to 1–6. The subsequent All-Ireland hurling final saw Cork narrowly defeat Kilkenny by 1–10 to 1–8, giving Crowley an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal. Two weeks later he was back in Croke Park as the footballers faced Mayo in the championship decider. Cork once again emerged victorious following a 1–10 to 1–6 victory.
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The club had qualified for the All-Ireland final with Loughrea providing the opposition. A new generation of hurlers, including James "Cha" Fitzpatrick, played a key role in that game and powered Ballyhale to their fourth All-Ireland club title. In 2007 Ballyhale Shamrocks continued their winning ways with the club winning a second consecutive county title, before that, the hat-trick was completed in the league, with a comfortable victory over James Stephens. The championship quarter-final against dogged Dunnamaggin was a tight and tricky affair that only swung the Shamrocks way in the last seven minutes, mainly due to terrific individual performances from James "Cha" Fitzpatrick and Eamon Walsh at full-back.
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Castlemartyr hurling club was founded in 1924, though the area had been noted for its hurlers and footballers before that year, and a football team existed in Castlemartyr at the end of the 19th century. The early days of the club were not marked by any notable triumph, but by 1935 the club reached the East Cork final, and recorded the first of seven divisional successes. They went on to the county final afterwards, and though they failed to capture the crown after four encounters with Mayfield, two of which were abandoned. Christy O'Brien, who had played with the Cork minors four years earlier, was one of the stars of the 1935 team.
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On 1 November 2009, the hurling panel produced a vote of no confidence in McNamara to continue as manager. After a Clare County Board meeting in Ennis on 10 November 2009, McNamama made a stirring address, confirming his desire to stay in place as manager of the Banner hurlers, reflecting on the progress made in 2009 and outlining his plans for next season. He spoke to delegates present for close to 30 minutes after members of the media had been asked to leave the room. A letter from the 27 player panel was read out at the meeting explaining that only one squad member had sided with McNamara in the vote of confidence on 1 November.
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Laois won one All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship title, in 1915, when the day was so wet the team reportedly played the second half in their overcoats. The team currently competes in the Liam MacCarthy Cup (Tier 1 of the Senior Hurling Championship), but has also won three All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championships. The hurlers reached National Hurling League semi-finals in 1981 and 1983 before losing the Centenary Cup hurling final to Cork in 1984, and were back in the National Hurling League semi-final in 1996. Laois most recently contested the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final in 1985, in what was to be a disappointing final defeat against Offaly.
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He ended the game as man of the match. On 3 November 2013, McLoughlin was at midfield when the Kanturk hurlers faced Éire Óg in the final of the Cork Intermediate Championship. He scored eleven points, including three frees and two 65s, in the 2-22 to 1-12 victory. The 2017-18 season proved to be a hugely successful one for McLoughlin and the Kanturk club. After claiming a Cork Premier Intermediate Championship medal with the hurling team following a two-point defeat of Mallow in the final, he later won a Cork Intermediate Championship medal as a footballer following a 0-14 to 0-13 defeat of Mitchelstown in the final.
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Pfund went 4-for-22 (.182) in batting with a double and 2 walks, had 4 runs batted in and scored 2 runs. Even though he pitched 62.1 innings in 1945, Pfund tied for ninth among National League hurlers with 5 hit batsmen. By contrast, it took the other five pitchers who were tied with him for ninth an average of 191.2 innings to hit the same number of batters. Lee was employed at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois for nearly 39 years, as a professor of physical education, baseball coach, basketball coach, and executive director of the Alumni Association (1975–87). Pfund was the winningest coach in Wheaton history for both men's basketball and baseball.
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The no-hitter is, as of 2014, one of only four to be pitched on the final day of a regular season, the others being Mike Witt's perfect game in 1984, Henderson Álvarez's no-hitter in 2013, and Jordan Zimmermann's no- hitter on September 28, 2014. Blue also became the first no-hit pitcher to also pitch in a combined no-hitter; he has since been joined by Chicago White Sox hurlers John 'Blue Moon' Odom and Francisco Barrios, the California Angels' Mark Langston and Mike Witt, the Atlanta Braves' Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers, and Alejandro Peña, and Kevin Millwood and Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies. Blue endured a rocky relationship with Athletics owner Charlie Finley.
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The earliest textual evidence for it is found in an early 16th- century document, where it applies to the stone circle of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, although in an early 17th-century document it was applied to The Hurlers, a set of three stone circles in Cornwall. Later records reveal that it had gained widespread distribution in England, as well as a single occurrence each in Wales and Ireland. The folklorist S. P. Menefee suggested that it could be attributed to an animistic understanding that these megaliths had lives of their own. Several modern Pagan religions are practiced at the Medway Megaliths, with Pagan activity having taken place at the Coldrum Stones from at least the late 1980s.
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final was listed in second place by CNN in its "10 sporting events you have to see live", after the Olympic Games. After covering the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final between Kilkenny and Waterford for BBC Television, English commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme was moved to describe hurling as his second favourite sport in the world after his first love, soccer. Alex Ferguson used footage of an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final in an attempt to motivate his players during his time as manager of Premier League soccer outfit Manchester United; the players winced at the standard of physicality and intensity in which the hurlers were engaged.
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This is a list of all the past winners of the officiacl GAA GPA All Stars Awards in hurling since the first awards in 1971. As an insight to the prominent players of the 1960s, it also includes the unofficial "Cuchulainn" awards presented from 1963 to 1967 under the auspices of Gaelic Weekly magazine. Since 1971, the All Ordinaries Awards in hurling have been presented annually to a set of fifteen hurlers from that year's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, who are seen to be deserving of being named in a "Team of the Year". The shortlist is compiled by a selection committee steering group, while the overall winners are chosen by inter-county players themselves.
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The Nicky Rackard Cup (often referred to as the Rackard Cup) is the fourth- highest senior inter-county championship overall in hurling. Each year, the champion team in the Nicky Rackard Cup is promoted to the Christy Ring Cup, and the lowest finishing team enters a play-off with possible relegation to the Lory Meagher Cup. The Nicky Rackard Cup, which was introduced for the 2005 season, is a recent initiative in providing a meaningful championship for third tier teams deemed "too weak" for any higher grades. The winners of the championship receive the Nicky Rackard Cup, named after former Wexford hurler Nicky Rackard regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all time.
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Antrim are the only Ulster county to appear in an All-Ireland hurling final, the first of which was in 1943 losing to Cork and the second was in 1989 losing to Tipperary. In 1943 Antrim defeated both Galway (by 7-0 to 6-2) and Kilkenny (by 3-3 to 1-6) in the old Corrigan Park, but disappointed in the All Ireland against Cork. Two years previously, Antrim had been graded Junior a year before, and had been beaten by Down in the Ulster final. They were only competing in the Senior Championship because the Junior grade was abolished. Antrim hurlers featured strongly in Ulster Railway cup final appearances in 1945, 1993 and 1995.
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Wohlers was selected in the eighth round of the 1988 amateur draft by the Braves. He went on to make his major league debut with the Braves on August 17, 1991. Less than a month later, on September 11, Wohlers teamed with fellow Braves hurlers Kent Mercker and Alejandro Peña for a combined no-hitter against the San Diego Padres; Wohlers pitched two innings in relief of Mercker. After spending the following three seasons as a setup pitcher, Wohlers was given the job as a closer in 1995. He went on to record 97 saves over the next three seasons, also saving the 1–0 victory in the clinching Game 6 of the 1995 World Series, establishing himself as one of the best closers in the majors.
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He was a valuable part of the Wolfe Tones team which defeated Newmarket on Fergus to claim its second senior county hurling title in 2006. He was named "Hurler of the Month" for June 2008"O'Connell, Clarke win June player awards" Irish Times, 8 July 2008 and was shortlisted for the hurling All-Stars at the end of the 2008 season.Cats dominance extends to All Stars list , RTÉ, 25 September 2008 Brian emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, citing a lack of work in Ireland and become one of the first high-profile hurlers to leave due to work commitments. Brian was in the height of his playing career however years of representing his club and county at dual sport and numerous age levels took its toll.
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They were defeated on a scoreline of 1–18 to 2–12 2006 would prove to be the year when the undoubted potential of the current crop of hurlers would bear fruit, the league title was retained, the Fenians beaten in the final. Victory in the quarter final over Carrickshock in a pulsating game was followed by a semi-final win against another near neighbour, Dunamaggin. This set up the title decider against the champions of 2001 and 2003, O'Loughlin Gaels, the south Kilkenny club were victorious on a scoreline of 1–21 to 2–11 to take their tenth county championship title. The Shamrocks then regained the provincial championship by defeating Birr in the final to take another Leinster club title.
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There are 13 to be found on Dartmoor, including Brisworthy stone circle and Scorhill, and numerous examples to be found in Cornwall such as The Merry Maidens, The Hurlers and Boscawen-Un. In contrast to the over 70 stone circles known from Dartmoor, there are only two known from Exmoor: Porlock Stone Circle and Withypool Stone Circle. The contrast between the number of rings on the two moors may be because Dartmoor has abundant natural granite while Exmoor has none, instead having Devonian slates and Hangman Grits, both of which easily break up into small slabs, resulting in a general shortage of big stones on Exmoor. The two Exmoor stones are made from smaller stones, which archaeologists have termed miniliths.
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The Westmeath hurlers experienced a successful period in the mid 1930s, when they won the Leinster League twice in succession, the Junior Championship in 1936, and beat Laois to qualify for the 1937 Leinster Senior final. Rickardstown's John 'Jobber' McGrath, who played for the county in the 1950s and 1960s, is regarded as Westmeath's greatest hurler, and as one of the greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland senior hurling title. Westmeath played in the first division of the National Hurling League in 1985–86, and were the only team to beat Galway in an 18-month period. This team included the three Kilcoyne brothers and produced an All Star award for David, who was the team's free taker and top scorer in 1986.
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Down share with Cavan the Ulster record for most All-Ireland victories at 5. As such, Down is regarded historically as a strong footballing county, and football is widely regarded as the dominant Gaelic sport within the county. The Ards peninsula, however, is a hurling stronghold within the county, and while the county hurling team are not among the very strongest on the island, competing in the second tier Christy Ring Cup, the 'Ardsmen' (as opposed to the nickname of the football team, the 'Mourne men') have won a number of Ulster Senior and Minor Hurling Championships despite the historical provincial dominance in that sport of Antrim. Down hurlers won the Christy Ring Cup for the first time in 2013.
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No Met pitcher had ever thrown a no-hitter until June 1, 2012 when Johan Santana no-hit the Cardinals. The franchise's hurlers had gone more than 7,800 games without pitching one — longer than any other Major League franchise. On several occasions, potential no-hitters by Met pitchers have been broken up in the late innings. Tom Seaver twice pitched innings without allowing a hit for the Mets — in one of those games, against Chicago in 1969, Seaver only needed two more outs for a perfect game before Jimmy Qualls singled – while in recent years Tom Glavine, Pedro Martínez, John Maine, Mike Pelfrey, R.A. Dickey, Matt Harvey, Jacob DeGrom, Steven Matz and Noah Syndergaard all lost their no-hit bids in the 7th or 8th inning.
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The following years led to another series of opening Munster championship match defeats and the occasional walkover, and Waterford would not win another senior championship match until 1925 when Clare were defeated, only for Tipperary to beat them in only their second Munster final. Despite its present reputation as a hurling stronghold, football was initially the preferred Gaelic sport in Waterford: the county was one of only nine to compete in the inaugural All-Ireland football championship in 1887. At this stage, Waterford was still the only county in Munster not to have won the provincial or All-Ireland hurling title, but there were signs of improvement. The minor hurlers reached the first ever Munster final in 1928, losing to Cork.
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Liam Rushe in action for the Dublin hurlers against Galway in the Allianz Hurling League In the 2005 league Dublin were relegated to Division Two in the National Hurling League, while the minor side won the Leinster Championship for the first time since 1983. In 2006 Dublin gained promotion to Division One after victory over Kerry in the Division Two final. Following some indifferent displays in the 2006 All- Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, they still managed to save their status in the top flight of hurling counties and again contested the McCarthy Cup in 2007. In the 2007 National Hurling League, meanwhile, despite being favourites to go down in 2007, Dublin managed to avoid relegation by finishing in fourth position.
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The Westmeath hurlers experienced a successful period in the mid 1930s, when they won the Leinster League twice in succession, the Junior Championship in 1936, and beat Laois to qualify for the 1937 Leinster Senior final. Rickardstown's John 'Jobber' McGrath, who played for the county in the 1950s and 1960s, is regarded as Westmeath's greatest hurler, and as one of the greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland senior hurling title. Westmeath played in the first division of the National Hurling League in 1985–86, and were the only team to beat Galway in an 18-month period. This team included the three Kilcoyne brothers and produced an All Star award for David, who was the team's free taker and top scorer in 1986.
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At the market he met up with Mickey Ashe who was secretary of Lucan and who also worked in the fish market. With the assistance of Tom Clarke, another fish market worker, the Balbriggan men were persuaded to throw in their lot with Lucan and the result was the winning of the league that year. The Lucan players who played on that team were M. O’Connor, P. Murray (Captain), J. Kelly, M. Downes (Treasurer), R. Kane (Vice Captain), M. Ashe (Secretary), J. Fagan, J. Murray, C. Brien, G. Thornberry, T. Kelly, J. Fitzpatrick (President), C.J. Keogh, R. Maher, T. Byrne, M. Merriman and J. Brien. The same season also saw the hurlers win their league and being presented with the Michael Smith Cup.
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It was one of Cork's most humiliating defeats. The Cork senior footballers and hurlers withdrew their services for almost 100 days from November 2007 until February 2008. For more on this see 2007–08 Cork players' strike. In spite of this, Cork reached the All-Ireland semi-final where they lost to old rivals Kerry after a replay. Cork retained their Munster crown in 2009. The team advanced to the All- Ireland Final, overcoming 2008 champions Tyrone along the way, to meet Kerry in the final. Cork lost on a scoreline of 1–9 to 16 points for Kerry. In April 2010, Cork won the National Football League Division 1 title with a 1–17 to 0–12 win against Mayo at Croke Park in front of a crowd of 27,005.
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2011 proved to be another landmark year in the history of Park/Ratheniska GAA Club. Our Junior Hurlers finally reached the summit in Laois with a County Final win over Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton in O Moore Park, Portlaoise. In a one sided game, the Park/Ratheniska men blew their opponents away with a 2–14 to 0–3 with Brendan Fingleton putting in a man of the match winning performance from midfield, while at the same time assuring himself of 2011 Laois Junior Hurler of the Year. Not content with this achievement, they then went on a run through Leinster with wins over the Louth and Kildare representatives, before culminating in yet another never to be forgotten Provincial Final on a winter afternoon in Ratheniska GAA Grounds.
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Again the team bowed out agonisingly at the semi-final stage to eventual county champions Donoughmore. The junior A hurlers captured their first title in 1989 when landing the Flyer Nyhan trophy after defeating Newcestown in a marvellous final and as a bonus the league trophy was added later that year following a tremendous inter- divisional county campaign which just eluded them after a replay defeat by Clyda Rovers in the final. Success in top grade junior hurling returned in 1997 when Ballinascarthy overcame favourites Bandon and back-to-back titles were secured twelve months later against the same opposition. In the millennium year the feat was repeated after a replay win over Barryroe to make it three titles in four years and complete the most successful period of the adult club's history.
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There are no team captains, playing positions, or any form of team organisation, nor are there kits or any kind of player identification. Sometimes a hurler or hurlers might choose to station themselves in defence of the opponents’ goal, particularly towards the latter stages of the hurl in the town, but because of the option of winning at the boundary, goal defence does not form a significant part of hurling tactics. There are no limits to the number of participants, and the two teams have unequal numbers. The Town has the larger team since St Columb town has grown in size in the 20th and 21st century; before the mid-20th century the Countrymen were numerically stronger, mainly comprising the large numbers of men employed in agriculture in the past.
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The earliest textual evidence for it is found in an early sixteenth-century document, where it applies to the stone circle of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, although in an early seventeenth-century document it was being applied to The Hurlers, a set of three stone circles in Cornwall. Later records reveal that it had gained widespread distribution in England, as well as a single occurrence each in Wales and Ireland. The folklorist S. P. Menefee suggested that it could be attributed to an animistic understanding that these megaliths had lives of their own. The archaeologist Leslie Grinsell reported that in the mid-1970s, he learned of a folk tale that the stones had once been children who were turned to stones as punishment for playing Five-Stones on a Sunday.
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After numerous attempts, the club finally won the Cork Intermediate Hurling Final in 1940, the team was backboned by Cork's 'four in a row' All-Ireland winning fullback Batt Thornhill. Other players from the club to wear the Red and White of Cork included dual star Billy Mackessey (who won All Ireland Hurling and football in 1903 and 1911), Peter 'Hawker' O'Grady (who won an All Ireland Hurling medal in the 1930s), and Tommy O'Sullivan (who scored the winning goal in the 1952 All Ireland Hurling final and collected another All Ireland medal in 1953). Other success at adult level came in 1996 when the Hurlers won the Cork County Junior B title. In the 1960s, the juvenile section of the club was formed and several North Cork titles were won in both codes.
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Petrification is associated with the legends of Medusa, the basilisk, the Svartálfar and the cockatrice, among others. In fairy tales, characters who fail in a quest may be turned to stone until they are rescued by the successful hero, as in the tales such as The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body, The Water of Life and The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird, as well as many troll tales. In Cornish folklore, petrifaction stories are used to explain the origin of prehistoric megalithic monuments such as stone circles and monoliths, including The Merry Maidens stone circle, The Nine Maidens of Boskednan, the Tregeseal Dancing Stones, and The Hurlers. The supposedly petrified Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous hoaxes in United States history.
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In December 2017 Chris McCullough and Niall Heffernan captained the under 21 Hurlers against all odds to claim the under 21 B mid and County Honours defeating Lorrah after extra time in a thrilling county final. In Football the biggest success so far this century was the winning of the county intermediate football championship in 2012 for the first time in 32 years. The team captained by Daniel Kirby won both mid and county titles defeating Upperchurch Drombane in both finals. The club added another Mid Intermediate Football title in 2017 and 2019, while also completing a historic four in a row mid titles in Junior "A" football from 2007 to 2010 and also won three junior "B" mid football titles in 2010, 2012 and again in 2013.
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An excellent run in the National League saw Waterford reach their first final since 1963, laying the semi-final hoodoo with a five-point win over Limerick. A tight match in the final saw Cork pull away for a flattering win by 2-14 (20) to 0-13. The morale that had been raised on the back of that run in the League was nearly squandered as Waterford needed a late flurry of point to secure an even more flattering eight points win against Kerry. Despite this, confidence was high going into a semi-final that, due to the Munster finalists being guaranteed a place in the All-Ireland series, had an extra frisson of tension. The Waterford hurlers did not disappoint, securing a 0–21 to 2-12 (18) win over Tipperary.
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Having been promoted to the Nicky Rackard Championship, they topped Group 2 eliminating favourites, Mayo, in a drawn game after beating Tyrone and Louth in previous games. Following on from a 2-21 to 2-17 victory over Warwickshire in Celtic Park, Sligo advanced to an All-Ireland Final in GAA HQ. Facing a heavily tipped Armagh side, Sligo became champions with an injury time goal by Gerard O'Kelly Lynch and a 'Roy of Rovers' point by young substitute Kieran Prior to turn around a three-point deficit in extra-time. James Weir, at 19 years of age and the youngest ever All-Ireland winning Captain, lifted aloft the Nicky Rackard Cup thus giving Sligo offivial recognition as a dual county. The hurlers are scheduled to play in the 2020 Christy Ring Cup as a result.
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When Thomas Wright investigated the site in about 1850, he was aided by a local man who believed that a crock of gold would be unearthed there. In a 1946 paper published in the Folklore journal, John H. Evans recorded a Kentish folk belief which had been widespread "Up to the last generation"; this was that it was impossible for any human being to successfully count the number of stones in the Medway Megaliths. The countless stones motif is not unique to Kent but has been recorded at other megalithic monuments in Britain and Ireland. The earliest textual evidence for it is found in an early 16th-century document, where it applies to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, although an early 17th-century document also applied it to The Hurlers, a set of three stone circles in Cornwall.
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This included Football County Titles in U14 and U16 in the 1970s, with U16 and Minor Titles coming the club's way in the 1980s. The work done at this level continued when a separate Juvenile Club Micheal MacCarthaigh's was formed in 1994 - named after former player and soldier Michael McCarthy who lost his life on UN duty in the Lebanon in 1991. A strong Junior Team in both codes emerged in recent years, with the Hurlers winning the Club's first North Cork Junior Hurling A title in 2010 and the Junior Footballers contesting, and losing to Mitchelstown, the Club's first North Cork Junior final in 2013. The Minor A footballers got to the county final in 2013, losing to Castlehaven and then gaining this honor two years later when the side beat Macroom in October 2015.
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Since the only organized ball for women in the country was softball, the AAGPBL created a hybrid game which included both softball and baseball. Over the twelve years of history of the league, the rules were gradually modified to more closely resemble baseball. Throwing underhand, Bergmann was one of the few AAGPBL hurlers to pitch all three styles in the league's history, being able to make the transition to full sidearm in 1947 and overhand pitching in 1948.AAGPBL Rules of Play Bergmann entered the league in 1946 with the expansion Muskegon Lassies, playing for them two years before joining the Springfield Sallies (1948), Racine Belles (1949–1950) and Battle Creek Belles (1951). In her rookie season, Bergmann posted a 15–16 record and a 2.05 earned run average in 35 pitching appearances, top numbers for the sixth-place Lassies.
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All the units that were present in the original game have been removed and replaced in Europa Barbarorum. Specific examples include the removal of several units that the Europa Barbarorum team considered to be historically doubtful or only marginally used in warfare, such as Arcani, incendiary pigs and Celtic head- hurlers from the original Rome: Total War. Nor was the modding team happy with the way more conventional forces were portrayed in the original game, for instance calling Rome: Total Wars Egyptian soldiers "Mummy Returns Egyptians" and hence creating a new unit roster for the Egyptian faction in the game (named Egypt in the original Rome: Total War and the Ptolemaioi in Europa Barbarorum), in order to better correspond with the Ptolemaic period of history. The mod also features new custom battle formations in order to encourage more realistic behaviour from the AI.
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The tournament was founded in 1960 by Fr. Pól Mac Sheáin and the Naomh Moninne club based in Fatima, Dundalk, Louth, with the first All Ireland event taking place in 1961 Limerick man Vincent Godfrey the first winner, out of 16 hurlers invited. The competition went off the calendar after 1969 before returning in 1981 with 12 competitors. The concept of the competition originates in the Irish legend of "Táin Bó Cuailgne" when Cúchulainn, who as the boy Setanta set out from his home at Dún Dealgan to the King's court at Emain Macha hitting his sliotar before him and running ahead to catch it. In 2001 the Poc Fada was held at Dundalk Stadium (Dundalk Racecourse) due to foot-and-mouth disease on the Cooley Peninsula, doing two laps of the circuit (2 miles 880 yards / 4,023 metres).
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At the end of the 2009 season Lackey became a free agent, widely regarded as the best free agent starting pitcher on the 2010 market. Baseball Prospectus declared, "Lackey stands alone as the best of the best, a relatively young righty who carries significantly less risk than the other high-upside hurlers", additionally noting he faced a tough division and tougher league and his statistics would likely be even better if he were a National League pitcher. As one of the top free agent starters on the market, he was predicted to command a deal worth around $70 to $80 million, similar to the deal A. J. Burnett received from the Yankees. Lackey drew interest from many teams, including the Seattle Mariners, the Milwaukee Brewers, the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, the Boston Red Sox, and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Kilkenny were lucky to draw the final against Cork at Croke Park on September 15 with the last puck of the match from Helena O'Neill from an acute angle.Report of final in Irish Press, September 16, 1974Report of final in Irish Independent, September 16, 1974Report of final in Irish Times, September 16, 1974Report of final in Irish Examiner, September 16, 1974Report of final in Irish News, September 16, 1974 Cork had first half goals from Marion McCarthy, Nancy O'Driscoll and Marion Sweeney goaled for Cork in the first- half while Carmel Doyle and Angela Downey replied for Kilkenny.Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press: > This was one of the great finals in which the skills displayed by the Cork > and Kilkenny hurlers were often evident. The high standard of play, the > speed of the layers, and the accuracy of the free-takers all combined to > make this a memorable game.
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The initial phase of the game takes place in the main streets of the town and generally lasts for up to an hour; most of this period is non-competitive and the two teams are somewhat irrelevant: townsmen pass the ball to countrymen and vice versa, whilst the tackles and scrums that occur are generally for amusement only. Play often stops for spectators to touch the ball (said to bring luck and fertility), or slows to allow younger players to participate. Hurling in the town consists of a variety of action: hurlers run through the streets, passing the ball between them, whilst tackles and scuffles for possession often become larger scrummages involving several men and sometimes lasting several minutes. In this period, most of the action takes place in Fore Street and Fair Street, with occasional forays into some of the side streets and the Recreation Ground.
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It has a soccer club - Southend United. Its hurling club is Ballyhale Shamrocks. Knocktopher GAA Hurling Club amalgamated with Ballyhale Shamrocks and Knockmoylan GAA Clubs in 1972. The late Fr Anthony Heaslip, brother of Knocktopher man, Denis Heaslip, was credited with being central to the founding of Ballyhale Shamrocks. Since 1981 to date they have since won a national record number of 8 All Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships. Three Knocktopher born hurlers have won Senior Hurling All Ireland medals with Kilkenny - Frank Cummins won in 1967 (non playing sub), 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983, Denis Heaslip won in 1957, 1963 and Sean O' (John) Farrell won in 1933 (non playing sub) who played club hurling for Carrickshock GAA at that time - a club founded in 1928 when the teams from Hugginstown and Knockmoylan were amalgamated to commemorate the Battle of Carrickshock, 1831.
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Statue of Michael Cusack outside the Croke Park GAA Museum On 11 February 2013, the GAA opened the Hall of Fame section in the Croke Park museum. The foundation of the award scheme is the Teams of the Millennium the football team which was announced in 1999 and the hurling team in 2000 and all 30 players were inducted into the hall of fame along with Limerick hurler Eamonn Cregan and Offaly footballer Tony McTague who were chosen by a GAA sub-committee from the years 1970–74. New inductees will be chosen on an annual basis from the succeeding five-year intervals as well as from years preceding 1970. In April 2014, Kerry legend Mick O'Dwyer, Sligo footballer Micheál Kerins, along with hurlers Noel Skehan of Kilkenny and Pat McGrath of Waterford became the second group of former players to receive hall of fame awards.
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Kilkenny subsequently faced Galway in the All-Ireland decider. Power gave a masterclass of hurling, including scoring the winning point deep into injury time, to secure a 2–16 to 2–15 victory. It was his second All-Ireland medal while he also had the honour of lifting the cup. In 2003 Power was also added to the Kilkenny under-21 panel. He won a Leinster medal that year as an unused substitute following a 0–12 to 1–4 defeat of Dublin. The following year Power was a key member of the starting fifteen with the under-21 hurlers. He won his first Leinster medal on the field of play that year following a 0–16 to 2–3 defeat of Wexford. The subsequent All-Ireland decider saw Kilkenny dominate Tipperary. A 3–21 to 1–6 trouncing gave Power his first All-Ireland medal.
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Oranmore-Maree GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Oranmore and surrounding area of Maree, County Galway, Ireland. The club was founded in 1967 and fields teams in both Gaelic football and hurling. The club was formed through a county by-law which ruled that there should be only one team per parish, previous to this Oranmore and Maree had teams. Maree wore green and black jerseys while Oranmore wore Black and Amber. Maree won the Galway Senior Hurling Championship in 1933 beating Castlegar 5-06 to 6-02. The GAA club has provided many hurlers and footballers to the Galway Senior Hurling Team and football teams these include Pat Malone, who won 2 All- Ireland medals in 1987 and 1988 respectively, Richard Burke, William Burke, Aidan Divney, Michael Hanniffy and current members of the panel Gearoid McInerney, Niall Burke and Brendan Hanniffy.
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At this stage, football was becoming the dominant sport in the club. They went on to win seven South Senior Football titles winning County titles in 1976 and 1983 beating Oola and St. Kieran's along with several underage titles. Donal Murray was a member of the Limerick Senior Hurling team that lost the All-Ireland final to Galway in 1980. A South Senior Hurling Crown was won in 1982 but this marked the start of a barren period for the club. the mid-1990s marked an incredible revival in both codes at underage level. The now junior hurlers won the County title in 1996 and won the Intermediate title two years later. Croom won back-to-back Minor County titles in 1996/97 and won an elusive County Under-21 title in 2001 and had several players on the All-Ireland Under-21 winning teams of 2000-02 .
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In 1913 two of the four Kent brothers, Thomas and David, became active in the Irish Volunteer and they started a Castlelyons Branch of the organisation; William Kent, "In 1914 and 1915 Thomas and David took an active part with Terence MacSwiney in the enrolment of the Irish Volunteers. They called a meeting at Clonmult and got the famous Clonmult hurlers to march to the village of Dungourney where a British recruiting meeting was being held. Thomas and David led the men through this meeting, and, halting a short distance away from it, addressed the crowd, advising them to join the Volunteers and have nothing whatever to do with the British Army." The Castleyons branch of the Irish Volunteers was said to be the first teetotal branch of the organization in Ireland and many of their training maneuvers took place in the woods around the Kents home at Bawnard.
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Jackie McKeogh and a number of the women put in a junior Camogie team which resulted in a Camogie section being set up in 1985. Jackie McKeogh, Eilish Langan, Eileen Farrell,and Orla Langan Kim McKeogh were all involved in getting this section up and running. At this time in the mid eighties a number of young people became involved in running the teams and working on the committees. Joe Lyons, Tommy Mc Donagh, Peter Fizgearld, Mick Ward, Ray O’Reilly, Shane McGill, Vincent Kehoe, Declan Fagan, Kenneth Broughan, Paul McManus, Hugh Flanagan, Seamus Kehoe, Paul Turner, Stephen Morgan, John Morgan (jn), Tomo Kelly, Jimmy Fagan, Robert Brady, Paul Farrell, Thomas ‘Big Mac’ Mc Donald, Anto Keogh (snr), Tony Smith, Terry McKeogh and Anthony ‘Gossey‘ Costello. On the playing fields the senior hurlers in 1985 reached the quarter final of the senior hurling championship losing out by two points to Eoghan Ruadh who reached the final.
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With the popularity of carnivals beginning to wane, a new source of income had to be found. In 1982, the club ran a 600 club draw which a year later turned into what is now known as the Hurlers Co- op draw. (In 1991, the Kilkenny County Board became involved) Since the 1980s, Piltown GAA has played an integral part in the community with the provision of two full size playing pitches and a juvenile pitch, a handball court, two squash courts and a gym, with Bar & Social facilities in the GAA Complex that was constructed in 1985. The GAA Complex was officially opened by the former President of the GAA, Paddy Buggy on 15 August 1986. A third pitch soon followed in the 1990s and became an all-weather pitch before having match standard floodlights added. The floodlighting on the all-weather pitch was switched on for the first time on Friday 18 November 2005.
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McDonnell first became involved as a selector at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurlers in 1986. A 2–18 to 3–12 defeat of Clare secured a record-equaling fifth successive Munster title that year. This victory paved the way for an All-Ireland final meeting with Galway. Galway were favourites against a Cork team seen as being in decline, however, on the day 4 Cork goals, one from John Fenton, two from Tomás Mulcahy and one from Kevin Hennessy, helped Cork to a 4–13 to 2–15 victory. In 1990 McDonnell was a selector with the Cork minor hurling team that secured the Munster title following a 1–9 to 0–9 defeat of Clare. The Rebels later faced Kilkenny in the All-Ireland decider, however, both sides finished level at 3–14 apiece. Kilkenny proved too strong in the replay and Cork fell to a 3–16 to 0–11 defeat. McDonnell joined the Cork under-21 management team in 1997.
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The final of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was listed in second place by CNN in its "10 sporting events you have to see live", after the Olympic Games and ahead of both the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship. After covering the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final between Kilkenny and Waterford for BBC Television, English commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme was moved to describe hurling as his second favourite sport in the world after his first love, football. Alex Ferguson used footage of an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final in an attempt to motivate his players during his time as manager of Premier League football club Manchester United; the players winced at the standard of physicality and intensity in which the hurlers were engaged. In 2007, Forbes magazine described the media attention and population multiplication of Thurles town ahead of one of the game's annual provincial hurling finals as being "the rough equivalent of 30 million Americans watching a regional lacrosse game".
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The group also participates in the Scór competitions and organises fiddle and tin whistle classes. On the field of play, the Club continued to build steadily, on the football successes of the 50s, and, in 1970, won the Dublin Senior League. These were heady days for the Club, and while senior status was eventually lost, as the century drew to a close, the first team won Senior 2 League in 1980, and other teams won the Junior C Championship in 2002, Junior 5 & 6 Leagues in 2001 and 2002, and were Division 10 winners in 2013. As for hurling, it made a brief resurgence in the late 1960s. Then, in the 1980s at a time, when Parish Leagues were in vogue, a group of hurling enthusiasts met in The Milestone Pub and from that meeting O’Dwyers Hurlers were formed, and in September 1986, the Club Executive decided to affiliate a junior hurling team to the Junior D League.
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He was also the only pitcher on the club to toss a complete game and a shutout and one of only four South Atlantic League hurlers to throw a shutout.Team registerLeague register With the Jupiter Hammerheads in 2012, Morey was 8-3 with a 3.84 ERA in 18 games (16 starts), leading the team in victories. He won another Player of the Week honor that year.MiLB.com page He split 2013 between the Jacksonville Suns (103.1 innings pitched) and Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs (10 IP), going a combined 4-8 with a 5.31 ERA. Prior to the start of the 2014 campaign, Morey pitched for the Marlins in the club's major league spring training camp. He pitched for the GCL Marlins, Jacksonville and New Orleans in 2014, going a combined 4-4 with a 4.48 ERA in 18 games (12 starts). He was 2-7 with a 4.55 ERA in 22 games (14 starts) for New Orleans in 2015.
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In 1991 Skehan joined the management team of the Kilkenny junior hurlers as coach-trainer in succession to Ollie Walsh. His firsts season in charge saw Kilkenny claim the Leinster crown following a 3-12 to 2-6 defeat of Wexford. Two years later in 1993 Skehan's junior charges secured the Leinster title once again following a 1-15 to 0-9 defeat of Wexford. On 18 July 1993 Kilkenny faced Clare in the All-Ireland decider. A 3-10 to 0-8 trouncing was the result on that occasion. Kilkenny retained their Leinster title in 1994 following a 2-18 to 3-8 defeat of Wexford. On 16 July 1994 Kilkenny faced Cork in the All-Ireland decider. A narrow 2-13 to 2-11 defeat was the result for Skehan's side. Skehan's side secured a third successive Leinster medal in 1995 as a 2-14 to 4-5 score line secured the victory.
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The Merry Maidens The local myth about the creation of the stones suggests that nineteen maidens were turned into stone as punishment for dancing on a Sunday. (Dans Maen translates as Stone Dance.) The Pipers, two megaliths some distance north-east of the circle, are said to be the petrified remains of the musicians who played for the dancers. A more detailed story explains why the Pipers are so far from the Maidens – apparently the two pipers heard the church clock in St Buryan strike midnight, realised they were breaking the Sabbath, and started to run up the hill away from the maidens who carried on dancing without accompaniment. These petrification legends are often associated with stone circles, as is reflected in the folk names of some of the nearby sites, for example, the Tregeseal Dancing Stones, the Nine Maidens of Boskednan, as well as the more distant Hurlers and Pipers on Bodmin Moor.
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At the Central Council meeting held on 23 October 1971, the proposal of Comhairle na nOllscoil was approved unanimously.Sunday Independent, 24 October 1971, p. 30; Sunday Independent, 31 October 1971, p. 29 While the idea was looked upon positively by some elements of the Press as a way of injecting life back into this inter-provincial tournament, other feared that the public would tire of this innovation as they had in the case of the Combined Universities v (Rest of) Ireland tests long before they lingered to an unlamented deathIrish Independent, 26 October 1871, p. 13 and doubted whether the Combined Universities would revive the Railway Cup.Irish Independent, 29 October 1971, p. 18 Pat McDonnell of UCC and Cork full-back, Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1969, had the honour of captaining the first Combined Universities team to compete in the Railway Cup against Ulster at Croke Park. The University hurlers defeated Ulster in the preliminary round,Irish Press, 7 February 1972, p.
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Kingston first played for Cork as a member of the minor hurling team on 2 May 1984 in a 4-11 to 3-12 Munster semi-final defeat by Limerick. In 1985 Kingston enjoyed his biggest successes with the Cork minor hurlers. He won a Munster medal following a 1-13 to 1-8 defeat of Tipperary. On 1 September 1985 Cork faced Wexford in the All- Ireland decider. The 3-10 to 0-12 victory brought an end to a six-year losing streak and gave Kingston an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal. Kingston's performances at minor level saw him drafted onto the under-21 panel as sub-goalie for the unsuccessful 1985 campaign. After being involved as a non-playing substitute with the Cork junior team in 1986, he was installed as a member of the starting fifteen the following year. A 2-16 to 1-9 defeat of Tipperary gave him a Munster medal.
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In the Cape League title series, Cotuit was matched up against the Lower Cape champion Yarmouth Indians, who had won CCBL crowns in two of the previous three seasons. Mayo one-hit the Indians in Game 1, but it wasn't enough as the Kettleers took a tight 3–2 loss at home. Cotuit bounced back in Game 2 with a 5–0 Kilroy shutout at Yarmouth. The Kettleers sent Butkus to the mound for the pivotal Game 3 at Lowell Park, and the home team came away with a 7–2 win, clinching Cotuit's first CCBL championship. The 1962 Cotuit club returned outfielder Capo and hurlers Kilroy, Butkus and Mayo, and added CCBL Hall of Fame catcher Jack McCarthy. McCarthy, like Butkus the previous season, joined the team as a 17-year-old Boston Latin School student. The '62 Kettleers boasted ten batters with season averages over the .300 mark, including McCarthy, Capo and Mayo, as well as the infield quartet of Jeff Helzel (1B), Bill Prizio (2B), Paul Morano (SS) and Stan Sikorsky (3B).
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Kilkenny GAA were the most successful team of the 1930s decade, winning 4 (1932, 33, 35, 39) Hurling All Ireland Finals. The 1933 Team included the legendary and 3 times (1932, 1933, 1935) All Ireland medal winning midfielder, Lory Meagher from the Tullaroan GAA Club, widely acclaimed as one of Kilkenny's greatest ever hurlers. The Kilkenny 1933 All-Ireland winners were captained by two-time All-Ireland medal winner (1932, 33), Eddie Doyle of Mooncoin GAA, who had added a third consecutive Leinster medal to his collection of three-in-a-row of senior county titles of 1916, 1917 and 1918 with Mooncoin. Matty Power from the Dicksboro GAA & Garda GAA clubs, the 5 times (1922, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1935) All Ireland medal winner, also played that day, although Matty had played for Dublin when winning his 1927 medal. Notably, Matty's first medal was won in 1922 when beating Tipperary GAA 4-2 to 2–6 but it is extraordinary to record that it took 45 more years, until 1967, before Kilkenny would beat Tipperary in a Championship Final again.
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Ring made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was picked on the Cork minor panel for the All-Ireland final. In spite of victory, he was denied an All-Ireland medal as he was Cork's last non-playing substitute. Still eligible for the grade in 1938, Ring collected a set of All-Ireland and Munster medals as a member of the starting fifteen. An unsuccessful year with the Cork junior hurlers followed before he made his senior debut during the 1939-40 league. Over the course of the next quarter of a century, Ring won eight All-Ireland medals, including a record four championships in-a-row from 1941 to 1944, a lone triumph in 1946 and three championships in-a-row from 1952 to 1954. The only player to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup three times as captain, he was denied a record-breaking ninth All-Ireland medal in 1956 in what was his last All-Ireland final appearance.
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Prior to the foundation of the club sportsmen of the area played with South Liberties GAA or other city clubs such as the Commercials, Young Irelanders or Claughaun GAA. The club was originally set up in 1962 both to provide a GAA club for past pupils of Sexton Street CBS hence the name 'Old Christians' and also to promote hurling and football on the southside of the city in an area where rugby and in particular soccer would have had the upper hand. Even though they won the 1962 Limerick Senior Football Championship in their first year with victory over Claughaun, their main concern was hurling in those early years and their under-14 team won the All-Ireland Féile na nGael title in 1972 beating Nenagh Éire Óg GAA, the club's greatest ever hurling achievement. They continued to hurl at a senior level up to the mid 1970s when the club went into decline, as not as many hurlers were coming out of Sexton Street CBS to play with 'Christians'.
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Irwin's major league career began when the Ruby Legs moved into the National League (NL) in 1880. He led the league in assists in his rookie season, and remained with the team through 1882, when it folded due to poor attendance. Irwin next spent three seasons with the Providence Grays, and was captain and starting shortstop of the 1884 Providence team that became world champions. The 1884 Grays featured star pitchers Charles Radbourn and Charlie Sweeney; the two hurlers did not get along well, and Sweeney left the team in the middle of the season. The club folded after a fourth-place finish in 1885. Irwin moved on to the newly formed Philadelphia Quakers in 1886. Tragedy struck the Philadelphia squad in 1888 when pitcher Charlie Ferguson developed typhoid fever, dying at Irwin's home. During the 1889 season, Irwin went to the Washington Nationals for his first opportunity as player-manager, although the team folded at the end of the season. He next played for the Boston Reds in the Players' League in 1890.
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Educated in Good Counsel College, New Ross until Intermediate Certificate and where he learned how to play football; and at and St Kieran's College, Kilkenny until Leaving Certificate and where he learned how to play hurling – Sean was probably best known in both Kilkenny GAA & Wicklow GAA hurling arenas as an accomplished county hurler, although he also played football and cricket. Kilkenny was famous for its cricket clubs long before it became famous for its hurlers' achievements and played football at county level until 1911. Sean played club hurling with Carrickshock GAA club, a club founded in 1928 in an amalgamation of local teams to commemorate the Battle of Carrickshock of 1831, an event in history with which his home Kilcurl townland, Knocktopher Village and Ballyhale Parish had important links. The Carrickshock GAA club of that time earned great success in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship, winning the competition seven times – including a record of four county titles in a row between 1940 and 1943 – a record that remained unbroken for 66 years until 2009 when Ballyhale Shamrocks GAA, from the parish of his birth, broke it when winning their 4th title in succession.
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Friends of Dublin Hurling (FODH) is an organisation established in 2002 to help project a dynamic image of hurling in Dublin. It organises many events and social functions to enable this to be achieved. One of the main FODH events is the annual golf classic held in May each year in Castlewarden Golf Club. FODH also raises funding through membership fees and has made this funding available to county teams for training related activities. In 2008 it supported the Dublin colleges' teams that won Leinster ‘A’ hurling titles at senior and juvenile level. In addition, FODH organises buses to take Dublin hurling supporters to matches around the country and a cash incentive is made available for clubs to organise a supporters’ bus to certain games. The inaugural ‘Celebration of Dublin Hurling’ took place in 2007 in the Red Cow Hotel and attracted four hundred and fifty people, and there was a full house at the second annual event in the Grand Hotel in Malahide. At this annual event, FODH recognise the achievements of hurlers from Dublin and the ‘Senior Hurler of the Year’, ‘Young Hurler of the Year’ and ‘Hall of Fame Award’ recipients are honoured.
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